Ring in the new year with Digital Camera’s top tips for having your best-ever photo year in 2020! Our cover feature offers 22 ways to improve your photography, from camera technique, shooting a new genre or setting yourself regular goals to achieve.
More inspiration can be found in our Photo Active projects section. Highlights include making your sunsets sparkle, creating some abstract images using oil and water, and getting some insights from events photographer Robin Pope.
Other pro advice in the issue includes our One to One masterclass, with landscape photographer Jo Bradford. Jo actually uses a smartphone for most of her assignments these days, so see how it’s transformed her photography.
Elsewhere, Camera College explains everything you need to know about contrast and dynamic range, and we respond to another set of reader queries in Photo Answers. This month’s Q&A interview is essential reading: we discover more about Eric Meola and his incredible photographs of extreme weather conditions in America’s Great Plains.
Photo editing fans will find a compelling selection of invaluable tutorials in Practical Photoshop. Lean how to recreate popular darkroom printing effects in Lightroom, get a masterclass in using Photoshop’s Quick Selection tool and see how our resident experts transform a classic view of New York City, in Raw War.
Equipment reviews in the January issue lead on the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mk III, the Tamron SP 35mm f/1.4 lens for full-frame Canon and Nikon DSLRs, and the DJI Mavic Mini camera drone.
The best vlogging cameras on the market are assessed in our group test; there are also buying guides for cloud storage options for photography, instant cameras and fun and novelty lenses.
The January 2020 issue of Digital Camera comes with 12 free gifts
- 9 all-new photo tips cards covering landscapes, macro, creative… and more!
- Video disc featuring 69 minutes of Photoshop and Lightroom video training
- Retro look Photoshop Actions kit – transform your images in seconds!
- 148-page Camera Shopper ebook packed full of buying advice
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