Digital Photo May 2013 issue
The May issue of Digital Photo is out now! With 148 pages of essential camera advice, creative Photoshop projects on CD and three brilliant free gifts you won’t want to miss it!
- Free ‘Lenses & Focal Lengths’ fold-out camera skills guide
- Free 16-page Off-Camera Flash skills digital mag
- Free Photoshop tutorial CD with 8 brand-new video lessons
Plus all this & more…
Camera Academy
Top 10 Tips for Creative Landscapes
Use our great ideas to change your approach and capture your best-ever scenic shots.
Try Something New
Grab a superb macro shot of water drops on a CD – it’s easy and we’ll show you how.
Creative Camera
Make people seem to float in your pictures – we reveal the trick to doing it with your D-SLR!
Essential Skills
Set up your camera the right way and get a fast shutter for action-freezing shots.
Gear Sense
Soften still-life lighting with a home-made trace frame.
Shoot it Now!
Three great ideas for capturing derelict buildings and abandoned vehicles.
Interview: Step into a Surreal World
Discover Miss Aniela’s amazing images, and how she made her journey from student snapper to professional fashion photographer.
Photoshop Genius
Technique of the Month
Add your pics to our exclusive free templates to create an image with a vintage feel.
Quick & Easy Techniques
Three smart recipes to enhance seaside shots – create a toy-camera look, brush on a great watercolour effect and boost your colours.
Create Graphic Concept Art
Turn a photo from a concept sketch to a painting – all within the same image!
Photoshop Basics
Discover what Selections are, how to make them, and how they can help your images.
Make Cartoon Pop Art Effects
Turn your friends and family into pop art portraits in this absorbing and fun technique.
Advanced Photoshop: Change Colours
Digitally repaint individual items in a scene by using Photoshop’s Hue/Saturation palette in a special and unique way.
Photographer of the Year 2013
Win great Nikon prizes – send in your landscapes to enter Round Two!
Life in Pictures
How climbing photographer Ben Winston captures his vertigo-inducing shots.
Your Pictures
Constructive advice from our expert duo on how readers’ shots could be improved.
Photo Answers
Using creative D-SLR modes, SD cards explained, using off-camera flash & more!
Gear Focus
Superzoom lenses head to head
Sigma takes on Tamron in our test.
Portrait Professional 11
The latest retouching package rated.
Nikon D7100
We check out Nikon’s new 24Mp D-SLR.
Gear for Landscapes
Six of the best accessories for outdoor shots.
Fujifilm X20
We rate the retro-styled, 12Mp compact.
Gadgets & Gizmos
New accessories to enhance your photography.
Essential Photoshop video lessons
103 minutes of all-new video tutorials show you exactly how to achieve great results from the projects in the mag!
> How to use our exclusive free templates to add a vintage effect to your pics
> Give seaside scenes a toy camera look
> Make a watercolour-style effect
> Boost colours for vibrant shots
> Turn photos into graphic, concept art
> Learn the basics of using Selections
> Create a striking piece of pop art from any portrait for a distinctive cartoon look
> Change colours of individual items