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Digital Camera is the definitive guide to digital SLR photography and will show you how to improve any digital photo. It’s packed with practical photography advice and Photoshop tutorials to help you become a better digital photographer. With buying advice to help you choose the DSLR, compact system camera, lens, tripod, printer, or camera bag that’s right for you, it covers all DSLRs including Canon EOS/Rebel and Nikon systems. The perfect title for both amateur and pro photographers

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Taking it to the edge • Based in the Peak District, landscape photographer Andy Gray has some of the UK’s best views on his doorstep. Niall Hampton tags along for a guided tor

Essential kit for peak scenic shots • Andy Gray’s trusted equipment for capturing award-winning photos

Top tips for scenics like Andy Gray • You won’t go wrong if you follow these camera techniques and editing tips when venturing out in the Peak District – or in the landscapes local to you

Photo Active • 10 things you can shoot, edit and create this month, from insects and tigers to power stations

ICM in the city • Kim Bunermann uses intentional camera movement to creative abstract effects with buildings

Pixel shift shooting • Going large isn’t just something you find at fast food joints, says Wendy Evans

Capture spring insects • Ross Hoddinott reveals how to photograph insects that emerge in the warmer weather

Go on a local safari • Rather than spending thousands on an expedition to Africa, Wendy Evans went hunting tigers at Longleat Safari Park

Faces in the great outdoors • When you shoot portraits outside, a world of interesting backgrounds awaits, as Wendy Evans explains

Horsing around • It’s jolly hockey sticks but on horseback. Wendy Evans joins the country set to explain how to photograph a polo match

Feel the power • Wendy Evans gets up a head of steam explaining how to photograph these industrial monoliths

Get low down with a hog • Wendy Evans is your guide to photographing these little mammals as they emerge from hibernation

Farm or country life challenge • Send us your best shot of rural working life

The art of seeing • Benedict Brain goes to Buenos Aires and photographs thirty-six electricity meters

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Hotshots • Our selection of finalists from the 9th Xposure International Photography Awards

GO WILD FOR LOCAL NATURE • It’s a subject that will test your camera skills but one that’s also hugely rewarding – so start your nature photography journey today with expert Will Cheung

KIT ESSENTIALS FOR NATURE • Five kit essentials for fabulous fauna photographs

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ON YOUR DOORSTEP • Your garden, the local park and nature reserve all hold great potential for nature photos

EXPLORE THE REALM OF BEAUTIFUL BUGS • From spring onwards, our gardens, hedgerows and parks buzz with life so it’s a great time to get up close and personal

THE CHALLENGE OF BIRDS • On water, in the air or on land, birds are a seriously challenging subject – but truly rewarding

GO WILD FOR SUPER FURRY ANIMALS • Let’s turn our attention to mammals, both large and small

Reader gallery • Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

CAMERA CLINIC •  Master the art of modern photography

Get the knowledge • Shooting into the light works well for most subjects

Try exposure bracketing • Shoot a scene with different settings for editing...