The world’s main digital pictures journal, Digital Digicam launched in 2002 and has been serving to photographers of all ability ranges to enhance their photos ever since.
Each situation is filled with approach ideas, tutorials, inspiring photos and professional shopping for recommendation, plus the most recent information and tools critiques, in addition to a collection of bonus presents (see under).
A photograph that’s sharp the place it must be will really feel skilled, says common contributor Andrew James, on this month’s cowl characteristic.
And whereas sharpness isn’t the first aim for some artistic types, if softness is undermining the content material of your pictures, then you may get a way refresher from web page 54.
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December’s Picture Lively has 10 all-new initiatives so that you can strive, from photographing penguins and mannequin villages to capturing winter seascapes (pictured, above).
Plus, you’ll be able to uncover seize nonetheless pictures that mimic the visible look of acclaimed movie director Wes Anderson.
That is tailored from a brand new e-book titled ‘Shoot Like Wes’ by Adam Woodward and Liz Seabrook and printed by White Lion Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7112-9680-0, priced $22/£16.99).
Different initiatives this month embody studying {photograph} the ice-based sport of curling, and having enjoyable mixing 3D objects with 2D sketches and creative components.
And from the illuminated huts promoting presents to illuminated fairground rides, we present you take footage at a Christmas market (pictured, above).
‘Lengthy exposures’ is the theme of our newest month-to-month reader picture problem, so whether or not they’re from water, glass, steel or anything, we need to see your finest shot. You’ll find all the small print in mission 10, on web page 40.
Different highlights in December’s Digital Digicam
December’s Digital Digicam Apprentice sees us head to a deer park to {photograph} the motion of stag rutting season, within the firm {of professional} wildlife photographer Dan Mildew.
The Apprentice system is straightforward: we pair a professional photographer with an enthusiastic reader who needs to enhance their pictures of a given style or topic. Flip to web page 8 to see how the day panned out.
Digicam Clinic continues, as we kick off a mini-series about getting artistic with digital camera equipment or settings.
For the primary half, which begins on web page 74, Will Cheung goes deep with all it’s essential to find out about getting artistic with digital camera lenses.
From selecting up some easy equipment to assist get probably the most out of your optics to 9 artistic strategies you could possibly strive, this version of Digicam Clinic will assist you to construct a signature visible model.
This month’s Hotshots gallery showcases the class winners from the Cewe Picture Award 2025 – the world’s largest picture competitors, with almost 657,000 photos entered.
See what it takes to impress the distinguished judging panel and stroll away with a superb prize package deal value roughly $20,000/£15,000.
For December’s interview, we converse to Toby Binder, winner of the Documentary class within the Sony World Images Awards 2025 Skilled competitors.
His sequence Divided Youth of Belfast, photographed in black and white, noticed Toby return to areas he has been documenting for plenty of years. He takes us behind the scenes of the mission, from web page 116.
Digital Darkroom tutorials for December stroll you thru some artistic modifying strategies for Lightroom, Photoshop and Affinity Picture 2.
Uncover use Adobe Photoshop to experiment with classic photographic movie results (pictured, above), and learn to use a monochrome conversion in Adobe Lightroom to save lots of a panorama picture that is not fairly working.
Additionally this month, the Device Faculty tutorial walks you thru utilizing Adobe Photoshop to appropriate converging verticals in architectural pictures, then utilizing generative AI to fill the gaps (pictured, above).
December’s Equipment Zone opens with a full subject and lab take a look at of the Canon EOS R1 – the model’s newest flagship digital camera.
Developed for skilled motion and sports activities photographers, this full-frame mirrorless is filled with cutting-edge tech for customers who cannot afford to overlook any photographs. Learn our verdict from web page 106.
A brace of lens critiques this month consists of the Nikkor Z 24‑70mm f/2.8 S II, an ordinary zoom that goals to enhance on its spectacular predecessor, and the Tamron 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD superzoom for APS-C-sensor cameras that use Canon RF, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z or Sony E mounts.
And we conclude our critiques with a full take a look at of the most recent model of main plug-ins suite DxO Nik Assortment. Appropriate with software program together with Photoshop, Lightroom Basic and Affinity Picture, see how you could possibly combine the advantages of Nik Assortment 8 in your workflow, on web page 114.
The most recent situation of Digital Digicam comes with an unequalled collection of digital presents
December’s bonus presents embody 9 picture ideas playing cards, 24 minutes of video tutorials, 29 software program extras for Lightroom, Photoshop and Affinity Picture 2, and a digital camera shopping for information e-book with greater than 250 pages.
This is the total listing of the bonus presents bundled with situation 301 of Digital Digicam:
- 9 new picture ideas playing cards protecting landscapes, wildlife, motion – and extra!
- 24 minutes of video tutorials for Photoshop and Lightroom
- 29 bonus software program extras (Actions and presets) for Photoshop and Lightroom
- 250-plus-page Digicam Purchaser’s Information e-book full of shopping for recommendation
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Each situation of Digital Digicam journal is filled with ideas, strategies, professional recommendation, critiques, information and inspiration.
Don’t overlook that you would be able to subscribe to Digital Digicam journal and get the journal delivered to your door each month. Select between a print or digital subscription, or a bundle of the 2.
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