Digital SLR Photography - UK (2019-07)

3 E D I TO R ’ SPAGE

Editor Lezano shares the biggest highlights of the issue

6 P ORTFOLIO

We’ve handpicked the best and most inspirational images

created by our readers from around the world

14 AWARD-WINNING IMAGES

We reveal the winners of 2019 Sony World Photography

Awards and the Natural World Photography contest

44 EXPERT C R I T I Q UE

Yo u r i m a g e s re ce i ve va l u a b le fe e d b a c k f ro m t h e e x p e r t s

49 READER SUBMISSIONS

How to contribute images or take part in our workshops

50 BEGINNER’S GUIDE: MONOCHROME

Learn about what makes a great black & white image and

how to create them in-camera and when editing

64 WO R KS H O P : WO O D L A N D S

Professional photographer James Abbott takes one reader

to Holmes Woods to try out some creative techniques

72 P H OTO EXPERT: FLOWERS

Pro photographer Helen Dixon shares her experience and

expertise on photographing spring and summer floras

84 B I G I N TERVIEW: JUSTIN MINNS

East Anglian pro photographer Justin Minns talks about his

new book and the joys of shooting the east of England

130 N EXT MONTH

A sneak preview of what’s in store in our next issue

4 Digital SLR P hotography July 2019

108 SUBSCRIBE TO DAY!

Ta k e a d v a n t a g e o f o u r l a t e s t s u b s c r i p t i o n offe r

Photo technique

22 P HOTO SKILLS: CHANGE YO U R F OCUS

Jordan Butters explains to benefits and process of

changing your autofocus to back-button focusing

26 PHOTO SKILLS: WEDDING RINGS

With the wedding season nearly upon us, Caroline

Schmidt shares some tips for fast but creative still-lifes

30 PHOTO SKILLS: HDR PHOTOGRAPHY

Revive this popular technique witha subtler approach

that brings out the beauty of your photography

34 EDIT SKILLS: MERGING A HDR IMAGE

Jordan Butters shows you how to faithfully blend your

bracketed exposures for naturally detail-rich landscapes

36 PHOTO SKILLS: SKETCH IT

Merge mediums to create unusual storytelling portraits –

it’s much easier than it may look, and they look impressive

40 EDIT SKILLS: SKETCH

Caroline Schmidt shows you the final steps to blending

sketch and photo with adjustments to your Blend Mode

42 EDIT SKILLS: RESCUE S K IES

If your rapeseed landscapes were lacking polarised blue

skies and puffy clouds, this technique rescues its impact

JULY 2019 / ISSUE 152

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