N-Photo - The Nikon Magazine - USA (2019-07)

GO PRO – PAUL WILKINSON Explorer Alex Bellini brought his family in for a commercial portraiture shoot in the garden outside our ...

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Utilize foreground interest Want to improve your landscapes? Check out this tutorial on how to introduce foreground interest. Hy ...

SECTION HEAD The Mission See how setting the hyperfocal distance can maximize depth of field Time One hour Skill level Inte ...

Front to back Ideal for architectural and landscape photography, setting a lens to the hyperfocal distance retains sharpness in ...

The Mission Capture creative landscape reflections in puddles Time Two hours Skill level Intermediate Kit needed Wide-ang ...

PUDDLE REFLECTIONS ...

CREATIVE TECHNIQUES Set up your camera We shot in Aperture Priority mode so we could set the widest aperture to blur the backgr ...

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SECTION HEAD The Mission Learn to use a wide- angle lens in conjunction with an ND filter Time Two hours Skill level Interm ...

WIDE ANGLES & ND FILTERS Compose the scene When shooting at wide angles, it’s a good idea to have areas of interest close t ...

SECTION HEAD The Mission Merge a set of focus stack images in Affinity Photo Time 15 minutes Skill level Beginner Kit need ...

FOCUS STACKING Select your image set Initiating a focus merge in Affinity Photo is very easy. Simply open Affinity then go to F ...

SECTION HEAD The Mission Create a cut-out with the Pen tool and drop it into a new composite image Time 30 minutes Skill lev ...

THE PEN TOOL Start a path Open car_before then grab the Pen tool. In the top tool options, set the mode to Path, click the cog ...

SECTION HEAD Where to get Capture NX-D IT’S MADE FOR NIKONS, AND IT’S COMPLETELY FREE! As new Nikons are introduced, Capture NX ...

FAKE A SUNSET Warm it up In the Folders window browse to our supplied sunset_start.NEF. Then go to the White Balance tab in the ...

SECTION HEAD The Mission Learn several ways to frame foreground interest in photos Time Two hours Skill level Intermediate ...

FOREGROUND INTEREST ...

THE BIG PROJECT 1 Wide-angle lens If you want to include foreground interest then you need a lens that’s wide enough to fit in b ...