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Welcome to issue 99
Adam Waring, Editor
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Your Nikon is packed to the back buttons with
clever tech that makes tak ing images a doddle:
auto e x posure gives you per fectly balanced pictures;
autofocus ensures pin-sharp shots; your Speedlite
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your subject; and in-camera processing generates
ready-to-print photos, straight out of the camera.
But to leave ever y thing to your Nikon is to cede creative control, so
we’re encouraging you to embrace manual photography. It’ll not only
give you a better understanding of the science behind taking pictures,
but you’ll produce artful images that would be other wise impossible.
The cityscapes our Apprentice shot under the watchful eye of pro
Jordan Banks are a case in point. By embracing Manual mode and
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through their paces, with do-it-all focal lengths stretching from
wide-angle to telephoto – and even super-telephoto – that are the
ideal one-stop solution for tak ing on your holidays. Plus we tr y out
roller bags for safely transporting your treasured kit. Enjoy!
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This issue’s special
contributors...
Jordan Banks
PAGE 6
Our Apprentice accompanies
travel pro Jordan to London to
learn to take scenic cityscapes
of the nation’s buzzing capital.
Tom Mackie
PAGE 64
Tom travels to California to
witness one of the desert’s
sensational superblooms – but
discovers he’s not the only one...
Joe McNally
PAGE 80
Joe shows how the addition of
a simple light modifier to your
Speedlight can work wonders
with your portraiture.
Paul Wilkinson
PAGE 40
Pro portrait photographer Paul
asks whether your really need
the expense of running your own
photo studio when starting out.
Michael Freeman
PAGE 94
Michael explains the art of
combining collections of subjects
that have been shot in a similar
style to create a typology.
Lee Gale shows off his images of
Iceland in Your Stories, page 68.
James Paterson
PAGE 28
James encourages you to stop
relying on your Nikon’s auto
modes and embrace manual to
take control of your photography.