January 2007
Issue 2
On sale 14 December, 2006
Our January 2007 issue includes:
Beginner’s Guide: Understand your DSLR: Metering Systems
DSLR Technique Guide: Urban landscapes
Step-by-step guide: Silhouettes
Bjorn Thomassen Portrait Lighting Masterclass: Natural Window light
5-Minute Photoshop: Add a boost of speed to a static or slow moving subject
Digital Convert: Mark Bauer, landscape photographer
FREE! 20-page DSLR Buyer’s Guide
Beginner’s Guide
Understand your DSLR: Metering Systems
DSLR Technique Guide
Urban landscapes
Step-by-step guide
Silhouettes
Bjorn Thomassen Portrait Lighting Masterclass
Natural Window light
5-Minute Photoshop
Add a boost of speed to a static or slow moving subject
Digital Convert: Main interview
Mark Bauer, landscape photographer
Freelance Factfile
Landscape Photography
TEST CENTRE
DSLR Test
Nikon D40
Comparison Test – Ultra Wide-angle Zooms
Canon EF-S 10-22mm
Nikon AF-S DX 12-24mm
Pentax SMC-DA 12-24mm
Sigma 10-20mm EX DC HSM
Sigma 12-24mm
Sony DT 11-18mm
Tamron SP AF 11-18mm
Archive
In This Issue
- Nikon hopes that its latest digital SLR will appeal to those wanting the quality and versatility of an SLR, but the ease of use of a compact camera. Small, lightweight and with a low price tag of £450 with lens, it is certainly a tempting proposition for those on a budget. Dan Lezano finds out if this 6.1-megapixel SLR has what it takes to make it a hit with the beginner.
- Adobe Photoshop is loved the world over by photographers as it allows wonderful effects to be applied to their pictures. This month, Luke Marsh shows you how to add a boost of speed to static or slow-moving subjects.
- Window light: Lighting is the single most important factor to shooting beautiful portraits and learning how to control and manipulate light is essential if your desire is to take creative portraits. Award-winning portrait and fashion photographer Bjorn Thomassen is a leading expert in all forms of lighting and exclusively reveals his secrets in Digital SLR Photography. This month he explains how most homes provide the potential for you to shoot stunning portraits using natural windowlight as your main source of lighting
- You can’t beat expert photo assessment to discover what’s right and wrong with your photography. Every month, leading photographers provide honest appraisals of your images. As well as gaining invaluable advice, you’re also rewarded with a great prize! The reader of the main image receives a superb Sekonic L-308s lightmeter worth £140, while four other readers each get a brilliant Lastolite TriGrip reflector worth £60! For further information on the full range of Sekonic and Lastolite products contact JP Distribution, tel 01782 753304 or visit www.johnsons-photopia.co.uk
- For most of us, the urban landscape envelops us every day to the point that we often take it for granted. However, if we spend a little time to look around, we’ll discover that towns and cities offer unlimited potential for great photography.
- Last month we looked at exposure modes and highlighted which beginners should try out first. In the second instalment, we examine how cameras actually determine the exposure and the various metering systems and options available to you.
- We love Lavazza here in the Digital SLR Photography offices. As well as producing delicious coffee, they also deliver what is usually the most original and spectacular of calendars. If like us, you find Pirelli’s annual offering to be a little tired (or should that be tyred?), then you’ll love what Lavazza have produced. Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco’s caffeine-fuelled spectacle is based around a comic-book world where a squad of supermodel super-heroines find time to sip expressos and fight crime.