After the long festive break we're finally back to normality for the weekend project. Hopefully you'll all be feeling fully refreshed and ready to take on a new year and some new shooting challenges! This weekend the challenge we set you is to take a photograph that follows these three rules - 1. The image must be finished in black and white but include one colour - if you need any help with

Last year photographer Matt Humphrey photographed 31 major celebrity actors in 31 days, and this year the photographer took it upon himself to do the same thing - only this time with musicians. Matt reveals to us in a one to one interview how he got on. His images from this project will be on display at The Strand Gallery in London from Monday 9th - Sun 22nd January 2012. DP:  What is your new

1. Set up a home studio When the weather is too wet to venture outside with your camera, set up your own studio at home. Use plain coloured paper or patterned wallpaper for an interesting studio background and set up some basic flashlights. 2. Indoor Portraits Set up and start shooting some interior portraits for your portfolio. Whether you photograph family members, friends or yourself make su

    Step 01 Open your image and duplicate the background. Click the eye next to the background layer and ensure the duplicate layer is highlighted. Step 02 This is one of the simplest ways to remove wrinkles in Photoshop. Zoom in to the area you want to work on and click the Spot Healing tool (plaster symbol). Step 03 In the top toolbar, you’ll see options for your brush.

Check out Digital Photographer's Hayley Paterek in the studio showing you how to create great macro shots using objects from around the home      

Casio H30 This compact has an impressive 1cm minimum focus distance and 12.5x optical zoom, allowing you to get very close macro shots.   Canon IXUS 1000HS With a 3 inch LCD and a 1cm minimum focus distance, this compact is ideal for getting some ultra close-up shots.   Pentax Optio WG1 This waterproof tough camera also has a minimum focus distance of 1cm, mean

Eye-fi memory card Eye-Fi cards look and behave just like regular SD memory cards, but contain a wireless transmitter which can connect directly to wireless access points which you configure in advance on your computer using the software provided.   DSLR wireless unit Some DSLRs take plug-in wi-fi transmitters like this Nikon WT-4 which enable images to be sent wirelessly to FTP

Capture better photographs this winter   Win £10,000 of pro kit - Win this mega prize of professional photography gear   Wildlife Up Close - Learn how to take better shots of wildlife home and away   Take Creative Long Exposures - Slow down your shutter speed for a creative image   Learn to tone your images - Blue tone your photos for ex

Digital Photographer is celebrating its 10th anniversary starting in issue 117, which marks the beginning of a yearlong schedule of special celebratory events. To kick off the birthday celebrations, UK readers will receive a beautiful photo tips calendar inside issue 117. Digital Photographer Editor, Rosie Tanner said, “We want to thank our readers for 10 fantastic years of photography by

Hue/Saturation   Go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation. Use the sliders to change the intensity and tone of colours. The Edit drop down box allows you to change separate colour channels.   Curves Go to Image>Adjustments>Curves. Adjust the curve on the graph to radically change colours and lighting. This is very sensitive to small changes, if you go too far h

Promotion: How photos can engage your readers

While a written blog certainly relies heavily on well-written and nutritious content in order to keep its readers coming back regularly, they also benefit greatly from the inclusion of a few great images.  Confront your readers with a sea of

Camera School: ISO and sensitivity

Lesson four: Master ISO ISO is the measurement of a camera sensor’s sensitivity to light. Based on the speed ratings of conventional 35mm film (denoted as ASAs), most compacts, superzooms and DSLRs will allow photographers to alter the I

The Weekend Project - 3rd Feb 2012

The weekend has arrived so time for us to set you a shooting challenge. As the weather has drastically changed in the past week the theme for this challenge is 'cold'. Interpret the word as you like. You can enter your images now onto the Digit