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FAMILY BUSINESS • We pair reader Jonathan with Canon portrait pro Taylor Brady to learn how to take brilliant family photos

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT • Taylor showed Jonathan how set up his Canon EOS 760D to help him on his way to great portraits

TAYLOR’S TOP BABY PICS • Taylor shows us some of her highlights from portrait shoots

INSPIRATIONS • STUNNING IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

WINTER WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY • The BAFTA and Emmy award-winning documentary film-maker and photographer Doug Allan discusses his incredible life and career, and the Canon kit and techniques he uses for taking amazing photos in the most challenging locations on the planet

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Dawn sprint to the Taj Mahal • In the first in a new series of brilliant travel photography columns, Canon pro David Clapp reveals how he used infrared in India

New projects with video guides • Follow our Canon camera walkthrough tutorials and image-editing videos

Liquid motion • James Paterson crafts an abstract figure with photography and Photoshop

TOP TIPS GET SET UP FOR PAINT ABSTRACTS • Learn how to set up a camera and flash to capture beautiful photos of paints in water

TOP TIPS PAINT ABSTRACTS • Get your focus spot-on, choose the right type of paint and mix up your colours for vibrant photos

TOP TIPS SMOKY SHAPES • It doesn’t necessarily have to be paints, you can apply the same technique to all kinds of things

STEP BY STEP CREATE YOUR PAINTERLY FIGURE • Blend and reshape your paint photos in Photoshop with filters and masks to craft a dancer

The Photographer’s Ephemeris explained • George Cairns demonstrates how to photograph a scene in the best possible light using The Photographer’s Ephemeris app

PHOTOGRAPHER’S EPHEMERIS KEY FEATURES • Uncover how to best utilize this handy photography app when planning a photo shoot

Make a tilt-able lens • Dan Mold shows you how to take apart an old film lens and turn it into a fantastic DYI tilt-able lens to create cool photography effects

THE SETUP MAKE A CUSTOM TILT-ABLE LENS • Use some everyday items to create a bespoke lens for quirky depth of field effects

Make plastic fantastic! • Dan Mold shows you how to use a polarizing filter, plastic cutlery and a computer or tablet screen to create colourful abstracts images

STEP BY STEP SHOOTS ABSTRACTS WITH A POLARIZER • Get set to illuminate plastic cutlery with polarized light for colourful abstract results

A touch of Hollywood • Discover with Dan Mold how you can retouch a portrait and add a striking cinematic split-tone effect using Photoshop Elements

STEP BY STEP PERFECTING YOUR PORTRAITS • Smooth skin, sharpen eyes and add a striking split tone effect in Elements

Recolour backdrops for your portraits • James Paterson shows how to selectively shift the colour of a backdrop, or anything else you like, using some handy Photoshop tips and tricks

STEP BY STEP CHANGE BACKGROUNDS WITH EASE • Use the on-image controls built-in to Photoshop’s Hue/Saturation mode to alter colours

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