Setting up for street

Avoid the Instagram hotspots and go off the beaten track to reveal more interesting images of your visit

Full of noise, colour and flavour, aim to blend in on the streets to immerse yourself in the local culture

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

We love moaning. The raw file won’t open, the firmware update wiped your settings. But spare a thought for the early adopters – when digital photography meant ghostly battery life, media cards that could barely hold a lunch break, colours that made everything look a bit ill. Peter Dench hears from top shooters about those early frustrations and breakthroughs, and adds his own…

Take manual control over a host of photographic settings

For more interesting portraits, take a direct approach and ask your subject for a shot