Self-portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1896

This month: Improve composition Compose yourself for photographs that are worth looking at more than once

IT was a clear early spring day, the breeze light and the sands empty. Sea and land seemed to go on forever, their divisions blurred by light and distance. Brigitte Wetherby breathed in the salty air

Benedict Brain searches his archives for the inspiration to escape winter’s creative doldrum

Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

Wendy Evans goes through the techniques required to shoot train stations after dark, when metering the variable light is a challenge