Out of the blue

Wendy Evans invokes solar power to help create a vintage print on chemical-infused paper

Answer: the first digital camera – John Wade explains how it all began

Preserved to enhance their shape and colour, fronds of seaweed are transformed into delicate but lasting pieces of coastal art

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…

Quite by accident, Anne Greenall discovered that hydrangeas flourished in her garden overlooking the Firth of Clyde and she went on to amass a collection of more than 200 varieties

When everything comes together, there’s no better feeling, as Michael Topham experienced in Croatia