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

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

Tim Irwin’s 3D printed 90mm lens is a whole lot better than it looks, says Damien Demolder , and it produces some useful, and fun, results

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

Shoot like a pro with this gimbal

Are you getting started outdoors, gearing up for a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, or just need to save a few quid? We all need to get out, even in this economy. Here’s the lowdown on the best, more budget-friendly backpacking kit our team have reviewed over the last year or so, in one place for the first time