James Abbott mimics shooting, editing and even darkroom effects in Photoshop to give his shots a creative finish

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

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

Using Lightroom, Sean McCormack shows how it’s done

Master creative use of long exposure to capture the dynamics of nature, says Karolina Konsur