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

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

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Now in its seventh edition, Photo North has become a festival defined less by scale than by care. Rooted in storytelling, collaboration and social engagement, it offers a space where photography and visitors can meet on equal terms. Co-founder Peter Dench explains…