Perfect pictures for your family history

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

Q My ancestor, Charles Hayes, was born on 6 October 1700 in Harrow on the Hill to Charles Hayes and Ann Ewster. He attended University College Cambridge and, described as “one of the Gentlemen of the

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

Aneesa Dawoojee Photographer and artist www.aneesadawoojee.com An artist, conflict ...

This month’s images are provided by Neil Scarlett, a West Yorkshire-based enthusiast. He says: “My earliest railway memories are as a 12-year-old watching grimy steam-hauled freights passing the botto