24 new year tips!
James Paterson shows you how to kick-start your creativity this new year with a host of Nikon tips, tricks and photo inspiration
James Paterson
Regular N-Photo contributor James can turn his hand to shooting anything and everything, but specializes in portraiture, and is a photo-editing whizz! More info at: www.patersonphotos.com
The new year is a chance for new beginnings, lifestyle changes and fresh endeavours. So why not start by getting creative with your camera? Over the next 12 pages, we’ll explore a range of ideas to help you kick-start your photography in 2024. You’ll find a host of camera tricks, project ideas and lifestyle hacks that will leave you keen to grab your
Nikon and get shooting.
We’ll begin by exploring some of the cutting-edge techniques and technological advances that make Nikon photography in 2024 more accessible and exciting than ever. Then we’ll explore an array of fun shooting projects that anybody can try, from simple camera tricks to eye-catching lighting techniques. Whether you’re looking for inspiration or keen to learn new camera skills, you’ll find plenty of tips and ideas to get you started.
But photography isn’t just about settings and gear: it’s also about having the right mindset for creativity. With that in mind, you’ll find lots of advice on honing your creative approach, expressing your own artistic voice, and pushing the boundaries of what and how you capture. So let’s level up our skills, set ourselves new targets, and make 2024 the year we take our greatest-ever photographs!
Cutting-edge techniques
Thanks to advances in camera technology, you can do things with your Nikon in 2024 that you might have thought were impossible not so long ago…
Arguably no other aspect of camera technology has seen such a giant leap forwards in the past few years as autofocus. As well as making the act of focusing easier and more precise, these advances also propel new camera features that could change the way we shoot.
For instance, Nikon’s Auto-Capture feature is able to recognize subject movement in the frame and trigger the shutter, making it possible to set up camera traps or place the camera where the photographer can’t go. The feature allows you to set a portion of the frame to watch for movement, and determine whether the detected movement is fast or slow enough to trigger the shutter. At the moment, Auto-Capture is only available on the Z 9, but expect it to filter down to other models. If you don’t have aZ 9, there are other tools that allow you to set up a c
