Craft your own cyanotypes

Wendy Evans invokes solar power to help create a vintage print on chemical-infused paper

Follow along as Eliza Ivanova explains her process for colouring artwork digitally without losing that innate sketchbook charm

When everything comes together, there’s no better feeling, as Michael Topham experienced in Croatia

We love moaning. The raw file won’t open, the firmware update wiped your settings. But spare a thought for the early adopters – when digital photography meant ghostly battery life, media cards that could barely hold a lunch break, colours that made everything look a bit ill. Peter Dench hears from top shooters about those early frustrations and breakthroughs, and adds his own…

Answer: the first digital camera – John Wade explains how it all began

Like the vibe of a famous painting? Use Camera Raw’s Color Transfer filter to reference works of art, as James Paterson explains