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News    |    Reviews    |    Competitions    |    Galleries    |    Subscribe Tuesday 24 December 2013 Welcome to the last newsletter of the year. The AP office is pretty much closed down for Christmas now, so there's not much news to report, but in this newsletter you'll find some suggestions for last minute Christmas presents, and some competitions you can enter should you be ready to wind down for the festive period, such as our Where the Duck treasure hunt. If you find yourself at a loose end this Christmas, of just want to get away from the relatives for a while, why not try one of our Christmas photography projects. From making your own bottle cap tripod to making objects appear to levitate there are a range of great projects you can try out at home. Find them on our technique site: Photo Technique. It just remains for me to wish you all a 'Very Merry Christmas'. See you next year. Nigel Atherton, Editor     Digital version of Amateur Photographer, 4 January 2014 See what's in the digital version of this week's Amateur Photographer       Guide to advanced compacts launched this year If you are still struggling to find a present, check out our guide to the best advanced compacts this year...       Christmas gift guide We've assembled some of the most best gifts that you can buy for the photographer in your life - or yourself - this Christmas...       Play 'Where the Duck' for a chance to win a What the Duck soft toy       Win 1 of 20 custom smartphone cases (plus a free iTunes subscription to AP for every entrant)     Pentax DSLR product guide Read this 24 page Pentax equipment guide here Get an AP magazine subscription for Christmas There's still time for you to subscribe to Amateur Photographer magazine for the perfect last minute Christmas gift from just £20.99 a quarter for print or £69.99 a year for digital     Amateur Photographer 21-28 December 2013 Callum McInerney-Riley reviews the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM1. Jon Stapley talks to the winner of APOY 20113. Vincent Oliver tests the latest update of DxO's image-correction software - the DxO Optics Pro 9....   Subscribe     Buy a digital edition         Nikon D610 review Is the 24.3-million-pixel Nikon D610 a cynical update... Read more...     Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 review With the same sensor as the RX100 II, which is one of... Read more...     Sony Alpha 7R review (preview) A full-frame CSC with a 36.3-million-pixel sensor... Read more...   Christmas projects Twelve projects to keep you entertained over Christmas Christmas will soon be upon us, but rather than spend your days watching repeats on TV, why not expand your creative repertoire? Chris Gatcum shares 12 top techniques to help get you started… Christmas projects #1 – Freelensing Christmas projects #2 – Levitation Christmas projects #3 – Beanbag Christmas projects #4 – Quick-clamp Christmas projects #5 – Lo-fi lens Christmas projects #6 – Silhouettes Christmas projects #7 – Bottle-cap ’pod Christmas projects #8 – Single camera stereo Christmas projects #9 – Macro Tube Christmas projects #10 – Photo cube Christmas projects #11 – Time-Lapse Panning device Christmas projects #12 – Movie grip   Vote for the AP Forum (Reader) Product of the Year Members of the AP forum have nominated the following products for the 'AP Forum Product of the Year Now's your chance to vote for the 'AP Forum (Reader) Product of the Year   Play 'Where the Duck?' for a chance to win a What the Duck soft toy This is your last chance to win a cuddly What the Duck. Find the ducks hidden around our website and on our various social media groups. Each duck will have a letter on it, rearrange the letters to spell a photography term and you could win! Here's one duck to get you stated. Find out more

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