Spring is finally here, and with it a great deal of fresh photo opportunities. Turn straight to our cover feature (page 50) for some fun and creative ways of shooting the icons of the new season. With techniques including refraction, silhouettes, water splashes, macro and more, there’s plenty to keep you busy over the coming month. Photo Active offers another appealing batch of projects to try today (p16), and there are so many inspirational images to savour from Travel Photographer of the Year, in Hotshots (p42), and the Sony World Photography Awards (p60). Leading pros to grace this issue include National Geographic legend Gerd Ludwig (p120) and Sandra Cattaneo Adorno (p100), while Kevin Mullins takes us on a street shoot in sunny Bristol (p8). Camera fans can discover our initial…