Amateur Photographer

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We test the eagerly awaited long
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Passionate about photography since 1884
Shot at
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Make sure you never miss
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Creative
Photoshop
How a little humour can
inspire a composite image
TESTED
Leica S
Damien Demolder gets to
test drive the £15k beast
Have I got news
Brian Harris on his 47 years
at the frontline of UK
press photography
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In this issue
patience: the disposition to be able to wait for landscape photographs than taking them.
10 On the wild side long periods, usually with no internet, while Anita Nicholson gets round the third problem
There’s nothing better the light ponders whether or not to play ball. by camping out overnight, and you can see
than waking up right Second (for UK photographers, at any rate) is how well this pays off by enjoying her amazing
in the middle of the an ambivalence to being cold and possibly work on pages 10-15.
stunning location you even wet. Finally, a willingness to get up in the Nigel Atherton, Editor
want to photograph, as
Anita Nicholson explains
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Veteran press
photographer Brian ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK
Harris recalls his
exciting 47-year career
Dandelion by Dawid Zyla
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two contrasting portrait beautiful and the sun EDIA
was nearing sunset. I
shoots with singer-
took one lens and two
songwriter PJ Harvey
colour fi lters with me so
42 Evening class I could experiment with
Martin Evening sorts out the different settings on
your photo-editing and my Nikon D7100. I live
post-processing problems in Zurich and there’s
a great place nearby
46 Leica S (Typ 007)
with thousands of
Damien Demolder tests
dandelions. I asked my
the Leica S (Typ 007)
girlfriend to hold one
medium-format camera
of them and blow as
with CMOS sensor
hard as she could, and
53 Back on track eventually I got the
picture I wanted. I made
Michael Topham fi nds out
some adjustments in
how the Fujinon XF 100-
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NEWS ROUND-UP
The week in brief, edited by Chris Cheesman
Fuji unveils 2x converter
Fujifilm has unveiled a new 2x
converter for its X-series lenses that
is designed to be weather and dust
resistant. The Fujinon Teleconverter
XF2X TC WR, due out at the end
of June and costing £349, is
constructed from nine elements
in five groups and built to resist
temperatures down to -10°C.
‘Unseen’ royals
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ILSON CEN the royal family recreating
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APHY between paintings and early
photography. The Tate Britain
show, Painting with Light: Art
and Photography from the
Pre-Raphaelites to the Modern
Age, runs until 25 September.
Visit www.tate.org.uk.
Retail competition
People working in photographic
retail can put their photography
skills to the test in the first
competition to be launched by
Pixel magazine. The 2016 Pixel Photography Competition is split
into five categories: Landscape, Portrait/Fashion, Wildlife, Street
and Monochrome. Entries must be sNubikmoittned stoa pliexesl. cdo.iuvk.e MATE ROBERT F SARGENT
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fell 12.36% on the previous year,
WEEKEND PROJECT
while sales of lenses fell 11.68%
and compact cameras 19%.
Falling DSLR sales led to a 19% Burst into spring 1You can use any zoom
dro.p in income, but Nikon posted lens but a 24mm to 70mm
a 20.8% rise in net profit. workhorse is ideal. In
Now that spring is fi nally here to stay, it’s time to manual mode or shutter-speed
dust off your creative fl ower and plant photography mode (Tv on a Canon), set a
Festival diary dates
skills. Pictures of bluebells shot against a narrow shutter speed of 1/20sec. You
Enthusiasts can get hands-on with the latest technology and depth of fi eld can get a tad predictable and lack may need to adjust the ISO to
attend free seminars by some of the biggest names in photography individuality. Woods and pastures in springtime ensure you don’t overexpose.
at Park Cameras’ seventh Imaging Festival in June. Representatives are frequented by photographers getting the
from major camera and accessory manufacturers will be on hand to same kinds of shots, so why not try photographing
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give advice. The Imaging Festival 2016 will fl owers and blossoming trees using zoom-burst It’s a good idea to use
be held on 11 June at Park Cameras’ techniques? Zoom burst sounds complicated, but a tripod, but you can get
central London store near it’s just a matter of zooming your lens in and out away with shooting
Oxford Street, and on 18 while the shutter is open (so you need a zoom lens handheld. Support the camera
June at the Burgess Hill to begin with). While keeping your subject razor as much as possible, or brace
store in West Sussex. sharp is not really the point of zoom burst, the yourself against a tree. Keep
Visit www.parkcameras. subject needs to be sharp enough so the viewer the background as clean and
com/festival2016. can make it out against the background. as non-distracting as possible.
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BIG
picture
Marking over 70 years
since the Allied invasion
of Normandy in 1944
On Tuesday 6 June 1944,
the largest seaborne
invasion in history took place
when soldiers from Britain, the
USA and Canada, together with
the Free French Forces, streamed
onto the beaches of Normandy
in France as part of Operation
Overlord. The invasion had begun
the previous night with air strikes
and a naval bombardment.
This image, called ‘Into The
Jaws of Death’, was shot by Chief
Photographer’s Mate Robert F
Sargent in a landing craft of the
USS Samuel Chase. It was taken
just as the troops of Company E,
16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division
(the Big Red One) waded onto
Fox Green sector, Omaha Beach.
US soldiers encountered the
German 352nd Division when
landing, and during the initial
phase two-thirds of Company E
became casualties.
Words & numbers
I think I’m
better behind
the camera
than I am
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you are ready, rapidly zoom in zoom-burst technique Bryan Adams
and out as you shoot. You need
Canadian singer-songwriter,
to move the mechanism quite
musician and photographer
robustly, but avoid damaging
the zoom drive in the process.
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Experiment with the
best composition,
reducing the shutter
speed if necessary. Zoom
Number of people who visited
burst can also work with
the biennial Photokina show in
portraits and can add an Cologne, Germany, in 2014. This
interesting twist to travel year’s event takes place in
Cologne from 20-25 September.
photography in particular.
A giant camera
obscura made
of timber and
fabric was set
up in an
underground
space at
Somerset
House, known
as the McCullin’s work
Deadhouse
in £650 book
THE LIFE’S work of
veteran photojournalist
Don McCullin is celebrated
in a limited-edition
large-format book.
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Limited to 1,000 copies,
World’s ‘largest’
the book contains over 650
images on 1,300 pages.
It includes iconic work
alongside previously
tintypes revealed
unseen photos personally
chosen by McCullin.
Housed in a presentation
box, each volume comes
quarter-bound in cloth.
THE WORLD’S ‘largest’ tintypes The project – called ‘The explained that the resulting tintype The fi rst volume is War
have been created by a giant Untouched’ – is the brainchild images are ‘more resilient than and Reportage; the second
Landscapes, Still Lifes &
camera deep in the bowels of of artistic duo Walter Hugo and [from] many other processes,
London’s Somerset House and Zoniel Burton. predicted to last a thousand years’. Travel, and the third an
were revealed at Photo London They said: ‘Each subject is Walter, who has a background in updated version of
as we went to press. full-length and lifesize, shot directly physics, told AP the pair plan to take McCullin’s autobiography,
First used in the mid-1800s, a onto a metal sheet using a traditional the second part of their series to the Unreasonable Behaviour.
tintype is a wet-plate collodion photographic technique fi rst used in Victoria & Albert Museum in July. Irreconcilable Truths is
process resulting in a positive the 1850s, making the portraits the Photo London, held from 19-22 published by Provocateur
image on a metal plate. largest tintypes in the world.’ May, attracted the great and the Press. Visit donmccullin.
Created from a giant camera good of photography. Photojournalist com for more details.
obscura, each plate measures Don McCullin and fashion
213.5x121.5cm. photographer Nick Knight were
The tintype subjects, who have to among those taking part in 33 talks.
remain still for up to 30 seconds Somerset House played host to 85
during the shoot, have so far of the world’s galleries, showcasing
included the fashion designer the work of 480 artists.
Paul Smith (left). Around 50 satellite events also
Other ‘iconic Britons’ were set to took place elsewhere in the capital
follow, according to the pair, who during Photo London week.
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Speaking at the opening, co-
founder Michael Benson said that,
for many, photography is an entry
point into the art world.
He added: ‘It appeals to younger
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Anette Mossbacher’s
entry received special Get up & go
mention in the 2015
TPOTY competition
The most interesting things to see, do and
shoot this week. By Geoff Harris
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RPS Practical Wildlife Photo Workshop
In this workshop, leading West Country photographer Nigel Hicks
THIS year’s Travel £4,000 cash, travel Entries can be
teaches the essentials of this challenging genre without the need
Photographer of the goods, clothing and a submitted online via
to spend hours or days tracking ‘truly wild’ animals. The animals
Year competition has personalised leather tpoty.com, or as prints.
at this centre are kept in naturalistic enclosures and are used to
opened for entries, giving portfolio case by It costs £8 to enter the
the presence of people. Also open to non-members.
photography enthusiasts, Plastic Sandwich. single-image categories
4 June, bit.ly/hickscourse
semi-pros and The 2016 portfolio and £15 to enter the
professionals the chance categories carry the portfolio, New Talent and
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winners. Entrants must each category will be show in an exhibition in
The Photographers’ Gallery
reveals the diverse talent of
enter two or more treated to a trip along Greenwich, London, from
(just off Oxford Street) features
Spencer Murphy, whose work
portfolios to be eligible to the Norwegian coastline. 22 July-4 September.
vintage prints from the private
has featured in the Guardian
compete for the overall There will also be a Images from the event’s
collection of this legendary
Weekend and Time. He has
Travel Photographer of section devoted to images 13-year history will be
Picture Post photojournalist.
also been selected for
the Year 2016 title and captured on mobile on show in Malta from
The images were stored for
numerous awards.
prizes, which include phones and tablets. 8 September 2016.
decades at Hardy’s home.
18 June-13 August,
Rare photos to go on show at NPG francescamaffeogallery.com Until 3 July, bit.ly/tpghardy
LONDON The Stranger’s
MEMBERS of the public are set to create new, artifi cial compositions,’
gain access to rare photos from an explained the NPG. Notebook (Prologue)
album acquired by the National Portrait Last year, the Government placed a
Gallery after it was saved for the nation. temporary export ban on the album of This intriguing multidisciplinary
The ‘extremely rare and important 70 photos, which was at risk of ending project is based on Dawit L
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‘Anticipating Photoshop by more
The album will across a series of venues.
than a century, Rejlander is best known go on show at Many familiar photographers
for his pioneering work combining the NPG in will be on show, plus some
multiple negatives in the darkroom to October
of Scotland’s most exciting
emerging talents.
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stage, in near darkness, was proof when you can have as
of its excellent high ISO abilities, in
many as you want?’
particular in the 102,400 to 819,200
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For carrying around in my briefcase,
shots at as little as 1/500sec, of stunt
for example, I’d probably take a Sony
footballer Dan Magness practising in the
Sony World Photography
Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV, with its
gloomy conditions (see below). Enthusing
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compactness and impressive image
whether the D5 was my ‘dream’ camera. World Photography Organisation, £34.99,
quality. Indeed, if they weren’t so
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expensive, I’d have one already.
indeed a great camera, but I don’t think it
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my Sony Alpha 6000. With a retractable
use. Its sensitivity and speed are brilliant
hotbed of emerging and established
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for sports and photojournalism, but its
talent. Every year the competition
pocket-sized and excellent as a general,
weight and bulk would be a big drawback
plays host to images that make
multipurpose camera. It’s so good, in fact,
on holiday or on location.
many of us green with envy. While
that it might be in my dream cupboard,
the professional categories are
too, except its place would now be taken
My dream kit
consistently fantastic, it’s the
by the newer and better Alpha 6300.
Which got me thinking: could there ever
amateur images that hold true appeal. Many of the
I’d covet a Fujifi lm X-T1 for the
be just one dream camera in your life?
amateur entrants are unbound by the self-conscious
sumptuous look its sensor creates, and
While a certain model might be eminently
photography education that can mar photographers in
a Phase One XF 100MP behemoth,
suitable for some tasks, it’s likely to prove
their career, and as a result we have a collection that is
complete with a range of gorgeous Zeiss
wanting for others. What you really need
not only unafraid to be experimental, but also one that
lenses, in case I needed poster-size detail.
in your dreams is a cupboard full of varied
is thoroughly inspirational. This year’s awards feature
In addition, there’d be something light and
kit, ready for every situation.
perhaps some of the competition’s strongest images
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to date. If you would like to purchase a copy of the
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gloomy conditions
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masterpiece of the company’s mechanical
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Technique
WILD CAMPING
On the
wild side
KIT LIST
▲ Neoprene ▲ Travel tripod
camera cover
This is useful for shooting the night sky, taking
This provides extra long-exposure shots at dusk or for shooting time-lapse
protection for your camera footage. An advantage of wild camping is that you’ll have
while it’s in your rucksack, plenty of time to do this once you’ve reached your pitch.
and against the elements
when you’re exploring the
fell and carrying it over
your shoulder.
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