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Saturday 14 February 2015
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A week in photography
When I took my first set of
portraits, I’d had no training
about what to do. I found an
unloved white roll of paper and
a pair of 500W continuous
lights tucked away at the back of the art
department cupboard and, after a bit of dusting
and a replacement bulb, I set up a home studio
and invited friends around to pose.
Among those negs there were dozens of
useless shots, but out of the rolls and rolls of
film that I shot, there would always be one, of
each subject, where I had managed to get a bit
of their character in the image. For me that was
the goal – to walk away with a shot about which
others would say ‘it’s just like them’.
You don’t need a lot of equipment to take a
good portrait, but there are a few simple rules
that can help. Read the
Ten commandments of
portrait photography
on page 10 and learn
from the pros just what these rules are.
Richard Sibley, deputy editor
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COVER PICTURE © MAJA TOPCAGIC
In this issue
10
The ten
commandments
of portrait
photography
Four top portrait
photographers give their
top tips on how to take
great people shots
21
Competition
Eight MAGIX Photostory
2015 Deluxe software
packages to be won
worth a total of £560
22
Are citizen
journalists killing
reportage?
Can citizen journalists and
professional photographers
work side-by-side in
the 24/7 thirst for news
images? Chris Cheesman
investigates
30
Making a print
Andrew Sanderson runs
through the basics of
darkroom printing
34
Treasures of
photography
Curator Colin Harding talks
about the photographic
gems from the RPS’s
collection at the Science
Museum’s Media Space
45
Evening class
Martin Evening sorts out
your photo-editing and
post-processing problems
48
Canon EOS-1D X
With its 12fps shooting
speed and outstanding
low-light capabilities,
was the Canon EOS-1D X
ever going to be anything
but perfect for Callum
McInerney-Riley?
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ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK
© MICK HOUGHTON
Stump & Reed Refections
by Mick Houghton
Nikon D7100, 16-85mm, 1/160sec at f/5.6, ISO 400
Regulars
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7 days
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Inbox
40
Reader Portfolio
42
Accessories
55
Technical
Support
82
Final Analysis
This minimalist image taken in the Lake
District by AP reader Mick Houghton
was uploaded to our Flickr page.
‘This photograph was taken as we walked
round Loughrigg Tarn in Cumbria, on 21
January,’ says Mike. ‘The light was fading
and it was fairly overcast, but the
reflections on the tarn were quite striking
as it was very still. As we walked past a few
clumps of trees on the shoreline, I noticed
the tree stump and the reeds all reflected,
which I thought I could isolate to make a
reasonable image. There was some detail
in the lines of the wood, which stood out,
and I was drawn to the muted, almost
monochrome, tones of the scene.’
Each week
we will choose
our favourite
picture posted
on the AP Facebook and Flickr
communities and the AP forum.
The winner will receive a year’s
digital subscription to AP
worth £79.99.
Win!
Send us your pictures
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Amateur Photographer,
here’s how to send us your images:
Email
Email a selection of low-res images (up to 5MB of attachments in total) to
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Send us a disc of high-resolution JPEG, TIFF or PSD images (at least 2480 pixels along its longest length), with a contact sheet, to the address on page 20.
Via our online communities
Post your pictures into our Flickr group, Facebook page or the gallery on our website. See details above.
Transparencies/prints
Well-packaged prints or slides (without glass mounts) should be sent by Special Delivery, with a return SAE, to the address on page 20.
NEWS ROUND-UP
The week in brief, edited by Chris Cheesman
Tamron 15-30mm
Tamron’s 15-30mm ‘ultra-
wideangle’ f/2.8 lens will be
released on 16 February, priced
£949.99. Suitable for full-frame
cameras, the lens includes
optical image stabilisation and
a ‘water and dirt-repellent’
coating. Visit intro2020.co.uk
or call 01628 674411.
The Phottix Indra 500
TTL is a 500-watt TTL
studio flash for Canon
and Nikon cameras
that can be powered by a
rechargeable battery and used on location.
The Indra 500 TTL costs £999.99 (with
rechargeable battery) or £699.99 (head
only). Visit Intro 2020 or call 01628 674411.
Phottix flash
Argos £5k blooper
A Canon lens hood mistakenly went on sale at Argos for £4,747,
according to a price quoted on the retailer’s website. The apparent
cost of the Canon ET-65B lens
hood was spotted by AP reader
Terence Moore. The same money
would pay for two Canon EOS 5D
Mark III professional DSLRs at
Park Cameras, for example. At
Bristol Cameras, the hood costs
£33. Argos apologised, saying it
should have read ‘£47’.
More than £11,000 worth of
prizes are up for grabs to the
winner of the Calumet Student
Photographer of the Year
competition. The closing date
is 13 March 2015. To enter,
visit www.calphoto.co.uk/
studentawards.
© PYANEK
Student comp
WEEKEND PROJECT
Rainy windows
While we shouldn’t get bogged down with the idea
of good or bad weather for photography, rain is
something that divides us. Some will want to keep
their cameras safely tucked away in their bags, while
others will embrace the conditions. If you’re in the
former camp, don’t discount rain, as it is possible to
turn it to your advantage and still stay dry.
By staying inside and opting to photograph rain
on windowpanes, it’s possible to create some
creative abstract images while making the viewer
look at a scene that they’ve probably seen before
in a new light.
With the UK blessed with its fair share of rainfall at
this time of year, there’s bound to be an opportunity
to capture rainy windows at some point this weekend.
© JAMIE HARRISON
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Studio workshop
A studio photography
workshop hosted by former AP
staff members Doug Harman
and Jamie Harrison will
take place on 1 March, in
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, from
10am-4pm. Participants must
bring a camera. The workshop
costs £150 plus £9.65 booking
fee. For more details visit
www.expertstudioworkshops.
eventbrite.co.uk.
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You can try practising
at home, but unless
you’re lucky enough
to have a striking view on
your doorstep you may have
to venture a little further
afield to find a strong shape
for a background.
Use a relatively fast
lens that can focus
moderately close. This
will allow you to blow the
background out nicely but
focus nice and close on the
raindrops. Experiment with
different apertures.
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Pyanek captures the
beauty of everyday
objects close-up
If you had to guess, what do
you think the object is in this
image? It’s probably fair to say
that no immediate answers come
to mind. It may surprise you to
read that this unusual object is, in
fact, the stalk of an apple. The
artist known as Pyanek has
created a project called ‘Amazing
Worlds Within Our World’, a series
of images that show the beautiful
details of everyday things
(including kitchen sponges,
teabags and lipsticks). Pyanek’s
amazing shots were captured
using a Canon EOS 600D DSLR
with a reversed kit lens and
edited with Helicon Focus
(focus stacking), Lightroom and
Exposure 5. To see more of
Pyanek’s images, visit www.
facebook.com/pyanek.official.
BIG
Words & numbers
Try shooting in low
light looking out at an
artificially lit scene.
The defocused lights and
background, coupled with the
foreground raindrops, will
generate a lovely abstract
result with bags of colour.
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Make sure you have a
strong shape for your
background when
photographing rain
on windowpanes
Time
eventually
positions most
photographs,
even the most
amateurish, at
the level of art
Susan Sontag
American writer and film-maker
(1933-2004)
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Once imported
into Lightroom or
Photoshop, boost the
Clarity slider to really bring out
the detail in the raindrops and
increase the Vibrance. Lift the
shadows a touch, while keeping
an eye on the histogram.
60%
© PHIL HALL
Increase in UK demand for
fxed-lens cameras with a
30x zoom and above
(January-October 2014)
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