Saturday 4 June 2016 Fuji 100 -400mm We test the eagerly awaited long TESTED telezoom for X-system cameras Passionate about photography since 1884 Shot at dawn Make sure you never miss a great sunrise again 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 WIN a Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C lens worth £1,200 7d ays MES A week in photography NITA NICHOLSON, THE TI Tneheedre t oa rbee t ah rgeree aqtu laalnitdiessc aypoeu mto icdadtlceh o tfh teh eb ensitg lhigt htot –b ew ahti cah lo, icnactoionnv einn iteinmtely , © A COVER PICTURES ptahrhetoi sototbigcvr isaokpuihsll estre. ,cT ihnhn eai cfid ardlsi tta iinosdn to iasb Iau drnoodunan’tn dpc oseu,s swnerhsisisc eah.n iys owf htyh eIs’me qbueattlietri east ienn gjoryeiantg 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 JOIN US amateurphotographer. Facebook.com/Amateur. fl ickr.com/groups/ amateurphotographer 20 Golden years ONLINE co.uk photographer.magazine amateurphotographer @@AAPP__MMaaggaazziinnee magazine Veteran press photographer Brian ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK Harris recalls his exciting 47-year career Dandelion by Dawid Zyla 28 Creative Nikon D7100, 28mm, 1/1,600sec at f/2.8, ISO 100 Photoshop Sjoerd Stellingwerf This image by Swiss IM explains how he created photographer Dawid AGES M hostfisr ka ‘niWgithottio nflgr Wo ami zs atwhrdee’a stimoerua rgcee Zoshyulora w Fwslia chsko ruw pp altohgaeed haeundmd t ob le AY BE USED FOR PROM 3326 AIwaWHtl’aismtPr hhrto yhOas eeB tS Y now£irg1i drlHm,de2olna0iafu 0perr e ronrrcinzoayde ulo ln w fsm4df oe, rretht dtqdg‘Toiuaurh ‘lnIricfet irtredn oiewe geoban leaiketodae awtn,t ’huh s asciotesaliakfm rypu n swwile c .bDaitttheusha i r nwumegsi dy e. d OTION PURPOSES ONLINE AND ON SOCIAL M 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- Lightroom but they 400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS © WR long telephoto zoom were minor thanks DAW performs at the home of to the blue fi lter.’ ID ZYLA British motorsport Win! Each week we choose our favourite picture on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter or the reader Regulars gallery using #appicoftheweek. 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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 18. 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 © COURTESY, W Aal ‘bpurmev,i oreuvselya luinngs emene’m pbheortso of ILSON CEN the royal family recreating TRE FOR PHOTOGR ssectxapernlsoe risinn fgar o tLmhoe nf draeomlnao teuixoshn pisbahiitinpiot inn gs, 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 Nceinnaitkmdeoirnencgr has a3son1 ladg Mn e1daa2 brl%celehn -f se2leew0sn1e si6rn .c s tSayhmaselt eeeyrsmea aos rf CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER’S 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 2 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. 4 4 June 2016 I www.amateurphotographer.co.uk I subscribe 0330 333 1113 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 3Tfaor syct usaset iticft iysnougub m jaearcent .us Wahlo hoetnin g Gsap isvrpeinr pgintrgiem dceilce tpaahnbo wletoi tghr athpeh y © GEOFF HARRIS in front 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. 183,297 4 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. WALTER & ZONIEL/GAZELLI ART HOUSE Iasctrheo rtPeetmh c rbrpoipecihlnlleeeeocd-tditlev oa £o’agb c6lsrlue oa5tm lhpTl0ereheuc, e ‘bttmrhioo’ssonx wies sotd o f rk © ever produced. 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. Subscribe to 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 © WALTER & ZONIEL/GAZELLI ART HOUSE © C CHEESMAN aeasMviatundatPndteere hin.t–e rioRdn n ata eoca P gnep naLaosr ro olewrlwenj xenuhrdhceynooib,tdv nviwde t ipiisaeoolheilstuns odigoal.’dt n hom hneigsaodur dRat s t peeinothuaso b elmrq rFmrui nooiargorkl ldytyo S3A5V%E * Visit amateurphotographer The tintype subjects included the fashion designer Paul Smith (above left). life images of everyday cuisine from Also at Photo London was photographer Martin Parr with his Real Food Van, his book Real Food. The van served subs.co.uk/15W (or see p40) to promote his book Real Food food inspired by the photos. * when you pay by UK Direct Debit 6 4 June 2016 I www.amateurphotographer.co.uk I subscribe 0330 333 1113 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 DEVON M W.TPOTY.CO W W MOSSBACHER/ © ANETTE TPOTY open for entries © NIGEL HICKS 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 ESSEX LONDON © twoo wrldinw tiodpe perxipzeoss uarned. gain fJoolluorwnienygs t&he Amdeves:n tures; HEnDtr Vieisd efoor ctahtee Ygooruiensg. 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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 aVRbleeibcejutlanomn rdid’a issenhpr p ol–ahwy omectadoos gsbetres ao fpwof hroweerh.kr i cObhys cheaaarvr elGy nuestvaevr up overseas. © NATION © DAWITT L PETROS PNtheiegt erToriiswa’s at noy ieM Caroo-rnlootcencmgo pj otoour raEnrueyr yoG pfarelol.m eAr ty . shcsieoanTtmiglthellebeedd i niS‘m tiiwhnna egetg hdfseaeies.t vhhUe-eKrbra oilon rnf n teah pgretha 1ptoi8vhtoeo4gst0 ortaosgp rafahonperdhmr yw ’a af os r AL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON TURFhneetisistl fti2eni5sv atJiavu anPlle hw, wiollw tbowe. gthiewrlaadn pi.hcoy.u k© DOUGIE WALLACE/Home/About ‘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. For the latest news visit www.amateurphotographer.co.uk 24 June-30 July, EDINBURGH www.retinafestival.com subscribe 0330 333 1113 I www.amateurphotographer.co.uk I 4 June 2016 7 Viewpoint New Books Jon Bentley The latest and best books from the world of photography. By Oliver Atwell With so much outstanding photographic kit © available for specifi c styles and situations, M does the single do-it-all dream camera exist? ICHAELA SM IDOVÀ W I W W .W baAtop Trrrihlo. ewS Gehdoa odNtgiinekgot nSa’hsw oanwye wbLe iDvhe5i nb dtao ct huke sien ‘cWamhye rhaa ivne yoonulyr odnreea ms ORLDPHOTO.ORG 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 range. I could take relatively noise-free 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 polished combination of jewel-like Awards 2016 about this to others made them question compactness and impressive image whether the D5 was my ‘dream’ camera. World Photography Organisation, £34.99, quality. Indeed, if they weren’t so This was diffi cult to answer. The D5 is hardback, 216 pages, ISBN 978-0-95720-105-2 expensive, I’d have one already. indeed a great camera, but I don’t think it THE SONY World Photography Instead, in real life, I make do with would be my dream model for everyday Awards is an event that is a true my Sony Alpha 6000. With a retractable use. Its sensitivity and speed are brilliant hotbed of emerging and established 16-50mm lens fi tted, it’s nearly 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 full-frame on hand to clip to a drone for to date. 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