Innholdsfortegnelse for 16/08/2022 i Amateur Photographer

The first mirrorless camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1, appeared in 2008 and while you’d never describe the average 14-year-old as reaching maturity, this technology has already changed the camera industry forever. This issue, we celebrate the ongoing mirrorless revolution with an in-depth look at how to get the most from your mirrorless camera, while also asking AP readers to reveal their favourite kit. Another big highlight is our crack testing team’s definitive review of Canon’s mighty EOS R7. If you are happy with your DSLR, there is still plenty to enjoy, however, including behind-the-scenes at a photoshoot with portrait master Damien Lovegrove, and a look at what’s new in DxO’s latest Nik Collection – one of the finest editing suites out there. Don’t forget to check out our latest subscription…

Photographing the banal is nothing new. It was arguably luminaries like William Eggleston and Stephen Shore, back in the 1970s, who pioneered the genre. Through laser-like powers of selection, combined with vividly saturated colour, they found photographic art in the everyday things that surround us, from park benches to obsolete advertising hoardings. Now, 50 years on, Instagram is elevating this fascination with the mundane to the mainstream. The hashtag of choice is #banalography. Search for it and you’ll get nearly a quarter of a million posts. One enthusiastic banalographer is Tom Hicks, a librarian at Wolverhampton University, who specialises in recording images of the Black Country. I recently joined him, along with a dozen or so others, on one of his photo walks. Inspired by his interest in typography, his…

LETTER OF THE WEEK Trial and error A year or so ago I bought a 53mm f/1.8 Helios-103 from Belarus for £20 (these are found on Kievs made after 1979). The lens is excellent and I searched high and low to try and find out where this lens came from. I know that it was made in the USSR but was it a copy of another lens? Someone online said that it was a Summitar copy. The Summitar has seven elements whilst this lens has only six – so scarcely a copy. Someone else said that it was derived from the Helios 44. This is to be found on a Zenith and is based on a Zeiss Biotar. Only today someone on eBay said it was a Sonnar copy. Another…

London-based photographer and visual artist LA Creativity shoots portraits and weddings and has recently expanded her repertoire into boudoir photography. As the owner of a Canon EOS 5D Mark III, she has also been looking at switching to a smaller, lighter mirrorless kit and has been eyeing up the Fujifilm X system. So we thought it would be a good idea to introduce her to Damien Lovegrove, who is not only one of the UK’s most respected masters in this genre but he also made the switch over from Canon DSLRs to Fujifilm some years ago and is something of an X-system expert. We set up a photo shoot in London for Damien and LA with two beautiful human models, two stunning Fujifilm models and a selection of lovely prime…

● £149.99 ● www.vanguardworld.co.uk One of the advantages of mirrorless cameras is that they can be smaller and lighter than DSLRs. This is particularly true of APS-C and Micro Four Thirds models, as their lenses are also generally more compact. This allows you to downsize the rest of your kit and potentially use a lighter tripod. Vanguard’s VEO 3GO 235AB is a five-section aluminium affair that comes with plenty of accessories. It’s very portable, measuring 33cm long when folded and weighing in at 1.24kg (there’s also a carbon-fibre 235CB version that’s 180g lighter, for £190). Fully extend the dual-section centre column, and it can reach 136cm in height. This means it won’t hold a camera at eye level for most adults, but with almost all mirrorless models boasting articulated rear…

Precarious Work by Fox Photos Workmen balanced high above the street and the beach on the struts of Blackpool Tower during repair work. The tower was opened to the public in May 1894 and was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. At 158 metres (518ft) tall, it is the world’s 125th tallest freestanding tower. Maintenance teams use the 563 steps from the top of the tower building to the top of the tower, but if wind speeds exceed 45mph, the top is closed. If winds reach 70mph, the top of the tower can sway by an inch. A job not for the faint-hearted! The Getty Images Hulton Archive is one of the world’s great cultural resources. Tracing its origins to the founding of the London Stereoscopic Company in 1854,…

Isabel Lussana Unreflected Reflections www.isabellussanaphotography.com@isabellussanaSony A7 III, Sony 50mm lensBA (Hons) Photojournalism and DocumentaryPhotography, University of Gloucestershire ‘This project started two years ago with one of the members of the Muslim community. His grandfather passed away, and he realised that he never sat down and asked about his story; his grandfather was among the earliest members in Gloucester. He saw that many passed away before they could share their stories with the next generation and wanted to record the history of their community. ‘He approached my university’s photography department and I was inspired by his wish, so got involved. I took a mix of portraits and landscape images of buildings that were established so that faith and cultural needs of the community could be met. With thanks to collaboration from…

AP picture of the week Cinque Torri from Monte Lagazuoi by Edward Rumble Sony A7R IV, Sony 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS at 100mm, 1/400sec at f/10, ISO 50. B&W & raw conversion ‘During a week in the Italian Dolomites, we enjoyed a spectacular morning of light and atmosphere from the top of Monte Laguzuoi (2,835m). An earlier inversion was lifting and the surrounding peaks were continually cloaked and ringed by the rising clouds. The trigger for making this image was the coincidence of the distant saw-toothed ridge line emerging from its ethereal halo and the momentary stab of light that illuminated the extraordinary Cinque Torri rock formations in the bottom left of the frame.’ Website: www.edwardrumble.com Instagram: @edmrumble #appicoftheweek Win! To congratulate the AP Pic of the Week winner, Fujifilm…

Angela Nicholson Photographer and journalist Angela Nicholson is our former technical editor and the founder of SheClicks, a community for female photographers. She’s been testing camera gear since 2004 and has used just about every mirrorless camera available. See more at squeezymedia.com Anew camera is always exciting, but it usually takes a while to get used to it and track down familiar features and favourite settings. If you’ve switched from a DSLR to a mirrorless camera, there’s even more to discover because the different technology delivers a raft of features that you may not have encountered before. To cut down on the menu scrolling and manual-reading time, I’ll take you through some of the features of mirrorless cameras and explain their advantages so you can master a new camera or…

On my 30th birthday, 20 years ago, I was in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on assignment for Tatler magazine photographing Marquesa de Varela, then the world’s most famous social fixer. It was a good gig. I photographed the twice-married, former air stewardess among some of the 200 rescue dogs kept on the pound she owns near Montevideo airport, in her house with daughter, niece and grandchildren and wearing sunglasses and a blue ballgown in the garden at her friend’s ranch. For the main shot she chose a black horse to ride along the beach. She climbed on barefoot wearing a terracotta dress with golden trim and diamond necklace. It was already a strong shot then the horse decided to unleash a stream of urine, a perfect colour match. As I…