Innholdsfortegnelse for 4/18/2023 i Amateur Photographer

There are no larger, or more useful, expressions of human art and creativity than the buildings that we live, work and worship in. Britain is blessed with over 1,000 years of photogenic architecture, but for many photographers nothing can beat the clean lines and geometric forms of modern buildings. Sharon Tenenbaum is one of them, and this week she shares the methods behind her stunning work. Also this week we revisit the legacy of one of the UK’s early photography pioneers, Julia Margaret Cameron, and talk to Peter Caton about his documentary work in South Sudan. For fans of classic cameras we pay tribute to the Nikon F3, the king of 1980s pro SLRs, and consider the merits of the Canon EOS R – perhaps a future classic? This week’s…

7 daysA week in photography LEICA and Disney are releasing a limited-edition Leica Q2 to celebrate 100 years since Disney’s founding. The two brands have shared history, with Walt Disney having used Leica cameras and projectors to refine storyboards. The term ‘Leica Reel’ was used to describe animated stills that are run on 35mm film projections. The Leica Q2 Disney ‘100 Years of Wonder’ camera features Mickey Mouse and has a protective dust bag with original Disney graphics. It comes with a material reminiscent of the tracing paper Disney creators sketched scenes on. Only 500 will be made; it’ll be available at Leica Stores and authorised dealers for £5,400.…

7 daysA week in photography Will we ever be able to stop talking about megapixels and start talking about photography? Probably not. And yet this fixation with megapixels will often distract us from things that actually matter and sometimes lead us into buying things we don’t need. Megapixels used to be very important, when compact cameras had 4MP (if you were lucky), DSLRs had 6MP and digital imaging was still in its infancy. You could make a big A4/letter size print at home and still see the pixels, or at least the point where the resolution ran out. But by the time we got to 12MP this was far less of a problem, and let’s not forget that we’re now in an age of digital image consumption where we look…

Technique FINE ART ARCHITECTURE Sharon Tenenbaum Sharon was educated as a civil engineer. Her love for structures is reflected in a vast body of works that celebrate more than mere architecture, but rather, the art in architecture. As an artist, Sharon has won numerous international photography awards; as an educator, she has taught group workshops from New York to Melbourne, as well as online. See more at www.sharontenenbaum.com When Sharon Tenenbaum stands in front of a building, or a cityscape, or a detail of a structure that has caught her eye, she doesn’t see what ‘normal’ people might see. Instead, her photographer’s perception kicks in, and immediately her eye begins to strip the scene of anything extraneous – her vision allowing her to see the bare bones of the construction…

Marsel van Oosten Marsel van Oosten was born in The Netherlands and worked as an art director for 15 years. He switched careers to become a photographer and has since won Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Travel Photographer of the Year. He’s a regular contributor to National Geographic and runs nature photography tours around the world. Visit www.squiver.com The vast majority of wildlife images are shot with telephoto lenses. There are several reasons for this. One, most wildlife prefers to stay at a safe distance from us because it has learned that humans cannot be trusted. Two, some wildlife is medium-sized or smaller, so you need a lot of magnification for your subject to show up at a recognisable size in your frame. Three, getting physically close to certain…

Having a camera in my hand changes the way I experience the world. I’ve known this for as long as I’ve been talking pictures. Being ‘the photographer’ is a good way of not having to talk to people at parties you don’t want to be at, but it can also leave me with the feeling that I wasn’t present at parties I did want to be at. Having a camera makes my mind busy, and while I still look for pictures even when I don’t have a camera with me, when I do have a camera I find it hard to be a part of the occasion unless the reason I am there is to take pictures. Having a camera with me makes me a photographer, and when I’m a…

SHARON TENENBAUM The award-winning photographer shares her tips for celebrating the art in architecture PETER DENCH The AP regular talks to Peter Caton about his project on the floods in South Sudan MARSEL VAN OOSTEN This issue the acclaimed wildlife photographer shares more of his techniques JOHN GILBEY The AP regular looks back at the Nikon F3 pro SLR that’s been going strong since the 1980s AMY DAVIES Features Editor Our phone expert assesses the latest OnePlus flagship smartphone MICHAEL TOPHAM AP’s former reviews editor talks to users of Canon’s full-frame mirrorless EOS R…

Tech Talk A few years ago I was having coffee with a colleague and he was bemoaning the rejection of his latest paper, which was about compounds his team had developed that were effective against cancerous cells. The referee’s comment was that it should be ‘more quantitative’. The analysis was based on microscope slides, which showed the concentration of cancer indicative features around the cell nucleus, and the effect was obvious on visual inspection. The challenge was to provide a figure that indicated the obviousness, and the answer was to invent a metric. I produced an image analysis program which counted the features and plotted their distance from the cell nucleus. The metric was the ratio between the density close to the nucleus and that at a distance. We gave…

7 daysA week in photography LAOWA has announced the Laowa Argus 28mm f1.2 FF lens, designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras. It offers a moderately wide-angle view, with its bright f/1.2 aperture making it suitable for low-light use. It should also be an appealing option for astrophotography. The lens measures 68.5x106mm. It’s made up of 13 elements in 7 groups, with two ED glass elements and two UHR glass elements. There’s a 62mm filter thread, and 13 aperture blades. Minimum focus is 50cm. Focusing and aperture control are manual. It will come in Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony and L mounts, and will cost £669.…

OPENING in 1977 by a collective, the small but very well-known Side photography gallery in Newcastle has closed its doors for the last time amid cost pressures and cuts to funding. It has featured work by a veritable who’s who in documentary photography including Tish Murtha, Chris Killip, Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Weegee, Robert Doisneau, Mik Critchlow, and more recently Jim Mortram, Tessa Bunney and Ivor Prickett. Last year, the gallery was unsuccessful in securing another four years of funding from the Arts Council, and with the rising cost of electricity, Sunday 9 April was its final day of display. A crowd-funder has been set up in the hope of resurrecting the gallery in 2024. Visit crowdfunder.co.uk/p/saveside…

7 daysA week in photography AP picture of the week It’s a Long Tail by Martin Abbess OM System OM1, Olympus 300mm f/4 Pro, 1/4000sec at f/5, ISO 1600 ‘I took this image on my daily dog walk through the National Trust’s Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, where the birds have got used to me and my aging labrador. Getting close to these tiny birds with the Olympus 300mm, which has a full-frame equivalent of 600mm, resolves some fabulous detail.’ Instagram: @mart_the_goonerTwitter: @Mart_the_GoonerVero: @smartapix #appicoftheweek Win! To congratulate the AP Pic of the Week winner, Fujifilm is giving the winner a £25 voucher* to spend on any photo prints or gifts at myFUJIFILM.co.uk, so that they can print their image any way they like! Simply go to myFUJIFILM.co.uk, select what you…

LETTER OF THE WEEK Photo of my grandfather In February I received a notice from Ebay that one of my obscure ‘watch word’ notifications that I had listed with them was sent to my email. The watch word was: ‘Francis Orville Libby, Photographer.’ Included in my email was a photo published in AP dated: January 26th, 1921. The photograph was a page cut out of the magazine and entitled ‘The Adventurer’ featuring a man in jodhpurs silhouetted against the sky standing alongside a mountain crag. It was for sale from someone in England for $20. As soon as I saw the image I exclaimed, to no one in particular; ‘That’s my grandfather!’ I bought the picture and waited for its delivery. In the meantime, I found my grandparents’ scrapbook of…

Cameras Cameras come in three types: DSLRs with optical viewfinders, mirrorless models with electronic viewing, and compact cameras with non-interchangeable lenses ALMOST all serious photographers prefer to use cameras with interchangeable lenses, as this gives the greatest degree of creative flexibility. At one time, this meant digital single-lens-reflex (DSLR) cameras, but these have now been joined by mirrorless cameras that use electronic viewfinders. The latest models are true alternatives to DSLRs, offering the same image quality and creative options. Camera manufacturers offer a range of options, from simple, relatively inexpensive beginner-friendly designs, to sophisticated professional models. In the middle of the range you’ll find enthusiast cameras with more-advanced control layouts. Meanwhile the term ‘compact’ refers to cameras with built-in lenses, regardless of their size. Many offer excellent image quality and…