Innholdsfortegnelse for 10/15/24 i Amateur Photographer

7 daysA week in photography Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery (RAMM), Exeter 19 October 2024 – 23 February 2025, £6 / concessions Encompassing the work of 18 artists and photographers, and spanning the years 1969-2024, this major new show is a huge draw for those with any interest in the beautiful and sometimes unpredictable landscapes of Dartmoor. The show aims to demonstrate how the area has been a big draw for these artists, compelling them to respond to its open spaces, ancient woodlands and human activity through art, photography and film. Dartmoor is as beautiful as it is complex. Whether considering the climate crisis and ecological concerns, or, exactly who has access and rights to the land, much of the work on display has come via collaborations with…

Testbench SMARTPHONE TEST Often, the best smartphones for photography will set you back a small fortune. So when something clocks in at a more affordable price, it’s sure to make you take notice. Although by no means cheap, the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra appears to have comparable specs to the likes of the Samsung S24 Ultra, Google Pixel 9 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. But can it deliver the same kind of image quality? Right now, it costs around £849 for a device that includes an impressive 1TB of storage. That’s not far off half the price of some of the big-name flagships with comparable storage capacity. Features The Edge 50 Ultra has a triple-lens array, which is pretty much the norm for mid-range and high-end phones. What’s less common, however,…

Lenses Interchangeable lenses come in a huge array of types for shooting different kinds of subjects IN GENERAL, the easiest way to expand the kinds of pictures you can take is by buying different types of lenses. For example, telephoto lenses let you zoom in on distant subjects, while macro lenses enable close-ups of small objects. Large-aperture lenses allow you to isolate subjects against blurred backgrounds, or shoot in low light without having to raise the ISO too high. Meanwhile, all-in-one superzooms cover a wide range of subjects, but usually with rather lower optical quality. Lens mounts On the whole, each manufacturer uses its own proprietary lens mount. Notable exceptions are Micro Four Thirds, shared by Olympus and Panasonic, and the full-frame L-mount that’s used by Leica, Panasonic and Sigma.…

TOM Pallant’s wonderfully kinetic live shot of Blur recently won the Music Moment of the Year category in the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards, organised by the storied London studio. Tom took the shot at Wembley Stadium last year. ‘Knowing Graham (Coxon) would launch his guitar 20ft in the air, I was ready…’ Tom recounts. ‘It’s the only time I’ve ever shouted “Yes!” out loud after getting a shot.’ Meanwhile, Francis Mancini won the Live Music category for his capture of Darren Styles, while Andreia Lemos took home the Undiscovered Photographer of the Year award for her shots of Amyl and the Sniffers. The legendary Jill Furmanovsky won the Icon Award. The nominated entries are on show at the Royal Albert Hall until 12 November (abbeyroadmusicphotographyawards.com).…

7 daysA week in photography THE 45th Leitz Photographica Auction will take place at the Leica Gallery in Vienna on 18 October, with 107 works by such iconic names as William Klein, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin and Robert Frank for sale. The theme of the auction is Gestures, which is taken both literally and metaphorically. Particular highlights include ‘Hand, Beyrouth,’ a 1963 image by William Klein. ‘It is a prime example of the relentless, direct, and radical visual language of the late artist who died in 2022,’ explains Alexander Sedlak, managing director of Leitz Photographica Auction. ‘Beyond conventional norms, he allows his subjects to interact with the camera in unexpected compositions.’ The image is also poignant as ‘Beyrouth’ (Beirut) is currently being ripped apart by war. Meanwhile, a gaze, not…

This year Wildlife Photographer of the Year is celebrating an incredible 60 years. The prestigious competition always attracts the very best of the year’s wildlife photography, and of course 2024 is no different. Since its inception, the competition has always strived to promote wildlife photography as being directly beneficial for the wildlife portrayed within it. That means that over the years, we’ve seen a noticeable shift away from traditional or classic wildlife shots of common subjects to those that demonstrate the behaviour of perhaps lesser-known creatures, or those which need the most attention. We’ve also seen a lot more in the way of artistic representations of wildlife, as well as an increase in photojournalistic approaches to the topic. At this year’s exhibition at the Natural History Museum, one hundred photographs…

Compact Despite its non-folding design, the Neo takes up little space, measuring 130x157x48.5mm and weighing 135g. Automatic You don’t even need a phone or controller to fly the drone, but can use automated flying modes via the buttons on top. Storage Files are recorded to 22GB built-in storage, but there’s no option to use a microSD card. The DJI Neo is a brand-new 12MP/4K camera drone from the leading maker. Priced at just £169, it sits above the Tello, a budget drone for kids, and below the DJI Mini series in the range. Its small size and low weight of 135g means you don’t need a licence to use it. Features The Neo takes over from the Mini 4K as the cheapest 4K-capable drone from DJI. Its non-folding design keeps…

Technique AUTUMNAL LANDSCAPES Emily Endean Emily is a freelance photographer from the UK, capturing soulful imagery through her work and personal projects. She is addicted to chasing great light, seeking the beauty in the ordinary and being out in nature. Emily uses her transferable skillset across multiple genres, conveying stories, evoking emotions, and preserving moments in time, using her creativity to produce captivating and meaningful images. Visit www.emilyendeanphotography.co.uk and Instagram @emily_endean_photography During this time of change, I love to get outside and document the season’s ever-changing beauty as much as I can. The best autumn photographs can often come from capturing the vibrant colours at their peak or seeking out the fungi on the woodland floor. But there’s also so much more to appreciate about the season itself, from the changing…

ROTOLIGHT, a maker of lights for photography and video which is well known to many AP readers, has gone into administration. Jonathan Bass and Giuseppe Parla of Menzies LLP have been appointed as the joint administrators of Rotolight Group Ltd, with the aim of drawing up restructuring plans to save the company or sell it on. The administrators, who are licensed insolvency practitioners, put in place a statutory moratorium – ‘this is a “breathing space” that frees a company from creditor enforcement actions, while financial restructuring plans are prepared to rescue the company as a going concern where possible,’ according to the Gov.uk website. Administrators also take over the day-to-day management of affected companies, and former CEO Rod Aaron Gammons ceased to be a director on 17 September. So Rotolight…

PRO landscape photographer Emily Endean – who features in this issue of AP – is running a trip for women photographers to Madeira from 2-9 June next year, supported by Fujifilm. Numbers are limited to 14 participants, so it’s a great chance to sharpen your landscape and nature skills in a supportive atmosphere. Book now and you also get a free 12-month digital subscription to AP – quote AP Magazine in the How Did You Hear About Us section of the booking form. Full details are at bit.ly/endeanmadiera…

Testbench LENS TEST Sigma’s seemly constant striving to be different and better has gifted us a 28-105mm DG DN Art lens with a constant maximum aperture of f/2.8. While most of the competition offers 24-105mm lenses that open only to f/4, this independent brand gives us an extra stop of light, but doesn’t charge us more for the benefit. Sharp-minded readers may remember that at the end of my Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art review in AP 30 July, I greedily asked Sigma’s engineers for a little more reach, in the form of a 24-105mm f/2.8. Sigma UK pretended that the engineers had listened and hastily put this lens together just for me, but could only manage 28mm at the wide end in such a short time. I would be…

YOUR PICTURES IN PRINT When was the club founded? The club was founded in 2020. Adrian Wyatt, the facilitator, had been diagnosed with CPTSD and a chronic lack of self-worth during three years of therapy. He knew how lockdowns may impact him and thus others but also knew the power of photography to be a source of hope. He created a Facebook group called Snap and Stroll from Home. Originally it was for only a few people but it grew beyond its Bristol base, and he started to get enquiries from other parts of the world. Its idea was as simple as they came. Each week a theme was given for followers to photograph. Often simple (a colour, shapes, shadows etc), but sometimes more thought provoking. Either way people were…