Innholdsfortegnelse for Summer 2017 i N-Photo: the Nikon magazine

One of the highlights of my photography career has been to introduce the speakers on the Super Stage at The Photography Show; and undoubtedly the highlight of this highlight (if you’ll forgive my mangled syntax) was meeting and then introducing acclaimed photojournalist Lynsey Addario, the subject of this issue’s interview (p. 96). The thing that struck me wasn’t how formidable she was (though she is a formidable person) or how full of drive and passion (which she has in spades), but how quickly and easily she won the trust of everyone around her. There were no airs and graces – from the sound guys to the slightly star-struck members of the audience, she seemed to be able to warm to people in a nanosecond. Of course, this shouldn’t come as…

Nikon images shortlisted for this year’s National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Coal Mine Canyon Sunrise Michael Perea, USA The Indian Reservations of the American Southwest have some of the most beautiful and extraordinary landscapes I’ve ever seen. This little canyon is spectacular, and you would drive right past it, going towards the popular Monument Valley, if you didn’t know it was there. Just a turn down a small dirt road and you’ll have this entire place to yourself. Nikon D810, 15-30mm f/2.8, 1/8 sec, f/18, ISO64 Tibetan’s Soul Smile Mattia Passarini, Tibet This monk was running back to his room after afternoon prayers at the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, in Tibet. I was chasing, him trying to get a nice shot, but he kept covering his face. I called…

The mission • Shoot a person covered in fabric then remove their legs Time • One hour Skill level • Beginner • Intermediate • Advanced Kit needed • Tripod • Light colourful material Something as simple as a piece of lightweight fabric can add an incredible burst of colour and shape to your portraits, especially if you can find a windswept location and a willing subject who doesn’t mind being buffeted by the breeze. Not only is the fabric fantastic for conventional photos, it can also be used to create beautiful effects, like our ghostly figure. In this project, we’ll explain how it’s done using a cunning combination of shooting skills and simple Photoshop techniques. The fabric in question here is a shiny dress lining material – light enough to…

LETTER OF THE MONTH Back to school I would like to take a few lines to praise Nikon School, not just for the wide range of courses and seminars they offer, but for the professional way they go about it. I recently attended a Low Light London session; not only did it pour down all evening but the temperature dropped to zero, while the facilitator battled on regardless. Now, the weather is what it is and Nikon School, of course, aren’t responsible. So imagine my surprise when I received an email offering me a place on a future session at no cost. They didn’t have to do that, and the subsequent session was excellent. Separately, I booked myself on a Coffee and Cakes morning with wildlife photographer David Yarrow. A…

As mentioned previously in this article, detail in photography is a multipurpose tool. One valuable purpose is that in some – actually many – subjects, you can find the concentration of what is going on at this smaller scale. Here, the subject is the most traditional of Chinese musical instruments, the guqin – a seven-stringed instrument that was invented centuries ago. They’re as important musically to the Chinese as the violin or piano is to us. So, without sound, how to get a strong image out of this? I’ve photographed them a few times before, as the smaller pictures (right) show, and while the full scale gets the information across, including the facial expression of a musician’s concentration, the most expressive part by far is the hand. As with a…

VERDICT The longer end of the 16-35mm’s range might feel a bit unnecessary, but a bonus is that there’s very little distortion at 24-28mm. VR is useful when shooting indoors or under low lighting. The 20mm prime has a less extreme viewing angle but better corner-to-corner sharpness, impressively low distortion and colour fringing, and makes a smart lightweight addition to a standard zoom.…

1 GET KITTED UP For the best chance of success you need to look, feel and dress the part Donning the trendiest outdoor clothing won’t elevate your photography, however it does pay to invest in some practical outdoor garments. The right clothing will protect you against the elements and enable you to shoot for longer in comfort. Summer isn’t always sunny, so think about dressing for wet and stormy weather, as well as heat and humidity. Whatever your budget, opt for versatile, water-resistant and lightweight clothes. Look at how well ventilated they are and whether they can be packed away in a camera bag. Pockets are a great asset too, providing easy access to filters, cards and smaller lenses. ESSENTIAL kit The equipment you’ll need to get started • Nikon…

The mission • Get your camera up close to wildlife and trigger the shutter remotely Time • Two hours – if you’re lucky! Skill level • Beginner • Intermediate • Advanced Kit needed • Tripod • Wireless shutter release We’re used to seeing wildlife through the barrel of a telephoto lens. So why not take a different approach and try capturing animals with a wide-angle perspective• The altered field of view you get with wide angle will give your photos an entirely different feel, as well as showing off more of the animal’s surroundings. By contrast, the narrow angle of a long zoom results in blurred backgrounds and compresses the perspective. So with a wide angle you can simultaneously create greater intimacy with the subject and make wildlife photos that…

The mission • Shoot a smoking mountain bike action portrait Time • One hour Skill level • Beginner • Intermediate • Advanced Kit needed • Standard lens • 2x Speedlights • 2x light stands • Wireless triggers Misty portraits in the woods, with ethereal tones and flowing dresses? Been there, done that. It’s time to get down and dirty with this project, where we’re going to combine an action sports portrait with clouds of vapour billowing behind. But there’s no need to wait for the perfect fog to descend for an atmospheric smoky shot; get hold of some smoke grenades and you can make it happen yourself. Smoke grenades are often used for adventurous activities such as paintballing, and can be purchased from specialist stores or online for a few…

Mission: To capture a variety of fast-moving action sports Photographer: Rob Huelsman Age: 60 Location : Florence, Kentucky, USA Kit: D4s, D90, Nikon 300mm f/4, Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Website: www.facebook.com/ ImaginACTION-Photography- 179492865436952 Back in the days of film, I approached the Cincinnati Cyclones Pro Hockey Club to learn to shoot hockey. They began giving me press passes to selected games, and – as the years passed – season-long access. I first used a Nikon FE2 with an MD-12 motor-drive, in the 1994/5 season. I learnt to pre-focus and pan, and was producing good images, but not consistently enough. As autofocus became more reliable I upgraded to a Nikon N2020 (F-501) and N8008 (F-801), but autofocus was still a developing technology. When Nikon introduced the N90s I saw an immediate increase…

Born in New Zealand, David Lloyd lives in London and leads private photo safaris to East Africa. A professional photographer since 2010, he has won numerous awards, and his first wildlife photography book As Long as there are Animals was published to critical acclaim in 2014. Too see more of David’s work, visit www.davidlloyd.net 28 AUGUST 2009 • MAA SAI MARA, KENYA • NIKON D300 David Lloyd spotted this male lion soon after daybreak one morning in late August, 2009. The lion wasn’t roaring or even yawning; in fact, it was sniffing the air deeply, and pulling back its lips in an example of the ‘flehmen response’ – a behaviour common among lions which takes place when a lion of either sex sniffs the air to smell the urine of…

Often it’s said that we miss our best shots because we leave our cameras at home. Perhaps it’s even more true that we get blurry shots because it felt like too much effort to pack a heavy, unwieldy tripod before heading out. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Newgeneration travel tripods are cleverly designed and engineered to stow away really small, combining a light carrying weight with good operational stability. Let’s take a look at how they’re put together, from the ground up. The contenders Starting with the feet, most travel tripods have slip-resistant rubber pads, while others combine rubber pads with retractable or interchangeable metal spikes, which provide a solid footing on softer surfaces. Next up are the legs, which typically feature between four and six telescopic…

DSLR • £1300/$1250 (body only) • www.nikon.co.uk Specifications Sensor 20.9Mp DX-format CMOS (23.5 x 15.7mm) Crop factor 1.5x Memory 1x SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot (UHS-I) Viewfinder Eye-level pentaprism, 100% coverage Video resolution 4K UHD 3840x2160 at 30, 25, 24p ISO range 100-51,200 (expandable to 50-1,640,000) Autofocus 51-point phasedetection AF, 15 cross-type Max burst rate 8fps Screen Tilting 3.2-inch touchscreen, 922k dots Shutter speeds 1/8000 sec to 30 sec, bulb Weight 720g (body only, with battery and memory card) Dimensions 135.5x104x72.5mm Power supply EN-EL15a Li-ion battery, 950 shots The Nikon D7500 does not boast any dramatic new technologies but it does fill a significant gap in Nikon’s DSLR range. Before, enthusiasts had to choose between the powerful but relatively pedestrian D7200 and the much more advanced – and much more expensive –…

The mission • Set up a reusable template for custom print sizes Time • 15 minutes Skill level • Beginner • Intermediate • Advanced Kit needed • Lightroom The Print module’s Template browser is packed with preset templates that enable you to duplicate and resize a photo (or a selection of images) so that you can produce a Picture Package containing prints with a range of sizes. You can also print a collection of photos in the Filmstrip as a series of thumbnails, courtesy of one of Lightroom’s Contact Sheet presets. In the Layout Style panel you also have the option to create a Custom Layout, which is handy if you need to print a range of sizes that aren’t available in the Template browser. Lightroom’s layout templates place your…

YOUR PROJECTS CRITIQUED M y first camera was a present for my 10th birthday, so I’ve been shooting from a young age, but I started taking it more seriously in my 20s when I bought a bridge camera, before upgrading to a Nikon D80. After shooting two weddings I upgraded to the D800, but after shooting my 10th wedding, I realized that this wasn’t the avenue of photography I wanted to go down, so I switched to nature photography. I sell greetings cards of my prints through local shops, but I also have photographs on display at a nearby gallery. My hope is to be a full-time professional photographer one day. I struggle with capturing movement in my images, but love the challenge of capturing butterflies in flight, and it…

On the face of it, detail shots in photography many seem like a one-trick pony – you just close in and change the scale dramatically – but in fact they have a range of uses, three of which we’re looking at here in this feature. As photographers we can think of them as visual solutions, either to get out of a rut or to solve a problem posed by the broader scene. Closing in on detail is especially useful when the wider subject doesn’t lend itself easily to an acceptable picture. There are all kinds of possible reason for this. It might be too obvious, too wellknown, too diffuse, or even, in some way, offensive. This last was the kind of problem I faced when shooting fighting cocks in Colombia.…

Previous page Libya 2011 Opposition troops burn tires as cover during heavy fighting near Ras Lanuf as rebel troops pull back Profile ⁊ Lynsey Addario is best known for her coverage of conflict and human rights issues in Afghanistan, Iraq and Darfur ⁊ She began shooting professionally in 1996 and contributes to the New York Times, National Geographic and Time. ⁊ In 2009, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her work documenting the Taliban. ⁊ Her best-selling autobiography, It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War, is being made into a movie by Steven Spielberg. Afghan women, 2009 Pregnant Noor Nisa’s waters have broken. She and her mother wait by the road for transport to hospital, four hours away For once, Lynsey Addario is not speaking from…