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is less than it costs for a peak ensure you return with pictures to be proud of.
day return train ticket from If you’d like to do some editing while you’re
Brighton to London. Travelling away James Paterson offers tips on using the
In this issue to Europe has never been cheaper, and the
internet makes it easy to find the perfect hotel
Lightroom CC for Mobile app. Finally we talk
to photojournalist Patrick Brown about his
8 Photo stories
at a bargain price. This is all great news if powerful work on the Rohingya crisis, as part
Patrick Brown talks about
his powerful images of you’re into street, travel or architectural of our new Photo Stories series (page 8).
the crisis in Rohingya photography. This week frequent traveller Nigel Atherton, Editor
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18 Reconstructing
ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK
reality
Two artists have taken
world-famous images and
reconstructed them in
model form to great effect
22 Photo Roadshow
Fairytale fortress
Bodiam Castle in Sussex
is a photogenic treat, says
Justin Minns
30 When Harry
met...
Film director Martin
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NEWS ROUND-UP
The week in brief, edited by
Amy Davies and Hollie Latham Hucker
BIG
The competition for the twelfth Take a View
Landscape Photographer of the Year is now
Kodak Alaris releases PNY launches largest- open for entries. Founded by renowned
landscape photographer, Charlie Waite, the
disposable camera capacity microSD card
picture
competition celebrates UK landscapes only
You may be forgiven for At 512GB, the PNY Elite but anyone across the globe can enter.
assuming disposable cameras microSDXC is the highest There are categories for urban views,
are all but dead in the age of capacity microSD card on the landscapes with people, close-up details
the smartphone. Once a popular market. The microSD format is and conceptual landscapes, as well as more
fixture at events and weddings, popular in drones and Android classic views – so there is plenty of scope
the new Kodak Daylight Single smartphones (and can be used for your imagination. Key supporter and
Use Camera comes loaded with as a regular SD card with an The 12th Landscape exhibition host Network Rail will once
ISO 800 film, doesn’t have flash adapter). With space for up to Photographer of the Year again present the ‘Lines in the Landscape’
and produces 39 exposures. 100,000 photos, the card boasts contest is open for entries award for the best image of the
Pick one up for just £7.79. 90MB/s transfer speeds.
200,000
photographs of the British landscape. The
Number of stars captured
prize fund is worth £20,000, with £10,000 in irst photograph ever
for the overall winner. Find out more at the taken with NASA’s newest
website www.take-a-view.co.uk. planet-hunting satellite
24hrLDN seeks
photographers
A COLLABORATIVE
photography project
‘24hrLDN’ is aiming to
capture a photograph of
the capital city London
from each hour of a single
day. The final project will
feature 24 images by 24
photographers and will be
displayed as part of the
London Photo Show at
the Bargehouse Gallery
in October this year. This
Fujifilm’s mirrorless
project is an attempt to
freeze 24 moments in the
story of the city of London.
24hrLDN is seeking
24 photographers of
X-T100 launched
FUJIFILM has officially lifted the overall retro design, which is available 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ. It is
any level or background.
Tutors from the 36exp
Photographers’ School
will help the selected
photographers. You can
lid on its latest compact system in three colours: Dark Silver, also compatible with the rest of apply to be one of the
camera, the X-T100. The camera Champagne Gold and Black. As a Fujifilm’s 26 X-series lenses, which photographers by visiting
features a 24.2MP sensor CMOS member of the X-T series, it features cover focal lengths from 15mm to londonphotoshow.
sensor, automatic scene recognition, three control dials on the top of the 1200mm (35mm equivalent). On org/24hrldn-project/, and
a three-way tilting touchscreen and camera. The X-T100 features a the back of the camera you’ll find briefly tell the organisers
Bluetooth connectivity. phase-detection autofocus system, a three-way tilting, 3.0-inch, why you think you’re right
Weighing in at just 448g, the which has a newly developed 1,040k-dot TFT colour LCD. It is for the project as well as
X-T100 is designed as an entry-level autofocus algorithm for faster and accompanied by a 0.39-inch, including a link to some
model for the X-T range, and joins more precise focusing. There is new 2,360k-dot OLED colour viewfinder. of your work.
the other current X-T models – Bluetooth low-energy technology Other features include the ability
the X-T2 and the X-T20. Unlike included for quick, easy and to record video at 4K, 11 film-
other cameras in the X-T series, the automatic transfer of your images to simulation options and a manual
X-T100 doesn’t feature the more a paired smartphone or tablet, using pop-up flash. Battery life is rated at
advanced X-Trans sensor but instead a free app, which is available for 430 frames per charge.
the CMOS utilises a traditional Bayer Android or iOS. The Fujifilm X-T100 will be priced
colour filter, likely to be the same As standard, the X-T100 will be £619.00 (including the 15-45mm
sensor found in the Fujifilm X-A5. sold with the small and light kit lens). It will be available to buy in
It has an anodised coating, with an electronic zoom lens: the XC late June this year.
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The Rohingya
Crisis
Patrick Brown
Patrick Brown tells Nigel Atherton the
story behind his World Press Photo award-
winning image and shares some of his
powerful work on the wider Rohingya crisis
ollowing violent attacks military. So they were going right into
F
▲
▲ A survivor of the massacre Some of the 3,000
on Myanmar’s mostly the Bay of Bengal, during monsoon at Tula Toli village (also known Rohingya refugee children wait
Muslim Rohingya minority season. It was a really horrendous as Min Gyi) in Myanmar. for food at the Moynarghona
by the Burmese military, storm that night. The fury of it was like Rajuma Begum, 20, witnessed aid distribution centre. It is
refugees have been pouring into nothing I’d experienced before.’ her parents, two sisters estimated that 80% of the
neighbouring Bangladesh from The boat apparently broke up and brother killed by the Rohingya refugees are children
Myanmar’s Rakhine province in their within 200 metres of the coast, with Myanmar Military. She saw and women, including newborn
her three-month old baby babies and pregnant women.
hundreds of thousands since last over 100 people on board, many of killed, then thrown onto a fire The influx of Rohingya refugees
August. Based in Bangkok, Sheffield- them women and children. Soon the by the Myanmar soldiers. She from northern parts of
born photojournalist Patrick Brown bodies started being washed up on was then raped, stabbed, and Myanmar’s Rakhine State into
was on the scene very quickly. the shore. The local fishermen used left for dead. Bangladesh restarted following
‘I have worked in a lot of trying torches and collected all the bodies attacks at Myanmar Border
and difficult areas but I was simply they could find. When Patrick arrived Guard Police posts on
unprepared for what I was about to he was confronted by a dramatic scene. 25 August last year.
see,’ recalls the multi-award-winning ‘It was dark; there was a heavy
photographer who is currently thunderstorm; the only part of me that
working for UNICEF. ‘Literally wasn’t completely soaked was under
thousands of people pouring over the my chin. The bodies were all laid out
border from Burma to Bangladesh, on the ground – women, children...
and those thousands turned into tens people were weary. When I took that
of thousands, and now we have nine image, it felt like I had been there for
hundred thousand people.’ a lifetime, whereas in reality it was
Patrick has been photographing the only half an hour. I didn’t take many
refugee crisis for many months but pictures that night. It was very sad.
the scale of the suffering was brought It really moved me. But you try to
home to the West recently when a emotionally distance yourself from
shocking image by Patrick was what you’re photographing, and make
nominated for World Press Photo the clearest narrative you can to tell
Picture of the Year (see right). ‘I heard what’s happening. The camera is a veil
reports of a boat which had just – a filter that you’re putting between
capsized in a storm with refugees on you and your subjects. You are
board so we jumped in the car and concentrating on the elements and
went down there,’ recalls Patrick. ‘The how to balance them in the frame, to
Burmese border was sealed off and the tell the story. It’s not until later, when
military was planting landmines to you’re editing and choosing the
ALL IMAGES: PATRICK BROWN © 2017 PANOS/UNICEF
stop people from crossing. They were images, that’s when it gets more
shooting, beating and robbing people, emotionally challenging. That’s when
so a group of Rohingya had decided to you begin to digest what you’ve seen.
try to circumvent the authorities by When I first took those pictures I
sailing right out into the bay. They thought they were too harsh. But my
were navigating around a segment of editor in New York said we needed
land called Cox’s Bazar to avoid the to tell the world what ethnic
Bangladeshi coastguard and Burmese cleansing looks like.’
Mohammed Yasin, 8, is
from Maungdaw in Myanmar.
His family built a shelter at
Kutupalong makeshift camp in
Cox’s Bazar. Minors make up at
least 60% of the 430,000
Rohingya who have crossed the
border to Bangladesh. Highly
traumatised, they arrive
malnourished and injured after
walking for days to the safety of
Bangladesh. Children arriving
in the camps have endured
long and dangerous journeys.
▲
© OSCAR DEWHURST
With the number of new releases from Pentax few
and far between, is it reaching the end of the road?
P
entax is one of the most iconic (a full-frame 50mm f/1.4 and an APS-C
brands in photography. Indeed 11-18mm f/2.8) that have yet to see the
for anyone who started out light of day. For Pentax fans, seeing just
in the latter part of the last one single new product in a calendar year
century, it belongs alongside Canon, Nikon, doesn’t bode well for the future.
and Olympus as one of the finest makers This week I review the top-end Pentax
of 35mm SLRs. It was responsible for K-1 Mark II (page 40), which replaces the
classics such as the inexpensive K1000 on two-year-old K-1. Like its predecessor it’s
which many photographers first cut their a fantastic camera, but doesn’t add much
teeth, or at the other end of the scale, the new: just a couple of higher ISO settings
pro-grade LX that remained in production and a handheld version of its Pixel Shift
for more than two decades. Resolution mode. It doesn’t gain either
Sadly, though, there’s another group Bluetooth or a touchscreen, for example,
of contemporaries I could also mention, which were last year’s must-have
including Konica, Minolta and Yashica. All features on other new cameras. This
were companies that once upon a time contrasts sharply with the sheer pace of
made excellent products but who, for one development of competing mirrorless
Birds of
reason or another, ended up leaving the systems, particularly from Sony (which
camera business. It’s this group that I fear acquired Konica Minolta in 2005). Sadly,
Pentax seems destined to join. it feels like Ricoh has run out of steam.
Pentax isn’t even a company in its own
right any more. It was acquired by Ricoh
in 2011, and since July 2013 has been
nothing more than a brand name, used
mainly for the firm’s DSLRs. And while
Ricoh has attempted to keep the line
New blood
The problem facing Ricoh is that for
cameras like the K-1 Mark II to sell well, it
needs a healthy user-base of enthusiasts
who are committed to the brand and
summer
Long days and the breeding
alive, in recent years the rate of product prepared to spend £1,800 on stepping
releases has slowed to a trickle. In 2017 up to a full-frame body. But Canon and season – make the most of
we saw just one new camera, the KP, Nikon have had a stranglehold on the
and the announcement of two new lenses entry-level DSLR market for most of the
bird photography this month
last decade, while the likes of Fujifilm,
Olympus, Panasonic and Sony have
siphoned off many other budding
enthusiasts to their mirrorless systems.
Pentax still has a very loyal following, but
it seems not enough new blood.
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Give me a break
Heading off on a short city break this summer? Keen traveller Geoff Harris
shares some tips for getting the best possible shots in a short space of time
KIT LIST
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Filters Tripod Good shoes and clothing
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By all means take a Big Stopper You’ll be glad you packed a light, Travel photography is physically demanding,
kit if there is room, but a more carbon-fibre model for long exposures at particularly in the summer, as it can involve a lot of walking.
compact screw-on lens filter, the blue hour or sunrise and sunset over Don’t skimp on footwear or a hat: blisters could mean you
such as a polariser or variable the city. We love the MeFOTO RoadTrip, miss a killer shot, while getting bad sunburn can be
ND grad, can also be great for and the new Manfrotto Befree Color is downright dangerous. Pack
deepening blue skies, reducing also great for travel (its leg clips are some warmer clothes
glare or achieving slow-shutter less fiddly than screw-in dividers). for the blue hour,
effects in daylight. A mini tripod is better than nothing, as temperatures
and don’t forget a remote release. can really fall.
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Don’t forget modern
architecture – this is the
stunning Metropol
Parasol in Plaza de la
Encarnación in Seville
PICTURE ABOVE © IONUT DAVID / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
your partner, family or friends. travelling companions are still asleep. familiar with the city, doing some research
Asking tired travel companions to Rising at stupid o’clock might seem a before you go is absolutely essential on a
hang around in the heat while you try and bit unfair when you’re supposedly on short trip. As some of the images here will
get just one more shot of the Colosseum a relaxing break, but serious travel reveal, I was in Rome recently for the first
with an uncluttered background is likely photography ain’t no holiday (and you time. Frustratingly, my hotel was out in
to fray tempers – add young kids to the can always kip after lunch). the suburbs, so I was pretty disoriented
mix and it can be a nightmare. Then there when the shuttle bus dropped me off by
can be arguments about where to go, Careful packing and research the Circus Maximus. Because I’d done my
as not everyone will be interested in None of this will be a big revelation to research and had a checklist of must-get
schlepping out to ‘that bridge on the edge experienced travellers, but the next job is shots, however, I quickly got my bearings
of town which is supposed to be great for even more important – to think carefully without wasting time trying to find the
sunsets’. As we’ll see later, a good way about what you’re going to shoot, and what tourist office for ideas.
around this is to get up early, while your you’re going to shoot it with. Unless you’re Major cities like Rome or Paris will have
Try long exposures If you can’t beat ’em, ghost ’em Exposure modes and ISO
Even in tourist hotspots, taking a long exposure Even if you get up early it can be hard to avoid Manual exposure mode gives fine control over
at the blue hour can be very satisfying. Street crowds, and sometimes people give more aperture and shutter speed, although Aperture
lights become interesting star bursts and heavy atmosphere to your shots. Setting a slower Priority can be easier if you need to shoot
traffic turns into colourful traffic trails. For star shutter speed, e.g. below 1/15sec, enables you quickly in changing light. Select Auto ISO and
bursts try a smaller aperture between f/14 and to create motion blur or ‘ghost’ crowds, which the camera will take care of the light sensitivity
f/20, and a shutter speed between 10-20 sec can be a pleasing effect. A Lee Filters Big if you suddenly emerge from a dim church into
for traffic trails. A tripod is usually a must. Stopper can be used to blur people out. a sunny square, for instance.
Silhouettes and angles Food is a great subject Watch out for details
Major tourist attractions can be busy, so try Food photography is popular: you may be able Details and close-ups can capture the soul of
some interesting angles to capture the unique to enter cool competitions like Pink Lady Food a place as much as big vistas. Characterful
atmosphere of a place, without accidentally Photographer of the Year, and it gives you a shopfronts, details of local costumes, statues,
including some gormless ice-cream eater in real insight into the culture. Street markets can architectural nuances – they all help you come
pink shorts. Dialling down the exposure be very colourful subjects, and food sellers are back with more than just predictable postcard
compensation to create a silhouette can also usually relaxed about being photographed shots. Use differential focus and shallow depth
be a good technique in strong sunlight. (particularly if you buy something from them). of field to make the details really stand out.
,W·V HDV\ DV
Reconstructing
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‘What happens when
we can clearly see that
we are being lied to?’
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ICONIC PHOTOS REIMAGINED
the key aspect of each image is not People problems This set-up is for the use of digital manipulation
the subject (the reconstructed With such high standards, the pair Pennie Smith’s within the project. Photoshop was
image) but the fact that the camera has occasionally struggled to photograph ‘Paul certainly used but only to tweak the
is placed a few feet back from the recreate images featuring people, Simonon at the contrast and, on occasion, to correct
New York Palladium
set to reveal the surrounding but they are getting braver. ‘At the 21 September 1979’
the colour. Cortis and Sonderegger
workshop environment. The floor moment we are reconstructing Nick were keener on the hands-on skills
is littered with detritus. We see the Ut’s image “Napalm Girl”,’ discloses required to make each image.
tabletop and frame that enclose Sonderegger. ‘This image has been ‘Sometimes people stand in front
the reconstructions and also the on our minds for a while, but we’ve of our images and ask if they are
meticulously arranged lighting always avoided it because it’s just so created in Photoshop,’ admits
that illuminates each work. Cortis complicated. The problem is you Sonderegger. ‘We think we show
and Sonderegger show everything, have such a serious image that what enough to make them understand
reveal every trick, every piece of you’re constructing has to look that’s not the case. For us it’s very
material used. The effect is that perfect, or it will look ridiculous, important that we do it with our
we don’t entirely know what we’re and with an image like that it’s a hands and not with the computer.’
looking at. We see an iconic no go. If you recreate Nessie [the It certainly would have been much
photograph but then we also see famous faked shot of the Loch Ness easier to blur the figure jumping over
the frame. monster] and the landscape doesn’t the puddle in their version of Henri
So, is it all fake? A strange hoax? look perfect it’s not a problem, but Cartier-Bresson’s ‘Behind the Gare
Can we believe what we see? Can with figures it really matters.’ Saint-Lazare’, but instead, they
we ultimately believe what we see Figures certainly feature within vibrated a cut-out figure on a bit
in digital photography at all? It’s some of the images but you’ll note of string. That’s dedication for you.
almost dizzying when you get right that in the original photographs The questions raised by the
down to its core idea. An event in those people are often represented, Double Take: images featured in Double Take
history happened in real three- sometimes as silhouettes or from far are numerous. But Cortis and
Reconstructing the
dimensional life; it was then away. The images consist mainly of Sonderegger’s work is so engaging,
History of Photography
captured as a two-dimensional objects and buildings such as the and so thrilling to witness and
photograph; then it was remade crashing Hindenburg or the by Jojakim Cortis and think about, that it’s a real pleasure
back into a three-dimensional smoking stacks of the Twin Towers. Adrian Sonderegger is to use them as a platform for critical
reconstruction; finally, it was Ironically for a project that poses published by Thames questioning. Their images stand as
made back into a two-dimensional questions about whether or not we & Hudson and priced perhaps one of the most original
photograph. Layers upon layers. can trust digital photography, at £24.95, ISBN 978- approaches to still life we’ve
Questions upon questions. Cortis and Sonderegger eschewed 0500021224 seen in a long time.
Foliage is used
to frame the view
across the moat
to Bodiam Castle
PHOTO ROADSHOW
Fairytale fortress
Medieval Bodiam Castle is one of Britain’s most photogenic
ancient monuments, says Justin Minns
Fact file
ith its towers, imposing gatehouse,
Shooting advice
Justin Minns
Justin is a landscape photographer and workshop
leader who has been working with the National
Trust for several years. His images have been
widely recognised in photography competitions
including Landscape Photographer of the Year.
Visit www.justinminns.co.uk.
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Balance is at the heart of composition. Often that means visually The G9 compact system camera
balancing elements, tones or colours within the image to create delivers ultimate image quality,
a feeling of harmony rather than a literal, symmetrical balance. perfect for all the detail and
Occasionally though a subject lends itself to using symmetry, symmetry of Bodiam Castle.
and Bodiam Castle is just such a place. To embrace the castle’s
horizontal and vertical symmetry, shoot straight on and position
everything centrally in the frame. Placing the subject in the
centre is usually something to avoid as it can result in a static For an abstract feel,
composition, but in this case it reinforces the feeling of calm try shooting reflections
created by the reflections. The bridge hides some of the
reflections, but its diagonal lines add a sense of depth. Position
the camera so that the lines of the bridge are balanced, starting
Relections
Hundreds of years ago the moat at
from the same position in each corner of the frame. It’s possible
Bodiam Castle served as a defence; today ▲ Leica DG
to level and crop the picture in post-processing, but it’s always
it provides photographers with wonderful
better to get things spot on in-camera if you can.
reflections. A wideangle lens will make
Vario 8-18mm
the moat seem wider, and the castle f/2.8-4 lens
appear isolated in the middle, but keep Wide, fast and pin sharp
from corner-to-corner, this
Side light the camera level as tilting it upwards
8-18mm lens is the ideal
Photographers love the warm quality of ‘golden hour’ light, will make the towers appear to lean in;
alternatively, try including some foliage to choice for reflections and
but the direction of light is also important. Side lighting can
frame the reflected view – either way, be symmetrical compositions.
be used to great effect at Bodiam Castle. Light falling
across the castle from one side reveals texture in the stone sure to include the whole reflection.
and the mixture of light and shadow results in a modelling When photographing reflections on a
effect on the curved towers, making the castle look more bright, sunny day, a circular polariser is
three-dimensional. Low sidelight is the most effective, as useful for reducing surface glare from the
it’s warmer and the modelling effect is more pronounced. water, it will also make blue skies and
It’s not always possible to visit places like Bodiam Castle clouds ‘pop’. It’s easy to overdo it though
early or late enough for the best light, but the direction is and end up with deep-blue, almost black,
skies. You can reduce the effect by
still important – even when the sun is high in the sky – so it ▲ Panasonic
pays to check the position of the sun using websites such rotating the filter slightly.
as www.suncalc.net prior to visiting. If the sun is high For an abstract picture, leave out the LUMIX
overhead try converting your images to black & white and subject and just shoot its reflection. DMC-LX15
take advantage of the high contrast. compact
camera
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polariser
An essential filter for cutting
glare from reflective surfaces
and saturating colours, a
polariser is good for bright
sunny days. Look for a slim one
to avoid vignetting if using it
on a wideangle lens.
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adapter. Having researched the
Each week I study the detailed website quoted in the article I
analysis of the latest cameras found that the item could not be
so expertly provided by Andrew purchased directly from the
Sydenham. Each one serves as manufacturer. In fact I was unable
a perfect guide to a potential to find any supplier in the UK of
purchaser. As the owner of a this product, and Amazon has it
TZ60, I naturally studied the listed as a discontinued item. I
Email ap@timeinc.com and include your full postal address. report on the latest offering from would therefore ask that before
Write to Inbox, Amateur Photographer, Time Inc. (UK), Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Panasonic, the TZ200 (AP 26 recommending equipment in
Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hants GU14 7BF May). My camera is four years old similar articles your researchers
and does most of the things that ensure that the gear is readily
LETTER OF THE WEEK the latest version offers, so I’m not available for purchase.
tempted to open the purse strings. Keep up the good work.
One comment in the summary Malcolm Gibbs
Crystal balls did however worry me, this being:
‘The TZ200 won’t, for most users, Before running any group test
Tony Bond’s letter replace a “proper” camera.’ I was or round-up in AP we always
(Inbox, 19 May) gives prompted to examine the make sure that any products we
an interesting insight definition of ‘proper’ and noted list or recommend are available
into the processes that among others it is: ‘of the for readers to buy. As you
and understanding required or correct type or form; mention the Ray Flash Universal
that goes into the suitable or appropriate’. adapter has now been
development of With the results shown from the discontinued, but it is still
a product such TZ200, I would call it a ‘proper’ available from some online
as photographic camera, as indeed I would my stockists such as the Flash
paper. Last year I TZ60, since for both cameras in Centre (www.theflashcentre.
attended a Permajet the iA mode there is a significant com) who are selling the Ray
print workshop at advantage over one of Andrew’s Flash Universal adapter (short
Clifton Cameras in The impressive proper cameras – they are light neck) RFU-S (Short) version for
Sony A7 III should
Dursley, and the Permajet prompt a mirrorless
and pocketable, hence always with £99. I also found a couple of
representative talked about camera from Canon or Nikon you, an advantage often noted examples on eBay, but these
the different fibre bases and within AP. Having passed three are generally more expensive
coatings of various paper types waiting until they have score and ten by a large margin, and tend to sell for around
for use with inkjet printers, and products that are right for I abandoned my Nikon F-801 with £150. When a product is
how the ink penetrated the their ranges and for the its attendant bag of zooms, when seemingly unavailable to buy,
coatings into the fibre base. In market. If and when they I found that after a day’s outing, it’s worth typing the full product
addition he spoke about the become available, users will be the shoulders were complaining; name into Google and clicking
importance of using acid-free able to continue using their not a problem with my suitable or on the shopping link just below
paper and boxes for long-term existing lenses and accessories appropriate TZ, which will under the search bar. If that fails
storage because many other with the new mirrorless bodies most normal conditions, produce there’s always eBay or Gumtree
products produce gases that without needing to change to a perfect A3 prints. I would to fall back on – Michael
degrade prints over time. This different manufacturer. Now therefore call the TZ series Topham, reviews editor
gave everyone an insight into we just need to wait and see ‘proper’ cameras and could I
the understanding behind what happens! suggest that AP might have used Wedded bliss
the development of modern Mark Gilbert the term ‘more sophisticated’ Did Prince Harry’s wedding
print papers. instead of ‘proper’. highlight yet again the sizeable and
Graham Ashton (Inbox, Indeed, Mark – we will be Mike Rignall now commonplace dominance of
19 May) talks about the cost pretty disappointed if we smartphones and, more to the
involved in changing to a don’t see a full-frame You’re right, the TZ200 is a point, raise questions about the
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plants are likely to
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James Paterson
James is as skilled a photo editor as he is a photographer. His
work has appeared in countless magazines and books, and in
2014 he was appointed editor of Practical Photoshop magazine.
His subjects range from portraits to landscapes, architecture
and underwater scenes. For James, Photoshop is more than
just a work tool. Visit www.patersonphotos.com.
Lightroom tips
How to edit
on the go
The Lightroom CC for Mobile app is ideal for editing
images away from your PC. James Paterson shows how
4 The basics
Lightroom CC for Mobile is an app for
IOS and Android devices that lets you capture,
organise and edit photos on the go. You can
also sync and edit photos from your Lightroom
desktop set-up, enabling you to carry your
library and editing tools in your pocket.
ALL PICTURES © JAMES PATERSON
6 No need to subscribe
Many of the features in Lightroom
Mobile – such as the camera, sharing and
some editing tools – are free to use. So
you don’t necessarily have to be a
Creative Cloud subscriber to begin using
it. However, subscribers will get the full
feature set, plus the advantage of
seamless integration with their Lightroom
Classic and CC apps.
7 HDR capture
Lightroom Mobile’s capture tool is great
for shooting on the go. It lets you record high
8 Shoot-through presets
When using your device’s camera
with Lightroom’s Capture mode, you can
dynamic range (HDR) photos with your choose from several shoot-through effects
smartphone’s camera. It captures and merges that are applied to the live feed from the
three frames, automatically aligning and camera; they are accessed by the colour
tone-mapping the image; then it produces a icon. These effects are non-destructive, so
16-bit raw file with a high dynamic range that you can turn them off later.
offers a wonderful level of tonal detail.
11 Enhance skies
Found within the Selective
tools options, the Graduated Filter is
great for improving skies. Just like the
desktop tool, drag down from sky to
land then decrease exposure, boost
contrast, clarity and saturation. The
tool also features an eraser option for
removing the effect over objects that
jut above the horizon line.
13 Finger gestures
When viewing your photos in
a grid there are a number of useful
two-finger gestures. If you pinch
inwards from top and bottom you can
collapse sets of photos. Tap with two
fingers to cycle through image info. And The Graduated Filter
drag inwards or outwards at a diagonal tool can be applied in
angle when viewing an album to change Lightroom Mobile
thumbnail sizes.
18 Geometry corrections
The Upright controls are very good at correcting
converging verticals, wonky horizons and perspective
distortion. Go to Geometry controls and tap Upright. As
well as auto fixes, there’s also Guided Upright, which lets
you plot lines along horizontals or verticals.
colours
indoors under tungsten
lighting, we can match up
the LEDs by setting the
temperature to a warmer
3500K. However, colour
temperature control isn’t just
about neutralising colour casts;
Photographer James Paterson it can also be used to create a
puts cutting-edge Rotolight LEDs to mood or aesthetic. We have the
freedom to warm things up,
good use and says they offer more cool them down or intentionally
mix the colour temperatures.
control over colour than ever before For example, if we shoot our
subject inside, lit with a warm
ne of the most Importance of temperature like 3500K and
O useful features of
LED lighting is the
ability to control
colour temperature. Bi-colour
LEDs, like the Rotolight
colour temperature
All light sources have a
particular hue, which we can
quantify in Kelvin. The scale
of visible light goes from warm
include a window in the
background, and with our white
balance set for the warm light,
then the outdoor scene will be
cast in ethereal blues.
AEOS heads used here, allow tones at the low end of the
you to change the colour Kelvin scale to cool tones at LEDs have the edge
temperature with a flick of a the higher end. Our eyes In the flash vs LED debate those
dial. So when you’re shooting subconsciously correct for in the flash corner will point to
on location you can balance changes in light colour, but the fact that LEDs aren’t as
your LEDs with the ambient our cameras record whatever powerful. This is true, and it’s
light in a matter of seconds or, colour is emitted. This is why worth noting that the maximum
if you like, experiment with we set a white balance – so that output of most bi-colour LEDs
unusual colour shifts and a white or neutral object looks drops off slightly at either end
mixed temperatures. white rather than being tinted of the Kelvin range. But as the
The Rotolights offer a range by the colour of the light hittinglow-light performance of
from 3,150-6,300K, which it. If in doubt about which modern cameras continues to
goes from warm tungsten white balance to choose, it’s a improve, the maximum output
hues to cool daylight tones. good idea to shoot raw as it becomes less of an issue in
What’s more, they score very allows you to change the white many scenarios, so other
highly on the Colour Rendering balance after the fact. lighting features come to the
Index (CRI) scale: a universal fore. And when it comes to
rating that measures the Balancing and mixing colour temperature, LEDs
accuracy of a light source in Colour temperature controls are are a clear winner.
comparison with a reference most often used to balance the Controlling the colour
light. A score of 85% or higher artificial light with the ambient temperature of flash (which is
is considered very accurate – light in the scene. So when usually around 5,000-6,000K)
the Rotolights score 96%. shooting in daylight we can set involves fitting coloured gels
Lighting set-up
I used a combination of red and blue gels
here to light the subject. It’s a simple three
light set-up. Our key light hitting the face
is a Rotolight AEOS fitted with a blue gel,
positioned just to the right of the camera and
above the face. I had a second Rotolight AEOS
fitted with a red gel to the right of the subject,
which gave me the vibrant edge lighting that
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38
Technique
The gels offer photographers
a chance to experiment
with new lighting set-ups
Coloured light
As well as bi-colour control
Rotolight kits also offer a range
of circular coloured gels that let
you expand your repertoire of
coloured light beyond the Kelvin
scale. LEDs never get hot, so
these gels can be fitted in front
of the bulb. Used in combination
with the Kelvin settings these
gels give you an expansive
palette of colours, whether you
want to kiss the edge of your
subject with a subtle shade of
blue or go for a more vibrant
mix, like this portrait here.
Instant feedback
I wouldn’t normally light a face
with a combination of pink and
blue gels, but the beauty of these
lights is that the instant feedback
gives you the confidence to
try out different lighting
techniques. This freestyle
lighting would be much trickier
and more laborious to achieve
with flash. More importantly,
there’s less reason to stick to
the tried-and-tested lighting
set-ups. With LEDs we have
greater impetus to simply make
it up as we go along, which isn’t
just creatively stimulating,
it’s also more fun.
39
Testbench CAMERA TEST
At a glance
Pentax
coverage
● Rugged construction
● Flexible-tilt rear LCD
K-1 Mark II
This 36MP full-frame DSLR still has plenty
to ofer Pentax fans, according to Andy
Westlake, but no essential new features
hen the original sensitivity range, which now
W
For and against Data file
Pentax K-1 goes all the way to ISO 819,200
Sensor 36.4MP full-frame CMOS appeared a little compared to ISO 209,400 on the
Huge degree of external control over two years original. There’s also an intriguing-
Output size 7360 x 4912
Excellent rugged, weather- Focal length mag 1x ago, it garnered a lot of excitement. sounding version of Pentax’s
sealed build quality Lens mount Pentax K Not only was it the first full-frame Pixel Shift Resolution mode that
Shutter speeds 1/8000sec–30sec DSLR to sport the iconic Pentax works for handheld shooting,
Superb image quality, Sensitivity brand, but at £1,600 it also offered and a promise of faster AF with
with high resolution ISO 100-819,200
Exposure modes
remarkable value for money. Its improved subject tracking. But
and dynamic range PASM, Sv, TAv, B, X, Auto
36MP sensor had only previously that’s the extent of the changes.
Metering 86,000px RGB sensor
In-body stabilisation gives been seen in substantially more Uniquely, existing Pentax K-1
Exposure comp +/-5EV in 0.3EV steps
sharper images with almost expensive cameras such as the owners can have their cameras
Continuous 4.4fps; 6.4fps in APS-C crop
any lens shooting Nikon D810 and Sony Alpha 7R, upgraded to Mark II standard. For
Screen 3.2in, 1.04k-dot flexible tilt LCD
and it included five-axis in-body around £450, the main circuit
Compatible with vast range of image stabilisation and an unusual board can be replaced with the
new and used K-mount lenses Viewfinder 0.7x magnification,
100% coverage flexible-tilt rear LCD. new version, enabling the full set
AF points 33 point (25 cross-type) Now, parent company Ricoh of updated features. The SR label
Heavy and bulky body has given us a replacement: the on the front plate will also be
Video Full HD 60p
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Sony Alpha 7 III has redefined Core features are solid, if 1/200sec flash sync. The mirror Other features include high-
our expectations of what a unspectacular. The Mark II can and shutter mechanism are quiet dynamic-range shooting;
sub-£2,000 camera can offer. shoot at 4.4fps at full resolution, and well damped, and in the usual independent shadow and highlight
Compared to these redoubtable with a 17-frame raw buffer; Pentax fashion, enabling the 2sec tonal-range adjustment; in-
foes, the K-1 Mark II still offers switching to the 15MP APS-C self-timer engages mirror pre-fire camera lens corrections; a
higher resolution and maximum crop mode enables 6.4fps with a to further reduce any risk of blur multiple-exposure mode, and an
ISO settings, but is this enough? 50-frame buffer. Metering employs from mechanical vibrations. Delve intervalometer with a huge range of
an 86,000 pixel RGB sensor, with into the menus and you’ll find a programmable options. In-camera
Features multi-segment, centreweighted silent electronic shutter, although raw development is available, and
At the K-1 Mark II’s core is a and spot modes available. the camera isn’t completely built-in Wi-Fi allows you to copy
36.4-million-pixel full-frame Autofocus is provided by the noiseless due to its mechanical images to your smart device, or
CMOS sensor, which forgoes an 33-point SAFOX 12 module, aperture operation. control the camera remotely using
optical low-pass filter to deliver which includes 25 cross-type Based around the Pentax K the Pentax Image Sync app.
maximum detail. This usually risks points towards the centre of the mount, the K-1 Mark II is However, it’s the in-body IS that
imaging artefacts, but Pentax has frame. The focus points cover compatible with a huge range of delivers most of the K-1 Mark II’s
a unique solution. Enable its AA about half the image width and a lenses dating back to 1975. It’ll best tricks. Most obviously, it
Simulator mode and the camera third of its height – reasonable for work best with autofocus lenses, of promises sharper images at slow
can use its in-body IS system to a full-frame SLR but trounced by course, but is also perfectly happy shutter speeds with almost any
slightly blur the image projected any mirrorless camera (and most with manual-focus KA lenses that lens, giving up to five stops of
onto the sensor to combat aliasing APS-C DSLRs). Switch to live view, have electrical contacts to pass stabilisation. This means it works
and moiré, with a choice of and the K-1 Mark II offers contrast- aperture information to the with lens types that aren’t usually
strengths. If you’re not sure detection AF covering 75% of the camera. It can even work with stabilised, such as wideangles
whether you need this anti-aliasing frame width and height. purely mechanical K lenses, but and fast primes. It’ll even
effect, the camera can shoot a set Shutter speeds range from only in manual-exposure mode work with old, mechanical
of exposures with and without. 30sec to 1/8000sec, with using stop-down metering. K-mount lenses: turn the
camera on after changing to house the in-body image- easy to lose track of which mode Viewinder and screen
lenses and it will prompt stabilisation unit, along with the the d-pad is in, and inadvertently The K-1 Mark II is unashamedly
you to select the focal length. screen-articulation mechanism. change settings when you wanted a traditional DSLR, designed to
The Mark II also includes the Pentax has a reputation for to move the focus point. be used primarily with the optical
Pixel Shift Resolution mode seen rugged, weather-sealed bodies, Other buttons on the body give viewfinder. Fortunately, the finder
on many recent Pentax cameras. and the K-1 Mark II is no different. direct access to metering and is very good, with a magnification
In its conventional form, this Its magnesium-alloy body feels autofocus modes, and there’s of 0.7x and almost 100%
requires the camera to be fixed rock solid – you can even pick it even one for temporarily turning coverage of the scene. The image
to a tripod, and makes four up by the articulated LCD screen on raw recording. Yet more is reasonably bright, and there’s
exposures while shifting the sensor and shake it around, with no functions can be accessed quickly just about enough ‘snap’ to focus
one pixel between each. This ill-effect. The large handgrip is via the Info button, which calls manually with f/2.8 lenses. What
allows it to capture full-colour coated with thick, textured rubber up an on-screen quick menu. you don’t get, of course, is the
information at each point in the and provides a very secure hold. Only a couple of buttons are accurate preview of exposure,
image, giving visibly higher detail. Almost every available surface customisable, but that’s no
A Motion Correction option aims is covered with buttons, dials and problem as it’s difficult to think of Bold colours are
to reduce image artefacts with switches. Unlike other DSLRs, the anything you might assign to them maintained even at
subjects that move between K-1 Mark II has three dials that that’s not already easily accessible. quite high ISO settings
exposures. But brand new is you can use for changing exposure This complex control layout Pentax 24-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm,
a handheld pixel-shift mode, settings, rather than two: Ricoh takes a bit of getting used to, but 1/125sec at f/16, ISO 32,000
which I’ll examine in detail later. has cottoned on to the fact that it’s actually a really quick way of
Other clever features enabled you might want quick access to working. It’s not for the faint-
by the stabilisation system include ISO and exposure compensation hearted, but if you’re stepping up
Astrotracer, which works with as well as shutter speed and from a high-end Pentax APS-C
the built-in GPS unit to move aperture – an insight that has so body such as the K-3 II, most
the sensor for capturing sharp far eluded Canon and Nikon. You of the interface will be familiar.
long-exposure photographs of can configure the front and rear However, I can’t help but feel that
star fields. It’s also possible to use dials to your own preference Ricoh could benefit from making
the IS mechanism to fine-tune separately for each exposure a simpler full-frame model, too.
your composition when shooting mode, then change the function of A small top-plate LCD shows
from a tripod. Last but not least, the top-plate dial on the fly using basic shooting information, with
there’s a rather brilliant function the adjacent selection dial. the rear LCD used to display the
that can automatically level your It’s just a shame the K-1 Mark II main settings. One oddity is that
images during handheld shooting. doesn’t have a joystick controller if you turn off this screen, then
for moving the focus point; instead, pressing a function button or
Build and handling you’re supposed to use the d-pad. spinning the top-plate dial won’t
The K-1 Mark II is a brute; at The complication is, you also use reactivate it, even temporarily. This
1,010g it’s heavier than even the the d-pad for changing drive means that it’s possible to change
Nikon D850. Its body is narrow mode, white balance, colour mode certain settings such as HDR
but deep, measuring 86mm from and LCD brightness, toggling mode or continuous shooting
the front of the prism to the back between the functions using a speed without the camera telling
of the LCD. This reflects the need small button above the ‘up’ key. It’s you what you’ve done.
portrait format, although here the testing. While it’s noticeably slower
maximum tilt angle up or down is than rival cameras, it should be
limited, at less than 45°. fine unless you plan on regularly
Thankfully, the LCD itself is shooting fast-moving subjects.
very good and accurately colour However, being accustomed to
calibrated. One neat touch is the ability of mirrorless cameras
that you can adjust the brightness to focus anywhere in the Connectors
between five very different frame, I found the restricted Battery LCD panel A rubber cover on the
The externally charged A small display on the side protects HDMI,
D-LI90 battery is good top plate displays USB and power-in
for 670 shots per shutter speed, ports. Headphone and
charge, which is aperture, ISO, exposure microphone sockets
relatively low for compensation and are found above, with
a DSLR but should battery status. It can a PC flash connector
still be enough for be lit up by pressing on the side of the
most purposes the nearby button. prism. The 2.5mm
remote release port
is on the other side.
110mm
136.5mm
Lab results
Andrew Sydenham’s lab tests reveal just how the camera performs Verdict
Our cameras and lenses are tested using the industry-
standard Image Engineering IQ-Analyser software.
Visit www.image-engineering.de for more details
While the Mark II’s image quality isn’t obviously changed from the original, it’s still very fine, and
overall the best you can get for the price. Indeed, with static subjects amenable to pixel-shift
mode, the K-1 Mark II will outperform any other full-frame camera, aside from the £3,200 Sony
A7R III. At low ISOs the sensor delivers superb detail and dynamic range, while high-ISO image Recommended
quality is pretty good, too, with quite acceptable results at ISO 12,800. I’d avoid going higher
than this, and found the new ISO 409,600 and ISO 819,200 settings to be completely unusable.
FEATURES 9/10
BUILD & HANDLING 9/10
METERING 8/10
AUTOFOCUS 8/10
AWB & COLOUR 8/10
DYNAMIC RANGE 9/10
IMAGE QUALITY 9/10
VIEWFINDER/LCD 8/10
Portrait Pro is
capable of identifying
faces and features
in art-profile view
ortraits are not the easiest thing to make-up, lighting and background would also Features
Our verdict
city break, you won’t go far wrong choosing this bag FastTrack-8 sling offers, the Pro Light RedBee-210
from Manfrotto. It’s not the biggest of bags and (£149) or Pro Light Bumblebee-130 (£177) are worth
you do pay a premium for its integrated camera a look. If you like the sound of having some
strap, but within a short space of time you realise additional space for non-camera related items,
how good it is for travelling light. Most important of Manfrotto’s Pro Light backpack 3N1-26 (£159)
all it’s comfortable, well made and has good security makes a good choice and the larger version of this
measures in place to ensure your kit remains safe. bag is the Pro Light backpack 3N1-35 (£199).
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some inexpensive old manual information into a camera menu Use-once memory cards are not new. SanDisk actually
focus lenses. Do you have any tips about the lens you are using if it launched a line of camera memory cards, called ‘Shoot
on choosing lenses like these is a non-CPU lens. Non-CPU & Store’, in 2004, aimed at helping film photographers
based on my criteria? I really don’t lenses have no electrical contacts move to digital. The cards were competitively priced and
want to spend more than £100 at the rear of the lens. Of course, designed to be used once and, thereafter, be your primary
and would like a decent wideangle don’t forget the cropping factor. archive media. It wasn’t a great success; few rivals copied it and
(around 24mm) and a semi-wide, It’s 1.5x the focal length of a full SanDisk quietly discontinued Shoot & Store a few years later.
for street photography. frame lens to compute the With memory card prices so low, relatively speaking, there is
Dean Jennings equivalent focal length/field of some logic in using cards like this, even when shooting big raw
view you will get on your D300S. files. The cost per image compared to film makes it look like a
A
The most important thing A 24mm lens, for example, will no-brainer and there
you need to know is have a 36mm lens field of view are no developing costs.
which lenses will work on your DX sensor D300S. Don’t Of course, we don’t
properly with your current go for a less bright lens as your appreciate memory
D300s and planned D800. Old D300S focusing screen is not cards like that any more
manual focus Nikon-mount optimised for manual focusing. – they are, intrinsically,
lenses can work, but there are Stick to f/2.8 or brighter, like f/2. reusable. If you use
caveats. Lenses produced prior You don’t need to stick to Nikkor more expensive UHS-II
to 1977 may require physical lenses; there are many very good cards, for example, the
modification as there is a risk of manual focus lenses from idea of a use-once
physical damage to your camera. Tamron, Tokina, Vivitar and strategy becomes even
These older lenses are known as others. There are far too many less attractive.
‘pre-AI’ because Nikon to discuss here but a good source
introduced the AI (Automatic of information can be found
Making a bit of cash
A
by searching users’ own Unfortunately, income is
experiences of particular income, so even if you
models online. selling photos happen to be earning a
Dean
Jennings is
Q I sell my pictures
online as a hobby (in
the evening and at
weekends). I often take a camera
bit of money because of your
hobby, the law requires such an
income to be declared. On the
other hand, you should be
looking for
with me if I’m going anywhere pleased that your work is decent
advice on
choosing nice and on occasions get some enough to be generating some
lenses for his great pictures out of the trip. return. For some, an experience
Nikon D300S However, now I’m starting to like this eventually results in a
make enough from the store that change of career to photography.
I’m often spending my evenings If you are producing a regular
processing orders and beginning income from your hobby, you
to make actual money from it. It could turn it into a small business
seems it won’t be too long until and off-set your expenses against
I will be put into a higher tax tax. If you have any concerns
bracket. Do I need to worry about about tax, talk to an accountant.
this, as I only do photography as a They will usually offer you a free
hobby and don’t make tons of introductory consultation.
money from it?
L Ellis (AP forum) Q&A compiled by Ian Burley
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Varying these many different
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Roger Hicks considers…
‘Mike Evans, welder, April 1943,’ by Jack Delano
© US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
ack Delano, 1914-1997, is one
of my favourite photographers;
and fortunately, a great deal
of his work is available at the
US Library of Congress, because of the
work he did for the US Government.
This is typical of his portraiture: his
son described it as ‘one human baring
its soul to another.’
Everything in it is of its time: the clothes,
the welding gear, the wood-sided wagon
with its faded Chicago and North Western
Line logo. It is also timeless, though,
because it shows all that it needs to show,
and no more. Each of the three principal
components is cropped by the edge of the
frame, with even Mr Evans cropped off at
the knees. The last is a real no-no in the
eyes of an old-fashioned camera club
judge, who might also take exception to
the absolute centrality of the figure in the
frame. Where are the thirds, the leading
lines, the dynamic diagonals? Well, some
of them are there if you want to look for
them and impose your preconceptions, but
they are not needed. Everything flows out
from the central figure: he is the reason
for the picture.
Better to look at the details. Begin with
his direct stare, even if he looks a bit
puzzled: why me? Then reflect that Delano
chose a low viewpoint, literally looking up
to his subject. He is not taking a picture;
he is humbly accepting it. Look at the
proprietorial arm resting on the trolley
for the gas cylinders, and at the welding
torch itself draped over his shoulder.
Would you normally carry a welding
torch like that? I don’t know. But it
looks natural and unaffected, and in
propaganda photography above all, this is
what matters. The reinforcing bars on the
wagon radiate from his strong right hand
and the steps to its roof climb up from his
shoulder. The work-polished steel of the
wheel of the gas trolley and the lightly Learning by looking education at the Pennsylvania Academy
rusted cylinder speak of unpretentious Did Delano, only 28 years old at the time, of Fine Arts included a four-month
and somehow curiously real work. think about all this consciously when he European tour on a Cresson Traveling
took the picture? Almost certainly not. Scholarship where he became increasingly
‘He chose a low viewpoint, Like most of us, he probably thought, fascinated by depictions of hard-working
‘Well, I don’t want this in the way, and labourers throughout history. He
literally looking up to his I don’t want too much of that, and if I’m learned his craft by looking, and later
subject. He is not taking a not careful...’ by doing; and if you want to be a
On the other hand, his artistic studies photographer, there aren’t really
picture; he is accepting it’ went far beyond photography. His many alternatives.
Roger Hicks has been writing about photography since 1981 and has published more than three dozen books on the subject, many in partnership with his wife Frances Schultz (visit his website
at www.rogerandfrances.eu). Every week in this column Roger deconstructs a classic or contemporary photograph. Next week he considers an image by James Robertson and Felice Beato
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