Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-10-05)

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YOUR LETTERS

be?Silverbodiesusedto
bepopularin thefilmSLR
days,sowhynotgoa stage
furtherandhavebrightred
bodies,stripedpurpleor
anythingyou’dimagine?A
newmarketis outthere.
AndrewRedding

DSLRshaveoccasionally
beenavailablein other
colours,suchasred,and
Pentaxhastakenthis
furtherthananyother
brand.TheK-50for
example,couldbe
customisedin oneof
over 100 garishcolour
combinations.Butwhile
colourfulcamerasare
popularin Japan,we
Britsarea conservative
bunchandpreferour
camerasblack– perhaps
becauseofourobsession
withlookinglike‘pros’.
PersonallyI’ma sucker
forretro-stylesilver
cameras– Nigel
Atherton,editor

Snapseedtexttool
I’vedecidedtoprintmore
and,asrecommendedby
numeroussources,intend
toattachsomedetails
aboutthephotousingtext.
CurrentlyI’musing
Snapseedforthiswhichis
a fantasticsoftware,butI
havea problem.I’musing
the‘AddText’option
sothattheinformation
becomespartof the
picturebutcan’tfind
anyoptiontochoosea
particularfontsizesothat,
whenprinted;everything
looksuniform.I realise
thatthere’sanoption
forresizingtextusingthe
‘Pinch’option,butthisisn’t
accurate enough. Any help

youcouldgivewouldbe

muchappreciated.

DavidRichards

Snapseedis mygo-to

mobilephoto-editing

softwareandI agreethat

it’sgreat,butthetext

toolis reallydesigned

fordroppingsmallblocks

oftextontoindividual

photosin a varietyof

graphicstyles,and

manipulatingwithyour

fingers.Thereis noway

toenterspecific font

sizestomakethem

consistentfromone

imagetothenext,

thoughthatwouldbe

a usefuladdition– Nigel

Atherton,editor

GDPRandcandid

photography

InAP 10 August,I was

concernedtoseea candid

photowinningOnline

Pictureof theWeek. In

thesedaysof GDPRand

datacollecting,I wonderif

thesubjectconsentedto

hisfacebeingmadevisible

tothousands?I amallfor

goodcandidshots,butonly

if thesubjecthasgivenfull

consent to the images of

thembeingmadepublic.

Perhapsit shouldbeupto

thejournals(inthiscase

AP)toensurethereis

consentandonlypublish

if thereis.

JohnSchulga

GDPRis aboutprotecting

people’sdata.A person’s

address,dateofbirth,

creditcarddetails,etc.

aredata– theirfaceis

not.GDPRdoesn’tmake

candidphotography

illegal;thankfully,

becausethegenrehas

producedsomeofthe

mosticonicimagesever

taken.If youhavetoask

a subject’spermission

beforetakinga candid

photo,it is nolonger

candid,andnews

photographywouldnot

beabletoexist– Nigel

Atherton,editor

Greatservice

Itis a pleasuretotellyou

abouttheexceptional

serviceI receivedfrom

JonathonHarrisof

WorldwideCamera

Exchange(WCE)and

RichardCaplan.I soldmy

Leicaequipmentthrough

WCE,andthepersonal

serviceI receivedfrom

JonathonHarriswas

secondtonone– right

fromtheinitialcontact

toadvisingmethatwhen

hereceivedmygearthe

paymentwouldbemadein

10-15minutes.It tookfive

minutes!Similarly,Richard

Caplanspokeaboutmy

proposedpurchasein

greatdetail,andI feltthat

hewaslosinga member

of thefamily.Hiscompany

is a long-established

dealershipandit showedin

hismanner.I hopethat

whentheAPGoodService

Awardsvotingbegins,

thesetwofinecompanies

receivea lotof support.

TonyGull

Thankyouforsharing

yourexperience,Tony.

LookoutforourGood

ServiceAwards 2020 call

forvotesin forthcoming

issuesofAP,andvotefor

yourfavouriteretailers

• Nigel Atherton, editor

The Pentax K-50 range came in over 100 colour combinations

Snapseedenablestexttobe

added to photos, like this

Back in theday

AwanderthroughtheAParchive.This

week we pay a visit to October 1955

A good feature on indoor photography using a Box Brownie

WHIZZINGbackto1955,wefindanengrossing

featureonhowtogetgoodresultsindoorsusing

a KodakBoxBrownie.Whileit nowseemsas

antiquatedasa pennyfarthing,theBrowniewasa

still-sprightly 55 whenthisissuecameout,andas

authorS D Jouharpointsout,youcangetsurprisingly

goodresultswiththisverybasicdevice.Indeed,we

havebeenconsideringsendingoutmoderndigital

photographerswitha BoxBrownietoseehowthey

geton.Youcanpickupwell-usedexamplesof the

Brownieat carbootsalesorantiquefairsforabout

£20.If youwantminimalist,theBrownieis certainly

thewaytogo,asit hasa fixedapertureandonly

oneshutterspeed.Elsewherein theissue,editorA L

Sowerbywritesa pieceonthePhotographicAlliance,

a nationalbodywhichstillexists(www.thepagb.org.uk).

Healsopaystributestoaward-winningscientists,

someof whodesignedphotographicemulsionsfor

thestudyof nuclearparticles.FromBoxBrownies

to advanced nuke-fettling, it could only be AP.

1955

© NIGEL ATHERTON