Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-11-30)

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7 days

A week in photography

Inthisissue
12 It’sgoodtoshare
Yourbestshots,
uploadedtoAP’s
socialmediachannels
usingthehashtag
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notjoinin?

14 Keepingyour
geargreat
Fromcleaningyour
sensortopreservingyour
tripodandfilters,Angela
Nicholsonexplainshow
toextendyourkit’slife
23 APOYRound 7
Sunshine,snowand
showers– seeit allin the
top 30 ofourWhatever
theWeathertheme

33 Bestcameras
andlenses 2019
Twelvecameras,ten
lenses:whatmadethe
pickofthetechnical
team’scropthisyear?

48 ReaderPortfolio
FeastyoureyesonKieran
Metcalfe’sstunning
landscapes

50 Behindtheprint
Makingthemostofa
woodlandscene,with
LizzieShepherd
52 Photography
andthelaw
If youwantto takestreet
shotsbutareworried
aboutyourrights,Damien
Demolderis hereto set
yourmindat rest
56 Shootingthe
highseas
Vicepresidentof theRNLI
AmbroseGreenwayreveals
allabouthisloveof thesea

Regulars
3 7 days
20 Inbox
59 Accessories
61 TechTalk
74 Final Analysis

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26 NOVEMBER,1965:A coupleraisea toasttotheir
ownindulgenceastheyenjoytheluxuriouspleasures
of anairturboheadmassagingmachine.There
doesn’tseemtobemuchinformationaboutthis
particularpieceof machineryavailable,butthelarge
boxestowhichthehelmetsareattachedcertainly
conjureupsomeinterestingtheoriesastowhaton
earth was going on. Far from being relaxing, it looks

asif theboxescouldbeharvestingthethoughtsof
theunwittingsubjectswearingthem.It’shardlytrue
tosaythatheadmassagingmachineseverreally
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