Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-12-14)

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thingis forsure:you
needa different
mindsetforproducinga
bookandnotjustan
album.It tooktimeand
effortformetorealisethe
advantagesof a simple
four-pointplan.MyPACE
methodgivesme
guidelinestohelpcreate
theresultsI want,and
othersappeartoenjoy.
Planning– Forethought
is a bigbenefit beforeyou
startshootingfora book.
Youaregoingtoneeda lot
of pictures,sogiveyourself
a goodchanceof success
bycoveringyoursubject
well.Havinga choicefrom,
say,tenshotstosuita
desiredpagelayoutis a
strongplus.
Adapting– Flexibilityto
suitcircumstancesat
shootingtimecanbe
worthwhile.Changesto
viewpoints,anglesand
lightingcancreatea great
finalprintedresult.
Cropping– Bebold!
Don’talwayssticktoset
formats.Photobooksgive
anexcellentchanceto
projecta wantedfeeling
usingdifferentshapesto
givegoodpageappeal.
Editing– Personal
disciplinecountshighly.
Youmayhave500 or so
picturesonthe
project fi le,

butyouwillneedtobe

stricttoselectandprint,

say, 120 todeliverthe

wantedqualityresult.

In summary,my

photographyapproachhas

changedforthebetter

throughlearningthese

lessons.Photobooks,like

handwriting,areuniqueto

theauthorandeveryoneis

freetocreatesomething

personallysatisfactory.

Fromsocialeventsto

travelandspecialist

subjects,thereis alwaysa

bookwaitingtobecreated

in thebackground.

AdamLang

Alloyerror

Regardingyourletter

abouttheCanonEOS

90D(Inbox, 19October),

wheneverI seea pure

metalreferredtoin AP

withouttheword‘alloy’

usedwithit I suspecta

mistake,ashashappened

in thiscase.Pure

aluminiumis a softmetal

unsuitableforfine

engineeringwork,anda

quickcheckontheCanon

websiteshowsthebody

materialstobe‘aluminium

alloyandpolycarbonate

resinwithglassfibre’.The

additionof smallamounts

of othermetalstothepure

aluminiumwillproducean

alloywithproperties

thatmakeit

suitableforusein

a camerabody.

Chester Willey

Youarecorrect,Chester.

Theword‘alloy’

mysteriously

disappearedfromthe

sentence.Apologiesfor

anyconfusion– Nigel

Atherton, editor

Victor

Thanksforthefantastic

135thAnniversaryedition

(AP 12 October).Great

contentthroughout.I

particularlylikedbeing

remindedof thefamous

APcontributorsoverthe

years,VictorBlackman,

DavidBaileyetc.

It struckmethatthereis

greatpotentialfor’the

collectedworksof books’,

coveringAParticlesfrom

thesecontributors.I for

onewouldsnapupa book

of VictorBlackmanarticles.

Justa thought.Thanks

againfora greatedition.

GeoffWade

Sadlyourarchiveis not

digitisedoreven

indexed.It wouldbea

mammothundertaking

todoso,buthopefully

onethatwewillbeable

todooneday– Nigel

Atherton,editor

Bellsandwhistles

WhileI agreewithyour

desirefora cut-down

camerawithjustthe

essentials– seetheletter

byMichaelBlake(Inbox,

26 October)– I disagree

withthepremisethat

addingthe‘bells& whistles’

addsnocost.It doesadd

cost.Everyfeaturethatis

addedhastobe

developed,testedandthen

bugfixed;andthatallcosts

money.Everyfirmware

updatehasanassociated

cost.Maybethat’swhy

traditionallyupdateswere

fewandfarbetween.

MikeLambert

I thinkyoumaybe

referringtonew

features,notfeatures

thatalreadyexistasa

triedandtestedpieceof

codeona chip,and

alreadyincludedaspart

ofthefeatureseton

existingmodels– Nigel

Atherton, editor

Adam is into making photobooks, like these from Photobox

Canon’sEOS90D

usesaluminium

alloyin its

construction

Back in theday

LordLichfieldwasinterviewedabouthisnewbook.Shown

here, his portraits of Jane Seymour and Anouska Hempel

THISweek’scovershotlookslikea stillfroma 1970s

DoctorWhoepisode,andanoddchoicetoillustrate

thecoverline‘World’sMostPhotogenicWomen’.It

turnsoutthephotowastakenbynoneotherthanLord

Lichfield,andthefeaturewasabouthislatestbook

calledTheMostBeautifulWomen. I wasat artcollegein

Plymouthwhentheexhibitioncameout,andthey

organiseda coachtriptoLondontogoandseeit. The

studentswereallveryexcited,butnotbyLichfield’s

paradeof beauty.Theyweredesperatetogetround

asquicklyaspossiblesotheycouldgotothiscool

restaurantthateveryonewastalkingaboutcalled...

McDonald’s.I’dneverheardof thembeforeand,like

someof Lichfield’spictures,I couldn’tunderstandwhat

allthefusswasabout.Thoughgiventhenumberof

aristocraticfriendsheincludedin hislist,hewasclearly

a master of what we now call ‘brown-nosing’.

1981

AwanderthroughtheAParchive.This

week we pay a visittoSeptember 1981