Amateur Photographer – 13 July 2019

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Saturday 13 July 2019

Rugged, affordable storage SanDisk’s tough 1TB drive ticks the boxes

Sony 135mm f/1.8 Premium lens excels at portraits,

but is the high price a problem?

Make the most of natural light for

superb people shots every time

Boris gets Why

No, not that one... our vote

Harry Borden on shooting Becker

Dog dead ringers Don’t miss this amazing project

on dog-human lookalikes

ONLY£2.

TESTED

Lighting explainedFrom flash to LEDs, how to use

home lighting like a pro

PORTRAIT SPECIAL

ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK

In this issue

14 Reader portfolio

We showcase John

Blackman’s images

16 Get the

natural look

Pro photographers from

across the globe reveal

their top tips for shooting

environmental portraits,

documentary portraiture,

action portraits, weddings

and headshots

26 Be more dog

Photographer Gerrard

Gethings tells Amy Davies

about his canine-human

project that has turned

into a memory game

that’s sold worldwide

30 When

Harry met...

Hary Borden tells us it

was fun to photograph

Boris Becker

34 Build the light

How to craft classic

lighting set-ups using

Rotolight LEDs

41 Guiding light

James Paterson explores

the most common types

of photographic lighting

• from speedlights to
  portable fl ash, studio lights
  and LEDs, to show you how
  best to use them for photos

47 Sony FE 135mm

F1.8 GM

Sony has made a truly

stunning portrait lens,

says Andy Westlake, but

it comes at a hefty price

Regulars

3 7 days

12 Inbox

38 Join the Club

51 Accessories

53 Tech Talk

66 Final Analysis

COVER PICTURES © DAMIEN LOVEGROVE / JAMES PATERSON

This week we off er some power

to the people photographers,

with a special issue dedicated

to portraiture. As a species we

take more snaps of each other

than of anything else, but as photographers

we want to capture an image that people other

than the subject will appreciate. A good people

picture may be a posed portrait or a candid,

shot indoors or outside. It can be a wide shot

placing the subject within a setting, or a

close-up on just the eyes. You can do it with

just a basic camera and standard lens, or you

can go mad with lights and accessories. But

whatever the approach, a good portrait will

be well lit and reveal something about the

subject – and perhaps the photographer too.

I hope this week’s issue gives you plenty of

ideas and inspiration.

Nigel Atherton, Editor

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THIS image was uploaded to our

Twitter page using the hashtag

#appicoftheweek. It was taken

by photographer Daniel Howarth.

He tells us, ‘I took the image at a

place called Storthes Hall in West

Yorkshire. It’s a gorgeous woodland

full of character. On this particular

morning there was some mist

hanging around and I knew as soon

as the sun came over the horizon

there would be some lovely

diffused light. I composed the shot

so the trees framed the image with

the branches hanging over the top.

I think the path leading down looks

very inviting and makes you want to

explore further.’

Storthes Morning

by Daniel Howarth

Fujifi lm X-T3, 55-200mm lens, 1/18sec at f/9, ISO 80

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