Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-04-04)

7 days

A week in photography

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THEWORLD

is currentlyin

thegripofa

pandemicthat

willhavea

devastatingeffectnotonlyonour

health,butontheglobaleconomy

too.Ourreadersoftentellushow

importanttheirweeklyfix ofAPis

tothem,andnowthatmostofus

areconfinedtoourhomesforthe

foreseeablefuture,insomecases

alone,keepingourmindsoccupied

andourspiritsupwillbeoneof

ourgreatestchallenges.

AtAPwearefortunatethat,

thankstomoderntechnology,the

majorityoftheteamalreadywork

fromhomemostofthetime.

Indeedsomeofusonlygointothe

officeoncea month.Soweare

alreadyfullyequippedtoproduce

APremotelyandwillcontinueto

dosoforaslongasthepresses

keeprollingandthechannelsof

distributionaremaintained.

Keepingyouoccupied

Wewillbechangingsomeofour

plannedcontentoverthecoming

weekstoreflectthecurrent

situation,withmoreideasfor

thingstophotographathome,and

photo-relatedactivitiestokeepyou

occupied.Thisis a greattimetodo

somepictureeditingororganising,

toscansomeoldphotosorbuilda

website.Whynotreadoneofthe

manygreatphotobooksthatwe

featureeveryweek,writeusa

letter,orputa portfoliotogetherto

sendin?Thesubmissiondetailsare

below.Docheckoutourwebsite

tooatamateurphotographer.co.uk

formoreideas,andfollowuson

oursocialmediachannels.

Ourindependentphotoretailers

willnodoubtfindthecoming

weekschallenging.If youwere

planningtobuya newcamerain

thenearfuturewhynothelpthem

outbyorderingit now,andtake

advantageofthistimetostudythe

manualandreallygettoknow

your new toy inside out?

MayI alsotakethisopportunity

toremindyouthatthebestwayto

maintainyourweeklyfix ofAP

withouthavingtobravetheoutside

worldis totakeouta subscription.

You’llgetit deliveredtoyourdoor

everySaturdayandmakea bigcost

saving,comparedwithbuyingit in

theshops.You’llfindthedetailsof

thelatestsubscriptionofferon

page54,forboththeprint and

digitaleditionsofAP.

Headingoutside

Ofcoursethosepeopleworkingin

keysectorswillcontinuetogoto

workasusual,andmostoftherest

ofuswillstillneedtoventureout

forlimitedperiodstobuyfood,

walkthedogortakeexercise.If you

dogooutit’sworthremembering

theimportantrolephotography

playsindocumentingsocial

history,asyou’llseewiththis

week’sBigPicture,overthepage.

Thecoronaviruspandemicis

somethingthatwillbewritten

aboutinfuturehistorybooks,sobe

alerttophotoopportunitiesthat

capturetheessenceofthecurrent

crisisforposterity.Takea cameraif

youcan,orjustuseyourphone,but

besensible:shootwithcareand

sensitivity,andadheretotherules

aboutmaintaininga safedistance

andavoidingunnecessarycontact.

Ourmainfeaturethisweekis

aboutblack&whitestreet

photography.Obviouslyit was

commissionedandproduced

beforethepresentemergency,but

it maygiveyousomeideas.

Finally,thisis a timeforeveryone

topulltogetherandthinkabout

eachother.If you’rea memberofa

cameraclubthathasbeen

suspendedforthetimebeing,oran

onlinephotographycommunity,do

checkinonyoursocialnetworkto

makesurethatanyvulnerable

membersareokay,andthatthey

arenotstrugglingwiththeir

physicalormentalhealthduring

thisdifficulttime.

Nigel Atherton, Editor

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Inthisissue

3 7 days

6 APmeetsFujifilm

12 It’sgoodtoshare

14 Getgreatblack&

whitestreet shots

21 Inbox

24 Foreyesyet

unborn

30 Shootstunning

black&white

portraits

36 Guidetousing

SilverEfexPro

40 Jointheclub

42 NikonD780:

fullreview

49 Second-handHall

ofFame:LeicaM

52 Accessories

54 APSubscription

o ffe r

55 AsktheWexperts

57 BuyingGuide

66 Final Analysis

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52 Assignments:Street

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