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APseemstogetthinnereachmonth.

Wouldit bepossibleto‘thicken’further

issuesby,forexample,showingmore

readers’photos?Anotherideamight

beforphotographerstowritein with

theiramusingorevendangerous

encounterswhilstoutshootingphotos.

I myselfnearlytrodona couple‘atit’ in

longgrassonHampsteadHeathin the

late’60swhilsttryingtoimprovea

landscapecomposition.Luckilythey

weretoobusytonoticemeandI

carefullyback-trodtoa safedistance

pretendingtolookat theskyin case

theysuddenlydecided to look up.

Roger Braga

ForthepastthreeyearsAPhasbeen

68 pages,and 84 pagesforthefirst

issueeachmonthandsomespecial

themedissues.Ofthose,about 45

areeditorial,andthat’sbeenthe

averagefordecades;it’sthenumber

ofadsthathaschanged.Evenat

AP’speakin 1979onlyaround 52

oftheaverage 220 pagesperissue

wereeditorial– therestwereads.

Inthelastyearorsowe’veincreased

thenumberofreaders’photosbutI

likeyourideaaboutreaders’

amusingencounters.If anyonehas

a goodanecdotewe’dlovetohear

it and we’ll publish the best ones.

Inbox

Getting thinner

Aurorajoy

ThankyouforSkylum’s

AuroraHDR.I’mnotvery

goodwithusingphoto

software.However,I

decidedtogivethisonea

go.I enclosemyfirsteffort.

(Seebeforeandafter,

belowright.)

DavidDinenage

Aurora 2018 is still

availableforfreetoAP

readersfromtheSkylum

websiteuntil 29 May.

Visitwww.skylum.com/

ap-aurora.

Southernbias

SinceretirementI look

forwardtoAPeveryweek,

asanescapefromallthe

politicalissuesof recent

times.Howeversomething

struckmeonlooking

throughthelatestissue,

and could be seen as a

LETTER

OF

THE

WEEK WINS A SAMSUNG

EVO

PLUS

MCROSD

CARD

NOTE: PRIZE APPLIES

TO

UK

AND

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DENTS

ONLY

LETTER OF THE WEEK

reflectionof thenorth/

southdividewhichhas

beenhighlightedin the

country.I amsurethereis

notaneditorialpolicyto

promotethesouthof

England,butis therea

policytoensurethatthe

regionsgetfaircoverage?

In oneissuewehada

photoof twosouthern

micehavinga scrap,an

itemona book

documenting match-day

experienceovera five-year

periodof Spurssupporters.

TheGoodtoShareslothad

LondonUnderground,

WindsorandEssex.

A dayoutwiththeZeiss

Batistookusona photo

walkaround...London.The

featuredcameraclubwas

fromCornwall.Onthe

positivesidetherewas

mentionof anexhibitionin

Bradfordandtherewasan

interesting article on the

‘RisingStar’,Graeme

ChestersfromBradford.

Is it timetodosomething

toavoidsucha biasin the

magazine?APalways

deliversgreat,informative,

andinspiringarticlesand

photographsbutcouldbe

improvedif ‘national’

articlescovereda variety

of regionsnotjusta small

partof it.

AllanGilhooley

Wedon’tconsider

geographicalspread

whenselectingcontent

andtohavetodoso

wouldmakeanalready

difficultjobimpossible.

Andwhystopthere?

Shouldwealsohaveto

considerthegender,age,

ethnicityorcamera

brandofeveryonewe

feature?Ourcontent,

muchofwhichis sentto

us,is chosensolelyonits

merits,andwefeature

readers,clubsand

photographersfromall

overtheUK,andindeed

theworld.Geographical

spreadwillinevitably

varyissuebyissuebut

therewillprobablybe

somenaturalsouthern

biasbecausea thirdof

theUKpopulationlivesin

LondonortheHome

Counties,andUKmedia

cultureis centredin

London,withmore

galleriesandphoto

eventstherethan

anywhereelse.

Analoguefun

I’vejustfinishedreading

PeterDench’swonderful

articleBacktothefuture

(AP 22 February)where

heexplorestheuseof

analogueequipmentas

opposedtodigital.The

photographers interviewed

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David Dinenage’s before and after images – his first effort with Skylum’s Aurora HDR

Before After