Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-04-18)

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couldincludelookingafter
yourglass– afterallthese
daysmanyof uswillhave
moreinvestmentin lenses
andfiltersthanin the
camerabodyitself;
choosingandusing
tetheringprogramsand
Wi-Fiadapters;andwhich
softwareto buy(comparing
thefacilitiestheyoffer).
Thelistis endless.It
wouldnotneedtobeevery
week,andit wouldbea
greatadditiontothe
magazine.Perhapsbefore
toolong,I mightbeableto
offertowriteoneof the
articlesmyself.Thankyou
APfora greatread,I look
forwardtonextweek’s
copydroppingthroughmy
letterbox.JeffDixon

Wecoverallofthese
topicsona regularbasis,
Jeff.Rightnowweare
workingourwaythrough
guidestoallofthemain
Wi-Fiapps,forexample.

Filmis fun
Asa born-again
photographer,I feltI hadto
replytoGeorgeAldridge’s
letterin thisweek’sAP
(Inbox7 March).I shoot
filmbecauseit’sfun.I
shootdigitalbecauseit’s
funtoo.
Filmis moreof a
challengethandigitalbut
morerewardingwhenit
works.Filmcamerasare,
onthewhole,more
beautifulandusingthemis
a greatwaytostarta chat
withcompletestrangers.
Whoneedsa dog?Digital
is greatbecauseyoucan
seewhatyou’vedonebut
canbedisheartening
becauseyouseehow far
you’veyettogo.
Simon Irwin

Inthepink

Iwasinterestedin Matthew

Richards’articleabout

printing(Makeyourprints

charming 25 January).He

saysthattheprinting

colourspaceshouldbethe

sameastheworking

colourspace.UntilnowI

haveonlyselectedone

colourspacein

‘Preferences’in Lightroom

ratherthantwo.Thisis

normallysettoProPhoto

RGBcolourspace.I usea

CanonMG7750six-colour

printerwithanAppleiMac

anda SpyderXcolour

calibrationsystem.I havea

colourprofile basedonthis

printerandCanonlustre

paperandhavedetecteda

pinkishcolourcastonmy

printedphotos.I havealso

changedthecolourspacein

‘Preferences’to AdobeRGB

andtosRGB,butit doesn’t

makeanydifference.If

anyoneis ableto adviseme

I wouldbemostgrateful.

AlastairPurcell

I’veoftenfoundthat

Canonprintersgivea

slightlywarmorpinkish

tingetocolourrendition,

especiallywhenusingthe

AutoColor/Intensity

option.Printingfrom

Lightroom,I’dselectthe

ManagedbyPrinter

optionforcolour

management.Next,click

onthePrinterbuttonto

opentheprint

properties/preferences

dialogbox.Underthe

Main tab, go to the

Color/Intensitysection,

selectManualandclick

theSetbutton.Finally,

chooseStandardasthe

sampletype,ratherthan

Portrait,Landscapeand

soon.Youcanalsomake

anyadjustmentstothe

cyan,magentaandyellow

sliders,if necessary

• MatthewRichards, AP
  contributor

Escapinghistory

RegardingyourFinal

Analysis(7March)‘Little

Rock,Arkansas’,2016.

Placenamesleapoffthe

page(Aberfan,Dunblane)

andcolourourviewof it.

Thephotographerseems

tobesaying‘lookat this

average,nondescript,

generallyuneventful

afternoon’.Let’shopethat

it’stypicalof thecitytoday.

Whatcanyoutellfroma

singlepicture?Lessthan

froma 1,000-wordessay

onlifein LittleRocknow,

butenoughtosuggestan

absenceof raceriotslike

thosein 1957,whennine

blackchildrentriedtoenrol

in a bastionof white

education,LittleRock

CentralHighSchool.The

neighbourhoodlooksquiet,

reasonablyprosperous,

andthepeopleof different

ethnicitiesseemtobe

gettingalongadequately.

That’sprogress.

Martin Shepherd

Alastair Purcell uses a Canon MG7750 printer

Final Analysis 7 March 2020

Back in theday

AwanderthroughtheAParchive.

This week we pay a visittoApril 1983

Gordon Brake’s images of Newhaven took a bit of a bashing

YOUCANfeelthepositivevibescomingfromthisApril,

1983 issue– asin positivetransparencyfilm.Firstlythe

regularFeedbackfeaturewasdesignedwiththeimages

setin slidemounts.Thecovermaysay‘Whypicturesare

rejected’butin truthit wasjustthoseof poorGordonBrake,

whosepicturesweretrashedbyAP’sresidentcritic.

ThebigfeaturewasAP’stestof thenew,improved

Cibachrome-AII process.Cibachrome-Ahadbeenall

therageasa positivetopositiveprintingprocessfor

transparencies,aimedat homedarkroomusers,because

it producedverysharp,saturatedprintsontheglossiest,

shiniestpaperit is possibleto imagine.Butit wasextremely

temperamental,whichmadeit hardtogetconsistent

results.Cibachrome-AII wasmuchbetter,foundAP’s

JohnWilmott.‘Thenewstuffis marvellous,’heenthused.

‘Muchmoremellowandpleasantthanitspredecessor.’

Littlementionwasmadeof Cibachrome’shighlynoxious,

sulphurouschemistrywhichnotonlyburnedthrough

your drainpipes but your lungs too, if handled incorrectly.

1983

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