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andtoknowwhentoput
thecameradown– either
tostepin andhelpor
simplytorespectanother
person.Thismademe
realisethatI hadn’tshown
thatcourtesytoallthe
photographersat that
show,soI wentbackand
foundsomeamazingwork
bysomefriendlyhighly
talentedphotographers.
Whichis howphotography
shouldbe:sharingideas,
techniquesand inspiration.
AlanReed

Imagemanagement
Thenumberof imagesthat
photographersamasscan
behuge,andcallfor
managementsystems
abletocope.Thesimpler
systemswillsufficefor
somebuttoorganise
collectionseffectively,a
seriousdigitalasset
managementsystemis
calledfor.NigelAtherton
alludedtothisin hisreply
toAndrewRedding’sletter
(AP4 May).I haveover
60,000imagesmanaged
verywellthroughPhotools
IMatch.It providesgood
accesstothemetadata
storedwithineachimage
andalsosetsupitsown
paralleldatabaseof
thumbnailsanduser-
definablecategoriesand
tags.OncecategorisedI
canlocatenamedspecies,
socialevents,individual
imagesandworkflowsor
useitsmaptofindallthe
imagestakenat a specific
location.Itsfeaturesare
tooextensivetodescribe
in a letter– anAPfeature
wouldbegood,orjustvisit
http://www.photools.com.
Darwyn Sumner

Healingpower

IreadThehealingpowerof

photography(AP4 May)

withgreatinterest.I have

mentalhealthissuesand

autism,andspenttimein

a psychiatrichospitallast

year.Photographywasa

verywelcomedistraction

forwhatwasgoingonin

mymind,andalthoughI

wasn’tabletogetoutthere

andtakemyownphotos,I

continuedtoreadAPand

gotsuchinspirationfrom

others.Thankyoufor

coveringsuchanimportant

topic.Acaycia

RememberingRoger

Thankyouforthepieceon

RogerHicks(AP4 May).

I firstmethim 42 years

ago,beforethebeardand

monocle.Hesoughtme

out.I hadjustbought

theBernardHunter

Photographicshopin

Bristol(I ranit until2016,

whenLloydsPharmacy

mademeanoffer).Roger

arrivedwithina fewweeks

tomeetthenewowner.I

dealtin hissortof cameras

andknewa lotaboutthem

• NikonSLRmainly,butI
  soonlearntaboutevery
  othermake.In hisA History
  of the35mmStillCamera
  (FocalPress,1984)I even
  geta creditjustbelowColin
  Glanfield,his‘apprentice
  master’,asit were.
  Rogerlivedin Bartletts
  Rd, Bristol, so he often

camein.It wasalwaysa

brain-pickingsession.He

thenwentofftoCalifornia

andcamebackwith

Frances,whomhebrought

roundtomeetme.Atthis

timehewasbusywriting

booksandarticlesabout

motorbikes,airbrushing,

food,classiccarsanda

biographyof theDalai

Lama.Hewrotea history

of Jaguarandwaslenta

Jag.In thecameratrade

hewrotea lotabout

Mamiyakit,thenLeica

caughtontohimandhis

unorthodoxcolumns,which

attracteda largeaudience.

Searching‘Booksby

RogerWHicks’comesup

withanastoundingbody

of workrightacrossthe

spectrum.Hewasa true

polymath.I feelquite

proudof thefactheused

tophonemeupandask

mequestions!Peopleused

tocomeintotheshop

sayingI wasmentioned

in oneof hisbooksor

thought-provokingarticles

in AP.Whilelivingin Kent

andthenFrance,Roger

andFrancesusedto

‘dropin’ontheirwayto

Plymouth,eitherontheir

twoBMWmotorbikesorin

hisSeriesLandRover(‘a

realLandRover’).

Wewillmisshim.

AndrewNicholls

(knowntotheworldas

BERNARDasthatwas

‘the name over the door’)

Darwyn manages his image catalogue using Photools IMatch

Andrewis proudRogerHicks

credited him in this book

Back in the day

AwanderthroughtheAParchive.

This week we pay a visittoJune 2006

AP had an interesting article on photographer Nick Swales

THISissuefromtheAParchivefeaturesaninteresting

valedictiontoKonicaMinolta,whichhadbeen

absorbedintoSonyfairlyrecently.In hisintroduction,

theneditorGarryCoward-Williams– who’sstilla great

friendof themagazineandsharesregularpearlsof

wisdom– wondersif thenewSonyAlphaDSLR,also

featured,willproveasbiga successasMinoltagear

backin theday.ThoughtheearlyAlphaSLRsare

goneandnotmissedthatmuch,Sonyhastakenthe

full-framemirrrorlessmarketbystorm(particularly

in Japan).Apartfromvideogamesandbigtellies,

camerasandsensorsarenowa hugelyimportant

marketforSony,whichwouldhavesurpriseda lotof

punditsbackthen.Movingon,Garryis proudof a lens

clothfreebie:thefirsttimewe’veheardonedescribed

as‘funky.’There’salsoa featureonlandscape

photographerNickSwales,whowedon’thearsomuch

of these days. Nick, if you are reading this, get in touch!

2006

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