Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-07-26)

7 days

A week in photography

ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Inthisissue

8 CanonPowerShot

G5XMarkII

MichaelTophamtakesa

firstlookatCanon’slatest

compactcameraarrival

16 Promisingthe

moon

OllieTaylortellsushowto

overcomethechallenges

in includingthemoonin

landscapeimages

22 Shootingfor

themoon

SteveFaircloughspeaks

toPiersBizonyabout

photography’srolein

recordingspacemissions

30 Thenandnow

AmyDaviesdiscoversmore

abouttheRPSexhibition

onthemoonmissions

32 Earthriseby

WilliamAnders

In thisPhotoInsight, Tracy

Calderlooksat themost

famousphotoof Earth

takenbyApollo8 in 1968

34 NewLightroom

updates

explained

JamesPatersonlooksat

Lightroom’susefultweaks

40 Thefirstcamera

onthemoon

JohnWadetakesa lookat

theevolutionofcameras

forspacemissions

47 OlympusM.Zuiko

DigitalED12-

200mmF3.5-6.

AndyWestlakeexamines

anall-in-onesuperzoom

witha phenomenal focal-

lengthrange

Regulars

3 7 days

14 Inbox

38 JointheClub

50 Accessories

53 TechTalk

66 Legends

COVER PICTURES © STAN DZUGAN/GETT Y IMAGES / NASA

DidyouknowthatwhenNASA

setoutonitsquesttoreachthe

moonit hadnoplansforhowit

wouldbephotographed?The

firstastronautstookcameras

theyboughtthemselves,fromlocaldrugstores.

TheHasselbladdebutedwhenWalterSchirra

boughtonefroma Houstoncamerashopand

hadNASAengineersmodifyit forspace.These

are among the fascinating facts in this Collector’s

Issuewhichbringsyouthephotographicstory

ofthe20th-century’sgreatestachievement.

Andnothingconveysthebeautyandfragility

ofourlittlebluehome,ortheimportanceof

lookingafterit,likeWilliamAnders’siconic

‘Earthrise’– wetellyouthestorybehindwhat

I considertobethemostimportantphotoever

taken.Finally,youmaynevergettovisitthe

moon,butweshowyouhowtoshootit from

here on earth.Nigel Atherton, Editor

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THISpictureof frogswasuploaded

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hashtag#appicoftheweek.It was

takenbyphotographerHelen

Davies.Shetellsus,‘I attendeda

“JustFrogs”photographyworkshop

at Liberty’sOwl,RaptorandReptile

Centre in Ringwood, Hampshire,

theotherday.It hasa studiosetup

forphotographingthefrogs,using

studiolights.Westartedoffwith

onefrogthenintroducedanother

one.Whentheysattogetherthey

lookedsoappealing,soI tookthe

shot,focusingonthe eye closest

to the camera.’

Frogs

byHelenDavies

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