Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-08-23)

7 days

A week in photography

ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Inthisissue

16 Whenthe

wronglensis

therightone

Threetopphotographers

showyouhowtoget

imaginativewiththe

lensesyouusefor

differentgenres

22 Runningon

empty

Strugglingforinspiration?

KeithWilsonrevealshow

prosregaintheirmojo

30 WhenHarrymet

HarryBordenon

photographingtheWAGS

32 Givingpeace

achance

Woodstockwas 50 years

ago,andit generatedgreat

images,findsGeoffHarris

34 Behindtheprint

DrewBucklerrevealsthe

stepshetakesto gethis

portraitsreadyforprint

36 Summerblues

ClaireGillodiscoversthe

artofcyanotypeswith

topprosJoStephen and

GlenysGarnett

42 FujifilmGFX

Withthe102-million-pixel

GFX100,Fujifilmhasmade

themostpracticalultra-

high-resolutioncamera

yet.AndyWestlake

exploreswhatthismeans

49 Sigma28mm

F1.4DGHSMArt

Sigmahasa superb

selectionofwideangle

primes.MichaelTopham

teststhenewestaddition

Regulars

3 7 days

12 Inbox

14 ReaderPortfolio

22 PhotoInsight

53 Accessories

55 TechTalk

66 Legends

COVER PICTURE © ROSS HODDINOTT

Youmightscoffattheideaof

a 100MPcameraandquestion

whocouldpossiblyneedthat

muchresolution,butthesame

usedtobesaidabout10MP.If

technologycontinuestoevolveatthecurrent

rate,it won’tbelongbeforeourphoneswill

have100MPsensorsandwe’lldismisscameras

withlessthanhalfa gigapixelasunworthyof

serious consideration. So even if you don’t plan

toshellout£10kona FujifilmGFX100you

canstillmarvelatthetech,andremember

whenthe1.3MPKodakDCS 100 wouldhave

setyouback£13,000.Fromthenewestphoto

technologywegobackintimetorevisitoneof

theoldest– cyanotypes– a surprisinglysimple

processthatdoesn’tevenrequirea darkroom.

Wealsorevealwhyshootingwith‘thewrong

lens’canpaydividendsforyour creativity.

Nigel Atherton, Editor

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Hetellsus,‘Anearlymorning

3.30amstartwasrequiredtoget

toThornhamontheNorthNorfolk

coastbeforesunrise.WhenI set

out from Weybourne there was

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bythetimeI arrivedatThornham

a seamisthadrolledin.Themist

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whichwasjustenoughtimefor

thelighttomakeitswayaround

theabandonedboat.Assea

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called for.’

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