Amateur Photographer – 30 August 2019

7 days

A week in photography

ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Inthisissue

16 30 tipstoshoot

onabudget

Weshare 30 great

waystosavecashwhile

gettinggreatresults

23 Thebigger

picture

AilsaMcWhinniefindsout

aboutIntrepidCamera:a

workshopthat’senlivening

large-formatphotography

32 Raidersofthe

lostarchives

PeterDenchdiscoversthe

photographictreasuresin

Getty’sHultonArchive

38 It'sabug'slight

RossHoddinottexplains

howLEDlightcanbring

insectclose-upsalive

44 Outstandinggear

isn’toutofreach

A stepupin yourset-up

canmakea differencein

takingyourphotography

to newheights

47 Bagabargain

AndyWestlakeandMichael

Tophamidentifygreat

second-handgearat under

£500fordifferentgenres

56 Adobe

alternatives

JamesAbbottlooksat free

andlow-costalternatives

to Adobesoftware

60 Topaccessories

fromjust£

We’vetrawledthestores,

bothonlineandonthe

highstreet,tofind

youthebestvalue-for-

moneyaccessories

Regulars

3 7 days

12 Inbox

14 ReaderPortfolio

30 WildlifeWatch

42 JointheClub

67 TechTalk

82 Final Analysis

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Hetellsus,‘I tookthisphotographat

Portknockieonthecoastof Moray

Firth,Scotland.Thewatershereare

hometo dolphinsandseabirdsand

therearemanyrockformations

includingtheBowFiddleRock.

Thiswasoneof myfinalshotsthat

Mayevening.In theforeground,I

includedthosebeautifulpinkflowers

calledThrift.I useda 2 stopperLEE

NDfilter,justenoughto darkenthe

sky,plusfocusstacking.Forthefirst

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foreground,andforthesecondon

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Portknockie

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© WALDEMAR MATUSIK

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mindatrest.Thesecond-handmarketfor

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