Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-01-25)

7 days

A week in photography

NobodycansaytheUK

weatherisn’teventful,and

whilethiscanmakeplanning

a dayoutchallenging,it’soften

goodnewsforphotographers.

Rain,mist,snowandstormsoffera plethoraof

photographicopportunities.Ourcoverfeature

sharessomegreattipsforgettingbetter

shotsin‘bad’weather,withusefuladvice

fromwinnersoftheexcellentWeather

PhotographeroftheYearcompetition.Staying

withexcellence,we’vealsogotanexclusivelook

atLeica’smagnificentnewM10Monochrom.

Whileit anda decentlenswillcostmorethan

manya familycar,thislookslikeit might just

bea dreamcameraforblack& white

photographers,accordingtotestingsageAndy

Westlake.WealsocheckouttheoriginalSony

Alpha7R,nowsomethingofa used bargain...

GeoffHarris,DeputyEditor

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TAKENfromthePicturePoststory‘A SinisterTime

WasHadbyAll’,thisportraitof directorAlfred

HitchcockwastakenoutsidetheBritishMuseumby

ThurstonHopkins.Theinterviewwasconductedas

HitchcockpassedthroughLondon,wherehe,the

photographer and the journalist Kenneth Allsop looked

aroundat a numberof Londonscenes.Thearticle,

whichtalks– amongstotherthings– about

Hitchcock’sweightloss(hehaddroppeddownto 13

stonefroma previoushighof 21stone),usesa

differentpicture,sothisimagemusthave been a

spare that was left in the archive.

Alfred Hitchcock by Thurston Hopkins

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This week in 1955

TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE

© GETT Y IMAGES

Inthisissue

3 7 days:this

week’snews

8 Firstlook:Leica

M10Monochrom

12 It’sgoodtoshare:

readers’pictures

14 Greatshots

whateverthe

weather

23 Inbox

26 Canabookmake

Chinalook?

34 Makeyour

printscharming

38 PhotoStories

40 Behindtheprint

42 LeicaSL2:

fullreview

51 Second-hand

classic:Sony

Alpha7R

55 Accessories

57 TechTalk

66 Final Analysis

COVER PICTURES © GARETH MON JONES / MICHAEL NICHOLS

Thisweek’s

coverimage

GarethMonJones’simage

of a cloudinversionin

Snowdoniawonoverall

prizein the 2019 Weather

Photographer of the Year