Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-03-14)

7 days

A week in photography

COVER PICTURE © K ATRINA BROWN

Lightpaintingis a very

simpletechnique– allyou

needis a tripod,a torch,and

a cameracapableoflong

exposures.Buttheresults

canbespectacular.It’sunlikelythatyourfirst

attemptswillproduceanythingasbeautiful

asthatachievedbymasterslikeEricParé

butfollowourexperttips(page14),giveit a

goandyouneverknow. Thisweekwealso

launchthe 2020 seasonofourlong-running

AmateurPhotographeroftheYearcontest

(page36)inwhichwegiveaway£10,

worthofamazingkitcourtesyofourfriends

atSigmaImaging.Togetyouinspiredwe

askedtheinsanelytalentedCaronSteele,the

winnerofAPOY2019,fortheinsidestoryon

howshedidit (page22).Sheonlyboughther

firstpropercamerafiveyearsago,soif she

candoit,socanyou!NigelAtherton,Editor

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AIRSTEWARDESSCynthiaRobertsonmodelsthe

newuniformfortheAmerican-basedNationalAirlines.

A synthetic-tigernumber,thenewuniformwasrolled

outformorethan1,000stewardessestowear.

Cynthia is holding an eight-week-old Bengal tiger cub

calledIndira.NationalAirlineswasfoundedin 1934

andranuntil 1980 whenit wasacquiredbyPanAm,

whichitselfceasedoperationin 1991.Ourresearch

wasnotabletouncoverthefateof thetiger-skin

uniforms, nor indeed of Indira the tiger.

Tiger Lady by Central Press

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This week in 1971

TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE

© GETT Y IMAGES

Inthisissue

3 7 days:this

week’snews

12 It’sgoodtoshare:

readers’pictures

14 Thelightbrigade

20 Inbox

22 Playingtowin

26 WhenHarryMet...

BobMonkhouse

31 CanonCamera

Connect

34 Behindtheprint

36 Amateur

Photographerof

theYear2020:

enterRound

onenow

40 Lightuptheroom

42 Sigmafp:full

review

49 CanonRF24-

240mmF4-6.

ISUSM:lens test

53 Techtalk

66 Legendsof

photography

Thisweek’s

coverimage

Thisstrikinglightpainting

wasphotographedby

KatrinaBrown,who

contributestothisweek’s

cover feature, on page 14.