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Whata wonderfulpiecebyBoyd

Wild(Viewpoint, 29February).I

couldn’tagreewithhimmore!At 58

I gaveup 35 yearsin thesame

professionandbecamea student

againat thewonderfulPlymouth

Collegeof Art.I starteda photography

degree– themostenjoyablethree

yearsof mylife.Ourgrouprangedin

agefrom 17 to60+(I wasn’teven

theoldestpersonin theclass)and

wasa reallyfriendly,helpfuland

supportivebunch.

Theopportunitiestotrynewthings

• differentcameras,lenses,studio
  facilities,lightingrigs,holding
  exhibitionsandsoon– aswellas
  studythehistoryanddevelopment
  of photography,learnPhotoshop
  froma professionalandmeet
  practisingphotographerswassimply
  fabulous,aswasbeingtaughtby
  staffwhoallwere,orhadbeen,
  professionalphotographers in a wide
  variety of fi elds.

Theexperienceavailabletostudents

wasquiteamazing.Boydis quiteright

aboutthebenefits of learningat any

age.Don’tjustthinkaboutit – goand

talktothephotographystaffat your

localcollege;it couldchange your life

• it didchange mine.
  IanClark

I wenttoPlymouthCollegeofArt,

backin theearly1980s.At 17 I was

theyoungestin myintakeand,tobe

honest,withhindsightI’dhavegot

moreoutofthecourseif I hadbeen

a littleolderandmoremature.Well

done to you for taking the plunge.

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Never too old

Gomanual

Ilovethemagazine,and

havedonesinceI wasa

kid.I learnedphotography

ona reallybasiccamera,

theCosinaCT-1A,whichI

savedmydinnermoneyfor

a yeartobuy.It was

manualfocus,manual

meteringwitha simple

+/-meter,andsoon.It was

a greatwaytolearn.SoI

wasdelightedtoread

ClaireGillo’spieceTake

backcontrol( A P 15

February)encouraging

photographerstogetoff

auto– excellent! What a

great idea.

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Ifeltthoughthatusing

the‘Under’,‘Correctly’and

‘Over’exposedlabelsin

referencetothehistogram

givesthewrongidea.What

aboutlow-keyorhigh-key

images?Perhapsthey

shouldhavebeenbetter

labelled‘Dark’,‘Balanced’

and‘Bright’respectively.

I hatetomoanwithout

givingsomethingback.So

I wouldliketoofferothers

a fewpiecesof advice:

• Gettingoffautooften
  involveschanginga variety
  of settingsquickly.Putany
  regularlyusedsettingsinto
  your custom menu or

customprofilesand,if you

havea programmable

button, then set the

programmablebuttonto

bringupyourcustommenu.

• If youstartusing
  Speedlightsplayaround
  withtheflashcompensation
  in TTLmode.Nikonstryto
  lightthewholeworld,sodial
  i n –1^2 ∕ 3 stopcompensation
  onthespeedlightasa start.


• Beforespendingmoney
  ona tripod,practise
  holdinga camerasteady
  withyourbodyposition
  anda firmold-schoolpress
  againstyourface.Hold
  yourbreathhalfway
  throughanout-breath to
  taketheshot.
  NeilLynchehaun

GomanualII

YourTakebackcontrol

featurewasanexcellent

summaryof the

advantagesof manual

settings.I usemanual

exclusively,toproduce

movieswiththemulti-

cameratechnique.I filmin

myloungewithordinary

roomlighting.Withclub

productionsI usetwo

cameras,butI have

developedthesystemto

fivecameras– all

PanasonicLumixmodels

givingexcellent

synchronisation.

Followingtheadvice

fromanarticlein APsome

yearsagotheshutter

speedis setat 1/50sec.

Threecamerascanbeset

at f/2.8,whichnecessitates

anISOof 500.Theother

twocamerasrequireISO

1000 butwithno

detrimentaleffect.I prefer

tosetwhitebalancein

Kelvinasit allowsaccurate

cuttingbetweenshots.The

roomlightis probably

3200K but I set to 3400K

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Ian was inspired at Plymouth College of Art

Take back control – Claire Gillo’s feature from 15 February