Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-07-27)

7 days

A week in photography

ONLINE PICTURE OF THE WEEK

In this issue

14 EISA Maestro UK

We showcase the series

of photos that won 2nd

place in the EISA Maestro

2019 UK competition

16 Get your

whites right

Guarantee perfect colours

in-camera. James Abbott

explains why white

balance still matters

23 APOY Round 3

winners

The winning photos in

Round Three of APOY,

Animal Magic

32 Photo insight

Ailsa McWhinnie finds out

how Charlie Waite came to

shoot this unusual image

of the Rock of Gibraltor

34 Wildlife watch

Tesni Ward on how best to

photograph badgers

36 Taking the lead

We showcase stunning

winning images from Dog

Photographer of the Year,

and some of the category

winners share their tips

42 Panasonic

Lumix DC-S

Panasonic’s full-frame

mirrorless camera is

very capable, says Andy

Westlake, but bulkier and

slightly less refined than

its competitors

49 Second-hand

classic

Why Nikon’s entry-level

DSLR, the D3200, is a

steal second-hand

Regulars

3 7 days

12 Inbox

40 Join the Club

53 Accessories

54 Tech Talk

66 Final Analysis

COVER PICTURES © CARON STEELE / TIAHANG ZHANG/ THE KENNEL CLUB

If you’d like to spend less time

in Photoshop you need to get

everything right in the camera,

and that includes your white

balance. This week we offer

a refresher on how to achieve perfect colour

every time. Elsewhere in the issue there’s

a bit of an animal theme, starting with the

stunning winners of our Animal Magic round

of APOY 2019, and continuing with our expert

tips for photographing badgers. Also, I’m

slightly suspicious of anyone who doesn’t like

dogs. What’s not to love about man’s best

friend? I defy anyone to remain unmoved by

the winners of this year’s Dog Photographer of

the Year, for which I was delighted to be one of

the judges. Finally, Panasonic’s stunning new

full-frame mirrorless S1, tested this week, may

not be an animal but it’s certainly a beast.

Nigel Atherton, Editor

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THIS cute baby picture was

uploaded to our Facebook

page using the hashtag

#appicoftheweek. It was taken

by photographer Nick Phipps.

He tells us, ‘Newborn and baby

photography is my passion. This

portrait of baby Zoe was taken

in the studio with a single strobe

and octabox as part of a

project to document her first

year. I wanted to keep the tones

neutral, drawing attention to her

eyes and emphasising her

inquisitive facial expressions. They

say the eyes are the window to

the soul and I think that is

definitely true on this occasion.’

Baby Zoe by Nick Phipps

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Tamron 85mm f/1.8, 1/160sec at f/2.5, ISO 100

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