Photography News 06

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Experience long days, hot springs and wonderful waterfalls on a photo holiday this summer Iceland adventure

Expert photographer John Gravett ARPS is leading a photographic adventure to Iceland this June. The eight-day experience LEFT Join Lakeland Photographic Holidays for a week this June to sample and shoot the sensational landscape of Iceland. landscape

trip runs from 15 to 22 June and costs £1995 excluding flights. John will be available throughout to ensure you make the most of the fabulous locations that Iceland has to offer. On this trip these include Thingvellir World Heritage Site, the Geyser Geothermal Area, the Gullfoss Waterfall and the Jökulsárlón Lagoon.

π To find out more, go to www.lakelandphotohols.com.

It’s your chance to take your tripod up the Shard The View from the Shard is hosting two photography mornings on 22 and 29 March, from 8am to 9.30am. It’s your chance to shoot 360° views of London from levels 69 and 72 of western Europe’s tallest building and for these special events photographers can use tripods and other equipment not usually permitted at normal opening times. Tickets cost £29.50. Shoot from on high

NEWS INBRIEF WINNERS We had lots of correct answers to our Prize wordsearches in issues 3 and 4. The winners, who each receive a Samsung 32GB Plus SDHC card, are Ian Hoole and Peter Mitchell. The runners-up each receive a Samsung 4GB SDHC card, and they are David Burrows, Wendy Williams, David Holden, Ian Davison, Dave Hollows, John Munday, Ian Perry, Nick Wainwright, Peter Elgar and Steve Andrews.

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CUSTOMISEYOUR FUJIFILMX-SERIES CAMERA The Fujifilm X-Signature customisation service will reskin your existing camera in a choice of colourful and textured order a new camera in an X-Signature colour. The service is available on X-Pro1, X-E1, X100, X20 and X10 with services on X-E2 and X100S to follow shortly. Orders can be placed at the website and there is a two-week turnaround time. If you want your current camera reskinned, prepaid packaging is sent to you after you have placed your order, and there is the added benefit of a free check and clean. www.fujifilm.co.uk/x- signature leathers. The cost is £130 or £100 if you

π To find out more, go to http://bit.ly/1m7quNF.

PRINTS FOR SALE Tony Ray-Jones died in 1972, age 30, but his images inspired a generation and helped to change the face of British photography. London’s Science Museum has six Ray- Jones prints on sale, chosen by Martin Parr. Strictly limited, the prints have been made from original negatives and printed to match Ray-Jones’s own style. Two sizes are available, unframed: 43x28.5cm, 15 prints at £450 each, and 53x36cm, ten prints at £550 each. For details, go to http://bit.ly/1dnQfjj. The Science Museum has been host to the Only in England exhibition by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr and it’s now moving to the National Media Museum in Bradford. It runs from 28 March through to 29 June. Entrance to the exhibition is free.

π To find out more, go to www. nationalmediamuseum.org.uk.

Photography News | Issue 6