Photography News Issue 43

Photography News | Issue 43 | absolutephoto.com

CameraClubof theYear in associationwith Round 5:

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Landscape Landscape is a hugely popular subject and open to all sorts of approaches. We caught up with X-photographer Paul Sander for advice: “My approach to landscape photography is about connection with the location and weather – it’s about the feeling of the place. Most of my work is long exposure, although I do shoot in the classical style occasionally. “Personally, I love simplicity, one focal point in space; I like the sense of calm this portrays. Use the natural lines to lead your eye around the frame, and speaking of the frame, always check the edges and corners before you press the shutter – it’s surprising how many times an unwanted object makes an appearance. “Themost important pieces of equipment in my bag are my Lee graduated neutral density filters; I use them on 99% of shoots to control the contrast between the land and sky. Using them is straightforward. I expose to get details in the shadows and then add the grad to bring the highlights under control. “Remember, less is more. Take your time, it’s not about the number of images you shoot, it’s about the one image that you get right: it’s a wise photographer who chooses his moment rather than fills a card with randommoments. “The same rule applies to how I process my images – remember, nature doesn't have a clarity slider nor a saturation slider, so use them sparingly. “My biggest tip is to get it how you want it in-camera, and never use that old line ‘I’ll sort it out in post’. Sort it out on location, keep processing to a minimum and you can enjoy more time out shooting.” Round 4: Action results Harpenden Photographic Society fought off all comers this month to secure a place in our shoot-out final, so well done to them. Again it was a very close run thing with three clubs – Ayr, Exeter and Seaford – just a single point behind, but Harpenden prevailed and we look forward to seeing them on the upcoming shoot. The overall scores are shown here and the individual scores can be seen on the CCOTY gallery on absolutephoto.com. Closingdate: midnight, 7May

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For more on Paul Sanders

Paul Sanders is running several workshops in 2017: Puglia in September, New York in October, the Lake District and Glen Coe both in November. paulsanders.biz

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Scores Harpenden Photographic Society

*Already qualified

90 89 89 89 86 85 84 83 83 83 82 80 79 79 79 78 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 75 81 81

Ayr Photographic Society

*Exeter Camera Club

Seaford Photographic Society Great Notley Photography Club Peterborough Photographic Society West Wickham Photographic Society

Dunholme Camera Club

Maidenhead

Wisbech and District

Norwich and District Photographic Society

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*Dorchester Camera Club Windsor Photographic Society

Earl Shilton Camera Club

Halstead & District Photographic Society

Preston Photographic Society Blandford Forum Camera Club

Gloucester Camera Club

Tonbridge

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Alba Photographic Society Harlow Photographic Society Nuneaton Photographic Society Birlingham Photography Club City of London and Cripplegate Colchester Photographic Society Park Street Camera Club

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