Photography News Issue 40

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Nikon has announced its 2017 Nikon-NOOR Academy programme of masterclasses for aspiring photojournalists. Each of the masterclasses will take place over four days in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany or France. Each workshop has space for 15 selected participants; to be considered, apply via the website. The UK workshop takes place in Manchester, from 30 March to 2 April and will be guided by NOOR member photographers Asim Rafiqui, Tanya Habjouqa and Robin Hammond. To be eligible to apply for the UK workshop you need to be a photographer living and/or working in the UK, aged between 18 and 35. The application process requires you to complete a form detailing your photographic background, interests and Nikon-NOOR Academy

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News in brief

Kodak EKTACHROME is back At CES 2017 in January Kodak announced that it will be reintroducing the Kodak Professional Ektachrome colour reversal film. The iconic filmwill be available in late 2017 and will support 135- 36x camera formats. kodak.com Leica firmware update Leica has released a firmware update 2.2 for the Leica SL camera systemoffering improved support for Leica Image Shuttle 3.5 as well as support for the newMicrosoft Windows version. The firmware update can be downloaded from the Leica owners’ area on the Leica website or users can visit Leica stores or Leica customer care. uk.leica-camera.com A1 Performance fromSanDisk SanDisk has launched the world’s first microSDTM card that meets A1 requirements. The 256GB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, PremiumEdition, offers transfer speeds of up to 95MB/s and can hold up to 24 hours of Full HD video. Also new from Sandisk is the 256GB SanDisk Extreme PRO USB 3.1 Solid State Flash Drive. The microSDTM card is £166.99 and the Solid State Flash Drive is £125.99. sandisk.com Siros firmware update The latest firmware update from Broncolor allows you to use the new version of the BronControl app as well as the Broncolor HS for the Siros L, Siros 800 and Siros 800 S. The BronControl app is free to download from the Apple App Store or on Google Play and the firmware update can be downloaded from the Broncolor website. bron.ch YI Technology YI Technology has launched a new action camera, the YI 4K+ Action Camera, which will be available fromFebruary and captures 4K videos at 60 frames-per-second. yitechnology.com

motivation and provide a CV. You also need to submit a portfolio containing a photo story and single images. Registration is free, as is the workshop. The deadline is 29 January.

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We have a special offer for all PN readers of 10% off Landscape Pro, the world’s first intelligent landscape editing software. We did a full test in issue 36 and found it useful, easy to use and feature-packed. Adaptive, landscape- specific controls allow you to get dramatic results quickly and easily. Key features include: • Sky controls: replace sky, change clouds and colour, cast cloud shadows. • Lighting: change light source, temperature, time of day, go from dawn to sunset. • Automatic area selection: tag areas as sky, trees, buildings, grass, sand, rocks, water. • Targeted editing: specially designed controls for different areas. • Distance controls: highlight objects, add fog. • One click presets: wet sand, stormy water, red sunset, lush trees. • And more... A free trial is downloadable from the website and to get your PN discount when you buy it, enter the code PNA40. Save onLandscape Pro Above A young man enjoys a cigarette in his car as traffic finally clears on the last evening of Ramadan. He is bringing home a sheep for the upcoming Eid celebration. This image was taken by Tanya Habjouqa, one of the NOORmember photographers who’ll be running the Manchester masterclass. Left Nikon-NOORMasterclass 2016 inAlmaty, Kazakhstan.

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PN has teamed up with expert photographic printer LumeJet to bring you the chance towin £200 to spend on the LumeJet website. LumeJet is passionate about printing great photographs and uses its own S200 printer for high- end photographic and commercial print use. This high resolution printer features the LumeJet RGB Digital Print Head and Fujifilm professional-grade Crystal Archive materials to achieve a unique, ultra- high quality with extraordinary colour fidelity. Close-up is the theme thismonth, so it’s time to explore the minimum focus of your lenses. We’ll be accepting a wide interpretation of the theme, so it could be a close-up portrait of a pet, person or insect, a macro shot of a flower or group of coins or it could even be a closer close-up shot of sand grains or ice

crystals. Free your imagination and get creative. Upload images to flickr.com/ groups/3085147@N24/. There is no fee to enter but you will have to join flickr.com, which is free. Only one photograph per person can submitted and the entrant must also be UK-based. Images should be 1500 pixels across and we will contact you if we need you to provide higher resolution files that we can judge or publish. The editor’s decision in this contest is final and for full terms and conditions please see absolutephoto.com. The closing date for entries is 6 February 2017 and the winner announced in PN issue 41 which is out the week beginning 13 February 2017. The winner of last month’s Low Light contest was Jake Cook for his image Bridge to Nowhere, so congratulations to him.