Photography News 14

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Quick, get Trigger happy

NEWS INBRIEF SAMSUNG DUO Samsung is offering the chance to stock up on extra memory in time for Christmas. Its EVO SD and EVO Micro SD cards are now available in money-saving twin packs. EVO cards are claimed to be able to withstand 24 hours in seawater, as well as X-rays and magnets, and endure operating temperatures as low as -25°C and as high as 85°C. Virtually indestructible, then. The twin pack prices range from £28.95 for 16GB to £47.95 for 32GB. www.samsung.com

Get in the fast lanewith a TriggerSmart workshop in Bournemouth and practise your own high-speed shooting technique

as well as motion capture, the effects of shutter speed and flash duration and how to deal with camera shutter delay. The day gives an opportunity to create some outstanding water-drop photographs as well as taking in fast-moving or exploding objects, like balloons and glass. All you need to bring is your camera and flashgun. The workshop costs £69 and includes refreshments.

For a hands-on demonstration of the TriggerSmart system in action, showing exactly how it’s used to create great action, still-life and wildlife photos, Flaghead Photographic and DEPhotographic are organising a special workshop. Taking place on 4 December at The Picture House Studios in Bournemouth, Dorset, the workshop covers the basics of remote triggering

For shooting fast action subjects like water droplets, a balloon bursting or shattering glass, you need a gadget that can coordinate the camera and lighting to fire at precisely the right time. A gadget like the TriggerSmart system, a remote control trigger that’s easily connected to most DSLRs, and which fires your shutter automatically, cued either by the breaking of an infrared beam, or by sensing a light or sound.

π To find out more about the workshop, go to www.flaghead.co.uk.

Taking a view Landscape Photographer of the Year announced

Tetenal, one of the world’s oldest photo companies, has launched a film-only photo competition to find the European Black & White Analogue Photographer of the Year. There are five categories – reportage/lifestyle, portrait, architecture, landscape and wildlife – and entries must be submitted as analogue black & white prints. At the time of going to press, the final prize pool is still being worked on so check the website for the latest news. Filmlives

European Black & White Classics Award

One of the most prestigious and ethical photo competitions around, Landscape Photographer of the Year, which was profiled in issue 12 of PN , has announced the winners of the 2014 competition. The eighth annual contest presented 14 prizes, including the youth categories and four special prizes supported by the sponsors: the Countryside is GREAT Award, VisitBritain You’re Invited Award, Network Rail Lines in the Landscape Award and The Sunday Times Magazine Choice. This year’s overall winner is Mark Littlejohn from Derby. His winning image, A Beginning and an End, is of Scotland’s Glencoe, taken handheld during a gap in the weather. He explains: “I saw this wee stream from high up on Gearr Aonach. It tumbled steeply down the slopes before vanishing again near the base of the mountain. With more squalls coming through I decided to take this image as the light became more diffuse. It had be a quick handheld shot due to the sideways rain and I therefore raised the ISO and used a larger aperture to keep the speed up slightly.” As well as the title, Mark scoops a £10,000 prize pot. In the Youth categories, for under 17s, the Youth Landscape Photographer of the Year and the accompanying £1000 prize went

Each country will find a local winner for each category and the overall judging will happen in Germany in April 2015. Closing date for entries is 31 March 2015.

π To find out more, go to www.since1847.tetenal.com.

ABOVE The 2014 winning image by Mark Littlejohn.

to Sam Rielly for his mono image of Parys mountain in Anglesea, Wales. The Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 8 book is now on sale, containing full-colour prints of all this year’s winning and commended entries. Published by AA Publishing, it costs £25. But if you want to see the exhibition of the very same images, you’ll have to wait until next month. The Awards exhibition opens on 1 December at London’s Waterloo station. The free to enter display will be there until 31 January.

π To find out more about the competition, go to www.take-a-view.co.uk.

Photography News | Issue 14