Photography News Issue 64

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A D S E E R F Q D H P I W U C A R P E T N K S M S D W O R C O A U L S E S S A L C W Y S E F R Y O L L A H X S C S U E A O D U T S R E N T G A X I A S O E X D C A R S S W P M F H O E T H J P L E E F I O L S D W L A A D O B F W S R D A H K T R I U Q E N M Y D E W R T V D A S M R S R W D I T T T N I X O S C D O S R S N I A G R A B N A M K Q Q Z D O Z K S T S L Q U E U E S E C K D E O T Y O V U Y Capture life’s magical moments across all devices with the Samsung EVO Plus 256GB microSDXC memory card with SD adapter offering read speeds up to 100MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s. Samsung’s latest cards are also ultra reliable and are water, temperature, X-ray and magnet proof, so shooting in the most challenging conditions isn’t an issue. We have one 256GB Samsung EVO Plus microSDXC card with SD adapter worth £74.99 for the eagle-eyedwinner. Complete theword search below, and you’ll find oneword in the list that’s not in the grid. Email us on puzzle@photographynews.co.uk with that word in thesubjectboxby14April2019andthewinnerwillberandomlydrawnfromallcorrectentries received. The correct answer to PN 62’s word search was Spiral and the Samsung 256GB EVO Plus cardwas won byDDarbyshire, Cheshire. samsung.com/uk/memory-cards A Samsung memory card! WIN!

Editor’s letter Days of judgement

Over the years I have literally judged thousands, probably hundreds of thousands, of photographs. I’m using the word judging in a loose sense here, meaning everything from selecting images to print in the pages of PN to picking competition winners and structured formal events like exhibition selections. I would never claim to have got it right every time. Indeed, given that only the winning or selected photographers think you have got it correct, from the perspective of everyone else I have got it wrong. That means over 99% of the time I have got it wrong. Where else can you get it wrong and annoy/upset/brass off so many people and still enjoy it? But I can honestly say that judging photographs is a pleasure. Of course, the ultimate is enjoying and working on your own output, but seeing through other peoples’ eyes and what they have created is right up there. I especially love travel images, because you can go round the globe and enjoy some simply awesome sights without leaving the office. The world is full of spectacular sights – all you need is time and money to enjoy them and I have neither. Judging is frustrating, too. Sometimes you do think if only the photographer had taken a step to the left, or zoomed their lens or got up earlier, their image would be a world-beater instead of an also-ran. Margins between success and failure can be tiny. But they can be chasm-like too. Rarely is it technical failure nowadays thanks to the sophistication of the modern kit; rather it’s what photographers decide to include in their compositions and what they get up to in editing software. I do see some simply ghastly, utterly forgettable,cringeworthyimagesthatshouldhave stayed locked in thephotographer’s imagination. This is obviously my opinion so feel free to disagree. I did, however, have a very agreeable judging session last month, selecting the RPS’s Creative

Eye group’s annual exhibition. Over 400 varied andmany excellent pictures on a sunny Sunday showed all’s well in theworld. Speaking of technical failure, I had a mini disaster the other day. I recently bought a couple of LeRouge medium format pinhole cameras – a 6x6cm and a 6x12cm – and took them on a shooting trip to the south coast alongside my digital kit. These French-made cameras are really beautifully made and the only control is the shutter, a wooden flap you move out of the way to make the exposure. I processed my first film to find I hadn’t moved the ‘shutter’ far enough so it was in the corner of my shots. What an idiot! But as they say, “every day is a school day”. I haven’t processed a film for a year or so, so it was with great excitement that I opened up the developing tank to check out the results and despite my stupid error, which I saw instantly, I’mdelightedwithmy efforts. I have a couple of projects in mind for my pinholes, so when I get it right I’ll report back with progress in due course. Finally, if you have collected this copy of PN at The Photography Show and happen to be reading this, please feel free to come over for a chat. You’ll makemy day. See you next month.

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