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Photography News | Issue 56 | photographynews.co.uk
World-class images withOlympus Out of Africa Tommy Reynolds is a successful and very busy portrait photographer and music video director based in Kent. A couple of times a year he takes time out from his usual schedule to pursue his own projects and document other cultures. This is the story of his latest trip, to the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, in the company of an Olympus OM-D system
IMAGE “This was the first image we took on the trip and it is one of my favourites,” says Tommy. “We met 18-year-old Woinshet as we were driving towards the Omo Valley. She walks 5km every day to fetch water and wood for her family. She was in a rush so we only had a fewminutes to get the shot with the sun setting in the background. Thanks to the OM-D E-M1 Mark II’s five axis image stabilisation system I was able to shoot at 1/13sec on the 17mm lens with no problem but even at that shutter speed I needed ISO 1000.”
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You can keep up with Tommy Reynolds’ imaging adventures on his website, social media networks and his rapidly growing You Tube channel which features video blogs and cinematic behind the scenes movies. Search ‘Tommy Reynolds Ethiopia’ for his movie on this trip. He also offers photography training so check out the shop section of this website for his latest offerings.
Every year, I plan one or two big photography trips. I’ve done a couple of landscape trips, but for me, they’renever quite as satisfying as travelling to another country to photograph its culture. My trip to the Omo Valley in Ethiopia was my biggest and most ambitious project yet even though it lasted just eight days. It was a very intense shoot with a lot of preparation going into the trip beforehand.
That included thinking about my camera outfit. I have a full- frame outfit, but with the usual headaches of weight and space, I picked out the OM-D EM-1 Mark II for its great features set and rugged construction. Being dust and splash proof I figured would be key attributes to have on this trip, so I borrowed one to check out its image quality and quite honestly, the camera’s 20.4-megapixel
Micro Four Thirds sensor really impressed me with its resolution and sharpness. For lenses I packed the 7-14mm f/2.8, 17mm f/1.2, 25mm f/1.2 and the 40-150mm f/2.8. The 17mm and 25mm lenses I picked because they give the full-frame equivalent views to the 35mm and 50mm which are my favourite focal lengths. I’m even more impressed now that I have thrown the camera
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