Photography News Issue 39

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Editor’s letter 12months on

J L I P J E E R T I E V Z V A M G M R L A L C O Y Q I E G O X R B D E N S S E J Z K T U D C D F T E L T C R A S N D A L P E D A O B U A E M E A L T N P J N L O I T C O N I A O R A C L O S W L C H C I B X Y E D X Q O F W S M V S T N E S E R P E G K E W A T Y H S Z S V A S P L Q S R S N O W K P I K A A S E V O L G A M L T O F I R E W E L F S E G B E U X S S I V Y A A S W R Y F O Capture life’s special moments across all devices with the ultra-reliable Samsung SDmemory cards. Samsung’s latest SD cards can write data at an impressive 90MB/s and read data at an even higher 95MB/s. The cards are also amazingly reliable being water, temperature-, X-ray-, magnet- andshockproof, so shooting in themost challenging conditions isn’t an issue.Wehave onemassive 64GB Samsung PROSD card to award to an eagle-eyedwinner. Just complete the word search below, and you’ll find one word in the list that’s not in the grid. Email us on puzzle@photography-news.co.uk with that word in the subject box by 15 January 2017. The correct answer to PN 37’s word search was Density and the Samsung 64GB cardwas won byNormanWaddell fromHeswall inWirral. A Samsung memory card! WIN! samsung.comand search formemorycards G H T T U H N J

It is usual at this time of year to reflect on the past 12months andwho amI tobreak tradition? So firstly, let’s look at some of the new kit that has arrived in 2016. Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon and Olympus have all launched flagship models which between them offer stunning innovations including stratospheric ISOs and staggering shooting speeds. In medium- format we have seen the first mirrorless model, the Hasselblad X1D, and that will be joined in 2017 by a model from Fujifilm. We live in momentous times. In this issue we launch our Awards so in a multitude of imaging categories we have nominatedkit thatwe feel deserves recognition. But now it’s over to you and your opinion. Vote in as many or as few categories as youwant. It’s free, can be done online or by post and it’s your chance for your voice to be heard. Thanks in advance for your support. I’ve also been looking back at my own photography. At the start of 2016 I pledged to shoot more ‘keepers’. Well, withmy projects on the country’s piers and London’s DLR, I have shot a greatmany exposures andmyLightroom catalogue is creaking under the strain. I have of course been rating and deleting pictures as I’ve been going along so I have a rough idea of how I am doing. My culling and editing will go on for some time yet and as my projects are ongoing, there is no rush. To help me assess progress more effectively and rigorously I had loads of prints made. I have an inkjet printer at home but rather than use that I used an online lab. Ididaquickedit–stufflikeclarity,recovering highlights and shadows – and uploaded the lot. It took several hours so massively quicker than using my home printer. Not only that but with the 6x4in prints costing about 10p each it was cheaper too. A few days later the postie delivered a large package with all the prints, about 300 in total,

and I got to work. A project at a time, laying them out on the floor to give me an overall feel of how I was doing. Amazingly, I gave myself a pat on the back because, you know, I thought I was doing pretty well. I identified plenty of weaknesses where I needed to work harder as well as gaps to fill so that was useful too andmade thewhole exercise worth the effort. One thing I definitely need to consider more is treatment in the final edit. I have any number of editing softwares and plug-ins so options is something I’mnot strugglingwith, but perhaps that’s that problem. Anyway, while winter is still a busy season for capturing even more material I’m going to dedicatemore time toworking on a few looks to givemy projects a stronger visual identity. That shouldmake the long winter nights fly by. Have I achieved my goal of shooting more keepers? Yes, I think I have, but I know I overshoot – or obsess, if you prefer. I used to overshoot on film, but nowwith digital that has increasedmanifold, but at least there is no extra cost; just more files to delete. Before we consign 2016 to history, you will have noticed that in this issue we have also launched our Camera Club of the Year contest, sponsored by Fujifilm. The fundamental format is the same as last year but there are important innovations too. Read the feature for more details, but one thing I am going to highlight is that the five clubs that qualify for the final will get to enjoy a truly unforgettable day. Finally, from all of us at Photography News may we wish you a happy festive season and a snappy 2017.

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