Indholdsfortegnelse for No. 257 i Photography Week

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ESSENTIAL PHOTO SKILLS MADE EASY 15 MINS If you’re shooting in low light you generally have three options: you can use a tripod and a long exposure; increase the ISO to shoot handheld; or add lighting. If you’re taking pictures of party-goers, forget the first option, as your subjects won’t stay still! And while a high ISO can preserve the ambient light, you will have to make do with grainy pictures and the widest aperture and the slowest shutter speeds possible. Adding light, by using a flash, is often the most flexible option. You can stay mobile, and you have a greater range of shutter speeds, apertures and ISO settings. The problem with using built-in flash is that the harsh, directional light kills the atmosphere, adds hotspots to faces, and…

Travel tripods have a tough job. They need to be small enough to pack and light enough to tote around all day, yet rigid enough to capture shots of a lifetime, shake-free. To shrink the stowage size they feature legs that swing upwards, so the feet encompass the head, slashing about 20cm off the carrying length. Some are only about the size of a drinks bottle when folded down, and all of the tripods on test weigh here less than 2kg, complete with a ball head. Despite their downsized designs, however, most current travel tripods are able to reach respectable maximum operating heights of more than 1.5m, and have hefty load capacities of between 4kg and 15kg. This makes them ideal for anything from a lightweight compact camera to a…

PRO KATE HOPEWELL-SMITH An internationally acclaimed wedding, portrait and boudoir pro, Kate was also a Nikon UK Ambassador from 2014- 16. She says of her work: “When people describe it as ‘artistic’ I couldn’t be happier.” Kate has recently launched a photography training company, Training by Lumiere http://tiny.cc/vh84my APPRENTICE DANNI HIDE Danni first got into photography at college, but it wasn’t until much later, after pursuing a career in childcare, that she rediscovered her passion while on maternity leave. After a short stint as a school photographer she decided to go it alone as an early-years photographer, but she’s also keen to get into wedding photography.…

PERFUME BIBIANA RUZICKOVA “The photo was shot indoors using only one light. I was trying to get a vintage look from the make-up, the styling and the location, which was a beautiful old house full of antiques.” http://tiny.cc/kwg4my SYDNEY RUSH GRAHAM BORTHWICK “In this shot I tried to balance the rushing light trails of the traffic and the calmness of the urban lighting; this was one of my favourite shots of Sydney.” http://tiny.cc/dxg4my VINTAGE STAITHES KEN WILSON “Staithes is a seaside village in North Yorkshire, England. This composition appealed to me because the scene had characterful buildings.” http://tiny.cc/8zg4my A WEST PARK MICHAEL ATKINSON “This was taken not long after sunrise in Darlington, England. It was the single poppy standing proud of the other wild flowers, bathed in the morning light,…

1 FRESH BATTERIES Bounce flash needs around four times more power than direct flash. Use fresh batteries, and take spares so that the flashgun recycles quickly. 2 INCREASE THE ISO Don’t leave the ISO set at 100. To prolong your battery life, project the flash further, and speed up recycle times, boost it to at least ISO 400. 3 RAW POWER Colour balance, contrast and exposure issues are common with flash. Shoot RA W (or RA W+JPEG) to make it easier to correct problems later on. 4 DO IT YOURSELF Not all flashguns have a built-in bounce card, but you can get exactly the same result by attaching a small rectangle of white card to your flash with a rubber band. 5 WHITE PAPER When it comes to vertical shots,…

TAKE CONTROL OF WHITE BALANCE Kate says... Danni tends to set her Nikon D3300 to Auto white balance, and in the stable lighting conditions of a studio this makes perfect sense. However at weddings, where there’s often mixed lighting, I’ll sometimes adjust the white balance manually, by dialling the K (Kelvin) setting up and down on my Nikon D5. I’ll then try to gauge if what I’m seeing on my LCD matches what I can see with my eye, so that I at least have a starting point in post-production. DON’T RELY ON DEFAULT EXPOSURE Kate says... Danni uses manual mode for most of her work, but tends to default to the exposure recommended by the camera. I shoot manual too, but start with the aperture that will give the…

THE BEST THING WE’VE SEEN THIS WEEK Filmmaker and photographer Rob Whitworth is well known for pushing the boundaries of timelapse moviemaking with his innovative ‘motion flow’ techniques, and now he’s created what he says is “Probably the world’s first cathedral motion flow”. His stunning two-minute film takes you on a dizzying tour of the beautiful 11th century cathedral in his home city of Norwich in England, capturing both its grandeur and intricate details, bathed in ever-changing light and at breakneck speed. At his Vimeo page Whitworth says it was “something of a passion project for me getting to shoot my home town and capture it in its best light,” and adds that it was “super cool getting to explore all the secret areas whilst working on the video”. Click…