Innehållsförteckning för No. 493 från Photography Week

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Shooting landscapes is all about capturing the great outdoors in ways that enable you to share your vision with others. Whether you’re aiming for dramatic light at the golden hour, or taking a more subdued documentary approach, there’s something for everyone in this varied genre. Capturing dramatic light, vivid colours and interesting weather conditions are all sure-fire approaches for successful images, and this is where we’ll focus our attention. As the legendary landscape photographer Ansel Adams once said: “The single most important component of a camera is the 12 inches behind it” – you, in other words. With this idea in mind, here are 40 landscape photography tips that will ultimately help you to improve as a photographer, and make those 12 inches even more important. Some tips may even…

25 GET IT RIGHT IN-CAMERA Shoot in raw and aim to capture the best possible exposure in-camera. This will give you the best starting point, as your images will require less aggressive processing. 26 CALIBRATE YOUR MONITOR Failure to calibrate your monitor can result in incorrect brightness, contrast and colours when images are viewed on other devices and in print, which can cause unnecessary headaches. 27 USE LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS When you’re editing in Lightroom, Photoshop and other software, take advantage of localised adjustment tools to make your images look their best by only applying edits to the areas that need to be altered. 28 APPLY LENS CORRECTIONS Raw editing software allows you to remove lens distortions, including any chromatic aberration that’s present in your images, at the click of a…

BATTERED BLACK & BLUE ROSS FARNHAM “The redevelopment of the iconic Battersea Power Station in London has recently been completed, and I wanted to get shots of it at sunset and into the blue hour. This is a blend of multiple long exposures to get the smoothest possible effect in the waters of the Thames, a technique that I’m using more and more.” https://bit.ly/3oxd8Oj CITY STYLE LUCA SANTORO “I shot this street portrait during a photo session with my model Marta Vitali – I love her pose and expression.” https://bit.ly/3fv7b0p DINGLE PENINSULA LLOYD LANE “During a week exploring the south-west of Ireland at the end of 2021, I came to Dunquin Pier on the Dingle peninsula, and these winding steps, during some wonderfully moody conditions.” http://bit.ly/2NhWpjJ FROM THE OTHER SHORE…

1 CAMERA AND LENS You can use any close-focusing lens, but if you’re using an interchangeable lens camera we’d recommend using a dedicated macro lens with a 1:1 ratio for the very best results. We paired our Nikon D800 with the Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 VC USD. 2 TOP-DOWN TRIPOD It’s possible to shoot handheld, but a tripod allows you to fine-tune your framing, and leaves your hands free to manage your subject and backgrounds. A tripod with a tilting central column is essential, as this will allow you to shoot from a top-down angle. 3 GLASS DISH A glass oven dish will allow your background to show through – just make sure you give it a quick buff beforehand! Ours had the brand name etched into the bottom,…

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After missing its 2021 release window, the Panasonic Lumix GH6 has finally arrived, and the new GH flagship is a video powerhouse that comes packing a new 25.2MP sensor, 5.7K 30p internal video in ProRes 4:2:2 HQ, and unlimited recording. The GH6 becomes the first Micro Four Thirds camera to use CFexpress Type B cards, facilitating an almost overwhelming capacity for high-end video recording – including 4:2:0 10-bit capture for Cinema 4K 60p internal (with simultaneous 4:2:2 HDMI output), 5.7K 60p, and 5.8K anamorphic using the full sensor area. As is par for the course with GH cameras, the GH6 offers supreme frame-rate flexibility; 4:2:0 10-bit 4K can be captured at up to 120p, while 4:2:2 10-bit 1080p is available up to 240p (via High Frame Rate) with audio. If…

5 SHOOT IN RAW Capture raw files to give yourself more control over how your images look. Raw images often look flat straight out of the camera, but they give you much greater latitude for making adjustments at the editing stage. 6 USE A TRIPOD A tripod isn’t always necessary, but during the golden hour and in low-light situations, exposures will be too long for handholding the camera, so using one is essential. 7 CHOOSE YOUR BAG WISELY Your camera bag is as important as your camera and lenses. Rear-entry backpacks, and those which enable you to access your kit without putting the bag down, are particularly good options. 8 LESS IS MORE It’s often tempting to carry everything with you on a shoot, but being ruthless and only taking…

31 BE ORIGINAL ‘Honeypot’ locations are popular because, well, they’re great locations. When you visit these locations, grab the archetypal shot by all means, but also try to find more unusual and distinctive shots, too. 32 REVISIT LOCATIONS Even if you visit a location and all the elements fall into place, allowing you to capture the perfect shot, aim to revisit in different seasons and weather conditions in order to grow your portfolio; this will also help you to hone new skills. 33 EMBRACE LUCK Planning is incredibly important for increasing your chances of success, but there’s no denying that landscape photography often relies on a huge burst of good luck. So when it comes your way, make the most of it. 34 BE PATIENT Waiting around can be boring,…

A captivating photo of two squirrels sharing a poppy has won the second CUPOTY Challenge, a standalone competition run by Close-up Photographer of the Year in association with Affinity Photo. The theme of the challenge was ‘Two of a Kind’, with entrants encouraged to submit images featuring pairs of animals, insects, plants or other subjects. The charming winning image was taken on a lawn in Vienna by Dutch photographer Alex Pansier. “I really enjoyed watching them working together, like father and son,” Pansier says. “For me, observing and photographing nature is a great way to unwind and share the beauty that’s all around us.” Click the link to see all the winning and finalist images from ‘Two of a Kind’ at the CUPOTY website. The fourth annual Close-up Photographer of…

Photoshop offers various boxes of tricks for creating all kinds of effects. There are tools and filters that can transform your image into something unreal, and others that let you make more realistic changes. The Depth Blur filter falls into the latter category. As the name suggests, this filter can mimic the effects of in-camera blur. If your image has a foreground in front of the subject, this is blurred too, and the result is realistic fall-off in front of and behind your focus plane, as you’ll discover in this video tutorial. We’ve been able to simulate depth-of-field effects in Photoshop for a long time by using filters like Lens Blur, but Depth Blur is one of the new range of neural filters, which work by employing machine learning to…

Sigma has announced three new f/1.4 primes for Fujifilm X mount. The lens specialist makes optics for a wide range of camera mounts, but these new 16mm, 30mm and 56mm DC DN Contemporary lenses are its first for Fujifilm X cameras. These trio cover similar territory to Fujifilm’s own premium prime lenses, but the Sigma alternatives will be considerably cheaper. This move makes sense for Sigma, which already makes these lenses in Sony E and Canon EF-M APS-C versions, and L-mount versions too, but it’s especially good news for Fujifilm users, because although Fujifilm’s own lens range is now pretty extensive, its own equivalents to these new Sigma lenses are two to three times the price. The 16mm lens is equivalent to a 24mm f/1.4 in full-frame terms, and offers…

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1 HOUR If you paid attention back in science class you’ll recall that oil and water don’t mix. When you combine the two liquids, the insoluble oil rises to the surface and clumps together, and this very often results in the formation of perfectly round droplets that make fantastic abstract subjects. Oil and water photography is an ideal technique for beginners looking to embark on a dedicated project, because it doesn’t require much equipment and can deliver excellent results. We captured our images with a macro lens and a tripod with a tilting centre column, which enables us to fix our camera in a top-down position. While both of these items are preferable, standard kit lenses often have decent close-focusing capabilities, and it’s quite possible to achieve fast enough shutter…

www.leica-camera.com £7,500/$8,995 The Leica M11 is the latest edition in Leica’s long-running M-series rangefinder line-up. Unlike the mirrorless Leica SL2 and SL2S, and the compact Leica Q2, this is a real old-school camera that’s manual focus only, and which doesn’t even have a through-the-lens viewfinder (although it does offer LCD live view if you’re not a fan of using the direct vision viewfinder). Leica M cameras are a breed apart, using a decades-old design that takes a bit of mastering, and coming with a price tag that puts them out of reach for all but the most enthusiastic amateurs and collectors. But while the latest Leica M uses a very old physical design, its digital tech is bang up to date. This latest model boasts a 60MP sensor, which puts…