Innehållsförteckning för No. 497 från Photography Week

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The path to becoming a sports photographer isn’t easy. On a professional level, it demands fast telephoto lenses and top-end cameras, neither of which come cheap. And getting accreditation to shoot at professional games is a chicken-and-egg situation where you need a proven track record to get access to shoot and, realistically, you need to be working for a sports photo agency or a newspaper to get the gig in the first place. But it’s not impossible and starting off small, perhaps by covering your local amateur team or smaller sporting events, can lead to bigger and better things. Hopefully, this advice will stand you in good stead, no matter what level or discipline of sport you want to shoot. Start with what you are most comfortable with and where…

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1 HOUR The uninitiated might assume that light painting is simply post-production trickery, when, in actual fact, light painters are constantly pushing the envelope and redefining what can be achieved in-camera. The light-painting community is so inventive that it can be hard to know where to start – and getting started is what this fun project is all about. By suspending a tiny beam of light on a piece of string and setting it into a swinging motion, you can create incredible geometric patterns in the comfort of your own home. What makes this an ideal first light-painting project is that it can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. Just one light source can create clean but complex trails of light, or you can…

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Samyang Optics has unveiled an updated AF 35mm F1.4 FE II lens that’s optimised for portraits, landscapes, and video. Key innovations on this second-generation lens, which will be sold under the Rokinon brand in North America, include a focus hold button and custom switch. Samyang has built a reputation for its affordable range of manual-focus prime lenses, which are available in a wide variety of mount options. More recently the manufacturer has been launching more autofocus models that offer low-cost alternatives to Sony’s G Master series or Zeiss professional lenses. A key feature of this new lens over its predecessor, the Samyang AF 35mm F1.4 FE, is that it’s optimised for video as well as stills, with vibrations and noise minimised for fast and accurate subject tracking and smoother operation.…

1 UNIVERSAL CONNECTOR Light Painting Brushes’ Universal Connector is an implement that’s designed to slide onto and grip the head of most torches with a 0.975 to 1.5-inch diameter. A protruding tapered end is designed to accomodate one of the company’s light painting attachments. 2 ATTACHMENTS Dedicated Light Painting Brushes attachments range from Collapsible Light Swords to fibre-optic brushes, but our patterns were largely produced using the rounded glow from coloured Light Pens, along with Opaque Light Writers and Crystal Light Pens. 3 STRING, TAPE & CARD We used twine and painter’s tape to suspend our torch. Cardboard was placed over the lens to block the beam when removing and attaching multiple accessories during a single exposure. You could turn the torch off, but swapping attachments is fiddly in the dark. 4 TRIPOD We…

Have you ever shot a landscape under glorious conditions and rushed home to look at the results, only to find they’re slightly underwhelming? This doesn’t necessarily mean you did something wrong; it might simply be that the image needs a little coaxing into life. Often the challenge with landscapes is recording detail in both the brightest and darkest parts of the scene. When the sun is low in the sky this can be doubly difficult, as the highlights will be strong and the shadows may be very deep. As such, on initial inspection the scene can be a disappointment, with detail-less dark areas or blown-out skies. However, just because the detail isn’t visible at first, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not there. As long as pixels aren’t clipped to pure…

Last year we were treated to a super summer of sport, with the delayed Euro 2020 football championships, Wimbledon tennis and the Tokyo Olympics all crammed into the space of a glorious couple of months. With large sporting events having been delayed by the pandemic, spectators were back in the stadiums and sport was once again on everyone’s minds. This year promises to be just as spectacular, with events such as the FIFA World Cup, Rugby League World Cup and cycling’s Tour de France on the horizon. Whether you just want to get better shots at sporting events you’re attending, or have your sights set on joining the ranks of the pros, in this feature I’ll share my tips on everything from choosing the right gear and mastering camera settings,…

HANG OUT String theory Cut a longer length of twine than needed – it can be shortened later. Make a loop that’s just over half the length of your torch, and secure it with tape. Fix the loop to your torch with tape, ensuring that the twine runs vertically either side of the handle so the lamp hangs parallel to the floor. Use your preferred method to suspend the torch from the ceiling (take care not to cause damage). Push the Universal Connector onto the torch until it grips tightly. Our setup hung just under a metre above the lens and the camera was secured to our Manfrotto Element MII. SWINGERS Pretty patterns Attach your remote shutter release, and use Live View to position the tip of the light source…

www.olympus-global.com £1,999/$2,199 (body only) The Olympus OM-1 is the camera that Olympus loyalists have been waiting for – and in two very distinct and opposite ways. At one end of the spectrum, the Olympus OM-1 is the firm’s latest flagship camera, replacing both the OM-D E-M1X (2019) and OM-D E-M1 Mark III (2020). At the other end, it’s also the last camera that will ever bear the Olympus brand name; following the purchase of the Olympus imaging division by OM Digital Solutions, all future cameras released will carry the ‘OM System’ branding instead. Thus, it marks the end of an era in one sense, and the beginning of an era in another. So, does the OM-1 have what it takes to rank among the best Micro Four Thirds cameras on…