Amateur Photographer - 13 February 2010 PDF
Name Digital Magazine: Amateur Photographer
Year: 2010
Issue: February
Country: UK
Language: English
Format magazine: PDF
Pages: 91 pages
Size: 25 Mb
About Amateur Photographer:
Amateur Photographer is the world's oldest consumer weekly photographic magazine, first hitting the newsstands on October 10 1884. Since then, AP (as it is affectionately known to its readers) has been the bible for both amateur and professional photo-enthusiasts around the world. It has helped generations of photographers to improve their skills.
Content issue Amateur Photographer - 13 February 2010 PDF:
News, views and reviews 5 News National Trust opens doors to amateurs; Pentax unveils Optio I-10; Win a Canon DSLR; Samsung refreshes compact line-up 10 Review The latest books, exhibitions and websites 12 Letters AP readers speak out on the week’s issues 13 Backchat AP reader Mick Bidewell on why World Press Photo competition organisers were right to ban manipulated images 90 The fi nal frame ‘Moth and dust doth corrupt’. Roger Hicks thinks St Matthew may have been on to something Technique 14 Photo insight COVER STORY Steve Bloom on how he captured an exhilarating image of a macaw in fl ight, and why he’ll never look at a caged bird in the same way again On test and technical 43 Testbench COVER STORY The Leung hotshoe-mounted LED light and Avanquest Photo Explosion Deluxe 4.0 45 Epson Stylus Pro 3880 COVER STORY Richard Sibley tests a new A2 printer from Epson that could make large-format prints a reality for home users 48 Q&A Our experts answer your questions 51 Photoshop Elements 8 COVER STORY In part three of our guide to Elements 8, we focus on the automated Quick Photo Edit and Guided Photo Edit modes, which let you make quick and easy adjustments Your pictures 31 Gallery Another selection of superb reader images 40 Appraisal Damien Demolder examines your images, offering words of wisdom and constructive advice Features 19 Whiter than white COVER STORY Are you struggling to get the exposure just right when shooting winter landscapes? Lee Frost explains how to get the perfect histogram 24 Changing lives COVER STORY Former press photographer Benjamin Rusnak on how his current job as a staff photographer for the international charity Food For The Poor allows him to see at fi rst hand how photography can change lives 36 Icons of photography ‘James Dean in Times Square’ is an atmospheric photograph of the actor taken when he was still largely unknown, and is today one of the great movie-star portraits. David Clark reveals the story behind Dennis Stock’s iconic image
