Amateur Photographer

More and more photographers these days are venturing out after dark and pointing their cameras heavenwards to capture the millions of worlds that lie beyond our own. Many are tantalisingly invisible to the naked eye, but make spectacular photos if yo

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‘I have been fascinated with the night sky ever since I was a little girl growing up in Tehran, a big city with a population of 12 million,’ says Parisa. ‘For 15 years I’ve been travelling to regions far from city light pollution, both inside and out

THE ENVIRONMENTAL Photographer of the Year 2021 competition has been launched by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), environmental video-streaming service WaterBear, and Nikon Europe. The contest, now in its 14th

THE BEAMING blonde, with her red Father Christmas-inspired outfit contrasting beautifully against a rich blue sky, was the perfect bait to draw readers into the ‘Colour Number’ and the delights of a world free from the tyranny of grey tones. Sadly on

You’ll need a wideangle lens, ideally a 16-35mm (or 11-22mm for APS-C). The camera often hangs off the tripod at a lot of awkward angles, so ensure that a good-quality tripod is used, with good weight. A ballhead will allow your camera to point in an

Believe it or not, a lens hood is a very effective way of stopping moisture and dew from settling on the front of your lens element. Tape some chemical hand warmers to the sides for better effectiveness. Get a laminated star chart and learn some of t

It’s been 25 years since photographer John Angerson was granted unprecedented access to both the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to document the final months of a year-long intensive training programme

Assess the location and choose your vantage point before it gets completely dark, if necessary using an app to determine the position of the Milky Way in your shot. Carefully set up your tripod making sure it’s as stable as possible and ensuring the

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This tracker is reasonably compact and is supplied with its own polar scope. However, the Move Shoot Move rotator is even more compact and is all that’s required for wide-field astrolandscape photography. This can be purchased with the necessary scop

Meets Usually on the first and third Thursday of each month from September until July Membership £20 annual membership (for 2020/21), plus £2 per meeting when it is in the Village Hall Contact via the website Website wellesbournephotogroup.co.uk

Following up on your online article about VAT/ duty difficulties with the UK vs the Rest of the World repairers of all types may like to know about the new procedure. Parcelforce sends one a C160 form when, say, a camera arrives from anywhere. You fi

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Peter is a photographer, writer, curator and presenter. He is one of the co-curators of Photo North in Harrogate and his books include The Dench Dozen: Great Britons of Photography Vol 1; Dench Does Dallas; The British Abroad; A&E: Alcohol & England

Since the software is designed for artists to create portfolio websites, there are some features photographers may want that it cannot do. The most obvious one is that it has no blogging features. It is possible to create individual pages that mix te

SONY is often characterised by photographers as an electronics company that’s capable of building impressively high-spec cameras that are packed full of ground-breaking technology. But such a view risks failing to acknowledge just what an accomplishe

After building up an impressive selection of L-series lenses in RF mount for photographers who demand nothing but the best, it’s good to see Canon trying to change the perception that its RF-mount lenses are too expensive by creating a more affordabl

Photographer Léonard Pongo works in the Congo DR. Once you know that it’s hard to forget. A good strong surname can be advantageous to a career. I’m on solid ground with Dench. Then there’s (and I’m by no way comparing myself), James Nachtwey, Willia

As a schoolboy photographer in the early 1970s, Russian cameras featured quite heavily. They were a relatively cheap way to try out different kinds of camera, and my school photographic society had a couple of different models. In those days, all new

A major national centre of photography is opening in Taiwan on 20 April so it’s well worth a visit when we can all travel again. The inaugural exhibition, housed in a Japanese colonial-era building, explores the early history of photography in the co

Harry is one of the UK’s finest portrait photographers. He has won prizes at the World Press Photo awards and in 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the RPS. The National Portrait Gallery collection holds over 100 of his images. His new boo

Canon Europe has announced its 2021 Student Development Programme. Running from September 1-4, it will offer 250 students from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa the opportunity to participate in the programme, designed to enhance their visual