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He talks to David Clark about his ‘personal Everest’ ‘Comih's near 30-year career has seen hi eapocelndscapes as cverse asthe deserts Te Amencan south-west, the Tsmanian castine and ie ranforestsof New Zealand, Yet Ue landscape thar became hs greatest challenge to ahatogrzoh les ‘much loser to home, therelaively smal mountans of Seatand nthe resins of maunanaening ioe my efforts cn the Scots his have beer ur he writes, 'utin the mountans of my mind this book has been ‘my personal Everest ‘Scotlands Mountans A Landsaqoe Photograshe’s Vek features more than 130 spectacular mounian images, ‘most lof them shor dureg the past two yer and inches Joes vot personal accounts of his experiences while on location it features chanters on cremate locations rom the Southern Hihionds to te remcke northern regons takng rots ioty peaks and areas of rcky mideness, but ao the more peaceful lochs, 22 | sarsomateuphotooraphercouse| 5 Octeber2009 Coastal sandstone, Ise of Ebony 45SU, 150mm, Fujctrome Prov ‘mountain vers and wended vals, ‘Shooting the images fer tis bock invohedl gapping wih unpredictable and often hostie vestrerconations ‘er teacherous and sometrnes ddangerousterran, As wel 2s wearing stout veatheroof doting are camying essential foo and water supplies, Joe's commitment o capturing mages of the highest ‘ossble quay meant thathe ako undertook these ts laden vith is Ebony Sxdin fled came, pls tipo, lenses and ner kt ‘Although Joe 51, high¥ experience walker, the projet took its ot nthe book he admits to wondering wy he put rs through ‘his much fete, dscomiat, exhaustion station, cod, hunger, and ‘ccasonaly pain and danger’ Neverteles, speaking ‘nthe phone fam his North Yorkshire heme, Joe Concudes that twas undoubtedly 2 worhnie end reverting ermerience Tis project gave me the cpportunity to rwestigate ‘asubect hates aready dear tomy heart but wich fnreflectin, | mustarirt that | eit reaky know that wl he says. "The great hing about dong Tewasto expire these his in greater dep ‘and connect with them ina more profound ‘AnTeallach from Cees any Coie ngs Be medLandscapes Joe Comnish S| wanted the colour images to really stand out. So when thinking about the introductory texts, | decided to use black & white): wa. The experience was as much about the yc end lngstcal chalenges a wes about the photogcepy Scotland landscape i extraordinary and beutul but when seeking to make single ages that describe is Peart and soul ts chive inthe extreme Its the uttmate moady landscape. "When look beck on it irtuly every picture inthe book had something extreme about = whether i as the hejghis cinbed, the tne of day, or ume of yea, how cold twas or whether | was beng eaten ave by midges | equenty fl wes onthe edge o wat | coud cope with The endurance was part of the expenence On reflect reals | earned to enjoy the chalenges, accent the fristratons, to stay the course andnot toe Up Looking back at the makrig the pictures gues me a loto pleasure ~ ad hopeful fr cther people, too | rease thas been the proect of a fewme Joe Coma enthusiasts who are friar vith is a-colour books Satna Cont (2005) and The ‘Northumnberiand Const (2007) may be surprised to see ‘numberof black & white mages atthe egining o leach chapter. il come as even more of a surprise 10 find that some of these mages were sot an a digtal 24 | vewsamsteurphotogrephersolk| $Octber2009 CCorrour Bothy, Lag Ghru. Joe used a one-hour exposure to record this remote place of shelter where he stayed in the Cairngorms Ebony 45SU, Or, Fulcheore Prous ‘compact camera, a Roh Capo GX 100, These wore taken asiwhat he cals background snaps, but Joe was ‘so srprsed by the mage quaitythathe has used them torlusrate hs descrpions I manied the book to have quite an austere quay tort, nkeepng vith the landscape’ he sas. "wanted the colour images torealy stand out So when thinking ‘boul the introductory tats, | deoded io use black 8 late, which It works wal for doosrentay octres ‘Asa suet and in ry eatly yee s a photographer | did lott back & ute sol am perc comorable working vith. used to fel you ether shoot colour or youshoat back & white and ‘never the tain shal mx” Buti you have a good-quality cour fe, Poteshop ores ya the ‘portunity to nierpret the fmonoctromat| tnes much ‘ore accutatey then arbitrary Selecting, sy, an orange (-yellon itera the teking stage You can anply 2 much ‘mare supe ~ or extreme ~ degree of titaton’ 28 suts theimaae | found the proces of conversion tobiack & ‘hie in eding very croatne a satisfyng ln ‘ay, | suppose was cornered, 100" ‘Although al the clour mages nthe main cay Dee scat Joe photographed ers cared prey oerLandscapes: It'snot about doing it cheap or easy: it’s about ‘trying to improve what Ido, and do justice to the landscapeJoe Comish Landscapes. Joe’s essential tips When taking photographs on mountains there isa level of risk to personal safety, 50 please take note of the tips below tis elas best to Pave compary on the hil rom a safety pont of vow. Besides, bang abi to share te prysical challenge and the inspring views must be one of the mast fendship-deenering experiences possble Qo. roperly memes waners might appear adequate for hil-welking. ut they are not, Most Scotish mountains wll have wt boss, een after dry spe, and anke-breaking rocks, tussocks and hidden potholes Fell boots are advsabe summer, hie someting mere robust (pus gaters and crampars) vl be needed in winter. Temperatures fal pi with height. nd wind and rain increase Carrying a quality weatherooot shel jacket. ac an iuletng fleece consistent wih the worst weather anteinted, essential Prepare for the unexpected Unorediciabe weathers the man ges A good weather repartis meluable {try uw mutsorgut the mountan veatner ivorrnation service}, buteven the Met OFh does not know everything Ifthe weather apoear to be deteriorating it proba Iso, ays er on the ade of fey, hunker down and wat forthe storm to blow through, oF reveatifitisssle todos Avoid dehydration and hunger The arto beng sucessful onthe Ils lrgoly a matter of staying comfortable Water i heavy stuf, ands terrain a forget or take ust one srl bat, But king considerable stances with equpmert results in sencus evaporation, and epicing est Tiss esse ta your comfort and saety as well Detyiraton can bad to senous mecca consequences inciuing deat ‘erry as much 2s you wil need, above 800 metres fem 2 rushing mount ‘ream s usualy safe However, usng selling Tables ora sensing pum 2 senable preceuon i dnkng tram any source tat Sno as moun andor below 800 metres ‘so, carry encugh food for the length of euting you haven ie 1 ‘Take a companion Take extra care when descending ie vast marty of mountanicening acodents happen on descent This party due to fatigue ancl party because ue ere feng anay trom the hil rather than towards it Carying 2 reliable head torch con bea lie-saver ‘tac Polaidh from Sgurr an Fhidleir Ebony 45SU. 90mm Fujchramme Vek SO sivcibe 0845 6767778 $0ctaber2009 | wuewamateuphotooropheeco.d| 27EY ICONS loreal tia ICONIC PHOTOGRAPI Martin Parr 952-present Martin Part’s often controversial work offers a distinctive, bitingly satirical insight into the world around Us. David Clark looks at his colourful career to date LURING he pst 20yeer5, dant seem oreese he hs sid etabshedasrians, the wares mercaly Pat's resin phoroganty best-krown and mest en amateur acutely obs inwentonto perceptive and often amusing Inigo contemporary fe A he soon began working on personel arnects he suppor witha suchas nd A Far Doy rng vradhtenat However in 1984 he besa otingn colour ad the rests of pproach were presented Ear a Pat's seas pho 28 | sarwomateuphotoorophercouse| 3 Octcber2009{cons of Photography{cons of Photography Martin Parr ee Pee ees ‘ze the antthess oth icture-postcard mage and capture holyrokers ‘carnmad together on the seeftont. wertgin fish and cho shop ‘queues or standing ot bus stops, surrounded by vertionng rubbish bins, Tese images represered the artval of anew vace n contemporary Drotoranty, and capture the ‘end reity of New Brighton in auimoste and pany funy way. Some commentators felt the images were drven by robbery Here, they sai wes the work of an English mdle-cless photocrapher looking doun on Engish workng-dass eope it's 2 charge that Par denies and, as his oer work demonstrates, he finds subject for comment nd critiaue n a wide range of seca cesses anc cures, Furter books flowed, induding Sonseyine Tees, which oarined personal ast in Bish nienor desig, and Smal Wor, which looked athe reaty of obal tours. Butte '999 book Carmen Sense brake new ground ard estabsted the sie for winch ne perhaps most amous In tis book. Par focused on ids objects using a macro lens, nglsh and colour fn, anc usd them t2 Comment on the sect and cutire ‘that nad produced them, The resulting highly saturcted, olen garsh images of subjects suchas fst fod, omen and clothing, were highly successful, The books accermperwing exibition ran simutaneousy in an unprecedented 30 diferent counties. Par's new Style Was exolored further hs next book, Tink of Eran (2000), Parr has become aceleoreted ard highly successful photographer, but the syle and content of ns workoiten provokes controversy The arguments surrounding his work were cystaised inthe debate generated ven he ‘annie for membership of Magnum 1711994 The agency’s-co-fourer Hen Carti-Bresson wes shocked bbyhssimages and sad that Parr’ wok locked ike twas from anther plane Meanuthle veteran phatojournsis, Phi Jones Gifts fet so opposed to Par’s membersho mathe wrote anopen iter father members, Uescibiig Par as'a sworn ener ff Magrums never lberal and humanistic values Par ened that he ‘Segused his humanism by mang took ike entertainment ‘After apo of as members, Par wes accepted nto te agency by st ‘ane vate He hes since become one fits key members in recent years he has developed his work wince ‘irmaking cwating exhib, ‘ashion and advertisng He has ako produced reference books such asthe ‘wo-iluie work the Phowaboak story (complied over an exh-year era nth phot stor Gerry Badger) 2s ell 2s compiing tongue in-cheek colectons of ater people's Ireges, neha Boma Poscaas (1999) He now uses digtal capture (a ‘Canen EDS 5D Mark I) toreproduce fs dstncive sve and his latest book, Leow. uhich exerts te es of te super-rich, wil be publshed November 200 «remains a potogepher 6 volts (safe with any camera) “Trigger methods: Radio trigger, synch cable Safari Ringflash * Fits any camera with a tripod bush * Fits any lens up to 98mm diameter Safari 600 flash head * Complete with standard reflector * Accepts all Bowens fit light shaping tools www.lencarta.com 0845 618 2889 WANTED FOR CASH Exclusively... 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We hope to see a Cees egress tee rel gcng fore ae Net eed Ses INTIMA D ttey eeit at seer sie iceretrerntrenn (Oho (En doe 88 SDI: Pere pee eed rere erniag For full details of how to enter via email visit Peery www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/apoy09 Canon Breed Peer ere ear)‘APOY Round 9 From A Low Angle Round 9 SOUR eI Shooting from a lower-than-normal perspective offers CRU Ua Rca du SLC however, using a low-angle perspective gives you the SORES SLU URS se SUSU CSE LLC eS So) See eee UL URL WU CTU SUSUR Ac coe EAE Ue Iflandscapes are your specialty, try lying on the ground Cn eR ao Lp Pere aU AU UW Esco BU TU Tae AL CSU A setting up your camera at eye-level with your subject can Tee Lo picture more personal or realistic. 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This & because the perspective thes not one of te flater bang weed from ater,nor ane ofthe aver being placed right under your nasa Infact] gve 2 Uny amount ef perspective Astortion, which wil oly ad tothe feeing of bang there ‘without hang any cetimental effect onthe pcre, My feason fr pking ths picture sthatit rice and soft Susan has et ust the rghit arnount of depth of fed toshow us what mee look a, but without the whale fawer head beng insharp focus Asa resut, she's creoted apitue tatisin some wens que abstract and in coher vays cue facial esti sight soft, eect that par tour ike, ast ncludes alto deal ypelitisnotas sharp as mast macro images we ee ts Asrange but very appeaing mage, with rice oranges, yslows arc greens blended together, end nicely shaped here's aso enough decal ight to gve the petals 2 three-dmensional eect, but without ceetng Tet of heavy shadows. sa very nice picture, Fly, uth some flower pictures thal ae ncreily sharp, the viouer forced to ook ata the dotal and, thouch fascinating isnot alvaysrelanng, Susan's mege ‘sirstead rather untexng, by which Imean you do rot have towork very hard ta enjoy i Ths isa very relaong image, wich surely what 2 pleure of a lave should be Al these charactansics make kimy pete o he week, Dog lover Colin Webb has photographed an everyday scene ofa woman nher garden enoying te company of her dogs Looking at the pictures clear how much Ms Webb lowes ner tree spaniels and rom her aces yO. S80 how rch they ewe Mrs Webb, too I's very touching sene andthe fact thet Coin hes include the garden inthe background shows us het t's 2 Dissful domesie seane There s dso 2 lot of space behind Mrs Webb, hich gues an odd teeing tothe picture ~ it makes us wonder ny were bang shou alts sce hen tere is nothing ta lock 2 there Generally ne try 0 put the sect inthe mica of te rae, or even beter, on a thd, and when someone ‘sfacing aparicuar wey i's mare usual to inte al the soace infront of thar person, allows us to see they are ooking ino, rv theyreheedng, whch tends tomate oc emote plewsng composton tha Colin cite is camera on is sd a nce the too ‘this wife's eed are to gue the dogs alitle mare space nthe foreground H Colnhad sot n porta frat mm confident he coud have produced a much more cofortebeecorposiion or apicre like th we need a caroriate corrooston so we dont ‘gel dstracted by the postioning ofthe subject and can nstead concenivate ‘anithe conecton between the [bay and the dogs. sa lovely sho wth nice, sft ighing, and re est matter that Mrs Wet looking atthe camer better thet she int and at he is instead conceriraing on her dags ‘Tomake the composition abit more carforabe, Ive cropin alten ‘rer ta reposition the subject vthin the tame. 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As wl he core PASM exposure modes, athe usual ange of scene! preses, both allo ful conse over exposures vi exposure compensation, The Canon 0S 10000 ako proades ‘exposure bracketing fram #2EV in 'BEV stops, but the D3000, be ts 40 and 060 predecessors, does nat tfer th fecture Something t des efte, nowerer is n-camera ran conversion, nfich efecivey a simmed-doen verson of the Conversion options aaizblen Nkons View NX software Bas adustments, Ike exposure and winte bance, can be made to each fle and mages are converted one by one, to take ther place as JPEGson the cameras memory card jild and handling Both the Canon €0S 10000 ana Nikon 03000 32 bulla 2 pce bat nether fees cheap. she ody shel are ade entry oF ast tis rosagptse that ree ees 2 Sod, for has the samo net, asa camera ik the £05 500 or Nikon D300s bat both are put together very wel Exgonomeaiy the Canon EOS 10000 s the mae conventoral ofthe tu cameras DSLR tens, and te Gjout of he major corto ports be media ‘oriar to anyone who has used an EOS camera bere. The Nizn 03000 ‘sda to distngush rom the 105000, ane apart fom the fed screen toes avery sie handing experience. The ony mar departure from convertor Non-standard éergonomis in the D3000 is tsrew Guide made: Located onthe exposure made dal alongs the familar PASM an preset scene’ shoowng modes, Guide essrtcly a “5October 2009 | wuwomatecrotogrepherco uk 51Camera Test Canon E0S 1000D vs Nikon D3000 semi-automatic mode tat ‘designed to guide the begmner photographer through the cameras functons and setings operates in Simple and Advanced modes, and nthe ate, the photographer selects 2 desred effect from the Soften Backgrounds, Freeze Matin (Peope) and Freeze Motion (venies ‘atons. Once an option is selected, = re screen suggests using aperture (shutter prt respectvely and explains the eect of aperture and shuter speed stings on mages Expenenced phatagyachers wil probably never use this made because thay wont need to, butitworks well and may serve as valuable gatenay nto the D3000's mare advanced features fre becirner My only concer chout Guce that ince the D3000 has drected you towards enerturelshater pry the settings are atred not usng the rear cond dal 2 they would be normaly butt the uatcown araws cn the rmuti-contoleri'snota serous preble butts confusing especialy for someone yratuatng tothe menu exposure setings from Gude mode. The Cano EOS 10000 hasno equivalent to Nikon's Gude mode This went concer the experienced DSLR user, ut means there no effectve brdge between the verous uy automatic shooting options and the PASM modes. The EOS 1000D sit ‘one mths, as only Non and Sony have sa far made nificant efoto ‘dems these modes forthe benef of nvees, butt may prose to be 2 barner forthe frst-ome SLR user, ‘On te cnet and, expenenced SLR wars may fel more comfortable with Bre anan EOS 10000 than wth the Nikon 03000 because there ts no Gude mode The screen-ntensie handling ofthe later helps token the camera body very ‘dean; butts an ental diferent way of working tothe more redivoral buton-neavy ‘exganomics of the EOS 10000, ‘White balance and colour The Canon E05 10000 ae Nk 13000 are ery ve cares, and as sich te especWe et audence's kay toot PEGS atleast url hey became are trperenced and acute tren Captire The auto vie balance troxeso Bot caeras canbe eed Ubon to ave natural loong ests in day though teresingy the Garon £05 10000 denis emated tency 0 col down mages taken sermaftemoo and mening night Menbenni nt ‘TheNikonD8000 features range of retouching options incuding raw conversion and anew Winature fect. 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Ths elfect canbe replated in Photoshop, but having evllablein-cameraaddsan extra mension ~ as wells un ~ to shooting with the 3000, Ths can lead to images looking rather gerald and insome of my Pictures delicate blue shies are aimast ‘jana 2 rest The Nkon 0300015, beter at preserving the aesohere cf rages taken in daylight, but the line between nice and vin’ andta0 erm. thn ane, and cre shoul be taken, especiaty wth the postively toasty ‘Cuoy white balance preset Inartical ight nether cameras especelly good at neuraisna the tnd fuerescet colour cast although the D300 ANB system is very ood at reducing the orange ast caused by ungsten ightng The CCenan EOS 10000, on the cher and, eaves the orange, which reserves the atmosphere of what Savery war tye of ihtng, butik can reve te efecto! mekng haan sulpects ook ke they've fallen asleep cnasurbed, As vel as white balance presets, bath the Caran EOS 10000 and Nkon 3000 feature a range of colour modes (Canon cas them Picture Stes, Nikon labels tern Picture Cantos that are designed to ue deren colour endtion t suit diferent types of subject One part of Canon's excelent bunded softiare suite that oten overtook the versal Picture Style Editor, wich allows the easing presets 0 be fine-tuned and new ones created Metering General the mulv-pttern meter systems oF ogem OSLRS ares rela atitisa calenge tora anjtangrotble to report inte meterngsecion of APS tess, Wher comperng the Canon FOS 10000 and Nikon 02000, however, es preserted with some imeresing rests hat hight very cceany te dierent waysin wich the esoecive meterng ser fe desened wo operate. 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