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NEWS ROUND-UP The week in brief, edited by Liam Cliff ord Luxury English camera bags Hawkesmill England has announced it is rolling out a line of smaller luxury camera bags. Designed for a single mirrorless or DLSR camera with limited space for lenses, it says portability is key. The range will sell for £329, handmade in England with a lifetime warranty against defects. ExoLens comes to iPhone 7 The ExoLens PRO range, attaching specific Zeiss-engineered lenses to smartphones, is now compatible with the latest generation of iPhones. By equipping their iPhone 7 with the updated bracket, users can then attach special Zeiss wideangle, macro and telephoto lenses for use on the go. Visit www.exolens.com to find out more. Paralympic athletes honoured in exhibition Some of the stars BOOL ROGER © of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were the focus of a special photography exhibition in London to promote sport in the disabled community. Captured by photographer Roger Bool for national charity WheelPower, the impressive shots captured the emotions of gold medallists Jonnie Peacock, Hannah Cockcroft and others. RHS competition 2017 open for entries © CHRISTIAN BISBO JOHNSEN The Royal Horticultural Society’s photography competition is now open BRIAN MCCREADY© for entries until the end of February. Hoping to inspire people to get WEEKEND PROJECT outdoors with a camera, the RHS is promising free entry, more than When scouting a location, £10,000 in prizes and the chance to win Lead-in lines take note of the natural an RHS Gold medal. www.rhs.org.uk. 1 and man-made lines. There are many compositional elements a Whether it’s a footpath, stream photographer needs to think about; perhaps one or hedgerow, it should take you Lomography launches Automat of the most important is to determine where to somewhere. Do you want it to Lomography has successfully funded and released the Lomo’Instant position lead-in lines within the frame. Lead-in lines guide you through the scene or Automat, an automatic instant camera that it claims is the most are all around us and our role as photographers is to draw attention to a focal point? advanced of its type. Unlike most instant cameras, the Automat spot and use them creatively in our photos. Our eyes adjusts aperture, are naturally drawn to lines in an image; with some shutter speed and flash careful consideration of where you place these Leading into the scene output automatically, compositional lines, you can attract the viewer’s from foreground to depending on the attention and pave the way for the eye to naturally 2 background creates shooting conditions. move in and around the scene. Sounds simple but depth and perspective. Make Three versions are correct placement of these lines is vital. They need use of converging verticals now available at shop. to be leading in the direction of your main subject. (multiple lines) that lead to lomography.com, Failure to do this will result in their eye leaving the a vanishing point to create from £129. scene and impact will be lost. a sense of infinity. 4 14 January 2017 I www.amateurphotographer.co.uk I subscribe 0330 333 1113 BIG picture Through the Lens Photography award winners announced Despite its relatively small size, the UK is home to some of the world’s most photogenic landscapes. England, Wales and Scotland are all catnip for photographers looking to capture incredible scenes. However, Ireland is a land that also has a great deal to offer, as we can see here in this image that won the Millennium Hotels and Resorts Through the Lens photography award. The overall winner of the competition was Brian McCready, who bagged the top prize of £5,000 worth of photography equipment. The photographer, who specialises in capturing the sublime Mourne Mountains, captured the winning shot on the summit of Slieve Corragh in Northern Ireland. See more at http://whatson.millenniumhotels. co.uk/through-the-lens Words & numbers I am always stimulated by people. Almost Your position and the This gentle curve focal length of your lens leads the eye nicely never by ideas 3 will have an impact on into the scene how successful your placement Richard Avedon of lead-in lines will be. Shoot Fashion and portrait from a low angle with a wide photographer (1923–2004) focal length to exaggerate the perspective. WWW.GUINNESSWORLDRECORDS.COMSOURCE Lead-in lines don’t need to be perfectly straight. 4 An ‘S’ curve is a 100 popular concept and can The number of photos in the typically be seen in drawings world’s largest underwater and paintings. Natural curves photo exhibition from rivers and streams can create an S-shaped curve.