Innholdsfortegnelse for V76 Issue 1 i Pro Photo

Does marketing drive the market or does the market drive the marketing? I was reminded of this question while testing the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III for this issue. The accepted wisdom at present is that the interchangeable lens camera (ILC) market will be predominantly mirrorless in the not-too-distant future. We’re a fair way down that track already with only Canon, Nikon and Pentax still building DSLRs, but that’s a pretty powerful trio of brands even if things have been a bit quiet on the Pentax front of late. After a particularly lean year or so for DSLRs, there have been three recent releases from Canon and two from Nikon which, in particular, refresh the two key categories of enthusiast and pro levels. These cameras would have all been at…

What makes a compelling photograph? Sometimes the content will be enough, but often it’s how the content is arranged within the frame – the composition – that makes all the difference. It’s perhaps not so surprising that there’s been a fascination with 3D photography since the earliest days because it’s the third dimension – depth – that has a significant influence on how we see the world around us and interpret its contents. When this dimension is absent – as it is for most of the time in photography – the challenge is then to make the two remaining dimensions work just as effectively in visual terms. And just to make things a little trickier, the frame of a photograph eliminates the wider context and references that you – as…

Now in its 55th year, the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition is the premier showcase for the world’s best nature and wildlife photography. The competition is run by London’s Natural History Museum and this year attracted more than 48,000 entries from photographers in 100 countries. In addition to the 19 main categories, the Lumix People’s Choice Awards has become a popular element of the competition with 25 finalists vying for the top prize. As the name suggests, the winner – plus four highly commended images – is selected by visitors to the exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum. This year, a total of 28,000 people selected their favourite image. The overall winner was UK photographer Sam Rowley with his photograph, Station Squabble, which depicts two mice fighting over a…

Growing up as a kid in Hawaii I was fascinated by surfing movies and, in the early 1960s, there was a guy called Val Valentine who came out with four surf movies. Basically they were home movies, but nothing like anyone else’s. A friend of mine ended up getting Val’s films and, later, Derek Hynd and myself bought them. I started looking into Val Valentine. Who was he? And where did he come from? He wasn’t a surfer. “Val came to Hawaii in the late 1950s and gets a job as a commentator, writer and a photographer for the 50th State Wrestling that was a big deal in back then. During the day, Val would go and shoot tourists surfing. Val fell in love with the North Shore and he…