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COVER PICTURE © KATRINA BROWN
Light painting is a very simple technique – all you need is a tripod, a torch, and a camera capable of long exposures. But the results can be spectacular. It’s unlikely that your first attempts will produce anything as beautiful as that achieved by masters like Eric Paré but follow our expert tips (page 14), give it a go and you never know. This week we also
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launch the 2020 season of our long-running Amateur Photographer of the Year contest (page 36) in which we give away £10,000 worth of amazing kit courtesy of our friends at Sigma Imaging. To get you inspired we asked the insanely talented Caron Steele, the winner of APOY 2019, for the inside story on how she did it (page 22). She only bought her first proper camera five years ago, so if she can do it, so can you! Nigel Atherton, Editor
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This striking light painting was photographed by Katrina Brown, who contributes to this week’s cover feature, on page 14.
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In this issue
TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE
3 7 days: this week’s news
12 It’s good to share: readers’ pictures 14 The light brigade 20 Inbox 22 Playing to win 26 When Harry Met... Bob Monkhouse 31 Canon Camera Connect 34 Behind the print 36 Amateur Photographer of the Year 2020: enter Round one now 40 Light up the room
49 Canon RF 24240mm F4-6.3 IS USM: lens test 53 Tech talk 66 Legends of photography
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42 Sigma fp: full review
Tiger Lady by Central Press AIR STEWARDESS Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for the American-based National Airlines. A synthetic-tiger number, the new uniform was rolled out for more than 1,000 stewardesses to wear. Cynthia is holding an eight-week-old Bengal tiger cub
called Indira. National Airlines was founded in 1934 and ran until 1980 when it was acquired by Pan Am, which itself ceased operation in 1991. Our research was not able to uncover the fate of the tiger-skin uniforms, nor indeed of Indira the tiger.
The Getty Images Hulton Archive is one of the world’s great cultural resources. Tracing its origins to the founding of the London Stereoscopic Company in 1854, today it houses over 80 million images spanning the birth of photography to the digital age. Explore it at www.gettyimages.com.
