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'The Amateur Photographer - Icons of Photography Series'

Friday, 27 April 2012

David Clark writes about Iconic photographers and photographs

Roger Hicks

The Final Frame - Roger Hicks

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Here is a saccharine and blatantly dishonest line of argument, puffing up the importance of wedding photography and encouraging the intellectually challenged to spend more than they can afford: ‘When the wedding dress has been put away, and the food has all been eaten, and the guests have all gone home, and the flowers have wilted and died, all you have left is the photographs…’

Roger Hicks

The Final Frame - Roger Hicks

Monday, 23 April 2012

It’s an old and probably irresolvable question: nature or nurture? In other words, how much do we owe to heredity and how much to our upbringing? Specifically, in photography, do you have to be born with an eye for a good picture, or can you learn to take better pictures

FREE with AP dated 7 April 2012 Pocket Window Light Diffuser

Monday, 2 April 2012

FREE with AP dated 7 April 2012 Pocket Window Light Diffuser

January 12 forum competition shortlist

Amateur Photographer forum competition January 2012 Results

Saturday, 24 March 2012

The results of our Amateur Photographer forum competition from January 2012. The theme was 'Cold as Ice'

Roger Hicks

The Final Frame - Roger Hicks

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Why are so many people convinced that theirs is the only way of doing things? At the end of last year, for example, AP’s letters pages were filled with debate on the merits of using UV or similar filters to protect lenses.

Ogden Chesnutt

The Final Frame - Ogden Chesnutt

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

‘Kobe Bryant,’ Eli says. A smile spreads across his face. He’s rather proud of the suggestion.
‘I don’t know,’ I say. ‘It sounds like Japanese beef.’

Win a place on a Street Photography workshop

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Six lucky readers will get the opportunity to attend an exclusive workshop with Damien Demolder, Editor of Amateur Photographer.

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A Collector's Life for Me - Kodak Instamatic - Tony Kemplen

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Say the word ‘Instamatic’, and the first thing to come to mind (for those of a certain age) is likely to be the mass-produced, ultra-basic, chunky little cameras that were the staple of family and holiday snaps in the 1960s and ’70s.

Roger Hicks

The Final Frame - Roger Hicks

Monday, 19 March 2012

Most of us, at one time or another, tend to try to justify our choices of camera to others or to ourselves. Why do we have so many?

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