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cconsidered<br />
onsidered<br />
35mm film fi lm unsuitable for<br />
large exhibition prints, according to AP’s<br />
Quality in Big Prints article, published this<br />
week in 1950. However, AP scribe C Roy<br />
Waterer strongly disagreed. ‘It is possible to<br />
obtain from a miniature negative, or even a<br />
part of one, a 20-16 enlargement which does<br />
not fail in quality owing to lack of suffi cient<br />
defi nition… Second, any failure to obtain<br />
this standard of defi nition in the negative<br />
is generally due to “camera shake” at the<br />
moment of exposure.’ That’s them told.<br />
CLUBNEWS<br />
Club news from around the country<br />
KINGSWOOD PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY<br />
Steve Smith will present a talk entitled ‘Emotions’ at Kingswood Photographic<br />
Society on 23 April. Steve is due to show his past and current pictures, including<br />
his RPS Fellowship Panel work and images from Cuba and London. The event<br />
takes place from 7.30-9.45pm at St Barnabas Church Hall, Warmley, Bristol.<br />
Visit www.kingswoodps.co.uk.<br />
BACUP CAMERA CLUB<br />
The club hosts a spring exhibition of members’ work on 24 April (10.30am-<br />
3pm) at St Mary’s Parish Centre, Dale Street, Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire.<br />
Entry is free. Tel: 01706 853 791.<br />
NORTH CHESHIRE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY<br />
The society will hold its Annual General Meeting on 18 May where it will appoint ni<br />
t oi nin nt<br />
a new president for the coming season. For details visit www.ncps.org.uk.<br />
● A paparazzo ended<br />
up in hospital and<br />
another a in jail after the<br />
pair p fought to secure<br />
the t best view of British<br />
singer s Pixie Lott. The<br />
two t were vying for<br />
the t best spot to<br />
photograph p Lott from<br />
a curb at Los Angeles<br />
nInternational In Airport.<br />
Stefan Scbabpdra Saad, 42, was<br />
charged with ‘felony<br />
battery’ and released<br />
after posting $50,000<br />
bail. The other<br />
photographer, whose<br />
details were not<br />
released, was treated<br />
at a local hospital.<br />
● An external fl ash<br />
power ptmfl booster claimed<br />
to increase the<br />
maximum number of<br />
fl ashes possible and<br />
cut cb recycling time<br />
by 75% is to be<br />
distributed by <strong>Ken</strong>ro.<br />
Priced £469.99, the<br />
Nissin PS 300 Power<br />
Pack is available in<br />
Canon and Nikon<br />
versions. It comes with<br />
two power supply<br />
sockets so two fl ash<br />
units can be used at<br />
the same time. For<br />
details visit www.<br />
kenro.co.uk.<br />
● Imageenhancement<br />
software<br />
maker DxO Labs has<br />
added 70 new lens/<br />
camera combinations<br />
to its library of DxO<br />
Optics Modules.<br />
Digital SLR cameras<br />
with additional lens<br />
support include the<br />
Canon EOS 500D,<br />
Nikon D90, Olympus<br />
E-520 and Pentax<br />
K-7. For details visit<br />
www.dxo.com.<br />
Amateur wins Sony award<br />
BRAZIL FOOTBALL<br />
PHOTO VICTORY<br />
AN AMATEUR photographer from Brazil has bagged tickets<br />
to the FIFA World Cup as winner of the Sony World Photography<br />
Awards Campaign category. Guilherme Junior entered a shot of<br />
supporters of Rio de Janeiro soccer team Flamengo (see above) in<br />
a contest that challenged amateur photographers to capture the<br />
‘magic and passion’ of football from a fan’s perspective.<br />
‘This year’s winning image really conveys the true spirit and<br />
camaraderie of the cultural phenomenon that is football,’ said Sony<br />
Europe’s director of Brand Communications James <strong>Ken</strong>nedy.<br />
Sports photographer Delly Carr, who chaired the judging panel,<br />
said: ‘This female fan epitomises football’s energy and passion.’<br />
LIVERPOOL FESTIVAL<br />
A ‘DECISIVE MOMENT’<br />
LIVERPOOL is set to host<br />
its fi rst-ever international<br />
photograph festival. Called<br />
Look2011, the event will take<br />
place in May next year at<br />
galleries and exhibition spaces<br />
across the city. It will showcase<br />
new work by emerging and<br />
established photographers.<br />
The four-day event will<br />
feature talks, workshops and<br />
will ‘push the boundaries of<br />
contemporary photography’,<br />
say organisers, who will appoint<br />
an artistic director and festival<br />
manager next month.<br />
Colin McPherson, chairman<br />
of the organising committee,<br />
said: ‘This is a decisive moment<br />
for photography in Liverpool…<br />
The themes of the festival and<br />
events being planned allow for<br />
participation and interaction<br />
with the world of photography<br />
and will aim to educate, inform<br />
and stimulate debate.’<br />
For detail visit www.look2011.<br />
co.uk.<br />
LOMO’S CUSTOMISED<br />
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MA CAMERAS CAMER<br />
GO ON SHOW<br />
OMOLO<br />
LOMO MO<br />
cameras customised by fans of the quirky<br />
cam camera brand have gone on show in London.<br />
wTw<br />
Twenty-fi ve Diana+ cameras are being displayed at<br />
the<br />
L LLomography<br />
Store as part of the Diana World Tour<br />
atha that t t ttakes<br />
place throughout April. ‘Each is a complete<br />
one one-off,’ e - said a Lomo spokeswoman.<br />
hTh<br />
The Lomography Store London is at 3 Newburgh<br />
Str Street, r e London W1F 7RE. Tel: 0207 434 1466.<br />
8 www.amateurphotographer.co.uk I17 April 2010 subscribe 0845 676 7778<br />
www.storemags.com & www.fantamag.com<br />
© GUILHERME JUNIOR
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