Issue 10 / Autumn 2007

The contents of the Autumn 2007  issue of Olympus User magazine are shown below. Click on the available links to download PDF versions of sample articles. To open the PDF format you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free of charge from the Adobe website.

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Olympus User meets Barry Lategan
On of the UK’s top fashion photographers for over forty years, Barry Lategan is probably most well-known for his early portraits of Twiggy, Barry invites us to his studio to tell us about his fascination with people.

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New York in 3D
We take a trip to the Big Apple to experience the hustle and bustle of this vibrant city – but we’re not just pointing the camera at what’s immediately in front of us, we take advantage of the city’s height and aim the lens at what’s above and below us…

Technique: Classic Composition
Putting thought into how we compose our photographs – how we position each individual element within the frame – can transform them. We see how rules such as the Golden Mean, Rule of Thirds and Spiral Compositions are just as relevant today as they were in the time of the Old Masters.

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All in the detail
From weathered wood to woollen cloth, the textures of the things we photograph help to define their character. Olympus User shows how to record different textures in your photos.

Lee Miller
Timed to coincide with a major exhibition at the V&A sponsored by Olympus, this article will follow Lee Miller’s life in photography from her debut as a Vogue cover-girl through her remarkable career as a freelance war correspondent during World War II.

Readers’ gallery, competition and letters
Olympus User encourages contributions from its readership. Each issue contains a gallery of photos send in by Olympus users. We also have our regular competition pages and a letters page. Some readers have even written full magazine articles for us, a great way to showcase their photographs!