Nigel Atherton

Brighton

Group Editor at Amateur Photographer

Editor at What Digital Camera

Journalist and Photographer

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Honor Magic V3 review - The perfect folding phone?

Oct 21, 2024 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

The thinnest fold phone delivers good photos and videos at all focal lengths. Its a pleasure to compose and edit images on the huge screen, and thanks to its folding design it doesn’t need a tripod.
140 years of Amateur Photographer

Oct 9, 2024 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

On 10 October 1884, J Harris Stone launched the first issue of a new weekly magazine ‘devoted to the interests of Photography and kindred arts and sciences’. It was called The Amateur Photographer, and in his first editorial he explained why. ‘Photography has, within the last few years, become so popular with amateurs, that at the present time their number vastly exceeds that of professional photographers.
Why the story behind this photo matters - 1936 Olympic Long Jump Medal Ceremony

Aug 8, 2024 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

With the Olympics in full swing this is a good opportunity to relive an iconic moment from the 1936 Games in Berlin, as US athlete Jesse Owens receives the long jump gold medal. It also reminds us how misleading photographs can sometimes be if we don’t have all the facts. On the face of it, this is the story of how one of Hitler’s greatest specimens of supposed Aryan superiority was beaten by a black man right in front of his eyes.
Is social media dead? Well, it should be

Jun 29, 2024 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

Nigel Atherton argues that the ever-declining user experience of social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram will be the death of them. Or at least it should be. Like most other people in the world photographers’ lives have been transformed by social media. It’s how many of us meet, socialise, share our work and market ourselves. But there is growing dissatisfaction with the main platforms and the way they behave, and people are leaving them in droves.
Why I hate vertical video

Jun 1, 2024 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

It was probably over ten years ago now, but I can still remember my reaction the first time I saw someone shoot a video clip with their phone in the vertical orientation. I had to resist the urge to tap them on the shoulder and point out their error. As I started to see more people doing this, I became irritated that people were just too lazy to turn their phones 90 degrees. Now I’m just resigned to the fact that a whole generation are doing video wrong.
Forget the Fujifilm X100VI, the X-T50 is the perfect travel camera

May 15, 2024 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

As you may have heard, the world has gone bananas for the Fujifilm X100VI, which updates its predecessor by adding a bunch of features from the X-T5, including the 40MP sensor, Image Stabilisation and Subject Recognition AF making it one of the best Fujifilm cameras. There is already a waiting list to get hold of one, and there have been reports that this is the most pre-ordered camera in history.
The Photography Show is moving to London. Bring it on, says AP Editor Nigel Atherton

Mar 30, 2024 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

News that The Photography Show (aka The Photography & Video Show) is moving from its long-time home at Birmingham NEC to London’s ExCel exhibition centre next year has been met with a mixed reaction, and I’m guessing that where you sit on the enthusiasm scale depends largely on where you live. I think it’s a smart move, and I’ll explain why. Firstly, I’m going to put my cards on the table and admit that although TPS has its detractors, I’m not one of them.
50 years of Billingham Bags: the story

Sep 21, 2023 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

Billingham bags are 50 years old this year. Nigel Atherton visited their West Midlands factory to talk to founders Ros and Martin Billingham about their journey and how making the world’s most iconic camera bags all beganThe year 1973 was a good one for creating cultural icons. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon was released, and Roger Moore made his James Bond debut in Live and Let Die.
Civilization: The Way We Live Now exhibition curator tells all

Aug 21, 2023 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

Civilization: The Way We Live Now is an ambitious, thought-provoking and visually stunning attempt to summarise contemporary society in photos. Nigel Atherton talks to curator William A Ewing. How would you go about defining the full spectrum of 21st century human civilisation in photographs? That was the question that world- renowned photography curator William A Ewing asked himself back in 2010.
Photographing BST Hyde Park with the Nikon Z8

Jul 24, 2023 | amateurphotographer.com | Nigel Atherton

Aspiring photographer Ethan Hart achieved his dream when he was picked by music photography legend Dave ‘Hogie’ Hogan as the winner of our BST Hyde Park competition. The 19 year-old, from south-west London was one of over 70 hopefuls who responded to our call-out to spend the closing weekend of the festival shadowing Dave in the pit and backstage areas and photographing the likes of James Bay, Lana del Rey and Bruce Springsteen using the latest Nikon Z8 camera and lenses, courtesy of Nikon.