{"id":135411,"date":"2020-03-16T08:16:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=135411"},"modified":"2020-03-16T08:20:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:20:50","slug":"wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Wex Photographer of the Year: the milky star kid"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_135418&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135418\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wex-Day-Night-Marker.jpg\" alt=\"Wex Day Night Marker\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Day-Night-Marker.jpg 630w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Day-Night-Marker.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Day-Night-Marker.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Day-Night-Marker.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">\u2018Day\/Night Marker\u2019, Devon. Sony Alpha 7R, 14mm lens, 20sec at f\/2.8, ISO 2500. Credit: Andrew Campbell<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>The Photographer of the Year competition organised by Wex Photo and Video via social media is one of the most interesting and challenging contests of the photographic year. To succeed you need to post images very regularly on social media, so it\u2019s not for the lazy or faint-hearted. The Wex Photographer of the Year 2020 is Andi Campbell from Devon, who specialises in beautifully composed landscapes (and seascapes) featuring the Milky Way. We caught up with Andi to get the full story.<\/p>\n<h3>We are all made of stars<\/h3>\n<p>\u2018Astrophotography has always been an interest, but I noticed I was developing a specific style, whereby the stars were secondary to other aspects of the image \u2013 particularly the foreground,\u2019 Andi explained when we met him at the Wex Photo Video flagship store in London. \u2018That is why my most successful images feature the Milky Way behind St Michael\u2019s Mount, boats in the harbour, or other elements. When people look at my pictures they are surprised to see a \u201cnormal\u201d landscape subject with the Milky Way behind it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A key influence on Andi was the noted astrophotographer Alyn Wallace, but Andi is much more than a tribute act. \u2018While he would capture the whole of the Milky Way or a nebula, I wanted to capture stars working with other elements in the frame.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Andi is adamant that it\u2019s really important in this kind of photography to understand where the Milky Way is going to be and to work out the weather \u2013 in other words, to do a lot of planning in advance. \u2018Understanding the rule of 500 is crucial, so the stars are not overly blurred or moving in the image,\u2019 he explains. \u2018Put simply, you take the focal length of your lens and divide 500 by that number. This gives you the maximum amount of seconds you can keep your shutter open when capturing the shot. This has interesting implications for me, as I tend to shoot with less wideangle lenses, with 24mm and 50mm being my normal lens length. This is quite uncommon in astrophotography, as most people are shooting as wide as they can.\u2019<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_135421&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 440px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135421\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wex-Space-Pirates.jpg\" alt=\"Wex Space Pirates\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Space-Pirates.jpg 420w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Space-Pirates.jpg?resize=300,450 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Space-Pirates.jpg?resize=267,400 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">\u2018Space Pirates\u2019, Beer, Devon. Sony Alpha 7R III, 50mm, 8sec at f\/1.8, ISO 2500, Kase SGND filter. Credit: Andrew Campbell<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h3>Space Pirates<\/h3>\n<p>For \u2018Space Pirates\u2019, one of Andi\u2019s most popular images, he used a Sony 50mm lens with a fast aperture of f\/1.8. \u2018The rule of 500 meant I could keep the shutter open for ten seconds, and the wide aperture really helped make the most of the available light.\u2019 For the final image, Andi took three vertical images at the same exposure and then merged them in Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Another shot that did well in the competition this year was of St Michael\u2019s Mount in Cornwall. Again, 50mm was the right lens length to get the monument in the right balance; if you shoot too wide, the subject disappears. The Mount is the subject, and the stars complement it, so it didn\u2019t matter so much that the image was not so sharp at the edges, which tends to happen when using a prime lens at a wider aperture. Unless you are looking at the edges with a magnifying glass, does it matter?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, Andi will often take three vertical images if longer focal lengths mean he can\u2019t get the whole of the scene in one shot, and then merge them in software. \u2018If you capture the Milky Way in enough light and detail, software will happily merge the images for you. I don\u2019t feel the need for bespoke panoramic software or a star tracker, I just have a tripod and ball head. The only extra tools I use are filters.\u2019<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_135420&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 526px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135420\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wex-Milky-St-Micheals.jpg\" alt=\"Wex Milky St Micheals\" width=\"506\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Milky-St-Micheals.jpg 506w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Milky-St-Micheals.jpg?resize=300,374 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Milky-St-Micheals.jpg?resize=321,400 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">\u2018Milky St Michael\u2019s\u2019, Cornwall. Sony Alpha 7R III, 50mm, 10sec at f\/1.8, ISO 1250, Kase Neutral Night filter. Credit: Andrew Campbell<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>Andi is associated with Kase Filters, and swears by its neutral night filter for helping to control the effect orange sodium lights. He says, \u2018With \u201cSpace Pirates\u201d, the boats were illuminated so brightly that I had to use a graduated filter in reverse to capture the scene. I used a medium-edge grad upside down so I could expose for the boat and the stars at the same time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Gear aside, Andi also stresses the importance of location when trying to perfect his style of astrophotography. \u2018Being based in Devon is a big advantage,\u2019 he notes. \u2018In May onwards, the south Devon coastline is looking out towards the Milky Way with nothing until you get to France, so there is not much light pollution. You need virtually clear skies for this kind of phototography, as dark as you can get. In the UK the best locations for naturally dark skies include the South West, Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacons, the Scottish Highlands and Kielder Forest in Northumberland.\u2019<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_135417&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 435px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135417\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wex-Coastal-Dream.jpg\" alt=\"Wex Coastal Dream\" width=\"415\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Coastal-Dream.jpg 415w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Coastal-Dream.jpg?resize=300,455 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Coastal-Dream.jpg?resize=263,400 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">\u2018Coastal Dream\u2019, Devon. Sony Alpha 7R III, 24mm, 20sec at f\/2.8, ISO 2500. Credit: Andrew Campbell<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<h3>More light, less noise<\/h3>\n<p>Returning to technical tips, Andi reckons the biggest challenge in his kind of scenic astrophotography is capturing enough light and fighting against noise. \u2018You have to balance the two. Because of the rule of 500 you know the maximum time you can expose the image for before the stars start to trail. Then I try to balance how much light I can capture for the shortest possible time, at the lowest possible ISO. I tend to use ISO 2500, which is as far as I like to push it on larger full-frame cameras not speci cally designed for astrophotography. I have taken good images at ISO 3200, however. The more light the stars generate, the easier it is.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to aperture, Andi tends to work between f\/1.8 and f\/2.8, again to suck in as much light from the nocturnal scene as possible. \u2018I also shoot in manual focus and turn off image stabilisation \u2013 I shoot on a tripod, so I don\u2019t need it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A big mistake beginners make with this kind of photography is to try to capture too much and forget about foreground interest. \u2018They will see the Milky Way in the sky but forget that the way our brains are programmed is to look at an image from the bottom up, so you need an element to lead you into the image. All the best Milky Way images will have a mountain in, or a single tree, to provide context and extra visual interest. You can have a technically successful image of the Milky Way that just isn\u2019t very interesting to look at.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Andi always shoots in raw to give maximum latitude at the editing stage, making sure the foreground interest is perfect and the core of the Milky Way really \u2018pops\u2019 out of the frame. As for the future, he is keen to visit Peru, Turkey and Oregon. \u2018My dream location is Easter Island, as you have the statues and there is no light pollution.\u2019<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_135419&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135419\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wex-Electric-Iceland.jpg\" alt=\"Wex Electric Iceland\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Electric-Iceland.jpg 630w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Electric-Iceland.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Electric-Iceland.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Electric-Iceland.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">\u2018Electric Skies\u2019, Iceland. Sony Alpha 7R, 16-35mm, 5sec at f\/2.8, ISO 2000. Credit: Andrew Campbell.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Reach for the stars<\/h3>\n<p>Andi\u2019s current camera of choice is a Sony Alpha 7R III. \u2018I have only ever shot mirrorless, as I only seriously got into photography around 2014-15, starting out with Samsung. I upgraded to the original Sony A7R, bought second-hand from Wex Photo Video. When the Sony A7R III came out, I felt it was time to upgrade. It\u2019s a great camera and does more than I need it to. I\u2019d actually recommend the Sony A7 III as being better for my kind of work as the sensor generates less noise.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>For lenses, Andi mainly uses a Samyang 24mm f\/1.8, a Samyang 14mm f\/2.8, and a Sony 50mm f\/1.8. \u2018Each lens cost lens than \u00a3400. I am a rm believer in sometimes buying second-hand. On \u201cSpace Pirates\u201d I used a Kase Wolverine inverted 3 stop soft grad, and Kase Wolverine neutral night filter on the image of St Michael\u2019s Mount, as some ships were giving off orange sodium light.\u2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>How to do well in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wexphotovideo.com\/blog\/competitions\/wex-photographer-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wex POTY<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Because this contest is judged by so many people, you have to appeal to a lot of different eyes,\u2019 says Andi. \u2018Make sure your images are technically sound \u2013 you need to understand the rules of photography before you break them \u2013 and plan in advance. I entered 40 times in the year, and had more failures than winners, but entering made me a better photographer.\u2019 Andi reckons there is a great online community around the competition. \u2018A few of the other entrants have become friends, and the Twitter community is really helpful and encouraging. Twitter works better for me for than other social media as you get peer feedback.\u2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcampbell.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andi Campbell<\/a> is a landscape photographer based in Devon. \u2018My passion is capturing a moment of time and turning that into art,\u2019 he says. The South West of England plays a major part in his portfolio of work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andi Campbell, recently named Wex Photographer of the Year, talks to Geoff Harris about his unique and dramatic landscapes-cum-starscapes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2716,"featured_media":135419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,337],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-135411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wex Photographer of the Year: the milky star kid - Amateur Photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Andi Campbell, recently named Wex Photographer of the Year, talks to Geoff Harris about his unique and dramatic landscapes-cum-starscapes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wex Photographer of the Year: the milky star kid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andi Campbell, recently named Wex Photographer of the Year, talks to Geoff Harris about his unique and dramatic landscapes-cum-starscapes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amateur Photographer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-16T08:16:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-16T08:20:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Electric-Iceland.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Wex Photographer of the Year: the milky star kid\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-16T08:16:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-16T08:20:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/\"},\"wordCount\":1546,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/03\/Wex-Electric-Iceland.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interviews\",\"Latest\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/wex-photographer-of-the-year-the-milky-star-kid\/\",\"name\":\"Wex Photographer of the Year: the milky star kid - 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