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John Wigmore is an amateur at the Royal Court!

Photographer John Wigmore insists on classifying himself as a photography amateur, despite his many accomplishments and the most impressive work he has achieved, and despite obtaining a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society... He is a photographer who refuses to abandon creativity in favor of a commercial view... And this is just a few of the many about And immersed.

John Wigmore is one of the world's leading photographers and a recipient of a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society under One Photographic Project. Of the 18 editions entitled - Vapurs, which is a collection of natural shots in which the focus was on clouds and clouds over the tops of mountains or trees and cities.

One of the most important principles of the photographer, and this is what his shots embody. The photograph does not begin or end with the shutter release. Rather, it must be built in the imagination of the idea from its birth until it is carefully picked up to its installation as an obedience inside the studio.

And because he is basically a pharmacist and responsible for the drug department in a hospital, and this necessarily means that he is a scientific person, he went out and successfully immersed himself between the scientific and artistic sides, stressing art and style of equal importance to me, leading to more influence and lasting pleasure, and he continues in another field, saying I always felt something pushing me To try something new, because I love creating new images and experimenting with all kinds.
I also like to develop a new interpretation of a topic that I have previously photographed more than once, because experimenting, keeping accurate notes, and analyzing the results in actions that represent part of my job.
This speech does not mean in any way that Wigmore spends his time devising equations for color contrast as he does with his primary specialty in the field of medicine and pharmacology, but he actually introduced the principle of accuracy to photographs, and also worked to consolidate the foundations for valuable experiments in the photographic field, putting technical prowess In the first place in terms of importance and refusing to sacrifice it for whatever reason.
Wigmore aims through his style for an image with a story or at least with a simple and clear meaning, but he always admits that photography is a subjective work that gives personal pleasure and sometimes to the extent that what one person immediately understands is boring or meaningless to another person or to others in general .
From this point of view, John Wigmore confirms that he works to achieve satisfaction and enjoyment for himself in the first place, and this means that he does not worry or get upset if his works are not admired by others.

Despite the prior planning and thinking of the image or the subject to be captured, Wigmore stresses the need for rationality to be present, as much as possible, behind each of his shots, in case he desires to capture a rare and ephemeral moment. Hence, you often see him going out with his camera to hunt shots that he had not previously planned for, and when he finds the right place, he must wait for the appropriate lighting conditions for the start.
And in the event that he finds what he is looking for, he is negligent and obscures the points between twenty and thirty pictures of one scene, he deals with it from several angles, manipulating the frame of the picture to some extent..
About this, he says that everything can change in a matter of seconds, so I find it necessary to get more than one shot.
Regarding the inability to predict how the sky will change from one second to the next, because the clouds move at different rates with a change in the quality of light, from here I learned how to observe the sky and wait for its changes.
Despite the importance of style in his opinion, John Wigmore does not work on the basis of photographic secrets that he keeps. His prints are 20 by 16 inches. They are all produced in 35 mm negatives. The quality for him never declines. He carries with him a large number of devices in his car. The basis for the possibility of encountering anything unexpected from these The devices are three flowers close up too, Canon cameras (F), one of which is loaded with (Pin F) film for smooth performance of seascapes and hot scenes, and the other with (Tri-X) film to give a specific atmosphere to a cloudy sky, and a third with (Plus) scale for general subjects, in addition to my camera (E). And (EN) are old signs of a film that he does not reflect himself. Or the film Acquachrome for colored landscapes (CCT IN), which is suitable for capturing in terms of lenses. He has a full range of them starting from 17 and going up to 300 mm, passing through the 100 mm lens that he considers the best and uses it a lot. Speaking of lenses, Van Wigmore He emphasizes the importance of special covers to protect them from all possibilities, and he puts these covers himself because he finds that what is available in the markets of covers provides them with adequate protection.
Filters (38) for color contrast are among the accessories that he carries

Wigmore with him to create a dramatic element in the space scenes that he loves so much - scenes of the sky, clouds, clouds, and the like - but John Wigmore calls these filters (2), considering that it is the correct expression for them.
When he does not find an exposure meter at hand, Wiggumour uses a list he keeps for this forest, which is an estimate of the light conditions with the required speed and aperture to deal with each circumstance, and on the issue of exposure he says I classify the light and check it usually with a Weston device - or a TTL counter) The lighting was incomprehensible From me completely. As for the dark exposures, I do not deal with them regularly, and with films coming out of the camera. The picture with Wigmore is a new journey, as it passes through the most endorsement devices capable of accomplishing the task when it evaluates its negatives. He converts two or more frames of them into correction prints, where he transfers them to glossy prints of 20 x 16 inches. John Wiemore uses a Vigtar (WE) magnifier with a Nikkor lens: 50 mm. I had an old Braings with a 75mm lens, but I used to lie on the attic floor with the magnifier head hanging from the rafters on the ceiling to get 20 x 16 prints, and I always overprint by 10 by 20,” Wigmore says of the print. Percent to get a dark effect on the shadows with a special impression.

He also used iodine residue - to reach special advantages, as this softener works to increase the brightness of the edges of the clouds or emphasizes the effect of lighting on building what the relief does.
This method is done by diluting the pod liquid until its color turns into something similar to the color of coffee, then a squeezable and almost dry piece of cotton is used for that diluted on certain areas, and when the required percentage of dilution is reached, it is used and usually immersed in a hypo solution (Ilypo) to stop the effect of the pod, and then a process and Reinstall and wash carefully, being careful not to smudge the image.

John Wigmore says in another area
- I want the picture to have a special character, and I get my greatest pleasure from photography when I create a picture or make a certain effect in the dark room. Therefore, I burn and exaggerate in the process of printing and preservation, and lighten when necessary to emphasize certain advantages. Despite all of this, Wiggumour confirms his tendency to keep Photography is just a hobby for him, and about this he says I was about to become a professional in photography, but I felt that the flame of my enthusiasm would be extinguished as soon as I sought to earn money through this profession. From here I always try to stay within the framework of the hobby, so that I do not have to satisfy the customer if he turns to photography. I have to business process -