Shootout

Two readers join Ben Brain for a day of photo challenges in baking-hot Brighton. Who will shine at street, beach and urban photography?

Two readers on a day out in Brighton

Alain Landes

Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II & Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III Location: London Alain is a retired NHS anaesthetist, who started photography in the late 1970s with a Canonet fixed-lens compact. He quickly progressed to a Canon SLR and just one lens (an 85mm prime), joined the Royal Photographic Society and soon after got his LRPS. 100-hour weeks for eight years, followed by a family, took care of most of his spare time, but retirement has allowed him to reactivate his passion for photography. A bad back saw Alain opting to save size and weight by trading in his Canons for an Olympus mirrorless system. Reader 2

Derek Robertson

Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II & Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III Location: Edinburgh An architect by day and an amateur photographer at every opportunity he can find, Derek’s interest in photography fired up when he bought his first SLR at the age of 19. It has been rekindled by digital technology: the Olympus OM-D E-M5 was his first serious digital camera and over the last five years his interest has developed, and photography has become a central part of his life. Derek says he will photograph anything, as he enjoys the challenge of composing an image, although his photographs are largely taken in cities and towns.