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Our thanks to Dee Robinson!
Gaining the associateship distinction of the Royal Photographic Society was a steep learning curve for Dee and her presentation on Tuesday, May 07, took us through that process, step by step. Dee spoke with great humour and honesty about why she had set herself this challenge, as an amateur whose love of photography had burgeoned into a passion, and how the process itself helped her to develop her photographic skills. She put together an unsuccessful 'A' panel shortly after achieving the licentiateship level and that experience, combined with helpful - and some unhelpful feedback - was instrumental in taking her approach to street portraiture to the next level. Dee touched on many familiar issues of street photography - do you ask first, or grab a shot and walk away quickly, how do you keep clear uncluttered backgrounds and do you want people to pose, etc? We enjoyed seeing how she faced such issues as she discussed the images one by one and then as a cohesive panel, and we could see for ourselves the progress which led to her success. It was a very enjoyable and informative evening. |
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Learning from Travel with Julie Calvert
Anyone who was disappointed not to hear about Gustav Kiburg's bird photography on Tuesday, April 23rd, will, I am sure, have soon been entirely absorbed in Julie Calvert's great presentation of her wildlife photography. Many thanks to Julie for stepping in at the last minute - she had agreed to speak in June, so we were fortunate she was prepared to bring that forward when our planned speaker had to cancel.
Julie arranged her talk in several sections, showing her own beautiful photographs from trips she has organised as Shutterspeed Travel; wild life of Antarctica and the Arctic, big cats and apes of Africa, including a wonderful video of her husband patiently putting up with the love and affection of friendly apes, whilst trying to keep his camera safe. After the break, Julie shared her recent experiences of travelling in India to be at the amazing ceremony of Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, involving thousands of ash-covered holy men plunging into the river Ganges, in a ritual of cleansing. So it was a wonderful evening of world-wide photographic experiences and thank you, Julie for a very enjoyable presentation. |
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Tuesday, May 21st
Two attractions: first from 6.30 -7.30, we will hold our Annual General Meeting. Promptly at 7.31, we will see the start of our last competition of the year; two prints and two digital images can be submitted by members of the club, on any subject or theme. Our visiting judge will be Gordon Branham and we look forward to an interesting and informative evening.
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A Stimulating Evening with Viveca Koh
Our speaker on Tuesday, April 9th was an inspirational urban explorer, Viveca Koh. Her presentation was crammed with creative images as she took us through her development from photographer to visual artist. Her current style involves superimposing a layer of texture - rust or peeling paint, over her photographs of empty houses and deserted buildings of all kinds.
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