A good night for the first round of the 2020/21 Internal Competition.
Congratulations to Jame White for his winning entry and you can see all the result and images on our results page.
Here’s what we’ve got planned for next season….
With the continuing uncertainties around COVID & social distancing measures we’re not sure when we’ll be able to meet again, added to which the owners of the church hall have recently advised the Committee that they cannot foresee pre COVID attendance being possible until January 2021 at the earliest. So the committee has decided to continue the Zoom meetings through to at least Christmas, and possibly beyond.
So here is what we’ve lined up for you;
September
3rd - AGM
We should have held our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May of this year and an email was accordingly sent out on 27th February 2020, but because of the outbreak of Coronavirus COVID-19 the AGM couldn’t take place. The current Committee decided to continue in their roles until the situation was resolved.
With the success of our recent series of Zoom meetings the Committee have decided that an AGM must now take place via Zoom. That decision has been reached because (1) other clubs have held their AGMs via Zoom without any issues and (2) the three Committee members who are stepping down (Chairman, Competition Secretary & Programme Secretary) cannot continue indefinitely and will not be standing for re-election.
An email has been sent to all current members.
10th - Polina Plotnikova FRPS EFIAP
Starting from a Blank Canvas
Polina is a Russian-born UK-based photographer and her photographic style developed through her love and knowledge of art. This talk features images from two of her favourite photographic subjects – Creative Flower Portraiture and Still Life. Both themes are illustrated with images from her studio work. The evening will be split into two very distinct halves and I’ll give you more details closer to the time.
https://www.polinaplotnikova.co.uk/
17th - Damien Hewetson
London in Lockdown
Damien works for Transport for London as a Hazards Inspector and during his work he walks the streets of the inner boroughs of London identifying hazards and street furniture that needs repairing etc.
Throughout the Lockdown however he has also been carrying his Camera and taking some amazing pictures of the deserted streets of London. Several of his images have been published and he was also commissioned by the Savoy hotel to take photographs throughout the hotel while it was closed in the Lockdown.
This evening he will be sharing a selection of those images with us.
24th - Steve Myall EFIAP BPE4*
100 Strangers
Steve shares his project to take portraits of 100 people who are strangers to him at the time He met them. Street photography with permission. There will be lots of tips on how to approach people and camera technique.
October
1st - Internal Competition Round 1
Open Subject
Full competition details will be sent nearer the time but members need to be aware that due to a Microsoft programming glitch the database of user profiles from previous seasons has been deleted, and Microsoft want over £200 to reinstate it! So when entering the first competition you will have to re-register your details in the uploader.
8th - Andrea Hargreaves MPAGB EFIAP/ b BPE3
The Art of Metamorphosis Part 1
Part 1 of this 2 part talk will take us step by step through Andreas approach & workflow, not only the technical details of the manipulations she uses but also her creative vision.
We will be taken from the photoshoot through to the finished competition image detailing how the "Mermaids" & the "Ladies" series developed.
https://www.andreahargreaves.art/
15th - Internal Competition Round 2
Set Subject - Leading Lines
Leading lines refer to a technique of composition where the viewer of your photo's attention is drawn to lines that lead to the main subject of the image. A leading line paves an easy path for the eye to follow through different elements of a photo.
Check out some examples of this at https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/photography/leading-lines-photography
22nd - Colin Harrison
Creative flower photography adventure..
This is very much a work in progress at the moment and we’ll be the first to see it. 18 months and over 40,000 images later and still working on it……
http://www.colinharrisonphotography.uk/
29th - Ian Boulton
Each to His Own Way, I'll Go Mine
Ian takes on a photographic journey of Street Photography and Urban Landscapes.
November
5th - Lee Sutton BPE5*, DPAGB, EPSA, EFIAP, LRPS, ADPS, GPU Cr3, GPU Zeus
My Photographic Journey
It’s hard to believe that Lee first picked a camera up just 8 years ago! This evening we join him on his journey from nothing to today…
https://ldsphotography.co.uk/
12th - Internal Competition Round 3
Open Subject
Full competition details will be sent nearer the time.
19th - Graham Dean
The Camera Doesn't Lie (but Photographers Do!)
Graham takes us on a brief history of photographic manipulation from Victorian times to the present day and this is followed by some of his own manipulated images.
26th - Andrea Hargreaves MPAGB EFIAP/ b BPE3
The Art of Metamorphosis Part 2
In the second part of this talk we continue the creative journey with Andrea exploring how the Valkyrie series came to be and how it inspired her to create Morghanna & the Raven Queens and also her latest image WindSingers.
Andrea will also show why some images don't make the cut and how, with a little thought & imagination, they can be given a new lease of life.
December
3rd - Kylie-ann Martin EFIAP, BPE2, LDPS
My Journey In Photography - So Far...
This evening Kylie will explain how she got into photography, how, being based in north Birmingham, she is restricted with her locations and will show us that local images can earn distinctions.
http://kylie-annmartinphotography.weebly.com/
10th - E J Lazenby
From Paintbrush to Pixels
Following her very successful first visit to us in June we have invited Jane back tell us a little more about her work. We will join her as she takes us from her creative roots as an equine portrait artist through to a successful fine art photographer. Her artwork is now more digital based and hangs in galleries across the UK and Europe.
Join us as we travel on this insightful journey from paintbrush to pixel.
https://www.ejlazenbyphotography.co.uk/
17th - Christmas Bring & Share Social Evening
Fingers crossed that we can actually do this, though we might need to host it online!!
and that’s it for the time being. Hopefully after Christmas we’ll be able to get back into the church hall in Stantonbury, but I’m not holding my breath!
Online subscription special
We’ve set up a great range of online talks for the months of June & July and they’re available to all our members for free but if you’d also like to join us We have set up a special online only subscription which will allow you to join all 8 of the talks for just £25!
Simply click THIS LINK to pay by PayPal and you’ll receive invitation emails each week that will give you individual access to each of the talks.
this is wHat we’ve got planned:
June
4th - Cherry Larcombe - Creative Flower Photography
Creative ideas to bring out the colour, shapes and beauty of flowers, both outdoor and indoor, and hints on how to produce some unique and original floral art.
11th - Janey Lazenby - Working with Textures
"Answering all the what and how questions, I go through sourcing and creating textures, how to use blend modes and then 3 different methods of how to apply textures to an image."
www.ejlazenbyphotography.co.uk/
18th - Tal Chohan - The Art of Zoo Photography
"Zoo's are often the only opportunity that many photographers will have to shoot exotic wildlife and I will teach how to maximise the opportunities presented to us in some of the best zoo's and wildlife parks."
www.tcwildlifephotography.com/
25th - Steven Galvin - Judge, Jury & Executioner
By discussing the do’s and don’ts of competitive photography Steven endeavours to inspire competitors to increase the quality of their work no matter how experienced they already are.
July
2nd - Astrid McGechan - Feel the Land - Photography & Emotion
"When I started out in photography years ago, I did not think much about what I felt when seeing something I wanted to photograph: I just picked up the camera and pressed the shutter button to capture what I saw."
9th - Mark Pain - More than Your Average Sports Photographer
Mark Pain is a multi-award winning sports photographer with over 25 years experience and international recognition. Covering major events worldwide from the Olympic Games to the Ryder Cup, and from football and rugby World Cups to World Championship athletics, Mark has worked at the top of his profession for many years and was Chief Sports Photographer of the Mail On Sunday for over twenty years.
16th - David Keep - A Project-Based Approach to Photography
"We’re all looking to create powerful images that stand out from the crowd & I'll describe my approach in trying to achieve this aim by taking a logical, project-based approach. From initial concept, contact building, planning and shooting, right through to the processing techniques I use on some of my award-winning images, nothing will be held back."
www.davidkeepphotography.co.uk/
23rd - Rachael Talibart - Fine Art Landscape Photographer
'One of ‘the best outdoor photographers working in the UK today’ Outdoor Photography Magazine June 2016
Rachael is best known for her Sirens series, critically-acclaimed photographs of monstrous storm waves, published as a fine art photo-book by Triplekite Books in 2018.
30th - Rusty lindsAy MPAGB FBPE EFIAP - downtrodden man
“I will be showing mixture of my images, mostly ones that have got into National and International Exhibitions over the years, I do a lot of composite images some obvious because of the creative subject but most you wouldn’t know they were composites.”