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Chris’s talk was a refreshing counter to those tired old camera club commandments that get trotted out on a regular basis. He torched some of them with comments such as: “There are no rules”, “A photograph doesn’t have to have a focal point”, “You can take photos on a dull and overcast day,” “Bad weather … Read more
Last week’s meeting: My Photography with Dave Belcher, followed by members’ Show and Tell Dave started his talk with superb shots of birds: owls, gannets fighting over food, ospreys lifting off the water with a catch, Olly the cuckoo at a secret location near Guildford (first sighting of a cuckoo this season!), a magnificent … Read more
Joe gave us a quick run-down of Lightroom 12.2 and some of the tools he would be using. His first image was John Bull’s photo of a roller-coaster. Joe said this was essentially all silhouette and he would mask the sky to brighten up the sky and fix the vertical and horizontal lines of the … Read more
Last week’s meeting: Chromatecture with Linda Wride Before showing the images Linda gave two reasons why she is drawn to photographing the built environment, and two reasons why she isn’t attracted to other forms of photography. She has lived in cities all her life and all her working career has been spent linked to … Read more
Last week’s meeting: Rosebowl Competition Round 2 – Oxford PS, Leighton Buzzard PC, Woodley CC, Marlow CC. Scores for the evening were: 1st OXFORD 255 2nd LEIGHTON BUZZARD 240 3rd WOODLEY 232 4th MARLOW 229 Which means that, barring some catastrophe, we will be in the final of the Rosebowl. Congratulations … Read more
Last meeting: Dave McKay – The Constant Traveller Last year Dave finally manage to catch up with the travels he had to postpone due to the Covid pandemic. He went to Angola and Indonesia and we were treated to his images, videos and stories from those trips. He travelled with Bharat and Bharat’s … Read more
Last meeting: Christmas Show and Tell featuring Ron Perkins on zoom from Dorset and members in Oxford Ron gave us a photographic update of what he had been shooting this season. Previously he had been very successful taking images of Sika deer in a Dorset meadow close to a woodland. Unfortunately, due to Covid … Read more
Last week’s meeting: Walking with Bear by renowned wildlife photographer Andy Skillen Andy is a very experienced ‘cameraman’ having worked on various BBC and National Geographic wildlife films. He showed us some of his impressive work from Congo and West Africa about forest elephants which is due to be aired in two years’ time. … Read more
Last week’s meeting: Winter in Yellowstone with Ivor Porter and Helen Stewart Ivor and Helen visited Yellowstone on a 10-person trip organised by Natures Images which is run by Danny Green and Mark Sissons. They spent nine days in the depths of a January winter and, if you thought the current cold snap … Read more
Last week’s meeting: Britain by Drone with Nigel Spencer After an introductory audio/visual presentation showing his impressive drone shots, mainly around his local area of Northamptonshire, Nigel gave a comprehensive introduction to the rules and regulations of flying drones. The Civil Aviation Authority is responsible for regulation of drones and guides can be … Read more