Oxford Photographic Society
We share our passion for photography, and explore opportunities to develop our skills in the art form.
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Last week’s meeting Tues 29 April: Jonathan Vaines – Little Print Show Jonathan had over 50 prints – highly original and totally different to what we see at camera clubs – on display. The vast majority were processed in-camera at the point of taking rather than in Photoshop or Lightroom. Hence his advice to ‘think inside the box’. He takes photos of anything that catches his eye and usually very local to his home. He will focus on a particular detail of the subject he is photographing and take 25 similar shots of the detail, moving his camera slightly and/or turning it 90 degrees.
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Last week’s meeting Tues 22 April: Paul Kilsby, PhD RCA – Unnatural Histories followed by members’ project reviews Paul spoke about his latest work Unnatural Histories, which were photographs of birds with prey in their beaks which would never occur in the wild. But before getting to this he told a little bit about himself, and what shaped his childhood, so that we could understand why he chose birds and ‘nature’. He was brought up around the Ilse of Purbeck in Dorset, very close to Poole. He showed an old black and white photograph of his school class, 9-11 year olds, in a primary school near Christchurch in Dorset. Paul was not in the photo as he rarely went to school.
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Oxford Photographic Society continues to be one of the UK’s leading photographic societies and our aim is to promote an appreciation of all forms of photography, as well as encourage participation no matter what your level of experience or area of interest – newcomers are very welcome.