Last week’s meeting Tues 4 November: WORKSHOP – Painting with Light with Kieran Hunt Keiran started with an overview of painting with light and showed various examples. He started with light trails – streaks of light using a long exposure – and asked us whether we could work out how they were done. Besides the usual shots of vehicles lights driving through the night Keiran showed shots of lights snaking over a canal and other creative ways of using moving light. He then showed various other examples of painting with light which were astonishing.

Last week’s meeting Tues 28 October: On These Magic Shores – Tamsyn Warde Tamsyn started her talk saying that it was something of a journey, and a very personal journey. As an A-level student she visited the Haywood Gallery in London to see an exhibition which featured the work of Chris Killip’s In Flagrante. She was blown away by it and began taking black and white photos with her Olympus camera. She also used the family bathroom as a darkroom.

Last week’s meeting Tues 21 October: Print Competition no. 1 judged by Kevin Day The results were: Colour Prints First Dave Atkinson Eagle Owl in Motion Second Sandra Devaney London Underpass in Afternoon Light Third Dave Atkinson Shorty on Lookout H Commended Sandra Devaney Portrait of a Laundry Worker H Commended Alan Lewis In the Foxes Grasp H Commended Phil Warrington Sk8boarder Commended Mathew Lodge Black Church Rock Commended Willie Hall Abandoned Mausoleum Commended John Boteler Lady in Red Commended Dave Belcher 180 Mph Pan Shot Thruxton Superbikes Monochrome Prints First Alan Lewis Morning Take-Off Second Ian Bray Grave Winter Third Mathew Lodge The Chase H Commended Keith Worthington Elephant Herd H Commended Pete Warrington Pier Impression H Commended Rob Ferrands The Path Commended Dave Atkinson Flying Squirrel Commended Sandra Devaney San Pollino Hat Man Commended Ian Bray Man on Escalator Commended Sandra Devaney Just Passing Through Congratulations to all who took part

Last week’s meeting Tues 14 October: Exploring Creative Perspectives: My Photographic Journey, Tim Simmons plus show and tell Tim started his presentation with some stunning black and white of brutalist architecture in London. He shot the images in colour and processed them in Lightroom. The images were astonishingly dramatic, and the buildings were shown as brutal and overbearing, not only due to the processing but also due the point of view (looking skywards on many occasions) and using a wide angle lens.

Last week’s meeting Tues 7 October: Projects, Zines and Photobooks with Stewart Wall Before the Stewart began his talk, we welcomed seven guests: Karan, Russell, Gail, Mark, Margaret, Amna and Josephine (apologies if I got people’s name wrong). Stewart gave a short-potted history of his engagement with photography. He was a staff photographer on the Essex Chronicle from 1978 to 1986. He then moved on to the Evening Gazette for a year, then became a freelance photographer for three years working for the Daily Express, the Sun and the Sunday Times.

We had a tremendous showing of superb images to choose from, and the worthy winner was Alan Lewis. Many thanks to everyone who put in their images and special thanks to Jill for her rapid totting up of the scores and ensuring those who unfortunately could not attend were scored the same way as all entries. Please see final totals.

Last week’s meeting Tues 23 Sept: What Makes a Photographic Project with Philippa James Philippa gave us a fascinating glimpse of the highs and lows of a successful photographic project, and was keen to emphasise that her project journey was not a blueprint – every project is different. She did though have some very good instructional pointers. It first starts with what she called ‘an itch’. This ‘itch’ will be personal to you, something that is unresolved.

Last week’s meeting Tues 16 Sept: Digital Projected Image Competition no. 1 with Colin Mill as judge …and the winners were: First Keith Worthington Cheetah Stalker in Long Grass Second Dave Belcher Red Arrows Hanna Break Third Dave McKay Iberian Lynx H. Commended Dave Belcher Curious Fox H. Commended Phil Warrington Hare on the Move H. Commended Dave Belcher Falling Rider Commended Pete Warrington Light-ship Double Exposure Swansea Commended Phil Warrington Sk8ting Commended Helen Stewart Chapel Under the Stars Commended John Boteler Birling Gap High Tide

Last week’s meeting Tues 9 Sept: Photography Through The Seasons with Daniel Trim Daniel had given us a talk some years ago about his photography which started as young man going to Thailand, not for the usual tourist attraction, but for spending hours laying in mud taking photos of mud skippers. This talk was about how he approaches the British climate through each much and was full of advice and tips as well as some stunning photography.

Last week’s meeting Tues 2 Sept: Phil Joyce – Why Look at Animals? And Show & Tell post summer We welcomed new members Matthew and Kevin and welcomed Uwe back after he missed a great deal of last season’s programme. Phil started his talk with a little history of his interest in looking at animals which started while he was a young child on family outings to Bristol zoo. He loved the excitement of seeing animals and he showed photographs taken on a Kodak Instamatic in the 1960s. These showed terrible conditions in the zoos for the animals. Concrete flooring in the animal enclosures, little stimulation for the animals etc. Zoo have come a long way since then.