OPS Weekly Newsletter 3 November 2024
- Last week’s meeting Tues 29 October: The Bicester Oxford Battle
We scored Bicester Camera Club’s images on the evening and we are awaiting the results of their scores. The ‘battle’ was followed by a ‘show and tell’ featuring images from six members.
- Next Tuesday’s meeting 5 November at 19.30: It’s light painting on bonfire night
Our take on Guy Fawkes Night. Bring your camera, tripod, remote/cable shutter release and we will do light painting photography. Wrap up in warm clothes, bring your own parkin but most importantly bring your creativity.
Please park at the front or on the left of the band hall so that we can use the back and the right hand side for outside photography
Here are just a few of the many things we can do…
Spiral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I73pp-6XRMY&list=PL3J9muaLZBj4VRJqMqAqfWkbwplCiswaZ
Light man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vCaiF9DSxU&list=PL3J9muaLZBj4VRJqMqAqfWkbwplCiswaZ&index=2
RGB Circles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYZ8L6G-RFg
Portrait with light stream side back side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WFTPL7sG7Y
- Upcoming meetings
Tues 12 November at 19.30: Sorrow with Dawn Rogers
Dawn Rodgers is a visual artist and photographer based in Berkshire, UK. She works with photography, archives, mythology and the ancient landscapes of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Dorset. Her work examines her response to the sudden loss of her brother in 1993. Using mythology and landscape to tell one of the oldest stories, the story of loss.
Tues 19 November at 19.30: Helen and Keith will dazzle us with images of their recent trip to Southern Africa
Tues 26 November at 19.30: Wildlife for all Seasons with Robert Harvey
Exciting wildlife photographs do not require overseas travel! Featuring owls, kingfishers, puffins, hares, otters, seals and deer, this talk shows how, when and where to make striking images of iconic British species in the wild.
https://www.naturalworldphotography.net/wildlife-for-all-seasons
- Programme Secretary vacancy
We have a full and varied programme for you this season thanks to the hard work and excellent choices by Les. Unfortunately, due to unexpected changes in Les’s work commitments he cannot continue in the role and we need someone to step forward to start the planning and booking of speakers for next season’s programme. Please do contact me or any other committee member if you are interested in taking on the role.
- Events photographic in and around Oxford
Bettina von Zwehl: The Flood
This exhibition will feature photographs by London-based artist, Bettina von Zwehl (b. 1971). Von Zwehl’s aim is to rekindle wonder and curiosity as critical tools for exploring new ideas and practices.
https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/ashmolean-now-bettina-von-zwehl
More Than Human
Tin Flach
Saturday 2 – Sunday 10 November
Leiden Square, Westgate Shopping Centre, Westgate Shopping Centre Queen Street Oxford OX1 1TR
Renowned British photographer, Tim Flach, presents a compelling exhibition featuring a series of striking animal portraits highlighting the anthropomorphic qualities of animals. https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/more-than-human/
Banbury Camera Club Annual Exhibition
Tue, 5 Nov 2024 10:00am Thu, 14 Nov 2024 4:00 pm
The Heseltine Gallery, Heseltine Gallery, Chenderit School, Archery Road, Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 2QR
The annual exhibition of Banbury Camera Club showcases a wide range of photographic styles and techniques. This year there is an exhibition within the exhibition of member Diane Berridge’s Photo Restoration Work. Something for everyone to enjoy. Prints for sale.
- General photographic interest
The ‘light sabre’ wielding photographer creating colourful light paintings
If you have ever written your name in the air with a sparkler on bonfire night then you have experimented with light painting.
Baffled by the “lines of light floating in mid-air”, Scottish photographer David Gilliver knew he had to try capturing them with his camera.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyv7prndj0qo
Photographer helps women improve behind the lens
A photographer has set up a group aimed at supporting women to become confident photographers.
Angela Nicholson, from Peppard Common near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, is helping more than 13,000 women take better pictures through her Facebook group SheClicks.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gvxrjw1rno
While on a short break in Cornwall I dipped into Paul Lowe’s book Photography Rules: Essential Dos and Don’ts from Great Photographers only to return and discover he had recently been killed by his son.
Paul Lowe obituary
Photojournalist who covered many conflicts and made Sarajevo his home after documenting the siege of the city
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/28/paul-lowe-obituary
‘A vivid distillation of a deeply fractured country’: a history of the United States in nine photographs
As a landmark book, Magnum America, is released, we chart pivotal moments for the US via key images from the past 90 years by Elliott Erwitt, Susan Meiselas, Alec Soth and more
Never-ending story: rare flower gatherers of Diamantina
Gatherers of a rare Brazilian flower find their way of life – and incomes – are under threat. Ana Caroline de Lima, recipient of the Joan Wakelin Bursary, explains why
Bristol photo festival review – from old Hollywood at the sweet shop to exiles’ dreams in a basement
Various venues, Bristol
A striking collection of shows include 60s shop workers turned into icons of glamour, awestruck visions of nature and scenes of female oppression in Afghanistan
