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Last week’s meeting Tues 12 November: Sorrow, Dawn Rogers This was an extremely moving presentation. Not surprising given that the subject matter was Dawn’s grieving process of losing her brother Geoff, who was in his early 20s when he died. The timing made the evening poignant as the anniversary of his death was the day before.

Last week’s meeting Tues 5 November: Light Painting   This was our take on Guy Fawkes Night. It was dark, it was cold, but it was a great night playing around with light. We had birds on sticks, pulsating multi coloured light trails, the resurrection of a long dead mummy, and a badly recreation of Lewis Morley’s famous photo of Christine Keller sat on a chair. Please see a few photos of the evening.

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

And the results are as follows : Colour Print First Sandra Devaney Chowrie Man Second Keith Worthington Stalking Lioness Third Dave Atkinson Giraffes, Early Morning Light Highly Commended Phil Warrington Roe Dash Highly Commended Dave Belcher Hampshire Cricket Highly Commended Ian Bray Cosmos Commended Pete Warrington Strolling to the Regatta Commended Adrian Cubitt Banded Demoiselle Commended Les Gordon Neck and Neck Commended Mike Ashcroft Santa’s Secret Monochrome Print First Terry Carpenter Foggy Morning Walk Second Dave MacKay Feeding the Birds Third John Boteler Kiftsgate Park Highly Commended Dave Mackay Vikas Highly Commended Mike Ashcroft Pebble Lane Highly Commended Les Gordon Going Flatout Commended Dave Atkinson Buffaloes Drinking Commended Alan Lewis Crocodile Commended Dave Atkinson Cheetah in Tree Commended Phil Warrington  Derelict Pier Congratulations to everyone who took part.

We had a very busy evening shooting various subjects on numerous tables and a light box set-up for photography. There was a non-paying guest which Dave S brought along called Cedric the Stick Insect (see a portrait of Cedric in a menacing mood that Dave took). There were lots of shots taken of her/him as s/he paused for the portraits.

1. Last week’s meeting Tues 1 October: Ivor’s nature and wildlife, with a twist Ivor gave a very engaging presentation his nature and wildlife photographs. The twist was that instead of having the audience sit is reverence silence Ivor got us to participate in the presentation.

Congratulations to all and many thanks to everyone who entered their images and to everyone who participated on the night. Special thanks to Jill who managed to get all the totals together on the night and pulled all the scores together.

Last week’s meeting Tues 24 September: Camera Gear with Gareth, manager of Oxford branch of the London Camera Exchange Gareth has 20 years’ experience working in the photography industry and he is extremely knowledgeable. He came with an array of cameras from a very small Sony to the latest top of the range Nikon. He talked about the latest things in the camera market and where the market may take us. First of all he entertained us with a very small drone which he turned on then told it to fly and follow him around the room – which is did and by voice command. The drone – a DJI Neo – is under 250 grams and though is does have to be registered to be flown it can be flown without the usual restrictions of heavier drones. It has a ‘phone-like’ camera lens and is a cheap entry into the world of drone photography.

Last week’s meeting Tues 17 September: Projected Digital Image Competition No. 1. The results of the competition were as follows: First: Keith Worthington, Cheetah Mum and Cubs Second:  Pete Warrington, Skegness Silhouette Third: Adrian Cubitt, Said the Spider to the Fly Highly Commended: Keith Worthington, Baboon Sentry Les Gordon, Thruxton BSB Neck and Neck Dave Belcher, Evening At The Depot Commended Sandra Devaney, Jain Ladies of Delwara Les Gordon, Cormorants in Flight Keith Worthington, Lion Hunting Pete Warrington, At the Waters Edge Congratulations to all winners.

Last week’s meeting Tues 10 September: Roger Hance FRPS – People, Portraits and Photojournalism (via Zoom) Roger showed a great array of his portraits of strangers. For many of us taking portraits of strangers can be daunting and he gave some very handy tips about how to approach it and where it is fairly easy to do it.