Tuesday 22nd March - Digital competition 'Shadows or Reflections'

This week we held the fourth round in our digital competition "Shadows / Reflections" with local judge Rex Makemson.

Rex was entertaining and made some very constructive comments before scoring each image - these are the high scoring images which scored 19 or 20 out of 20.

Members class:

CITY HALL IN THE RAIN by Tom Thurston 20/20

MOUNTAINS REFLECTED IN THE WATER by Kim Scrivener 20/20

LYNFORD LAKE by Tom Thurston 19/20

EVENING REFLECTION by Daphne Lingwood 19/20

SUNRISE AT THURNE DYKE by Carol Martin 19/20

Advanced class:

LILY by Francesca Shearcroft 20/20

LOCH TULA REFLECTIONS by Nick Akers 20/20

RED SQUIRREL DRINKING by Donna Smith 20/20

TRANQUILITY by David Wilkin 20/20

BEAUTIFUL CALLA LILY by Jan Murphy 19/20

COMMON DARTERS PAIRED IN FLIGHT by Di Jackson 19/20

COTTAGE IN REFLECTION by David Wilkin 19/20

PHYSALIS REFLECTIONS by Liz Blake 19/20

REFLECTED LILY by Sue Baldwin 19/20

WET MORNING IN BRATISLAVA by Tim Leonard 19/20

Tuesday 8th March - "By Land and Sea" by Mark Sisson

Mark is a professional photographer from Newport in Shropshire who was introduced to his love of nature by his father who was a reedcutter in Norfolk. Mark explained how he wanted to get to know and portray his subjects in a different way which led to his career, in particular he loves getting down to eye level with his subjects and showing the environment they inhabit.

The talk was split into two halves, first was coastal and maritime with some wonderful images of birds and other coastal wildlife from the British shore to more remote locations such as the Falklands. After the interval he moved on to the 'land' side of his talk or more specifically rivers, marshes and lakes. This included many examples of getting down to surface level to capture some beautiful reflections which I am sure will provide inspiration for our upcoming Shadows/ Reflections competition.

The talk was well received and I am sure we will be inviting Mark back in the future. Examples of his work can be found on his website:  Galleries – Mark Sisson Photography

Tuesday 1st March - “Colour, Tones and Textures” by Ruth Grindrod

Ruth started her presentation by describing the attributes of colour, tone and texture and how they relate to each other. She used Turner’s ‘Fighting Temeraire’ to demonstrate how one of the great artists used complementary colours as well as tones and textures in their work. Ruth used Photoshop tools to demonstrate how she controls each in her own work.

After the break Ruth gave another demonstration of how she uses Photoshop in her editing to take an already beautiful photograph to another level. She then finished the evening with a presentation of some of her work set to music. 

Ruth stressed the need to make your work your own and not to just stand in others footsteps. Her presentation was an inspiration made very entertaining by her down to earth presentation.

If anyone wants to see more of Ruth’s work please take a look at the galleries on her website: 

https://www.ruthgrindrodlandscapephotography.co.uk/galleries