On Tuesday evening we welcomed Peter Benson to our club via zoom. Peter gave a brief talk about his family's connection with photography going back to 1864. He showed a photo of his great great grandfather Willibald Zehr dated 1868. With such DNA in his genes becoming a photographer was inevitable.
Peter describes himself as a keen urban night scape photographer. He usually starts working about 8.00pm and finishes around 1.00am, depending on his clients. In some of his images Big Ben shows 4.00am. That shows dedication.
His Kit:
Tripod, Camera,
Lens 24 -70, 18 -55, 12 - 33mm
His images are taken with long exposure and manually bracketed and blended in photoshop.
It was a fascinating evening from start to finish with a great variety of images from across London. With the images came the history of the places giving a real sense of time and the ever changing scenery of London.
Peter reminded us that the image we are looking for is not always in front of us, but to look back over our shoulder and to work with the weather we are presented with.
His website is really worth a visit.
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