Tuesday 9th November – "And Now for Something Completely Different" – by David Sadler

 David Sadler is a much sort after speaker and we were able at last to book him to come along to Norfolk, all the way from north of the border.

David's images were certainly different and many scored relatively low marks in competitions and yet David has many photographic distinctions, ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/s. BPE*3, LBIPP. David specialises in using a fisheye lens and taking many self portraits, invariable using amazing rigs attached to skateboards. How he did not break any cameras is incredible.

The images were frequently self portraits and invariably very heavily processed tending towards HDR.  The presentation included a video  in essence capturing a day in the life of David Sadler, based on images he had taken to obtain his ARPS.  

David's talk was aptly titled and was well received by members, some of whom said that they had not laughed so much in ages. In conclusion David encouraged us to take images for ourselves, then for other club members and then finally for the judge. 

Some of his images may be found on his website: click here.

Tuesday 2nd November: "Rhythms of Emotion: The art of Photography" – an illustrated talk by James Sparshatt

WDPC met in person at Wells Cole to hear James Sparshatt talk about "Rhythms of Emotion". Mainly black and white images, largely focused on Cuba and South America, a region which James was very familiar with having worked as a photographer on various newspapers out there. His images on the screen were accompanied by many stories which made the images more alive. There was not a photo of a car in sight but mainly people, including some of dancers.

It was a good evening and worth waiting to hear live as opposed to Zoom, we had cancelled James' original booking due to the pandemic. He also brought along a dozen or so large framed images..which were spectacular.

Sadly members attending were down but that probably reflects the current covid situation and one or two members still on holiday. However those there really enjoyed the evening and there were very many positive comments.

James is currently running a gallery in Coltishall, Capital Culture but please check the opening hours on there website  before visiting, https://capitalculturegallery.com

26th October 2021 - Competition - Open Colour

Our first competition of this season found us once again utilising Zoom to display our images.  Our judge for the evening, Ralph Duckett MPAGB, EFIAP, APAGB, had 70 images to scrutinise, offer critique and score so a busy evening.

Many thanks to Ralph who provided us with some useful tips and helpful comments. He reminded us to pay attention to detail when presenting images for competition. 

A very full evening with some great images for everyone to enjoy some of which can be seen below:

Members Scoring 20/20

 JAGUAR WITH CAIMAN PREY by Dennis Brown

SUNFLOWER by Kim Scrivener

TRANSFORMED by Di Daniels

YELLOW TULIP IN THE SUN by Kim Scrivener

Members Scoring 19/20

GREY SQUIRREL EATING CAMELIA by Ann Barber

WILD SKY by Daphne Lingwood

Advanced Scoring 20/20

ARCTIC DAWN by Nick Akers

COFFEE CUP EXPLOSION by Jan Murphy

GREAT BLUE HERON WITH CATCH by Di Jackson

OUT OF THE BLUE by Francesca Shearcroft

MEADOW PIPIT by Dawn Osborn

THE LOOK by Caroline Tillett

Advanced Scoring 19/20

LIVING LIFE ON THE LEDGE by Graham Frost

FAMILIA COLOURS by Roy Scrivener

MURRAYFIELD LINEOUT by Christine Frost

CHAFFINCH ABOUT TO  LAND by Dawn Osborn

CALM SUNSET by Stephen Gregory

Titchwell Marsh (RSPB) - Thursday 21st October 2021

Thanks to everyone who decided to ignore the rather ominous sounding weather forecast and turn up at Titchwell for our first club event for 20 months.  We were certainly rewarded with an absolutely amazing day!

OK, it was a tad breezy but how exhilarating walking on the beach with the wind whipping up the waves and a total sense of freedom watching the birds struggling with the conditions.  It was quite a challenge capturing any images in the blustery conditions but it was great fun trying.

We decided not to go for a pub lunch just stopping for a quick snack at the cafe and then back to enjoy the rest of the day at Titchwell.

Some of our images from the day can be seen below:

Looking Up by Caroline Tillett

Turnstone by Jack Mitchell

Oystercatchers in Flight by Andy Caws

Curlew by Vanessa Robertson

Herring Gull by Sue Baldwin

Jack Testing his Wellies
by Christine frost

Oystercatcher digging for Mussels by Di Jackson

Sanderling by Graham Frost

Woodland Fungi by Caroline Tillett

Curlew Over The Waves by Jack Mitchell

Sanderlings by Sue Baldwin

Titchwell Marsh by Vanessa Robertson

Herring Gull in Flight by Di Jackson

Razor Clam Shells by Andy Caws

Amongst the Dunes by Sue Baldwin

Bar-Tailed Godwit by Graham Frost

Coot by Vanessa Robertson

Herring Gull with Mussel by Di Jackson

Little & Great White Egrets by Christine Frost

Did I get It? by Jack Mitchell

Fallen Leaf in Sunlight by Caroline Tillett

Tuesday 12th October – Back to Basics

It is always helpful to clarify the basics, especially as we have had new members going over the last 18 months. So we welcomed club member Nick Akers and his friends to cover the basics of the exposure triangle. 

Despite receiving several apologies there were many members in the hall. Nick explained the basic triangle then each of the next 3 presenters covered one element, showing some great images to illustrate their points. Di Jackson talked about aperture, Liz Akers discussed shutter speed and Dawn Osborn explained ISO. As they all preferred different genres of photography the images were very varied which added to the evening's enjoyment.

After the break Andy Caws showed 30 images as part of a quiz. Well...we did not know as much as we thought and many members were somewhat surprised at their scores. None the less a great evening was had by all. Well done to Roy who won the box of chocolates. 

Tuesday 5th October – "I didn't know you could do that in Lightroom", a talk by Joe Houghton

Again we took advantage of Zoom and invited Joe Houghton to come along to WDPC, all the way from Dublin.  Joe is an excellent presenter and unraveled some of the mysteries of Lightroom for us. In the first half he mainly discussed the use of the Library module and ably demonstrated its powerfulness.

In the second half he processed some images in the Develop module and as someone said in the chat "H" is their new go to key as it seems to unlock huge potential is the various facilities within the programme.

Not only did Joe give an excellent presentation but he was more than willing to answer questions as he went along.

We look forward to receiving the recording of Joe's talk so that we can re-visit some of the many intricacies of the programme.

The added bonus was that some of the features he showed us could equally well be applied to other editing programmes.

Tuesday 28th September– presentation by David Steel, "My Type of Photography"

 This week we should have had a meeting in the hall but due to fuel issues it was changed to Zoom at the last minute. David  presented an interesting talk with a wide range of images, from black and white to colour, from  portraits to landscapes, not to mention travel and street images.

He was only too willing to share how he had obtained the images and gave us many hints and tips on how to achieve more impactful photos.

He also showed many images of Cube, not just cars but other genres as well, so much so that several members have now added Cuba to their wish list of places to visit.

Some of David's images can be seen on his web site: http://www.minds-eye.org.uk/?page_id=2#