Tuesday 13 May Interesting Stuff by Justin Minns

 On Tuesday evening we welcomed Justin via zoom to give his talk about his landscape work.

He started the talk with a quote by Jim Richardson.

"If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff."

Justin showed a variety of images from around East Anglia, other parts of the country and around the world, and explained the camera settings he used.

He started with East Anglia, which is also his local area, and suggested that it's important to spend time to get to know the location you intend to photograph. He talked about coastal photography and how the East Anglian coast presents the photographer with very interesting stuff such as ruins, boats, lighthouses, piers and wide open fields. He mentioned that luck also plays a part in landscape photography.  The weather condition can make a huge difference to an image; as do sunrise and sunset, blue hour, dramatic skies.  

How to make your image interesting:

Paying attention to composition and not being overwhelmed by the location. Using a zoom lens to bring things closer and still giving shallow depth of field. A wide angle lens to give a different perspective to the image using different shutter speeds. Observing the flow of the tide before pressing the shutter button.

He ended the evening with this quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson

"It's an illusion that photos are made with the camera ... they are made with the eye, heart and head."

A very interesting evening with lots of local places we can visit and tips that we can all tryout.

Tuesday 6th May – Out and about

 It was good to see members come along prepared for a challenge. The task was to go out locally and see what images you could capture of "letters" or "numbers".

Some members were dubious but actually when they came back after about an hour the consensus was that it made you look harder for the various images.

A selection of everyone's images were then shown and all present contributed to a lively discussion.

Some of the images are shown below:

H by Andrew Stringer

X by Di Daniels

M by Emma Moore

T by Pat Weir

O by Jack Mitchell

50 by John Kerr

A by Phil Childs

S by Sue Baldwin

Y by Vanessa Robertson

                                            

I love WDPC by Francesca Shearcroft

Tuesday 22 April Third Digital Competition. Theme People

 On Tuesday evening we held our third digital competition. The theme was People and with such a wide open topic it gave members the opportunity to be very creative. The judge for the evening was Andy Swain. His task was not made easy, especially in the advance members group. He held back six images in the members group and twelve in the advance group.

He gave some very helpful tips. Such as: the title should reflect the image helping to tell the story, edge patrol, checking the parameter of the frame before pressing the button, cropping the image start from the inside and work outwards to help find the final image. I am sure some members will be trying some of this.

Here are the top scoring images:

Members Group:

The Barber by Sue Baldwin 20/20

A Good Gossip  by Sue Baldwin 19/20

                                                   Concentration by Pat Weir 19/20

                                     Boy With A Large FrozenN Drink by Ann Barber 18/20

   

DEEP IN THOUGHT by Ann Barber 18/20

Members Advance group:

Two More Thousand Guineas Anyone by Carol Martin 20/20

Working As A Team by Dawn Osborn 20/20

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR by Jack Mitchell 20/20

                                                        Busking by Pam Rutty 20/20

Mohican Man by Jan Murphy 20/20

                                                 Extinction Rebellion  by Carol Martin 20/20

                                                 The Duty Warden by Dawn Osborn 19/20

Lizzte by Jan Murphy 18/20

                                        

THROUGH THE GENERATIONS by William Conran 18/20

The Maid by Geoff Lingwood 18/20

Gondolier by Diana Graham 18/20

Colin by Francesca Shearcroft 18/20

Tuesday 8 April Theory and Processing Monochrome Images

 On Tuesday evening we welcomed Ian Howard to give a talk on monochrome/black and white. The title of his talk was The Truth is Black and White.

Ian's talk was very interested and inspiring.  He suggested that the camera should be set to black and white/mono so that the photographer can see what the image would look like before processing. Taking raw images is essential so that all the details are available when processing the image. He also stressed that the photographer should develop their own style and take images that they like.

He gave tips about what to look for when considering black and white images such as, tonal range, strong shapes and patterns.  Patience is also important - waiting for the right moment or that person stepping into the frame to make the composition complete.

He explained his processing method, especially using the gradient tool and even processing an image twice to get the right tone. After the session several members hinted that they might be trying his method out on images they had rejected.

Saturday 5 April Viking Festival Sheringham

 On Saturday the 5th April Sheringham came alive with the festival of the viking. A unique festival bringing together a variety of activities about the life of the Vikings. From battles to boat burning. Providing photographic opportunities. A group of members attended the event.

Here are some images:

The Battle by John Kerr

Getting The Boat Ready  by John Kerr

SettingThe BoatT Alight by John Kerr

The Burning by John Kerr

Charge by Sue Baldwin

Feel The Heat by Sue Baldwin

Nearly  Done by Sue Baldwin

The Burning Ritual by Sue Baldwin

Talk Of The Battle by Jack Mitchell

 The Battle by Jack Mitchell

On Guard by Jack Mitchell

Tuesday 1 April Focus On: Theme Panorama

Focus On: Panorama.  Thank you to all those members who submitted images for the event. Focus On is an opportunity for members to critique each others images in a friendly atmosphere. Just one rule applies. Members cannot obviously judge their own image.

The images are shown several times on the screen and members select their top five images scoring 1st to 5th.

During the evening there was time for a short talk on external competitions by Dawn Osborn, a member of the club. Dawn holds the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society plus many other awards. Several member showed interest in gaining awards and Dawn has volunteered to help them.

Top five images:

Beech Woods by Jan Murphy 1st

Liverpool Docks by Jan Murphy 1st

I've Got Your Back by William Conran 3rd

Wrecks In Peace by William Conran  3rd

Norwich Market by Jack Mitchell 5th

Tuesday 25 March Print Competition Theme Scapes

 On Tuesday evening we welcomed Wayne Davey to judge the second round of our print competition.  Wayne's main genre is scapes so he was well placed to judge the images.

The standard from both the members and advance group was vey high thus giving Wayne a challenge.

Here are the top scoring images from both groups.

                                        Members Group:

Ancient And Modern by Pat Weir 20/20

Quantor Drove Roads by Graham Jackson 20/20

Cromer Reflections by Sue Baldwin 19/20

Brundall On A Still Winter MorningG by Paul Hayes-Griffin 19/20

Packhorse Bridge by Daphne Lingwood 18/20

                                                     Wasdale by Daphne Lingwood 18/20

                                         Advance Members Group: 

High Tide At Thornham by Francesca Shearcroft 20/20

Calm by Carol Martin 20/20

Peace And Quiet by Carol Martin 19/20

                           Lenticular Clouds Over Mt Rundle by Dawn Osborn 19/20

                                                 Loch Ard Gorge by Jan Murphy 18/20