The 2023-2024 Season starts on 7th September 2023.
All meetings are now live only and will not be available via Zoom unless otherwise mentioned in the programme. Live meetings commence at 8pm at the United Reformed Church, Eastwick Road, Bookham, KT23 4BE. Doors will be open from 7:40pm. Any Zoom Only meetings will use the normal club Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89203238534
The link will be open from 7:40pm on those evenings.
INTERNAL SPEAKERS
The start of our new season. An introduction to what is to come, followed by an opportunity for members to show some of the images (up to six photos) they have taken over the summer.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
Paul Colley will be talking on bats, as well as showing some of his other images.
COMPETITION
Open PDI Competition judged by Don Morley.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
Ursula Lawrence is an landscape photographer from Crawley. Her passion for photography grew out of her job as a geologist and a love of the landscape. Her images have been used by the Geological Society of London in calendars and on journal covers. She has travelled widely but she always returns to the varied UK landscape.
This talk covers two recent projects looking at the art and beauty in geology and our relationship with the ground around us. 'Art of rock' aims to show the science of geology but in an artistic way revealing the beauty within. 'Human geology' explores the relationship that people have with the ground around us, to divide or modify the land, provide protection, boundaries, resources and generally the infra-structure to grow our society.
Photographing London
A talk from some of our members who will share their ideas and images on the best places and times to visit London for photography ahead of a club outing later in the season (date TBC)
COMPETITION
Open PDI Competition judged by David Hughes.
Underwater Photography with Impact by David Keep
EXTERNAL SPEAKER ZOOM ONLY
www.davidkeepphotography.co.uk
David is a multiple award winning photographer from the Midlands.
David will be talking about his underwater photography, from working with models in the swimming pool to photographing the magnificent creatures that swim in the oceans around our world.
WORKSHOP
A workshop demonstrating and allowing people to have a go at Macro Photography.
INTERNAL SPEAKERS
An opportunity for new members to show some of their images, and talk about what interests them photographically.
The second half of the evening will allow those who have achieved RPS distinctions over the last year to show their panels.
COMPETITION
Open Print Competition judged by Darren Pullman.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER ZOOM ONLY
Claire Carter is an award-winning UK landscape and nature photographer based near Fort William in The Scottish Highlands.
Her talk tonight is ‘Dancing Lights’, covering a decade of aurora hunting. This talk tackles both the technical and creative side of shooting the northern lights.
WORKSHOP
The evening will commence with a brief talk on technical aspects of motion capture, panning, shutter speed, flash and trigger techniques.
The second half will be a show and play with some moving subjects and demonstrations. Bring your camera!
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
Cherry has a passion for digital photography and has been making images with her camera now for many years and has never lost her enthusiasm. She loves being able to be in control of the whole process, composing the shot, taking the shot, post processing the shot and finally printing it. It's her attempt at being creative and artistic which gives her much enjoyment and fulfilment.
Her work has been exhibited at many national and international exhibitions during the process of her working towards her photographic distinctions.
Her talk tonight will present creative ideas to bring out the colour, shapes and beauty of flowers, both outdoor and indoor, and hints on how to produce some unique and original floral art. It includes the use of textures to enhance your flower images, using blend modes and layer masks.
COMPETITION
Open PDI Competition judged by Graham Wales.
Following his previous talk on Abandoned Architecture, we are delighted to welcome back James Kerwin to give a follow-up talk on Ghost Towns that have been taken over by the deserts.
https://jameskerwinphotographic.com
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
Andrew is an entertaining and passionate speak who will be sharing his stunning photos of butterflies and birds in flight and upland landscapes including pics from his latest book Butterfly Safari. Andrew’s photos regularly appear in the national media and and his latest book made the cover of BBC Wildlife magazine, Country Life and Amateur Photographer. He has been on commission to the National Trust on the Long Mynd and Stiperstones since 2014.
COMPETITION
Open PDI Competition judged by Peter Merry.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
Robert Pugh is an award-winning international wedding and portrait photographer. Located in Reading Berkshire but covering weddings from the UK to the golden sands of the Caribean. With over ten years of experience being a full-time photographer running a successful business and covering over 600 weddings to date.
INTERNAL SPEAKERS
An evening where we review images taken on 2 BCC outings: The weekend in Wells, Somerset organised by Caroline and the day trip to London, organised by Geoff. On the trip to London we split into 3 groups and then reconvened in the evening for a meal.
COMPETITION
Judged by Tim Morland
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
Photography and emotion go hand in hand. When I started out in photography years ago, I did not think much about what I felt when seeing something I wanted to photograph: I just picked up the camera and pressed the shutter button to capture what I saw. In 2010, I held my first exhibition, jointly with fellow photographer Huw Alban. The strongest memory I have of that event is of a visitor, who told me that she was going through difficult times with her family. But looking at my photographs made her feel much better, they conveyed a sense of harmony, beauty, and calm, she said. She returned twice over the following two weeks, each time silently taking in the work. I realised then that being able to convey an emotion with my photographs is very important to me. So, I started to try and be more aware of what I feel when exploring a scene and determine what influence my state of mind has on the resulting photograph. Over time, this process has helped me to change the way I make my photographs, and, hopefully, to produce photographs that convey feelings and thoughts and thus evoke an emotional response in the viewer. In this lecture, I will explain how I try to capture my emotions of the moment in a photograph. I will be showing a selection of my images to illustrate the various techniques that I have found helpful. The lecture, which will begin with a short introduction of myself and how I got into photography, will take you on a light-hearted journey through my creative process, and should appeal to all levels of photographers, irrespective of their preference of subject matter. The lecture is structured to fit in with the standard camera club format of 1.5 hours, with a break in the middle and time at the end for questions and round up.
INTERNAL SPEAKERS - Lead by Randal Tajer
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
Jo Teasdale comes from a Fine Art background and worked in the arts for many years. Since moving to Brighton she took up photography and hasn’t looked back. Having won Landscape Photographer of the Year -Take a View -2013, she has gone on to win various competitions, been published in books and has had work shown at various exhibitions. Jo is an eclectic photographer who celebrates the realness of life through documentary and street photography. In her project work she shows a slower more conceptual approach emanating from her fine art background. Her work is an artistic form of self-expression, poignant and edgy, often unveiling elements of our human nature. ‘My Adopted Family’ is her latest major body of work, since being awarded her Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society in 2016 for her portfolio entitled ‘The Factory’.
COMPETITION
Open Print Competition judged by Sheena Rogers
INTERNAL SPEAKERS
Please bring sets of prints with you - 10 to 20. They can be mixed or single genres and do not have to be mounted. We will set up a number of tables, each with a leader with experience in creating panels and we will explore combinations of your images to see if harmonious and well balanced layouts can be achieved.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
Julie Corcoran lives in Co.Cavan, Ireland. She joined her local camera club in 2015, discovering a love of photography that has since led to photographic distinctions, exhibitions and gallery representation with her work held in private collections both nationally and internationally. Be inspired by her creative approach to photography as she charts her journey, sharing her work and tips she’s learned along the way. Julie’s work is a nod to the early photographic genre of pictorialism, heavily imbued with symbolism. She manipulates her digital images using Photoshop to create Hahnemühle fine art prints in limited editions using the Epson Digigraphie system. For more information check out Julie’s website www.juliecorcoranphotography.ie or you can find her on Instagram @julie_corcoran.
Details to Follow
COMPETITION
Judged by Graham Mansfield
INTERNAL SPEAKER
A look at cinematic colour grading and how this can be applied in our own images.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER
My talk covers a number of areas, including project research and approach, shooting in a technically challenging environment (i.e. in a coal mine), the process of producing a book (design, edit, sequencing, pace, publishing etc, much of which I learnt the theory of during my MA in photography), and marketing oneself (I come from a 33 year marketing background, before my career change to concentrate on photography seven years ago).
9th May 2024
Members images - all taken on the same day: the 24 hours of 27th April, regardless of where they were taken. A PhotoEntry folder will be set up to enter the images (2 each will be allowed but we may limit this to 1 out of the 2 submitted if there are too many). On the evening we review these images it may take the form of a knock out competition or a straight review.
16th May 2024
An opportunity for club members to judge images: Paul Mitchell, Gary Margetts, Barrie Parker, Andrew Wells and Bob Lennox will serve as judges for this competition - more details to follow.
23rd May 2024
AGM
30th May 2024
End of Season Social