Photography on the Darkside – Peter Benson

During this talk Peter takes us back into the history of Night Photography running alongside his family history in Photography and then on a tour around some of his favourite places for night photography in the UK.

He also shows some of the places he has been to further afield in cities like Dresden, Seville and New York.

During this journey he’ll be giving some hints and tips along the way, sprinkled with a bit of history about some of the places, so there is something for everyone.   https://www.peterfbenson.co.uk

Costa Rica, Coast to Coast – Gary Dean

Come and join me on a journey across the Central American country of Costa Rica. A small country that packs a punch when it comes to biodiversity.

In this talk we will visit the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts, wetlands , the rainforest and cloud forest, each of which has special tropical species like toucans, hummingbirds, tanagers, parrots and monkeys.

I will explain how I got some of the images and the challenges of photography in the rainforest.

Michaelmas Fair

No Indoor Meeting, meet outside the Church for a chance to get photographs of the Michaelmas Fair.

Creative Inspiration – Jane Lazenby

So many people say that they wish they had ideas, stories to illustrate and were creative. This presentation guides you to examine your own experiences and preferences to draw on in creating unique images….. The second half demonstrates a number of editing techniques such as textures, overlays, colour grading and composites, opening that door to creative expression and image creation.

Jane works on the same image in 3 different ways to show how to create emotion and narrative within your work.

Portraits of the Lake District – Hemant Jariwala

Tonight we’ll be hearing from a speaker new to the club, Hemant Jariwala, to show us and talk about his photographs of the Lake District including IR landscape photography.
He is an award-winning photographer who specialises in botanical, garden and landscape photography.
His images are regularly published in popular photography & garden life-style magazines, greeting cards, calendars and books, all around the world.
In 1993, he won the prestigious UK Practical Photography magazine – ‘Photographer of the Year’.

Architecture: Exposure to Edit – Richard O’Brien

In this talk Richard will talk about the kind of images he takes and what he looks for when shooting both internal and external architecture.

He’ll start by talking about the gear he uses and why he uses it, and then cover some of the very simple tricks he uses to help him ‘get the shot’, especially in crowded locations, showing some of his work.
In the second half of the talk, Richard will do a live demonstration (questions welcome) editing some of the images using a combination of Lightroom Classic and Photoshop CC.