On Monday 22nd June there will be no meeting at Greenleaf Road as we’ll be doing our annual summer walk, organised by Mick Ralph. It’s always a great evening so do come if you can, and of course – don’t forget your camera!
We’ll be meeting at London Bridge tube station at 7pm. Meet in the concourse at the top of the main escalators (by the Jubilee Line).
The walk last year was rudely interrupted by a torrential downpour, so this year things pick up from where they were left off.
If you can’t make it for then, get in touch for a mobile number so we can let you know where we’ve got to.
Mick has selected a good pub to finish the evening off in – somewhere near Tower Bridge.
This Monday we welcome Steve Burton to the Society.
Steve will be presenting in the first half of the meeting (the second half is our motion/movement ‘just for fun’ competition).
With a career starting in Fleet Street over 30 years ago Steve has worked for many of the national news titles and had numerous front pages.
The career of a Fleet Street photographer has changed massively in this time and Steve will present his story of his time during the changing nature of the newspaper world which also embraces the massive changes in technology during this time.
Expect a presentation full of anecdotes from the decades, some of which won’t be suitable for a family audience!!
Rose West, Rev Paul Flowers, Tottenham Riots, Jihadi John and many more.
It’s the first time Steve has presented to a photographic society and it should be very interesting, and a little different to many talks.
On Monday 1st June we welcome Gordon Bramham, wildlife photographer extraordinaire, to the club. Gordon will be showing us his personal selection of the best of his photographs of wildlife, photographed all around the world.
Gordon’s website gives a flavour of the amazing range of nature he’s seen up close.
Something a little different this evening – a member’s evening – devoted to Light Painting.
With light painting you either shine a light at something and photograph that, or photograph the light source itself, which might be spun round for instance.
You’ll need to bring a camera and a tripod, maybe cable release, and anything that lights up – a strong torch, LEDs, glowsticks, a Star Wars light sabre, flashlights.. plus string and props like a whisk, coloured gels…
Also it’ll be a good idea to check you know how to programme a long exposure into your camera.
Hot on the heels of the projected Walker Trophy competition this Monday sees the first round of the print competition.
You are able to submit up to 4 prints for the competition with the amount shown being dependent upon the number of entries. There are 3 rounds to the competition with the the overall winner being the person with the highest aggregate score.
Points are awarded for the top 4 prints (depending upon the number of entries).
The judge for the evening will be Marc Edwards.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You are only able to enter an image twice intoANY Walker Trophy. So, if you have entered an image twice into the Walker Projected competition you are not allowed to enter it into the print trophy. The entry limit of twice does include previous years of the Walker. Additionally, if any image has been placed, or won a Walker competition (in any year) it cannot be entered again.
This Monday due to the number of entries a maximum of 3 prints will be entered into the competition.
Our very own intrepid traveller John Cross is our speaker this coming Monday with his talk about Nepal.
John has been travelling regularly to Nepal since 1992. He climbed Island peak (6,210 Metres) and a number of minor peaks in the Everest region in 1992.
In 2011 he attempted Mera Peak (6,461 Metres) being beaten back by the weather 90 Metres from the summit. In between he passed through Kathmandu 4 times on his way, to and from, Mt Kailash in Tibet (2007) and the Laya trek in Bhutan (2008).
This talk covers the ancient traditions and mysteries of this unique Himalayan Kingdom and the wonders of the highest mountain range in the world.
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