Join us in a Christmas Quiz and raise a glass together. Ian once again will be our quiz master. Previous quizes have shown that Jenny and Andy are the two to beat. So let’s see if we have a new champ this year, or if our previous winners triumph again.[...]
Vincent Knaus started teaching photography in 1982 as a photolab instructor at the S.H.A.P.E. Arts and Craft Center Photolab, S.H.A.P.E. Belgium. He taught black and white film processing, black and white printing, colour printing and studio lighting. While at S.H.A.P.E. he also worked as a teacher’s assistant (photography) for Big[...]
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WEEK 4 FLAT LAY PHOTOGRAPHY We are going to investigate ‘Flat Lay Photography’ in this session. Its only short but I want to cover a number of points: What is flat lay? Why is it so popular? How do you set up equipment Where[...]
DEC 6th WEEK 14 OPENING UP GALLERIES FOR THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED In this special half evening we consider the rights and needs of all people to access creative exhibition spaces. At the moment, this process is in its infancy, but many people and organisations are striving to improve[...]
The competition will be run on-line and therefore as a PDI ONLY competition. The Closing Date for entries is Sunday 14th November 11:45pm to allow for the images to be prepared and sent to our judge. The theme this time is “Architecture” in all it’s aspects. You can go for[...]
COMPOSITES- WHAT? HOW? WHY? We are planning to hold this as a trial ‘physical’ meeting at Castle Park Arts Centre. It will give us an opportunity to judge the appetite for meeting again in person, and will be a lovely chance to meet up again face to face. Current and[...]
WEEK 11 In the Style of an Artist 15.11.2021 Interpret skilfully and we can’t wait to see what you produce this year. We will also try and collect the images together so that we can share them. Imagination is Key!!!!!!! Here are some artists that may be of interest and[...]
But is it Art? A zoom presentation by Keith Snell PhD EFIAP EPSA LRPS. This presentation addresses the age-old question of whether photography can be considered as ‘fine art’. It also includes Keith’s personal exploration of the more creative genre of fine art photography involving impressionistic and other approaches. Keith[...]
SEEING IN SIXES 1.11.2021 We had a great evening last year creating over thirty ‘Seeing in Sixes’ collections. I hope to use some of those, and further ones produced this year to create an ‘e’ book so that we can share each other’s successes. Society members must produce six[...]