A very different from normal gathering at the Hall for our Christmas celebrations, with Christmas jumpers and Santa hats compulsory attire. We were sorry to have some members absent through illness while others had relatives arriving or were heading elsewhere to visit relatives. Tables with cloths and decorations greeted members, plus a fantastic spread of …
Tuesday night saw another of the popular ‘It’s a Knockout’ competitions. Members could enter up to four entries each. Pairs of images would be displayed side-by-side on-screen, and the members in the hall voting for their favourite of the two. The past two years this It’s a Knockout competition was held on zoom, this year …
On Tuesday Chris and Kathy put together an evening that stretched our minds and informed us of some software enhancements. We were asked to view twenty -two images all very different and to improve them . We were divided into groups and were given a short time to discuss what might improve the images before …
There was a good turn out for our meeting on a cold November night. Julia Cleaver and Kathy Chantler, both judges themselves, hosted a very interesting and thought provoking evening and gave us an educational and practical taster on “ How to think like a Judge”. To get us started, Kathy recapped on her earlier …
This Winner on the Night is the second of the season. Our members were given the opportunity to put in two PDIs or two prints or one of each. We had fifty-one PDIs and fifteen prints entered, plus a good turnout with 43 members present on the night. Our Judge for the evening Lloyd Moore …
We had a presentation from one of our members Chenxi Ni on the Technical side of photography. Chenxi had kindly bought along many Cameras, Lenses, Tripods and Lights from his collection to demonstrate. His presentation was split into many sections. He began with a discussion of the DSLR versus Mirrorless cameras and discussed the merits …
Thinking Like a Judge With Kathy Chantler and Julia Cleaver Attendees forty. Our recent club meeting featured Kathy Chantler and Julia Cleaver presenting a workshop on ‘Thinking like a Judge’. Kathy began by giving the members a question-and-answer session on what we thought Judges looked for in an image, and how to break down an …
18.10.23 This week’s subject at ImageZ was Inspirational Photography. Members were asked to come forward and talk about what had inspired them to take photographs or any photographers who have inspired them with their work. Derek Green The first speaker Derek Green shared his story of a short break at Littlecote and how the deer …