THURSDAY 21st OCTOBER 2021
Members Evening
Steve Varman organised our first members evening of the season and with six volunteers willing to share their images, those attending the zoom session were, as always on such events, ready for an entertaining couple of hours.
Elizabeth Restall talked us through her ‘people on the streets’ photography which she has taken over several years. Her candid monochrome and colour photographs were taken in such places as London, Venice, Cuba and Bath and although the majority of her subjects hadn’t a clue they were being photographed, two or three of them spotted her and were looking straight into the camera!
Not so long ago, Jane Martin treated herself to a macro lens and through lockdown she spent many hours getting to know it. The images she shared with us were of flowers, both inside her house and outside in her garden. She was pleased with her results and was surprised at what the naked eye couldn’t see but the new lens managed to pick up.
Over the August Bank Holiday Joan Scott attended a Plantagenet Medieval Re-enactment at Llanthony Priory in Gloucester. She was very lucky that there weren’t many folk attending the event and had so no problem with people being in the background of her images. She managed to capture still shots of the decorative costumes worn by the ladies and the action shots of the men fighting.
Diana Baker never goes walking without her camera and she shared with us a selection of the images she has taken whilst out and about both locally and further afield. Her images were grouped by subject and included trees, water, flowers and views. Misty sunrises and carpets of bluebells were followed by images taken on both club walks and her recent holiday in Scotland.
David Brookes, who has always had an interest in certain periods of Naval History, celebrated the 216th Anniversary of The Battle of Trafalgar. Every image had something to do with Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson including a colourful image of the inlet at Burnham Overy Staithe close to where Nelson was born and monochrome images of The Victory at Portsmouth and the black Italian marble Sarcophagus in the crypt at St Pauls.
Don Grundell selected two subjects for his presentation, abstract images of rust and peeling paint around Sharpness Docks were the first set, he finds the docks a really interesting area for creating different images. These were followed with landscapes taken on a recent holiday in St Ives and told us how he plucked up the courage to ask strangers if he could take their photograph.
Steve Varman concluded the evening with a short video showing members the club entry he has submitted to this year’s WCPF Kingswood Salver Competition.
Many thanks to all who took the time to select and present their photographs.