Archive of meetings held Sept 2019 - Aug 2020
Because of the coronavirus lockdown, face-to-face meetings of our group were suspended from March 2020 onwards. However, we continued to meet online using the zoom video-conferencing app. Scroll down this page to see details of our online meetings.
Thursday 26th September 2019 at 2pm: The meeting will start with a general discussion about talks and other activities that people would like to see during the next few months. This will be followed by an extended photo-sharing session. Members are encouraged to show photos on the theme of "Fairs and festivals", and photos from your travels and other activities during the summer are also very welcome.
Thursday 24th October 2019 at 2pm: There will be two back-to-back talks about photos from Costa Rica. The first will be a joint talk by Mike Gillan and Hilary Wigmore about their recent trip to Costa Rica, including some wildlife, and the second will be by Claire Edey, mainly about wildlife. This will be followed by photo-sharing on the themes of "Doorways" and "Upwards and downwards".
Thursday 28th November 2019 at 2pm: Ron Netherway will give a talk based on photos that he took on his travels in Northern India. Kris Frank may also give a short talk about a mobile photo app that he has been investigating. This will be followed by photo-sharing on the themes of "Autumn colours" and "Precarious".
Thursday 26th December 2019: no meeting
Thursday 23rd January 2020 at 2pm: This meeting will feature "Bird photography" and we are fortunate to be able to welcome eminent ornithologist Jonathan Elphick to tell us about his work and to comment on our bird photos. Jonathan is a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and of the Linnean Society of London and has published a number of best-selling books on birds and other wildlife. His many interests include the cultural significance of birds, the representation of birds in art, and wildlife conservation.
Thursday 27th February 2020 at 2pm: Kris Frank will give a talk about "Looking at photos". He has provided a summary of his talk:
What makes a good Photo ? And who am I to Judge anyway ?
Can we learn to appraise a photo, or is it innate ?
How do YOU appraise a photo now? Was it the same as a child ?
Do other Cultures appraise all photos differently ? or some photos not ?
Or if most of us agree WHAT is a better photo,
do we really know WHY we think it is ?
Can we try to learn from each other on Feb 27th ?
We will be looking at some photos and try to see why we think some are better than others and whether some principles emerge that are useful and that we can use to improve our photo composition out in the real world, as well as critically considering past ‘rules’ of Photography.
Kris then plans to briefly demonstrate three phone apps:
ONE that could save your life while out walking
ONE that can get you a Photography magazine free
ONE that can manipulate your photos in a fun artistic way that (if you have them) your grandkids will love !
This will be followed by photo-sharing, which this month has the two themes: "Winter sunrises and sunsets" and "Patterns".
Thursday 26th March 2020 at 2pm: The meeting scheduled for this date is postponed, because of the coronavirus crisis. It was due to feature two 30-minute talks about photography in Antarctica, to be given by Rita Watson and Claire Edey. We plan to reschedule these talks for a future date.
Thursday 16th April 2020 at 2pm: This was an online meeting conducted using the zoom app. It consisted of photo-sharing on the theme "Lockdown activities".
Thursday 30th April 2020 at 2pm: This was an online meeting conducted using the zoom app. It will consist of photo-sharing on the theme "Room with a view".
Thursday 14th May 2020 at 2pm: This was an online meeting conducted using the zoom app. It will consist of photo-sharing on the theme "What is it?"
Thursday 28th May 2020 at 2pm: This was an online meeting conducted using the zoom app. It consisted of photo-sharing on the theme "Textures".
Thursday 11th June 2020 at 2pm: This was an online meeting conducted using the zoom app. It consisted of photo-sharing on the theme "The beauty of water", followed by discussion of photo-editing. Immediately after the meeting two jpeg images were circulated, and everyone was invited to try their hand at editing them, with the aim of discussing the edits at the next meeting.
Thursday 25th June 2020 at 2pm: This was an online meeting conducted using the zoom app. It consisted of photo-sharing on the theme "The beauty of flowers". After this, we continued our discussion of photo-editing, and shared our edits of the two jpeg images circulated earlier.
Thursday 9th July 2020 at 2pm: Another online zoom meeting. This time, the photo-sharing theme was "Pollinators". After photo-sharing, there was more discussion of photo-editing, and we shared our edits of two jpegs circulated earlier.
Thursday 23rd July 2020 at 2pm: Yet another online zoom meeting. The photo-sharing theme for this meeting was "Sharp". After photo-sharing, there was discussion of photo-editing, including our edits of a jpeg image circulated earlier.
Summer break: There will be no meetings of the group during August. The next meeting is provisionally scheduled for Thursday 10th September.