Hi All,
Here are my notes from last night's ESIG.
Our numbers were down a bit with several members being away, but the meeting for me really took off. We had some good discussion and even learnt a new word - VEMODALEN - its origin is Swedish, and it means the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of similar photos already exist, like a great sunset, or a waterfall. This sets up the challenge for us to not follow the crowd and find our own way of capturing the subject. Here's the link to the recording, https://youtu.be/LjGRt60S6D8
This theme was introduced by Brian, our first speaker, who showed the work of Lynne Blount - see https://lynneblount.com/. Lynne describes herself as an experimental, expressionist and abstract photographer. She has been tutored by Valda Bailey and Doug Chinnery, both well know for their abstract work, and very much produces work that is a long way from representational. If you like this sort of abstract then check out Lynne web site. She does abstract in a different way.
Steve reminded us of the work of Olga Karlovac (https://www.olga-karlovac-photography.com) and also introduced us to 'the Journal of Emptiness' at the joem gallery (https://www.joem.gallery/). Both are street photographers with style similar in many ways and, like Lynne, their work is very different from what we see from other street photographers - low key, contrasty, blurred, indistinct, but very atmospheric. I liked it.
By coincidence I then showed the street work of Michael Akerman - https://michaelackermanwork.com/. Whilst using a different approach to Olga and joem, the photography is again similar in many ways and certainly different from 'regular' street photography. The images are grainy, contrasty, rarely sharp but do produce a consistent moody atmosphere. These three photographers may not be to everyone's taste, but that's a good thing. They each definitely show another way to photograph the street.
Judith was our fourth speaker and showed some close up landscape work taken in the Cairngorms. The subject was rocks and running water, but they were taken not in a representational way but rather with a clear sense of design and again even abstract feel. They were totally coherent showing a full range of tones from full blacks to whites and looked great in a 3x2 panel. Nice work Judith.
Finally we had a few images in our portfolio session which we had a good chat over.
This has been the last ESIG of the season and a good meeting to end on. I'm happy to run ESIG again next year if members want me to continue, so will be in touch again in September.
Enjoy the summer
Here are my notes from last night's ESIG.
Our numbers were down a bit with several members being away, but the meeting for me really took off. We had some good discussion and even learnt a new word - VEMODALEN - its origin is Swedish, and it means the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of similar photos already exist, like a great sunset, or a waterfall. This sets up the challenge for us to not follow the crowd and find our own way of capturing the subject. Here's the link to the recording, https://youtu.be/LjGRt60S6D8
This theme was introduced by Brian, our first speaker, who showed the work of Lynne Blount - see https://lynneblount.com/. Lynne describes herself as an experimental, expressionist and abstract photographer. She has been tutored by Valda Bailey and Doug Chinnery, both well know for their abstract work, and very much produces work that is a long way from representational. If you like this sort of abstract then check out Lynne web site. She does abstract in a different way.
Steve reminded us of the work of Olga Karlovac (https://www.olga-karlovac-photography.com) and also introduced us to 'the Journal of Emptiness' at the joem gallery (https://www.joem.gallery/). Both are street photographers with style similar in many ways and, like Lynne, their work is very different from what we see from other street photographers - low key, contrasty, blurred, indistinct, but very atmospheric. I liked it.
By coincidence I then showed the street work of Michael Akerman - https://michaelackermanwork.com/. Whilst using a different approach to Olga and joem, the photography is again similar in many ways and certainly different from 'regular' street photography. The images are grainy, contrasty, rarely sharp but do produce a consistent moody atmosphere. These three photographers may not be to everyone's taste, but that's a good thing. They each definitely show another way to photograph the street.
Judith was our fourth speaker and showed some close up landscape work taken in the Cairngorms. The subject was rocks and running water, but they were taken not in a representational way but rather with a clear sense of design and again even abstract feel. They were totally coherent showing a full range of tones from full blacks to whites and looked great in a 3x2 panel. Nice work Judith.
Finally we had a few images in our portfolio session which we had a good chat over.
This has been the last ESIG of the season and a good meeting to end on. I'm happy to run ESIG again next year if members want me to continue, so will be in touch again in September.
Enjoy the summer
