I started off with a couple of things you might want to follow up:
- I've just had an article published in the OnLandscape magazine. Its my response to what seems to be a never ending stream of articles and videos that say photography is all about conveying 'feelings and emotions'. I'm not sure this is true and its certainly too simplistic. Here's what I had to say https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2020/11/what-is-that-extra-ingredient/#comment-5164380312
-Some years back I purchased a book called 'The triangle theory - Objective criticism of art', and somehow got into a brief email exchange with the author Leah Robb. Leah contacted me out of the blue this weekend to say that the book had been updated and she would make it available to me, and my friends, via Blurb at cost - £2.99. Its self published and very different to any other book you may have read on this subject. Easy to read and has an interesting core idea. Worth a read. https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/8888876-the-triangle-theory
We had four speakers:
- Judith pulled together a project that has come together over a number of years. The images were taken in a moving car giving very abstract effect with a great sense of movement. Many of the images were very attractive on their own, but the series as a whole had great energy. Judith described the series as a Road Journey into Impressionism.
- Steve gave us an introduction to Instagram, which he described as a mix of Flicker and Twitter. The growth of Instagram has been astonishing including its market value. Steve gave us some best practice advice, including the use of hash tags (#), posting regularly, linking to relevant communities, and following other users. Steve ended by showing us his own site.
- Brian described the process he’d been through to select a web host for his new website. Brian had shortlisted three potential hosts, Wix, Squarespace and Weebley, and had ranked these on a number of factors including ease of use, available templates, price an overall score obtained from reviews. Wix came out as Brian’s choice. Brian then showed us his new site which focuses on photographs of Hertfordshire. See www.hertsphotos.com
- Iain showed us a selection of his street photographs, many from his favourite Venice, but also other locations. Typical enjoyable Iain shots.
We then had three contributors telling us about their favourite photographers, or bookmarked sites they follow:
- Ali’s gave us two excellent links. Firstly Guy Edwards, a landscape and wildlife photographer who has visited HPS. See https://www.guyedwardes.com/. Guy also posts a daily photo on Instagram and Facebook, and gives talks on https://www.photographyexperts.com/eventrecordings. Next presentation -Friday 4th December ‘Macro & Close-Up Photography.
Secondly, Andy Rouse, a well known wildlife photographer. See Instagram & Facebook – Wildman Rouse, and his new venture: Wild Bunch – online and video base community https://www.wildbunch.andyrouse.co.uk/
Free account – for Wild Angle Videos and Rouse Reads
Wild Bunch Club – extended Wide Angle videos, Monthly Club cast meeting with talks and tips.
- Greg showed us Hans Strand, a Swedish photographer who has some great aerial shots of Iceland, and then some very different ‘intimate’ landscapes. see https://www.hansstrand.se/
- finally Vaughn surprised us with an unusual and interesting site that focused just on analogue photography, giving reviews, theories, reflections, knowhow and experience - definitely something different. See https://www.35mmc.com
- I've just had an article published in the OnLandscape magazine. Its my response to what seems to be a never ending stream of articles and videos that say photography is all about conveying 'feelings and emotions'. I'm not sure this is true and its certainly too simplistic. Here's what I had to say https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2020/11/what-is-that-extra-ingredient/#comment-5164380312
-Some years back I purchased a book called 'The triangle theory - Objective criticism of art', and somehow got into a brief email exchange with the author Leah Robb. Leah contacted me out of the blue this weekend to say that the book had been updated and she would make it available to me, and my friends, via Blurb at cost - £2.99. Its self published and very different to any other book you may have read on this subject. Easy to read and has an interesting core idea. Worth a read. https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/8888876-the-triangle-theory
We had four speakers:
- Judith pulled together a project that has come together over a number of years. The images were taken in a moving car giving very abstract effect with a great sense of movement. Many of the images were very attractive on their own, but the series as a whole had great energy. Judith described the series as a Road Journey into Impressionism.
- Steve gave us an introduction to Instagram, which he described as a mix of Flicker and Twitter. The growth of Instagram has been astonishing including its market value. Steve gave us some best practice advice, including the use of hash tags (#), posting regularly, linking to relevant communities, and following other users. Steve ended by showing us his own site.
- Brian described the process he’d been through to select a web host for his new website. Brian had shortlisted three potential hosts, Wix, Squarespace and Weebley, and had ranked these on a number of factors including ease of use, available templates, price an overall score obtained from reviews. Wix came out as Brian’s choice. Brian then showed us his new site which focuses on photographs of Hertfordshire. See www.hertsphotos.com
- Iain showed us a selection of his street photographs, many from his favourite Venice, but also other locations. Typical enjoyable Iain shots.
We then had three contributors telling us about their favourite photographers, or bookmarked sites they follow:
- Ali’s gave us two excellent links. Firstly Guy Edwards, a landscape and wildlife photographer who has visited HPS. See https://www.guyedwardes.com/. Guy also posts a daily photo on Instagram and Facebook, and gives talks on https://www.photographyexperts.com/eventrecordings. Next presentation -Friday 4th December ‘Macro & Close-Up Photography.
Secondly, Andy Rouse, a well known wildlife photographer. See Instagram & Facebook – Wildman Rouse, and his new venture: Wild Bunch – online and video base community https://www.wildbunch.andyrouse.co.uk/
Free account – for Wild Angle Videos and Rouse Reads
Wild Bunch Club – extended Wide Angle videos, Monthly Club cast meeting with talks and tips.
- Greg showed us Hans Strand, a Swedish photographer who has some great aerial shots of Iceland, and then some very different ‘intimate’ landscapes. see https://www.hansstrand.se/
- finally Vaughn surprised us with an unusual and interesting site that focused just on analogue photography, giving reviews, theories, reflections, knowhow and experience - definitely something different. See https://www.35mmc.com
