Thanks to those who attended ESIG this week, I thought it was a particularly good session and a great start to our new season. We recorded the meeting and here's a link if you couldn't attend. https://youtu.be/Nnj2vYT-Gmk?feature=shared
And here's a few notes including names and links that came up during the evening.
Talks
We had three excellent talks:
1: Peter Whitehead talk was called 'Chalk', which initially got us thinking a bit. The title referred to chalk in the geological sense and its distribution across largely South East of the UK. Peter recommended a book by Chris Summerville, entitled 'Walking the Bones of Britain' and also a collection of photographs by Finn Hobson, see https://www.finnhopson.com/fieldwork. Peter's presentation showed photographs taken on his walk from just outside Winchester to Eastbourne, taking in the south Downs. The photographs were influenced by Finn's work.
2. Brian: Flower ICM Photography. Brian showed us some really excellent flower photographs taken with his iPhone using the App Slow Shutter. Brian explained that he had made several trip to Aylett's garden centre in St Albans and taken many many photographs of various flowers. His technique was to shoot at around 1/4 to 1/20th sec, moving the camera with a small circular motion. Brian reduced the photographs down into three panels of six. Each photograph was edited in Lightroom, where the flower was selected to give more impact and the background darken and soften. The panels were excellent and some of the individual photographs were really strong. Well done Brian.
3. Dries introduced us to a new photographer, Jenny Boot. See https://www.riseart.com/artist/65133/bootjenny. Jenny produces large photographs in the style of the old masters, using chiaroscuro style of lighting. Looking closely at the photographs Jenny introduces modern (and unpleasant) items into the compositions, like cigarettes or syringes, which gave a contemporary 'edginess' to the images. Interesting work worth a look.
Portfolio session
The portfolio session was special because everyone participated, so thank you all for your contributions. I'll not go through each one, but their was a variety of very nice work. Jackie showed some highly coloured abstract work using her phone and the 'Photo Split' app.
Meeting Dates
Tuesday's are not so convenient for me now, so after a bit of discussion we agreed to make our regular meeting on the fourth Monday of each month. But we will check at each meeting that this is convenient for everyone, and if necessary change the date month-by-month.
So the next meeting will be on 23rd October.
And here's a few notes including names and links that came up during the evening.
Talks
We had three excellent talks:
1: Peter Whitehead talk was called 'Chalk', which initially got us thinking a bit. The title referred to chalk in the geological sense and its distribution across largely South East of the UK. Peter recommended a book by Chris Summerville, entitled 'Walking the Bones of Britain' and also a collection of photographs by Finn Hobson, see https://www.finnhopson.com/fieldwork. Peter's presentation showed photographs taken on his walk from just outside Winchester to Eastbourne, taking in the south Downs. The photographs were influenced by Finn's work.
2. Brian: Flower ICM Photography. Brian showed us some really excellent flower photographs taken with his iPhone using the App Slow Shutter. Brian explained that he had made several trip to Aylett's garden centre in St Albans and taken many many photographs of various flowers. His technique was to shoot at around 1/4 to 1/20th sec, moving the camera with a small circular motion. Brian reduced the photographs down into three panels of six. Each photograph was edited in Lightroom, where the flower was selected to give more impact and the background darken and soften. The panels were excellent and some of the individual photographs were really strong. Well done Brian.
3. Dries introduced us to a new photographer, Jenny Boot. See https://www.riseart.com/artist/65133/bootjenny. Jenny produces large photographs in the style of the old masters, using chiaroscuro style of lighting. Looking closely at the photographs Jenny introduces modern (and unpleasant) items into the compositions, like cigarettes or syringes, which gave a contemporary 'edginess' to the images. Interesting work worth a look.
Portfolio session
The portfolio session was special because everyone participated, so thank you all for your contributions. I'll not go through each one, but their was a variety of very nice work. Jackie showed some highly coloured abstract work using her phone and the 'Photo Split' app.
Meeting Dates
Tuesday's are not so convenient for me now, so after a bit of discussion we agreed to make our regular meeting on the fourth Monday of each month. But we will check at each meeting that this is convenient for everyone, and if necessary change the date month-by-month.
So the next meeting will be on 23rd October.
