Lacock Positive: April 2022

Lacock Positive Photography Club

Annual Exhibition

1st & 2nd May 2022

THE TOP 10 FAVOURITE IMAGES BY PUBLIC VOTE

© Philip Male

Winters' Whisper

© Pete Evans

St Aldhelm's Chapel and Milky Way

© Philip Male

Neolithic Sunrise

© Danny Wootton

Eilean Donan at Dusk

© David Sage

Piering into the Sunset

© Pete Evans

Fairie Pools at Isle of Skye

Joint 7

© Mike Hayter

The Wanaka Tree

Joint 7

© Mike Hayter

Sunrise over Caen Locks

© Amanda Gregory

Harvest Mouse Snack

© Roger Parry

Church Reflection

MEETING 21.04.22

The timing of Easter 2022 meant our normal fortnightly meeting was delayed by a week and by then we seemed to have a lot to catch up with. So we kicked the evening straight off with a Members presentation by Amanda Gregory and Julia Lloyd-Parks about their trip to Mull and a guided search for otters during a largely wet week in November 2021. Mull did also have other attractions when otters were playing elusive!

Julia then followed this presentation with her own ongoing Mini Project about photographing swans.

Both images above © Julia Lloyd-Parks 2022

As usual, members posted a wide variety of images for the month of March under the One Month, One Image challenge.

The March Shoot took place in the gardens of Lacock Abbey but while there were Spring flowers, the weather was anything but Spring-like. We battled on for a while but we were mostly not achieving what we set out to do.

The title of the challenge 'Manmade' inevitably led to interesting interpretations, trying to remember that subjects had to be made or caused by human beings i.e. artificial rather than natural

Next meeting: Thursday May 5

To include a presentation on West Scotland plus images from a studio shoot of Harvest Mice and the month of April

MEETING 31.03.22

Those who were not suffering from a cold or worse and who braved the cold weather started the evening by watching a presentation of Pembrokeshire sea- and landscapes by Chair, David Sage, showing the variety found on that coast.

David followed this up by illustrating how to eliminate fencing when taking shots of birds and animals in zoos and the like.

The evening concluded with a review of members' submissions for the challenge Monochrome. Atmosphere can be striking in such images through the observation of light and how it affects the world around. Architectural images make for great conversion subjects (though perspective needs careful handling) as do those of animals (while noting the importance of catchlights in eyes). Monochrome is also a useful way of disguising discordant colour palettes and creatively shooting silhouettes.

Next meeting: April 21

Presentation of Otter images, plus a variety of images from a shoot, a challenge and the month of March.