Lacock Positive: Lacock Positive Meeting 18 September 2025

We welcomed members, new and old, to our second meeting of the Club's year with a preparation talk for an upcoming shoot at Castle Combe racing circuit on 21st September and a catch up on all the Club's shoots that had taken place during the Summer break.

Danny started by showing images he had taken at Le Mans alongside guidance notes on the typical speed and depth of field that might be used for different sorts of images to suggest car movement. Panning is a skill that needs to be practised and settings will depend on the distance to the car and the speed of travel. A head on shot and alternate ways of showing speed were also discussed and illustrated.

This and the following five images © Danny Wootton 2025

Danny also suggested looking for interesting car details, paddock portraits and perhaps even abstract interpretations.

He finished by sharing his 'how to' notes and suggestions on camera settings. Let's hope it doesn't rain too much... but take an umbrella just in case!

The first Summer shoot shown was from Lydiard Park (lydiardpark@swindon.gov.uk) at the beginning of July, which proved to be a lovely evening of golden sun providing plenty of light and shade opportunities. A selection of images are shown below:

Reflection © Caroline Howe 2025

Cool Spot © Sue Power 2025

Next up was a July shoot at a Dauntsey Park Horse Trials event where a mix of members with and without experience of this type of photography attended and enjoyed. (https://www.horse-events.co.uk/venues/dauntsey-park/).

Next, a good turnout went to Hungerford, some for the first time, and had fun exploring the canal area in lovely early evening light.

The final Summer shoot, at the end of August, was at Brown's Folly (https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/brownes-folly) but the weather was changeable and challenging and the hoped for sunset did not arrive.

A review of images taken on World Photography Day 19 August was also made and a selection of these can be seen on an earlier posting (4th September) on this blog.

Finally, Congratulations to Philip Male for his Highly Commended image of A Pair of Little Owls! See: https://www.wiltshirewildlife.org/photo-prize-winners