Our meeting on 27th November was filled with a wide variety of shots, displaying the inventiveness and creativity of our members.
The meeting started with a presentation from Julia Lloyd-Parks who described her trip earlier this year to The Camargue to photograph the white horses. these horses are a traditional breed, indigenous to The Camargue. They live in semi-feral conditions in the marshy areas of the region. They are the traditional mount of the Gardians - the Camargue riders who herd the black bulls of the area. The horses are always grey, but are born as black or dark brown.
For the purposes of the shoots, the horses are herded by the Gardians, and are driven towards the photographers to get the most dramatic shots. In between runs the horses relax and this is a primetime to get portrait shots of them. The shoots were organised in different locations - a lake, at the beach, and in a tidal lagoon.
The weather was bright and the sky clear, and this, combined with the colour of the horses, lends itself beautifully to the use of black and white for the images, so there is a mix of colour and black and white in this selection.
Here are some of the photos that we saw at the meeting (all pictures ©Julia Lloyd-Parks):
From the lakeside shoot:
At the beach:
There was also an opportunity to photograph stallions sparring with each other. This was very carefully managed, and no blood was drawn.
Early morning at the lagoon
One month, one photo - September
Our coffee break is a chance to catch up with others, and after coffee we resumed with the member challenges - the first was photos for September. Here are just a few from that session:
The Milky Way over Dragon's Den ©Helen Day
©Philip Male
Kew Gardens ©Tony Bamford
The next challenge was the photos from October
Ginkgo Leaves ©Jeremy Fox
Beach Huts at West Wittering ©Pam Bamford
Salisbury Cathedral ©Roger Parry
Beach Trees ©Sue Power
Autumn Colour
©David Sage
Penny bun mushroom ©Lesley Cadger
©Philip Selby
Red Deer Stag at Bradgate Park ©Amanda Gregory
