April 2021
Weird and Wonderful – Phil Cooling FRPS
His ‘’ presentation will take us on a journey from his early days with digital photography to achieving his F.R.P.S in 2014. Phil says, ‘my early work was dreadful….I took anything & everything and then threw the photoshop kitchen sink at them to add impact’. He quickly got through this phase and began to produce images that won club competitions and gained entry to International Salons. This was his ‘Wonderful…ish period’ but then he moved on to specializing in creative composite…
Find out more »Seeing Opportunity: Erica Oram
This talk is about making the most of limited time for photography by 'seeing' opportunity and being a little creative both in camera and afterwards. Subjects include landscape, details and people.
Find out more »May 2021
Chernobyl – Graham Harris
At 1:23 am on 26 April 1986 Chernobyl in Ukraine hit the world headlines when reactor No. 4 at the VA Lenin power plant exploded during a safety test. The result saw 49,000 people from the city of Pripyat and surrounding area being evacuate within 3 hours. they were told it would be a short term measure but never returned! 32 years later I visited the exclsuion zone of Chernobyl & spent 4 days exploring the now deserted wilderness. Homes,…
Find out more »Annual PDI Competition
Judge Ralph Duckett
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