Kylie-Ann Martin – “My Journey In Photography….So Far”

I will take you from my first image in 2006/7 with a brief explanation of my health restrictions, which also impact on my photography. Despite these barriers I earned my distinctions, EFIAP, BPE 2 and LDPS. You will see the images that contributed to all the exhibition acceptances and hear some of the stories behind them. I will also share how I created some of the award winning images and I will end with my CPAGB panel.”

Practical Event

A special practical event with archers in period dress. This event will take place in a special location, which will be confirmed with members closer to the time.

Simon Van-Orden – “Chasing the Lights”

I am based in the South West area and whilst I enjoy a number of different aspects of photography with varying degrees of success, my passion is the Northern Lights and it has become an addiction.

My presentation “Chasing the Lights” gives an insight into this natural phenomenon, with images, personal anecdotes and advice on photographic techniques to capture them, based on the knowledge I have developed over the years whilst pursuing this passion.

Photography is very much a hobby for me, with the Lights being one of those things that was on my bucket list, and a few years ago I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to see them. This ignited a passion for them and I enjoy sharing my experiences (failures and successes) with others, so that they can appreciate the magic of this natural phenomenon.

Having moved within the past year from Surrey, I am an “out of town” member of Epsom Camera Club, with my home Club now being Tavistock Camera Club and I am a judge for the WCPF.

I have a hope to be able to capture the Northern Lights from Dartmoor, it is possible, but so many things have to be right!

Photo Walk

We will hope for good light and meet at an agreed venue for a sociable walk, offering a variety of subject matter to photograph. It is a great opportunity to share ideas and different approaches.

No doubt we’ll all come away with a selection of shots reflective of our own individual style of photography, which we will compare and contrast in a future meeting.

Summer Photo Walks – Review

Following a series of great photo walks and practical sessions over the summer, we will dedicate this meeting to compare and contrast outputs with an aim to pick up hints, tips and share ideas in the process. Even though everyone was in the same place at the same time, these exercises tend to throw up a broad sweep of outputs and a variety of techniques/ approaches, that all can learn from!

Member Presentation – Kirsten Norton – Photoshop

In this presentation we will look at some of the useful tools and features in Photoshop including layers, making selections, masks, adjustment layers and cloning. I’ve got a loose plan and will be working on ‘live’ examples, so please ask as many questions as you want and I’ll do my best to answer them.

TDPS Extra – SURGERY – including technical spotlight (theme TBC)

A panel of more experienced members will be on hand to give and facilitate opinions specifically related to improving members’ images. Come armed with images that you want to improve, whether compositionally or post-processing. You may have a range of images of the same subject and wish to have a view on which works best. You may have images that did not work out as you intended and want to find out why. Whatever your level, this is your chance to benefit from the experience of other members and to improve your image making potential.

John Lewis – “Composition for the Viewer”

Composition is the key to creating interesting and exciting images, which reflects your own particular style. The choices you make regarding frame, focus, timing and viewpoint set you apart from other photographers. This presentation takes a detailed look at the approaches to composition taken by a number of famous photographers and examines the rules of composition: the ones you can safely ignore and the ones that nearly always work!

Like so many photographers I have been ‘snapping’ pictures of family, friends, and places for many years. I spent 35 years in the computer industry in Technical Support, Marketing and Project Management. After retiring I have studied photography with the Open College of the Arts now part of the University for the Creative Arts (UCA). I graduated with a BA (Hons) Photography in April 2017.

I was awarded my LRPS with the Royal Photographic Society in 2009. I have been a member of Daventry Photographic Society since 2002 and served as Chairman from 2007-2017.

Diane Berridge – “Photo Restoration & Repair”

Diane is a member of Banbury Photographic society.

As well as undertaking and having an in depth knowledge of all aspects of photo restoration and repair, she has extensive experience in forensic photo analysis, digital imaging, photo display work, scanning and re-sizing images, high quality printing and tailored Photoshop training and teaching.

Diane undertakes live demonstrations on Photo Restoration primarily using Photoshop and give talks on before and after photo restoration images.

So, dig out your old, creased photos and see how they can be transformed!

Northampton Natural History Society head-to-head – Image Selection

The annual head-to-head against Northampton Natural History Society.
This year the category is Open and we are required to select 20 images.

Please bring along up to 3 of your best images!

This meeting will take place on Zoom.

Annual Versatility Challenge

This year’s Versatility Challenge theme is: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral.

The emphasis here is on interpretation. It’s amazing how people interpret the same theme differently. Extra kudos for creativity!

Please bring along 2 image of each ready to present.

BIG SPEAKER EVENT – An evening with world renowned photographer Charlie Waite

Charlie Waite’s favourite photographs and the story of how they were made.

Charlie Waite is firmly established as one of the world’s leading Landscape photographers. His photographic style is often considered to be unique, in that his photographs convey an almost spiritual quality of serenity and calm. Waite’s photographs are held in private and corporate collections throughout the world, and he has held numerous solo exhibitions at prestigious venues in the UK, Japan and the USA.

With over 30 books to his name, Waite’s distinctive images are recognised around the world and his work has received wide critical acclaim over many years. A recent article in Royal West of England Academy of Art Magazine featuring Waite’s work commented “Waite’s landscapes are rare perfections of light, colour and composition, and offer the viewer a luxuriant portrait of a planet at peace”.

Also a sought after writer, public speaker and television presenter, Waite has featured in numerous photographic and broadsheet publications, DVDs and television programmes on photography.

Through his company Light & Land, he continues to encourage lovers of photography to seek the enormous enrichment that can be found by engaging with the landscape with the camera acting as a conduit and a device to express the individual’s response to their world around them.

Waite particularly enjoys working with younger people as their uncluttered view on the world can bring some remarkable imagery.

Naomi Saul – “South to the Falklands”

In November 2003 my late husband, Eric and I were fortunate enough to join a small group of photographers led by a good friend, David Osborn FRPS on a photographic trip to the Falkland Islands. David had worked there and so was the ideal guide for our 15 days of photography, staying on several of the Islands. This talk summarises and hopefully takes you to see the many types of wildlife we were privileged to encounter there – from small birds to penguins and Elephant seals, most of which had no fear of mankind, due to low tourism numbers.

TDPS Extra – Monthly Challenge Review

We will review the 3 challenges set over the preceding 3 months, picking up key points of sharing and learning and highlighting particularly successful outputs.

This meeting will take place on Zoom.

Bob Brind-Surch – “Smart Shooting Part Two”

Bob returns with a follow-up of his Spring talk. Smart Shooting Part Two – From the Ordinary to Extra Ordinary builds on the ideas discussed in the first talk and extends to looking at how digital shooting differs from film. This is very important if we are to get the best from our digital cameras even though the basic controls are the same. It especially looks at managing exposure to get sharper, cleaner, clearer and more noise free pictures. This talk is necessarily more complex than the first and will take experienced shooters forward in their journey in photography, as well as challenging and stretching newer members, who may have heard the first talk or had help in club and be taking their first steps to taking control of their cameras.

Head-to-Head against Northampton Natural History Society – at NNHS

The annual head-to-head against Northampton Natural History Society. This year the category is “Open” and we have selected 20 member images, which will be pitched against 20 images from NNHS in this sociable and friendly competiton.

This meeting will be held on Zoom.

Christmas Meeting

Review of the Year, Christmas Quiz, Social with Nibbles.

This meeting will be held on Zoom.