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Porth Naven by Stan Chippett

Welcome to our new subscribers

It is a real joy to see the number of subscribers to this newsletter going up each week. I hope you are finding this interesting and please feel free to join in with any of our virtual evenings, you are more than welcome.

What is a Portrait

This week we have Tom Peck, who was last at the club to judge our black & white competition back in those heady pre-lockdown days, to deliver his talk entitled "What is a Portrait":

This presentation will look at the history of photographic portraiture from the Victorian beginnings through to our selfie culture of the 21st Century.

It traces how portraits have evolved from pictorialism through to post modernism, and will delve into social documentary, fashion, celebrity and even portrait ‘notoriety’.

It unravels the question of what is a portrait, and who creates it? The photographer? The sitter? The viewer? A 2 hour tour of portraits from the last 170 years - you’ll never look at a portrait in the same way again.

Should be a really interesting evening.
The zoom invite for the meetings is below, all are welcome to come along: Members & non-members alike.

Zoom Invite

Topic: H2 Club Evening
Time: "Doors" open at 07:30 PM for 7:45 Start
Every week on a Thursday

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82906584413?pwd=dnFuRG9LUzBzU0hlSFZ3NDAzYkluQT09

Meeting ID: 829 0658 4413
Password: 927576

Photographic History with David Davis

Last week we were treated to a talk by long time pro photographer David Davis. He took us through a fascinating history of photography and equipment. For some, it was a walk down memory lane and for other it was a chance to see how far the technology has progressed. With stories of bleeding knuckles from cold days in the darkroom to building up composite images in-camera it was fascinating.

And it is impressive that if you do a google search for CCD Chip Davids image (and fingers) come up at the top of the results after all this time:

Thank you David for an entertaining evening.

David let slip he could do us a talk about his time as an industrial photographer for Marconi and I am sure that will be really interesting too and we will try to arrange for that at some point.

The Concrete Ship by Warren Martin

Our YouTube Channel is building into quite a resource as fast as I can edit and upload the files.

For those that missed Warren's Advanced Photography talk, you can find it on the channel as well as some past talks, The Lightroom Course and Competitions.

Weather Front by Jeffrey Sinclair

Chris's Lightroom Course

This week we looked at the targeted adjustment tools, if you missed it you can watch it all here: https://youtu.be/SjzSf3Kdb6Q

The course continues this week and the zoom invite is below.

All the previous sessions are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTEzSKq0dp6ZVEp7_GaD5fhX13376gZF1

Zoom Invite

Chris Shepherd is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Beginners Guide to Lightroom
Every week on Tuesdays at 11am

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 829 9784 0019
Password: 629526

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Roses by Jo Cleall

Graveyard Bins

When you look at photography online, it's not that often you see something truly original. That is not a bad thing as practice is a major part of learning your craft and we can learn a lot from copying others. But sometimes an image stops you in your tracks with the sheer uniqueness and creativity involved. This is what happened to me when I first saw the cover of Al Brydons Graveyard Bins.

I was so impressed by the creativity involved in rendering something people actively avoid and ignore into a book of beautiful pictures, I had to buy a copy and I wasn't disappointed. It really is a beautiful & inspiring little book.

Perhaps there is a lesson for us all there, looking at the world with fresh eyes can produce amazing results.

Chris

Shake your tail feathers by John Thompson

This months PAGB e-news is a lockdown special, full of photos and inspiration from the recent months, well worth a view.

The Programme

We have been working hard to get a programme together for the next few months. Salvaging what we could from the old programme and taking advantage of the fact that we are meeting over zoom to bring in some speakers we would not normally have been able to:

09 July 2020	Tom Peck (Portraits)
16 July 2020
23 July 2020	Paul Radden
30 July 2020	Justin Minns

Look Up by Paul Major

Interested in Joining Us?

Our club's mission is to provide photographic guidance, stimulation and opportunity; we'd love you to join us.

Visitors are welcome to join our virtual meetings, just use the zoom links in this newsletter.

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