Speaker – Alison Taylor ARPS – Seascapes and Landscapes 15/12/21

Our last speaker of the year, if you had thought that taking seascapes was not

inspiring or you had not thought about this genre, then Alison definitely changed your

mind during the course of the evening.

Alison talked about her passion of photographing seascapes, what it was that

inspired her about seascapes, her love of waves, textures, light, the contrast

between all the elements within the scene before you. Alison shared her knowledge and skills on how to get the most out of a landscape or

seascape.

Along with locations which included anywhere on the North East Coast, from

Northumberland down to East Yorkshire and more importantly where to get food and

drink, parking to be safe.

Some hints were:

• Safety first

• Ideas of what to capture and what to see

• Work on an outing tide which is safer

• Composition changes all the time

• Look around you and take in the different composition and how the waves are

• running

• Watch the Body of the waves each photograph is different

• Black rocks – wet

• How different the coast line is the within a short distance

• Always look behind you.

• Important to keep going back and to get to know your environment

A most enjoyable and thought-provoking evening.

Outing - Night Time Photography 06/12/21

Twelve brave souls went out into the night to photograph Huddersfield at

night. The rendezvous was St. George’s Square at 19:30, from whence

several groups of photographers sallied forth into the dark to take

pictures of Huddersfield town centre in all its pre-Christmas finery.

A tripod and a head torch proved to be useful accessories on the night

and having a fellow photographer also helped as ideas as, to location,

composition and camera settings inspired one to experiment and try out

new things.

Time flew by but, at just gone nine, it started to rain and whilst some

were drawn to the pub others harboured thought of home and a hot

shower.

Four members agreed to share one of their images, taken on the night,

and they are shown below together with some comments by the authors.

Star Lights Suzy Powell

I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. I enjoyed the longer exposures, but

also using F/16 to get the “star” lights.

“Ask for Angela” campaign van Alan Stopher

‘Three of us spent a pleasant hour looking for scenes in St George’s

Square, John William Street, New Street and King Street. In the latter we

came across a team promoting the “Ask For Angela” campaign. It is

aimed at keeping people safe from sexual assault in bars and other

venues by using a codeword.

University Light Trails Graham Sykes

Brake lights approaching Shaw Head roundabout compliment the colours

of the University buildings as vehicles rush between sets of traffic. The

effect enhanced with the wet road surface adding depth to the reflections.

Image taken with a slow shutter speed giving extended light trails, with

the use of a small aperture adding star affect the bright street lights.

Night Time Photographer

Great fun, great night!

Feedback Sessions – Possible Annual Competition entries – 17/11/21 & 24/11/21

At this time of year we give our members the opportunity to show images that they are considering entering in the following year’s Annual Competition. It enables informal discussion about such issues as entry categories and the choice of whether to submit as a Projected Digital Image (PDI) or a print. Members could submit up to three PDIs with the aim of having them reviewed over three sessions, the final one being in early February 2022. The first of these sessions was conducted on Zoom and the second in a face to face meeting at Kirkheaton Parish Hall. On both occasions James Gibson and the undersigned gave feedback on the images presented and drew in views from other experienced members according to the genre of the work being discussed. Where members were unable to be present discussion of their images was held over to the third session in the new year.

We’re lucky to have accomplished photographers particularly in portraiture, landscape and creative work to share their expertise. Even the experienced photographers benefit from the feedback of others because it is easy to miss things when you are looking at your own work. To illustrate this here is one of my images which was displayed. I have annotated it with some points for improvement which came out of the feedback.