On Tuesday we had a real treat for the club, a visit from Hugh Letheren who is shall we say, jsut a little enthusiastic about water-droplet photography!
Not only did he talk us through his own journey and set ups he has used, along with some of the history around this style of photography, he was also brave enough to bring his equipment and perform a live demonstration!
More of Hugh's work can be seen on his website: http://hugh.letheren.org/
Some of the images captured on the evening:
What a great evening! Peter and Bina put on a great presentation showing how their Pixel Stick works along with showing us some example images of what can be achieved before letting us loose with it to create a few images of our own... it was fantastic to see the members of the club working together to create some interesting and dynamic images!
What a fantastic evening with Janie from Hedgecombers!
We started with a look through her food photography back-catalog where she showed us how her photography has progressed over her career along with lots of interesting tit-bits that are crucial for creating great foodie-photos.
We then ran through a demo set-up where we tethered the camera so we could analyze the image and discuss exactly what was working and what wasn't, then finally we got the chance to break out our own dishes to create our own shots.
For more details on Janie's work head on over to her website, https://hedgecombers.com/
Hailing from Brixham, Neil has been creating some excellent minimalist landscapes recently, well worth checking out his portfolio at:
I've been following Dave on Flickr for some time and I'm always amazed at how he manages to get access to such a wide variety of classic and vintage cars.
Michael Shainblum is based on the West coast of America and has a knack for creating larger than life landscapes; his motto is "EAT, SLEEP, CREATE" though with the amount of quality work on his site you've got to question how much he eats and sleeps!
If you'd like to see more check out his website:
http://www.shainblumphoto.com/
https://500px.com/shainblum
I have been following Monika's work on Flickr for some time but her latest images are outstanding efforts, showing great composition and a sublime control over tone and depth-of-field.
For more of her work please have a look at her Flickr photostream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinoska/
