Last month we had another fascinating evening of images from five speakers presenting a variety of images of different genera including some for critique.

 

Kevin James has been looking into iPhone photography to compare the images with those captured with normal DSLR cameras. The quality of mobile phone images has improved significantly recently and Kevin showed us from the examples that even without a photo app the images were as good a quality as DSLR and required little processing, if any. With a suitable app it is possible to exercise additional control over the exposure manually to add creativity and widen the scope of creating images in camera or for further processing in raw format in photo editors. Kevin’s examples of images, particularly close ups, were stunning. Of course phone cameras have limitations, but its biggest advantage is having a camera with you all the time and not missing opportunities that may come your way.

 

John Hudson would have used his trusted Sony DSLR camera with telephoto and high ISO to capture more of his wonderful dance images which he presented at the meeting. As usual he is creative and prolific in expanding his portfolio. His presentation included images of church interiors, some stunning stained glass and 180-degree stitched panoramas of the ceilings. He is probably the leading photographer in the club using drones in the landscape to take advantage of a unique perspective. It is a complex genre requiring a good understanding of national and local laws for flying in addition to the skill of actually flying it.

 

I enjoyed Colin Dixon’s images which are creative with his distinctive style. On his travels recently in Greece he discovered a mannequin graveyard and created surreal images making them look almost alive.

 

 

Mike Martin is another photographer who is versatile in several genera of photography. He is deeply involved in portraiture photography in the club as well as other photoshoots to create very successful images. We were fortunate to see some of them in the traditional style and also creative ones portraying underwater scenes all cleverly done in Photoshop without getting wet! 

 

 

 

The next DI Group meeting is on Monday 15 May, delayed a week to let you enjoy the coronation weekend. The meeting is open to all BPS members. This is a reminder to all members that it is an ideal opportunity to share your images with fellow members to show what you have been working on, achieving success or near success in whatever way you enjoy making images. If you are preparing for club competitions (still a couple or so left) or other salons, you may want to get a second opinion at the DI meeting from your fellow members or you might just enjoy showing off your work and experiments in an informal atmosphere.

 

When you are ready, please email your images for presentation to reach me by 6pm-ish  Sunday 14 May. Images: JPG format, sRGB colour space, 1600 x 1200 pixels (same as competitions but not strict). If you wish to show them in a specific order, please prefix filenames with 01, 02, 03 etc. Email attachment size - max 20Mb per email, as many as necessary. You may also use WeTransfer or Dropbox if convenient, but I am not equipped to receive by direct transfers from Google or Apple Mac systems.