The next Digital Imaging Group Meeting will be on Monday 10 June at 7.30pm and will be hosted by Rachel Domleo.
These meetings are informal and take place at the clubroom and via zoom, it is a great opportunity to share your work with other members or simply to gain some inspiration.
If you would like some advice, to share a project you have been working on or simply want to share some of your images outside the competition environment please send your images to
dig@bristolphoto.org.uk by email or WeTransfer service by
5.00pm on Saturday 8th of June ( a day earlier than usual) so they can be included.
Please number your images in the order you would like them to be viewed and resize to the usual competition size, not essential but helps to keep the file sizes manageable.
Last month we were fortunate to look at and share some diverse and interesting images from the following members
Sue Swift showed some wonderful images from her holiday in St Lucia, an island not far from Barbados. Not only were there some magnificent images of the sun, sea and landscape in beautiful evening light but also images of nature. The forest is a wildlife reserve where Sue captured images of some exotic birds including humming birds and reptiles.
Paul MacLeod also presented some images from his holiday across the pond to San Francisco. Its iconic landmark Golden Gate Bridge and the street scenes with trams going up and down like roller coasters gave a sense of awe to the manmade structures. Not to be outdone, the modern architects designed an amazing residential building twisted in shape and covered in glass windows, its image looked as if it was taken through a textured glass.
John Hudson takes every opportunity to fly his drones capturing well known landmarks from the air. His images last month also showed birds of prey, eagles and owls, in flight and in striking portraits.
Anita Fullerton has become proficient at taking images with intentional camera movement. On the club outing to Wells she captured some magnificent images in and around Bishops Palace, people in the street and in the church with light streaming through stained glass windows. She also showed some lovely abstract style mages of the reflections on the glass roof at Victoria and Albert museum.
Anita Fullerton
David Alderson’s images were in two parts, effectively a tutorial in the art of seeing. David spots compositions picking out shapes, colours and textures to make images. In the first part he recorded colourful shapes in the Paintworks in Bristol which make good compositions and in the second part he further refined these to find enhanced compositions within them. It was a very refreshing exercise.
David Grierson presented sports images with a big difference. They were of amputee football players. David described the organisation of these clubs and the modified rules for the game. The players are those who have lost one leg but run around with the help of two crutches with almost the same speed as normal players. The competitive spirit of the players and their determination to circumvent their disabilities came over clearly in his presentation and images.
Ibrahim Gitteh-Massiah showed dance images taken in Bristol Cathedral. It was a multicultural dance function which was moved into the Cathedral from College Green because of the rain. The images were very well handled considering the very dark environment requiring very high ISO. An essential ingredient in capturing good images is getting into a prime position for a photoshoot and he handled getting the permission on the spot from the organisers very well.
Rachel Domleo
Ashwin Chauhan
