Ann introduced the meeting with a reminder that our annual photographic exhibition is now in Bradwell Church until Sunday August 11th when it will be dismantled and stored. Thanks go to the members that moved the equipment to Bradwell and put up the prints.
The main event of the evening was the return of Erica Oram CPAGB AFAIP BPE3 who was giving the members her latest presentation:-
“A Bit Of This, A Bit Of That and The Other”.
As you can see from the photos, Erica brought along a number of her prints to help illustrate the style of photography that she prefers.
The main point was that the more conventional competition photos, those that please the judges, are not of great interest as far as Erica is concerned. To highlight the kind of photo that excites her, the opening photo onscreen was of a storm drain that is part of the Victorian system under Sheffield
Many of the members were enthralled by the prospect of an underground tour and Erica advised that we would need to be online when the next slot was available as they get booked up very quickly. The photos in the tunnels showed fascinating patterns of light shinning of the wet bricks or the water.
Following on from the intriguing underground photos came a series of candid shots of people and dogs, lots of dogs! Whether visiting Lisbon, Prestatyn, Cleethorpes or Rhyll, the photos showed people at leisure, walking, chatting, crabbing or simply sitting. Nothing was posed and usually Erica is shooting “from the hip” so that both the young and the not so young didn’t notice the photographer.
After the break a cuppa and chat Erica went on to the second half of her talk which featured some wild seas, misty mountains and some great shots of people at a very muddy scrambling event.
Thankyou Erica for a great evening and we hope to see members at the next meeting
September 12th – Visiting Speaker – Malcolm Imhoff FRPS FACI(M) Audio visual show