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At this month’s meeting, we were very happy to welcome four new members. After introductions and chat, we began by discussing a possible change of meeting day as one member’s working hours had changed. Since Friday was more convenient for everyone, we agreed to change from next month. New posters will have to be printed for publicity, but it’s easy for me to adapt the original ones.

We now looked at the photos people had brought in.

Some were landscapes with movement  while new members and those with less time brought in still landscapes.

After looking at these, and giving positive critiques, we talked about  the common  types of composition and looked at a few examples.

For the practical session, since it was a lovely day, we went to the Green to put
some of these into practice.

The theme for next month’s photo discussion was to take a photo using any of these types of composition – or a shot which, for good reason, didn’t follow any of them.

The date of the next meeting will beFriday 3rd October.

On the 6th of August, we went to the velo29 cycle races in Bishop Auckland.

 

 

 

 

 

There were a number of classes, from junior (primary school age) to adult

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were several very tight bends with only short straight sections and a very narrow race track hemmed in by barriers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It made for some good action shots.

 

 

 

We found that the best place to take these shots was on the bends .

 

 

To make sure there were no mishaps, there were outriders ahead of and behind the races.

 

 

 

The organisers had kindly given us a press pass which allowed access to all areas, including    the pit lane.

 

 

 

 

While the races and action shots were the main focus, there were also opportunites for other subjects such as candid  shots…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..and the awards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Between races, Matt Hemmings, a champion ‘flatland’ BMX stunt rider,  gave a short demonstration of his skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We welcomed another new member this month and after a chat, had a belated look at our ‘Spring’ photos.

 

 

 

Most of us had taken this in the expected context,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but this one raised a laugh all round.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our photo theme for the next meeting – September 2^nd – is ‘Dynamic Landscape’. First we talked briefly about how people might choose to capture some movement in their photos. Some ideas were trees blowing in the wind, people/traffic moving through the scene or fast moving water. We spent the rest of the meeting looking at the various camera settings and controls we could use for these. This being my first time leading the practical session, we possibly looked at too many!

As we have no meetings planned for the holiday season, we will be arranging some walks and photo shoots as a group. If you’re not a member, you’d still be welcome to bring your camera along on the walks.

Phone Sue on 746036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because several of us couldn’t make the regular meeting date, we decided instead to take our cameras for a walk along the riverbank on the following Saturday morning. We met at 10am at Jubilee Meadows and walked along to the bridge at Sunnybrow.

 

 

As it was a dull day, we looked for strong shapes and colours in our shots rather than landscapes or river reflections.

 

 

Sadly, we found that a favourite tree – a leaning post for some of us, and a feature in photos for others – had been lost to the floods.