Landscape photography is one of the most difficult areas of the medium requiring an immense amount of planning and preparation. Photographers require a detailed knowledge of the direction of the light at their chosen location, be aware of what weather conditions are likely to be, and be familiar with the terrain enabling them to plan whether they will concentrate on the shapes and forms on the landscape or the textures therein. Some Landscape photographers will even time a visit to their chosen location to periods when the stars in the night sky are positioned to maximise their composition. Such a photographer was the winner of the Monochrome section of the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year just a few years ago, one of our Club members. Fine Art landscape photographers are rare so it is with much anticipation that we will welcome Damian Shields on Thursday 19th January.
Thursday 19th January is also the PhotoEntry hand-in date for this seasons 3 From 6. Club members are asked to submit up to 3 PDI’s of up to 3 of the 6 subjects. This seasons subjects are: 10 second ( or longer ) exposure; Humour; Textures; Shadows; City Life; Shallow Depth of Field.
News this week too of more successes by F.C.C. photographers on the International Salon of Photography circuit. Nancy MacArthur CPAGB ARPS achieved 17 Acceptances in the 4 Salons of the Tori circuit in India. In addition, Nancy received 7 awards including a Circuit Gold Medal.
Geof Longstaff CPAGB achieved 3 Acceptances in the 2 Salons of the Art Lovers Awards circuit, also in India.
Entrants to International Salons of Photography receive either access to, or lavish catalogues of, the award winning entries. The catalogues also list all accepted submissions.
We held a Members Night last Thursday. They are an opportunity to look more closely at topics which have arisen during lectures, conversation or events within the photographic community. After a short business meeting, members discussed the upcoming Scottish Photographic Federation Provisional Print Championship and the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique Photo Academy. Details of both on the S.P.F. website.
We then moved on to a discussion about light metering using hand-held light meters, and the various advantages of reflective or incident readings. In these days of sophisticated metering built into cameras, and post processing, the topic is discussed less. However, in-camera systems are built on hand-held metering principles therefore an understanding of these help photographers.
A review of some of the entries to Monthly Competition 3 followed. Photographic Clubs and Societies are indebted to visiting lecturers and judges so following a competition judging by comparing our own comments to those of the judge help our future efforts.
During the second half of the evening Catherine Anderson delivered a comprehensive demonstration of Cataloguing images through the post processing programme, Lightroom. Catherine discussed the many options available to photographers before closing with a Question & Answer session.
Thanks for looking in, hope to see members and visitors at Falkirk Bowling Club next Thursday.