In his talk to Otley Camera Club, award-winning BBC cameraman Phil Savoie will cover topics not often discussed from the psychology of perspective & eye line to the science of lens testing & optical physics, aperture choice as a storytelling device as well as the odd location war story. Pro tips for participants to grow…
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Bempton Cliffs is situated on the Yorkshire Coast and from March to September is home to 250,000 breeding seabirds. This talk is about the life and death struggle of these amazing birds and how they bring up their young on the tight cliff ledges on the 400ft white chalk cliffs. Inspired by the natural world…
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Simon Baxter: ‘Beyond the Trees’ Monday, 4th December 2023 – 7.00pm (via Zoom) For our final Zoom session this year we welcome ‘woodland photographer’ Simon Baxter, Simon is a professional photographer from North Yorkshire and “the first woodland photographer on YouTube”. His passion is to explore, discover, experience and photograph the less obvious intimate scenes that are close…
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Reginald Van de Velde (Belgium, 1975) scouts the unknown & unseen. As a traveller he journeys all over the world, trying to capture the momentum of splendour still undisturbed by the turmoil and temptations of modern society. He is a vagabond for lost beauty, a chronicler of forgotten magnificence. His work has been exhibited in many solo and group expos at festivals, galleries and museums…
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Images: Reginald Van de Velde On Monday 6th March we welcome (via Zoom) award-winning Belgian photographer, Reginald Van de Velde. Reginald specialises in photographing unconventional architecture. He seeks out and captures ruins and abandoned places that take us on a journey through a world of dystopian dreamscapes. Reginald finds tranquility, beauty and wonder in the patina of dereliction and abstract patterns of forgotten grandeur. His…
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Otley Camera Club is proud to announce that our speaker on 9th February is the renowned award-winning professional photographer Emma Finch, owner of Emma Finch Photography; Belle Privé Photography; and AWOL Studios, Manchester. Her synopsis of the discussion is: Improve your portrait skills… It covers many aspects of portrait photography, from posing, lighting, styling and…
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Damien Demolder is a photographer, journalist and educator. He has worked in the photographic publishing industry since 1997, including 15 years at the world’s only weekly photo magazine, Amateur Photographer, where he was editor. He is also a marketing and technology advisor for camera manufacturers, providing consultancy services for market development and brand positioning. Damien is…
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On Thursday evening 8th December, Otley Camera Club’s speaker is Steve Race – a well-known award-winning professional wildlife photographer based in Scarborough, He has been a keen naturalist and photographer for over 35 years, lived on the Yorkshire Coast all of his life and believes there is no better place for variety of different habitats and…
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Settle Photographic Group present Amy Bateman talking about her current “Forty Farms” exhibition showing at Rheded Gallery. Amy’s talk will be held at St John’s Church Hall, Settle, on Monday 5th December 2022 at 7:30pm. Zoom is available to SPG members only, but others are welcome to come to the meeting in Settle. Admission £4. …
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Alex Nail is a full-time landscape photographer, particularly known for his mountain and wilderness images. He regularly travels to Iceland, Norway and Drakensberg, but it is the North-West Highlands of Scotland that draw him back time and again. These visits north of the border resulted in his highly acclaimed 2018 book ’Northwest’, which Joe Cornish described…
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On Thursday evening, 10th November, Otley Camera Club’s speaker will be Linda Bembridge, an accomplished photographer who has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society as well as the award for Excellence by the Federation Internationale De L’Art Photographique. “My approach to photography continues to evolve as I learn more about what inspires me.…
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Chris Upton is a professional photographer based in Nottinghamshire who specialises in travel, landscape and social documentary photography. Chris has received awards in national photographic competitions and has twice been commissioned to photograph in Thailand on behalf of the Tourism Authority of Thailand. His images are represented by several international stock agencies and clients have used them worldwide across…
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Otley Camera Club’s first speaker of this new season is Harry Wheeler-Brand of Harry Behind the Lens. His Zoom talk is “The Three Coasts” focuses on Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex’s individual and delightful coasts, including long exposure techniques and featuring the magic of water. Harry Behind The Lens is a premier photography tour company from…
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Martin Parr is a documenter of our age. His photographs offer us the opportunity to see things from his unique perspective. His early photographic days were spent in Hebden Bridge, where for a short while he was a member of Hebden Bridge Camera Club. He set up a workshop in the 70s and found a rich…
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Tom Way is a fine art wildlife photographer who combines consummate technical skill, with the ability to tell engaging stories through his work. His stunning images are exhibited worldwide and have won many awards in international competitions, including European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and the World Sony Awards. In his talk ‘The Greater Picture’ …
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You are warmly invited to join us for our final speaker for this season, Polina Plotnikova who will be joining us next Tuesday 24th May on zoom. Polina Plotnikova is an award-winning and creative ‘picture maker’ based in London. She specialises in floral and still life photography, including some intriguing ‘Unstill Life’ illusions. Polina is a studio…
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