CAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH WALES COALFIELD
Walter trained as a Fine Artist specialising in photography, subsequently working as a Community Artist, and Course Leader in Photographic Studies at Brockenhurst College. He recently received the national award One Voice Wales and has exhibited widely. Walter is the President of Merthyr Camera Club.
Presentations by our two members, Patrick Davies and Geoff Poole.
Patrick’s will be entitled “Madagascar – the Wilderness Trek”, Geoff’s will be “Artificial Intelligence and photography”.
Nick Craddock has very kindly arranged for club members to visit The South Wales Aviation Museum on Wednesday 30 April, starting at 11.00 am. The cost is £10 per head and payment can be made via each member’s “account”.
Located in Hangar 872, Bro Tathan North, St Athan, CF62 4QR, it is the largest independent aircraft museum in Wales. It is all under cover. As well as plenty of photo opportunities, volunteers will be present to provide interesting stories about many of the exhibits together with some of the history of aviation.
The ‘Way Forward’ discussion will follow the format of the previous year.
After the break, some of our members have kindly offered to give some talks of general interest.
We have decided to have another at providing advice that might help members achieve better results in their photography. Please bring two prints that you consider to be “works in progress” and, in case numbers are smaller than anticipated, up to three “spares” to be used if time permits i.e. up to five altogether. The prints do not need to be mounted and can be any size up to A3.
Members who do not have a printer can send DPIs to [email protected]. Files can be Tiffs, DNG’s or Jpegs, and have enough pixels for a reasonable print on A3 paper – say 2339 x 3307 and above.
Nick Rees is a professional marine artist who lives in Sully. His passion is capturing the ever changing interaction between sea and light.
His presentation will touch on factors affecting both art and photography and will include a quick on the spot sketch and also paintings to illustrate this. In the second half of the meeting Nick proposes to look at members’ photographs and explain how he would interpret them as paintings.
We will resume and complete our Salon Workshop in Ystradowen at 7.30 pm. Please bring your prints with you (your PDIs have already been sent).
Warren Alani is a professional photographer based in Northamptonshire. His presentation will challenge members to see things differently. It covers a range of topics presented in a unique way and is designed to draw the eye and to express the elements and stories within.
This is a Zoom meeting in the comfort of your own home.
