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Roy Dickson

The committee were saddened to hear of the passing of former Society member Roy Dickson on 30th September 2020. We extend our condolences to his wife Janet and his family.

David Hunsley

The committee was shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death of Society member David Hunsley on 29th July 2020. Condolences were extended to his wife Anne and their family.

Wildlife Garden/Urban Images

Following the Zoom slide show on 19th August, members First and second choice images for the topic ‘Wildlife – Garden/Urban’ are now online. Head over to the Lockdown 2020 Gallery to find them. This topic was based on our August Zoom presentation by the inspirational Robert Harvey, who’s talk was ‘Small is Beautiful’ and largely featured Macro photography.

David Keep ARPS – Approach to Photography

The third of our monthly Zoom meetings takes place this Wednesday, 1st July at the slightly later time of 8pm. The presentation is by David Keep ARPS and the subject is ‘Approach to Photography’ The Zoom ‘Waiting Room’ will be open at 7.45pm. If you would like to take a look at David’s excellent images, you can find his website here: https://www.davidkeepphotography.co.uk/

Workshop update

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have unfortunately had to postponed all the photoshoots we had planned for this summer and autumn, some of which involved indoor photography and will rearrange these for next year. As we come out of lockdown it might be possible to arrange groups of 6 for an outdoor photoshoot later in the summer. We will keep you posted. We have workshops planned throughout the winter on the third Wednesday of the month commencing on Wednesday 18th November in the Adderbury Institute, but these will only go ahead if the government guidelines on coronavirus, at that...

Zoom presentation – Stewart Wall ARPS

Last nights excellent presentation by Stewart Wall ARPS on Urban/Street photography is now online at our YouTube channel. Click here to go directly to it. Some links to websites that Stewart mentioned: Daniel Meadows Photo Bus – https://www.photobus.co.uk/ Urban Splash – https://www.urbansplash.co.uk/ Martin Parr – https://www.martinparr.com/