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Tuesday 8th January [Chester Golf Club]
Competition hand-in – Monochrome
Buffet Supper
Tuesday 15th January 2019 at 7.30 pm [Museum]
The humanitarian vision
Jim Holmes FRGS
Jim is a British freelance documentary photographer. He has spent 30 years specializing in documenting humanitarian work worldwide, and especially the issues, needs, solutions and outcomes of the development process. His focus is the individuals and communities that are affected by these needs and changes and the challenges they face before and within this process.He has worked in almost 50 countries throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia including collectively living in Vietnam, Laos and Japan for over 20 years.
Documenting social and economic development issues includes current and emerging topics affecting communities and economies as they struggle with either post disaster or conflict reconstruction or for the opportunity to be lifted from poverty by the remapping of the global economy.
Jim has extensive experience working for bilateral agencies such as the IFC, United Nations agencies including WFP, UNICEF, FAO, UNCDF, UNDP, UNEP, and WHO. He has worked with numerous international non-government organisations that manage projects worldwide on issues as diverse as access to water in Laos through to preschools in Mongolia.
Tuesday 22nd January 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
Monochrome Competition (Prints & DPI)
Judge : Les Hitchcock
Tuesday 29th January 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
Competition hand-in Open 3
Talks by members on their Nature & Monochrome competition entries.
Tuesday 5th February 2019 at 7.30 pm [Museum]
Landscapes, Cityscapes and Imagined Views
Andrew Brooks
Andrew is interested in the history and stories of locations. Getting lost among and within the buildings, cityscapes and landscapes; he archives the forgotten spaces to tell the tales of these sites.
Taking inspiration from paintings within the Romantic era, he uses small details and studies of the landscape to create larger scale works that become his interpretation of that particular location. Through the process of building images, he aims to capture the forms and rhythms of nature and the city. Often as imagined or re-imagined scenes, he aims to create a heightened sense of place that feeds into the audience’s interaction with the work.
In his practice he uses photography, film and digital technology as a prism for seeing and experiencing the world, particularly the natural and urban landscape. He then processes and builds on what he’s recorded, presenting this to an audience through immersive experiences.
Tuesday 12th February 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
Competition (Prints & DPI) – Open 3
Judge : Steve Carr
Tuesday 19th February 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
Competition hand-in – People
Making HDR work
Justin Garner
From an early age Justin had a fascination in natural history, birds in particular. This led him to photograph and document nature. He saw the potential and beauty of photography and decided to pursue it seriously 7 years ago. Over that time he has developed his skills in a wide variety of subjects. He enjoys all aspects of photography and work on many styles including portraits, wildlife, landscapes and abstracts.
This talk aims to develop an understanding into High Dynamic Range (HDR) images, his approach to creating them and what to look for when picking a subject.
Tuesday 26th February 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
A Sense of Perspective
Derek Randall
Derek is a professional photographer based in Cheshire, covering Weddings, Portraits, Publicity, Events, Landscapes, and Fine Art.
Tuesday 5th March 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
Competition (Prints & DPI) – Subject : People
Judge : Rob Millin
Tuesday 12th March 2019 at 7.30 pm [Museum]
Competition hand-in – President’ theme “Low light”
Bebington Salon of Photography
A not to be missed evening with the perennially popular Bob Dennis presenting some of the very best images that amateur photographers seeking their BPE accreditation have entered into this year’s salon.
Bob Dennis APAGB, CPAGB, AFIAP, BPE4
Website
Tuesday 19th March 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
Success with snow
Dave Butcher
Kindly supported by Ilford Photo and their parent company Harman Technology
Since 2004, Dave has been a full-time professional photographer, darkroom printer and author specializing in black and white photography. He gained his training during the time he spent at Ilford Photo where he was responsible for their technical newsletter. He is a member of the High Peak Artist’s Association with permanent exhibition space in Buxton.
This presentation focuses on the challenges of winter photography, particularly how to take and print stunning snowscapes.
Tuesday 26th March 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
Competition – President’s Theme
This year our President, Keith Fitzpatrick has chosen the theme ‘Low Light’
Judge TBA
Tuesday 2nd April 2019 at 7.30 pm [Museum]
Underwater Photography: Art & Technique
Nick Robertson-Brown FRPS
Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown are a dynamic husband and wife team of underwater photographers, photo-journalists and authors. They both have honours degrees from Manchester University in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively.
Nick is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and has a DipEd in teaching. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour. They are both multiple award winning photographers and along with 3 books published, they feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press. They work as Underwater Photography Editors at Scubaverse. Both are passionate about marine conservation and are UK Ambassadors for Sharks4Kids..
Website
Tuesday 9th April 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
Talks by members on their Open 3, People & President’s Themed competition entries.
Tuesday 16th April 2019 at 7.30 pm [Church]
President’s Evening
The President presents a topic of his choice.
Chester Photographic Society 