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Alternative Photography

Spent a bit of time yesterday experimenting with Lensball and Bug Eye gadgets in preparation for next week’s U3A Photography Forum.

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 19 Members’ Travel Photographs

Graham Wickens presented travel photographs by members of the Forum.  Ten people submitted around 40 pictures – mainly in colour, just a couple in black and white. Destinations ranged from the Hebrides and Felixstowe to Nagasaki and Chatsworth and from … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 18 Still Life 2

This week members introduced their own work following Jitka’s talk in class 13.  We reviewed 40 pictures from 12 people.  The topic was interpreted very broadly.  Subjects included, flowers, crockery, sculptures, tools, a lensball, electronic circuits, architectural details, bric a … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 17 Street Photography 2

This week members presented their own street photographs following my talk in Week 15.  Fourteen photographers submitted a total of 44 pictures.  Thirty-six pictures were in colour and eight black and white. Locations: Cambridge 19, other UK 9, abroad 16.  … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 16 Travel Photography

Graham Wickens titled his talk Travelling Photography.

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 15 Street Photography

I gave an introductory talk about street photography on Monday (12th February).  I structured this under three headings: 1. Why street photography?  2. The development of the genre (early years; the 20th Century; and contemporary work).  3. Tips on technique. … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 13 Still Life

Jitka Brynjolffsen introduced us to the world of still life, a genre that can trace its root in painting to the ancient Egyptians and on through the Greeks and the Romans, the Dutch Renaissance and to the Impressionists and Post … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 12 Post-Processing

Eleni Paliginis introduced us to the post-processing capabilities of Lightroom Classic.  It is undoubtedly a very powerful programme for working on photographs – some of its tools appear almost magical in the way they understand what’s in the original photograph … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 11 + Exhibition

Yesterday we looked at organising and saving photography files, a worthy, important even, but dull subject. Much more interesting was the exhibition of work by members of the Forum mounted at the U3AC offices.  Eleven members showed twenty pictures, split … Continue reading

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Ely

26th December 2023, outside Ely Cathedral; thinking about street photography for the U3A Photo Forum.

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 10

The brief for today was have a look at some fun pictures – defined as anything members of the class thought entertaining, e.g. images creatively edited or amusing shots, the more Christmas themed, the better.  The only limitations was that … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 9

The aim of today was to look at members’ photographs of architecture and townscape in the light of Graham’s presentation in week 7.  Members submitted 34 of their photographs for viewing and discussion. Subjects covered townscape, architecture and urban/architectural details.  … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 7

Graham Wickens gave a presentation on Architectural Photography and Cityscapes, a genre going back to Nicephore Niepce and the birth of photography and running through the work of Berenice Abbott to the conceptual work of Hiroshi Sugimoto. The range of … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 6

The aim of today was to build on the landscape session in week 3.  Members submitted around 40 of their photographs for viewing and discussion.  Locations ranged from the local (the Beechwoods, Coleridge Recreation Ground, Lammas Land, Jesus Green, the … Continue reading

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 5

Members of the Forum were asked to submit two or three pictures by established photographers that they admire for this week.  Thirty seven pictures by 17 photographers were presented and discussed.  The photographers included Erin Babnik, Jane Bown, Ian Cameron, … Continue reading

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