Category Archives: U3AC Photography Courses

Only Colour: Fast food e

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Brian

Homage to Martin Parr, U3A Cambridge photo walk, July 2025.

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U3AC Cambridge Photo Walks 2025-1

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Brian

Tim Ewbank organised two photo walks as part of the Cambridge U3A summer events programme.  The aims were to: go out and have fun taking pictures; and create a picture of Cambridge as the participants see it.  Any camera would … Continue reading →

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U3A Photo Forum: Week 13 – Street Photography

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Brian

The assignment this week was street photography, with or without pets.  I chose the with pets option; and adopted a liberal interpretation of street to include a café and a bus, which are semi-public spaces. Tim also posed a question … Continue reading →

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U3A Photo Forum: Week 12 Image of the Day

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Brian

The assignment this week was to take photographs on 22nd May on any of the following subjects: steps and stairs; silhouettes; advertising; and looking through.  I chose the latter category and looked through in Ely.

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U3A Photo Forum: Week 11 Industry and Agriculture

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Brian

The Assignment this week was to photograph industry and agriculture. I recently walked part of the cycle path that will ultimately link the new development at Waterbeach with the Regional College and the King’s Hedges area of Cambridge.  I discovered … Continue reading →

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U3A Photo Forum: Week 10 Doors etc.

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Brian

Assignment for this week was doors, doorways and entrances.

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U3A Photo Forum: Week 9 Bi-Colour

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Brian

The assignment for today was to make photographs featuring two colours from red, yellow, green and blue. I chose red/yellow, red/blue and yellow/green.

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U3A Photo Forum 2024-25: Week 7 Abstract Photography

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Brian

My photographs are not all abstract; I’ve included reflections in my interpretation of the brief. Water 1 – Mowbray Road Reflections in puddles, easily ignored when we trudge around the gloomy, wet January streets.  Here the puddles, veined with tree … Continue reading →

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U3A Exhibition

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Brian

Photos from the U3A Photo Forum assignment, ‘Cambridge Past and Present’ now in the exhibition space at the Bridge Street premises.

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U3A Photo Forum – Post Processing 2

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Brian

The brief for today’s session was to: demonstrate post processing; and create/take a funny photograph. Post Processing For the post processing I wanted to continue with my long term project to photograph the fen landscape.  I decided to: photograph from … Continue reading →

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U3A Photo Forum – Cambridge Then and Now

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Brian

The task for the Forum this week was to find and reproduce photographs of historic Cambridge scenes.  Members of the Forum were asked to: find an interesting place and position themselves (as much as possible) in the same spot, where … Continue reading →

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U3A Photo Forum 2024-25: Established Photographers

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Brian

Members of the Forum were asked to choose two published photographs by established photographers and create two pictures inspired by them.  I suggested that they may choose to: copy the subject; follow the style; consider the same theme; or use … Continue reading →

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U3A Photo Forum 2024-25: Self-Portriats

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Brian

The assignment for this week was to submit two self-portraits, one formal/serious, one informal/funny.  My two efforts below. Formal: I prefer what I think of as environmental portraits, rather than formally posed head/three quarters shots.  It sacrifices a detailed picture … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photowalks 2024

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Brian

Tim Ewbank organised an afternoon of photowalks as part of the U3AC 2024 summer programme.  Fourteen photographers attended on 12th August, one of the hottest afternoons of the year.  They split into three groups to look at: bicycles; the River … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 27 Self-Portraits

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Brian

The Forum was about self-portraits this week, a follow up to the recent session on portraiture.  Ten members submitted 27 pictures.  My three are posted below. There is a school of thought that every picture you make as a photographer … Continue reading →

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