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U3AC Photo Forum 2025-26

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Brian

Last meeting of this year’s Photo Forum today – two pictures below submitted.  Looking back. What’s gone well: Areas for improvement:

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U3AC Photo Forum 2025-26: Week 5 Photographs in the style of…

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Brian

The brief this week was for members of the Forum to make photographs in the style of a photographer they admire.  Photographers referenced included: Ansel Adams. Dag Alveng, Martin Bond, Christine Borland, Henri Cartier Bresson, Lynann Colligan, Tim Laman, Saul … 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 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: 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 Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 26 Still Life Photography Workshop

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Brian

Jitka Brynjolffssen facilitated a practical session on still life photography yesterday.  She heroically brought in all manner of items to use a subjects and various lighting set ups.  All good fun, lots of squatting and kneeling notwithstanding.  My efforts below.

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 25 Penny Reeves, Portrait Photography

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Brian

Penny Reeves, photographer and accredited judge on photography talked about the ins and outs of portraiture, illustrated with her own work featuring family and friends. Types of portrait: casual/candid; natural light posed; studio posed; and self-portraits.  Selfies and corporate head … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 22 Michael Morrish in Antarctica

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Brian

Mike spoke about his recent trip to the far south: Buenos Aires – Ushuaia – Antarctic Peninsular – Port Stanley.  Photographic challenges: temperature and cumbersome clothing; choice of seating in the Zodiac dinghy; biosecurity on the Peninsular; snow and judging … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 20 Creative

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Brian

A session presented jointly by Alasdair, Andrew, Tim and myself looking at ways of  achieving visual effects and alternative imagery. Alasdair: using old SLR lenses on digital cameras; tilt adaptors; and the Lensbaby. Andrew: refractions in water; show shutter speeds; … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Brian

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

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Brian

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

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Brian

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 7

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Brian

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

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Brian

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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