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Richard Walls: Kisdon Landscapes

In-person meeting

Richard Walls is a British landscape photographer living and working in Upper Swaledale, the most northerly and magical of the Yorkshire Dales.  His talk entitled ‘Kisdon Landscapes’ is a photographic journey to, around and over, the island hill of Kisdon, following water courses, paths and tracks, beginning at the source of the river Swale until Kisdon’s influence runs out as the river passes beneath Ivelet Bridge.

During the talk Richard will talk about his approach to landscape photography, his motivation and creative and compositional approaches.

Steven Le Prevost: A feeling of Impressionism

Zoom meeting.

Steven Le Prevost is a creative photographer based in Guernsey. His aim is to challenge the fundamentals and boundaries of photography and to strive to be unique in his preferred style of photographic art.

Steven has previously served on the Royal Photographic Societies Fine Art Distinctions Panel and had some work included within the RPS Permanent Collection. An invitation to membership of the London Salon of Photography was proudly accepted in 2011.

He holds the following distinctions: FRPS – Fellow. (Royal Photographic Society) 2005, MPAGB – Master. (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) 2005,  AFIAP – Artiste. (Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique) 2010, FRPS – Fellow. (Royal Photographic Society) 2016, and FIPF – Fellow. (Irish Photographic Federation) 2016.

MIG: The Sands of Time

In-person

In photography, “Sands of Time” becomes a visual metaphor — a way of expressing how moments erode, fade, or slip away: impermanence, decay, emotional residue, and the quiet tension between what remains and what vanishes.

We look forward to your creative monochrome images expressing this mood… submissions by 3 November please.

See additional information on ideas for subjects and ideas.

Jane Goodall: The Beautiful Light

Zoom meeting

Jane Goodall is a cardiovascular research scientist but also a photographer and a judge for the East Anglian Federation of photographers. Originally from the Oxfordshire town of Didcot she traded the open skies of the Chiltons for the wind swept Fenland landscape that has been home for the last 25 years.

Inspired by the natural landscape and captivated by the fleeting moments of changing light and tides she has been drawn to the British coast, regions that include Dorset, Cornwall, Northumbria and the Scottish islands.

With concerns over climate change, she is ‘focusing’ on exploration with the camera using more environmentally friendly approaches, using her ebike or paddleboard to explore the local lodes and fenland. Jane travels throughout the East Anglia region and beyond, to visit photographic societies and judge their work and give talks on her photography.

Christmas Knock Out

In-person

Details to follow.

Paul Sanders: Mindfulness Photography

Zoom meeting

English fine art photographer Paul Sanders has been involved in professional photography for over 35 years, first as a black and white printer, then as a fashion photographer. An opening at a local weekly newspaper for a trainee photographer led to a career in newspaper photography, working at The Manchester Evening News, Reuters, and then The Times newspaper as Picture Editor, overseeing the entire visual content of the prestigious publication.
During 2011 he suffered a nervous breakdown as a result of stress and burnout that led to a period of severe depression, insomnia and self  destructive behaviour. He made the decision to leave the role at The Times at the end of 2011 to pursue his love of nature and the landscape.
To help his struggle with mental health Paul started exploring the use of photography to aid his recovery, working closely with a therapist, they used Paul’s images to help him speak about and share his deeper emotions.

Members’ evening: Four short talks

Zoom meeting.

Details to follow.

Peter Caton: Unyielding Floods

Zoom meeting.

Members’ evening: Sharing Ideas- Exhibition discussions

In-person meeting

Further details to follow

Malcolm Hupman: Where I photograph British wildlife

In-person meeting.

Malcolm is an enthusiastic photographer based in Corby, Northamptonshire, and his passion for photography began in 1976. Over the years, he has developed a deep appreciation for the art and continue to pursue it with dedication.

This evening he presents his most popular talk which shows a broad range of wildlife subjects and where they might be found.  It is suitable for both experienced and novice  photographers.  For those new to wildlife photography, location, time of year and the weather will all influence what you are likely to see.  So, as well as the location, equipment and settings, the date taken is recorded on each image.

MIG- Transport: Trains, planes, automobiles and boats

Zoom meeting.

A monochrome exploration of movement, utilising trains, planes, automobiles and boats.

Project Overview
Core Concept: A black-and-white photographic project examining how humans move through the world — industrially, geographically, and personally. Transport becomes metaphor: for transition, longing, solitude, ambition, and the marks we leave on the land.
Emotional Tone: Quiet, reflective, atmospheric. A blend of nostalgia, tension, and stillness.
Visual Identity: High contrast monochrome with strong geometry, deep shadows, and textured surfaces. A tonal palette that moves from industrial grit → rural openness → intimate narrative.

Member taking part should produce up to five images from one or more of the above categories in Monochrome. You can tone images if you wish but only one colour to be used e.g. Sepia, Copper, Blue etc. You are not obliged to do images from all categories.

Images should be submitted by 2 March 2027.

Duncan McEvoy: Post Soviet Trains

In-person meeting.

Join us this evening for a trip down memory lane. Local photographer Duncan McEvoy  is our speaker this evening. Duncan began photography in the mid 1980s as soon as paperboy finances allowed. Always fascinated by older scenes, he found that practices which had been abandoned in the UK were still part of everyday life abroad. An obsession with the Steam Locomotive enveloped. Inevitably photography took a backseat over twelve years whilst bringing up a family… and then Steam had died. But for Duncan, rebirth, rediscovery, film moves on to digital. Latterly active in Ukraine then Russia, and still looking East.

Tom Peck: Monochrome Architecture

Zoom meeting.

Architectural Photography by Tom Peck FRPS

Images of buildings, particularly black & white, long exposure, ‘fine art’ photographs of modern architecture, have become very popular recently. This talk will take us through image making techniques and processing tips to create spectacular photographs of buildings, with examples from London, Paris, Venice & York, whether using a high end DSLR or just a mobile phone.

Tom runs a photographic workshop company: https://www.questphoto.co.uk/ which offers workshops for everyone from beginner to advanced covering a range of genres including architecture, landscape, portraiture, phone photography and wildlife. He also judges in the East Anglian Federation, and has a wide range of talks for camera clubs.

John Gill: Street photography in monochrome

In-person meeting.

Join us this evening as we again welcome photographer John Gill. John lives in Yorkshire in the UK in a former coal mining area. He has always photographed people, originally on 35mm and 120 roll film but almost always digitally now.

His Book “After the Coal Dust” photography project documented life in these areas and has been the subject of several exhibitions in the UK.

Imogen Holmes-Roe (Curator (Historic Fine Art) at the Whitworth Gallery ) says of John’s photographs,

‘Unapologetically honest, and in some cases tinged with humour, this collection of photographs documents another important chapter in the story of Britain’s post-industrial heritage.’

End of year review I

Zoom meeting.

Details to follow.

End of year review II

Zoom meeting.

Details to follow.