How to take Portraits by Tony McCann
Tony is highly respected for his many varied portraits and it was a privilege to share his knowledge and experience. He led us through helpful steps to set up, using lighting such as a simple reflector, diffuser or flash. His emphasis on concentrating on the eyes of the subject was especially interesting. Editing led us […]
Members Challenge ‘Working with Special Effects’ – PDI
Our chairman, Rod Smith, welcomed members who had, somewhat surprisingly, braved the weather to attend! Several members contributed items this evening. June Atkinson led with creative changes to her photographs. Choose – an amaryllis flower; select – a section; create pattern. A cushion perhaps? Wallpaper? Bob Morgan experimented with a bathroom soap holder, showing the […]
A double Bill: Gurushots and Zimanga
Phil Dobson and June Atkinson stepped in at short notice to highlight two very different topics. On our behalf, Phil is responsible for our participation in Gurushots, a global competition network of photographers. Having seen how members have responded and entered images, we are doing well. We have moved from Newbie, through Rookie to Expert!! […]
Open Print Competition – 12th February 2018
Open Print Competition 12 February 2018 Our judge for the competition this year was David Illingworth of Morpeth Camera Club. David has been a good friend of PPS over the years and his specialism in the print sector is always worth welcoming to the club. David started the night with some useful pointers on mounting […]
An evening with David Illingworth, a well-known judge!
David lives in Throckley and returned for another visit to our club. Twenty-nine entries were examined using the Light Box. There was a great variety of subjects, testing David’s keen eye and photographic insight. He also gave sound practical advice on preparing one’s work for sending in to the Judge. He was not afraid to […]
Thrills and spills in the country with Verity Johnson, Photographer
Members were transported to the countryside, to the thrill of the Hunt, to share in the love of the rural way of life which strongly defines Verity’s work. She is a past President of Hexham Photographic Society, where she gained her LRPS. She also won the Hunting Category of Leica Fieldsports Photographer of the Year […]
Photography can be very creative. Helen and Veronica share their ideas. 29th January 2018
Helen Bradley gave a very entertaining presentation in which she showed that photography can be based both out and about, or at home, using very familiar objects. Here is a selection of her images; they turn ordinary objects into artistic graphics. Veronica Congleton took “Creative Photography” as her theme. As we watched, she cleverly and […]
Everything’s Black & White!
Or it is if you’re fortunate enough to have Ed Forster and Mick Howe with their talk entitled “As Long as it’s Black & White”. They are both firmly committed to producing high quality, colourless, images in print and digital versions. We were treated to an evening of both which demonstrated that virtually any subject […]
Set Subject – Urban Landscape 8 January 2018
Set Subject – Urban Landscape 8 January 2018 There were almost 50 entries for the first competition of 2018 and Jim Walsh LRPS, CPAGB, APAGB of Blyth Photographic Society was kind enough to be our judge for the evening. The subject had been highly favoured by members at last year’s AGM but on the night […]
Urban Landscape winner!
Our first competition of 2018 was won by Phil Robson with his dusk picture of “Tyne Bridges” The competition was judged by Jim Welsh of Blyth Photographic Society. Here’s Jim, on the left, congratulating Phil next to the winning image. Full results from the competition are available on our Competitions page – click here