Shoots - stretching the imagination
27/04/10 11:04 Filed in: News
Greetings camera club members ...
Well, for those who couldn’t come to the ‘Shoots’ evening, I’m sorry to tell you that you miss a real treat.
Having suggested the theme of Shoots, Mike Wraith volunteered to do the critique. His talents are far beyond photography. He’s a photographic comic. A cross between Jack Dee and Lee Mac! At one point he almost burst into song — Queen, I want to be free — since you ask.
His critique of the rule of thirds really came in for some, well, critique — especially from Peter’s circular image.
Some of the creative interpretations included:
a fairground rifle — one wonders how Hayley survived this candid shot in spite of §44 and the kind of characters one might encounter in a fairground
footballers shooting — yes, one has to stretch the theme a little, but John Y successfully did!
spring flowers, tree buds, and shoots — some where on the thirds, some were not on the thirds (but actually they were – it all depends on how one looks at the image!)
a blade of grass — between concrete slabs (and titled ‘I want to break free’ -- hence the singing!) it also prompted a separate discussion about spray mounting onto cardboard and negative cropping.
a ParaShoot – ok, it was a very creative interpretation of a low-flying umbrella. Well done, Peter
A lesser spotted woodpecker — it was being ‘shot’ with a camera! Hand held. No, not the camera, the woodpecker was hand-held being ringed by Lopham Fen staff.
It was a great night of banter and good humour. Thank you Mike W for a job well done.
Thanks also to those who volunteered to do things for next year’s programme, I’ll now get on and organize the things so it’s finalized and ready for the AGM.
Best wishes
Alan
Well, for those who couldn’t come to the ‘Shoots’ evening, I’m sorry to tell you that you miss a real treat.
Having suggested the theme of Shoots, Mike Wraith volunteered to do the critique. His talents are far beyond photography. He’s a photographic comic. A cross between Jack Dee and Lee Mac! At one point he almost burst into song — Queen, I want to be free — since you ask.
His critique of the rule of thirds really came in for some, well, critique — especially from Peter’s circular image.
Some of the creative interpretations included:
a fairground rifle — one wonders how Hayley survived this candid shot in spite of §44 and the kind of characters one might encounter in a fairground
footballers shooting — yes, one has to stretch the theme a little, but John Y successfully did!
spring flowers, tree buds, and shoots — some where on the thirds, some were not on the thirds (but actually they were – it all depends on how one looks at the image!)
a blade of grass — between concrete slabs (and titled ‘I want to break free’ -- hence the singing!) it also prompted a separate discussion about spray mounting onto cardboard and negative cropping.
a ParaShoot – ok, it was a very creative interpretation of a low-flying umbrella. Well done, Peter
A lesser spotted woodpecker — it was being ‘shot’ with a camera! Hand held. No, not the camera, the woodpecker was hand-held being ringed by Lopham Fen staff.
It was a great night of banter and good humour. Thank you Mike W for a job well done.
Thanks also to those who volunteered to do things for next year’s programme, I’ll now get on and organize the things so it’s finalized and ready for the AGM.
Best wishes
Alan
Open Competition results
06/10/09 15:18 Filed in: Competion
New Voting scheme selects winners
The Diss and District Camera Club kicked off its new season of photographic delights with an Open Subject competition. From the 48 entries submitted, the winners were selected using one-pence coins. Each member was lent five one-pence coins, and the member could mark their appreciation of a picture by placing the coins on the pictures of their choice. Alan Sarsby brought three £1 bags of pennies for the occasion, and amazingly, all the coins were returned!, Somehow, there was thrupence profit! Did someone contribute some ‘extra’ votes. Well, no. The local Post Office tells me that new one-pence coins have a different weight and thickness to the older coins, so there’s always going to be a discrepancy in a £1 bag of pennies. The profit of 3p was popped into a charity box.
Club members Viv Turner and Haley Moore led the critique. And during the critique members completed an improvement form using the Quality Composition and Impact scheme suggested by John Page.
The results:
First: Smoke Trails, Mike Phillips
Second: Island in the Loch – Alan Sarsby
Third: Brograve Mill – Paul King
The Diss and District Camera Club kicked off its new season of photographic delights with an Open Subject competition. From the 48 entries submitted, the winners were selected using one-pence coins. Each member was lent five one-pence coins, and the member could mark their appreciation of a picture by placing the coins on the pictures of their choice. Alan Sarsby brought three £1 bags of pennies for the occasion, and amazingly, all the coins were returned!, Somehow, there was thrupence profit! Did someone contribute some ‘extra’ votes. Well, no. The local Post Office tells me that new one-pence coins have a different weight and thickness to the older coins, so there’s always going to be a discrepancy in a £1 bag of pennies. The profit of 3p was popped into a charity box.
Club members Viv Turner and Haley Moore led the critique. And during the critique members completed an improvement form using the Quality Composition and Impact scheme suggested by John Page.
The results:
First: Smoke Trails, Mike Phillips
Second: Island in the Loch – Alan Sarsby
Third: Brograve Mill – Paul King
Quality Composition and Impact
Quality, Composition, and Impact
As a club, we have decided to try a review and continuous feedback using three categories. These are Quality, Composition, and Impact. To help us understand what those words meant for us, we ran a workshop-style event on 15 September 2009; the results are in the table below. And yes, there is some overlap!
We discovered there is a w-i-d-e range of interpretations for each category. And a wide range of views about the same image – some were under whelmed others wow’d; some impressed by techniques which others thought a gimmick. Each of us analyses an image in a different way. There is no single right or wrong for an image – except that we did recognize the difference between a snapshot and a photograph.
Hopefully, this helps us to give the feedback, and helps the volunteers who are presenting the critiques.
Members can download the finished document from the Resources Page.
As a club, we have decided to try a review and continuous feedback using three categories. These are Quality, Composition, and Impact. To help us understand what those words meant for us, we ran a workshop-style event on 15 September 2009; the results are in the table below. And yes, there is some overlap!
We discovered there is a w-i-d-e range of interpretations for each category. And a wide range of views about the same image – some were under whelmed others wow’d; some impressed by techniques which others thought a gimmick. Each of us analyses an image in a different way. There is no single right or wrong for an image – except that we did recognize the difference between a snapshot and a photograph.
Hopefully, this helps us to give the feedback, and helps the volunteers who are presenting the critiques.
Members can download the finished document from the Resources Page.