Contents
Nigel Reader - ‘Abandoned’ Eric Williams - ‘Cold Canalside Constitutional’ David Hall - ‘Faces of Myanmar’ Judy Knights - ‘The Commercialisation of Flower Petals’ Bob Oakley - ‘Monuments to Commerce’ Stewart Bourne - ‘With My Little Boy’s Camera’ Clive Haynes - ‘Growing Old Disgracefully’ Anne Burrows - ‘Reflected Light’ Geoof Hicks - ‘Getting Emotional’ Peter Young - ‘Lockdown Continues’ Maddy Pennock - ‘Fishing Nets’ Richard Sarginson - ‘Form and Light’ Bob Train - ‘Control’ Dr. Charles Ashton - ‘A Camera in the Sky’
Nigel Reader Abandoned
I have always enjoyed architecture as a photographic subject, and found that I can encompass a wide variety of image types and moods, dependent upon where and what I am photographing. Shots of windows have become a burgeoning “sub-set” and these are all also on the theme of “abandoned” (a “sub-sub-set”?) and emerged whilst I was searching my back catalogue for images meeting that title. Many photographers, myself included, enjoy taking images of the old and tatty (“grot”) rather than the pristine, possibly because of the additional narrative that such images supply. These abandoned windows also possibly offer up a similar sort of back story? Or of course you can make up your own …
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Eric Williams
Cold Canalside Constitutional
The weather on 7th of January 2021 was quite extraordinary. The temperature didn’t rise above freezing point and the dense fog crystallised into the heaviest hoar frost that we have experienced for a number of years. I took the opportunity to walk down the canal towpath to Diglis Basin to photograph the effects of this dramatic weather event, making the ordinary, extraordinary.
01_Inquisitive
02_Frozen Canal
03_Isabella
04_Diglis Fog
05_Unlockable_
06_Cold Basin
07_Frost on Metal
08_Webs
09_More Webs
10_By the River
11_WWW
David Hall
Faces of Myanmar
With the latest military crackdown in Myanmar and the not-so-long-ago pogrom of the Rohinge people, we tend to reflect on Myanmar as a state known mostly for its troubles and intolerance. Ironically, nothing could be further from the impression I got of everyday life of the ordinary people, who were extraordinarily kind and welcoming during my visit there in late 2019. This brief introduction to the Burmese therefore focuses not on the splendour of golden temples or the jungles and rivers, but on the people in the markets, the monasteries, women and children of ordinary street life in Myanmar.
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Judy Knights
The Commercialisation of Flower Petals!
I have been going to the Wick flower fields since 2015. Even so – in these 5 years I have noticed great changes especially in the number of people visiting the fields. In 2015 you just wandered in - paid your money and ambled through the pathways cut through the wonderful Delphiniums - just the odd visitor and the occaisional flower picker. Over the next 4 years with more advertising and social media, many more people visited and it has become harder to photograph the flowers! The facilities multiplied to include an ‘Artist in Residence’, the selling of cut flowers and of course Refreshments!! By 2020 – which we all know was a strange year – you had to book your timed entry on line, the Delphiniums had shrunk and sunflowers had appeared. Even with social distancing vast numbers of visitors came. I do wonder now if the visitors subsidise the confetti – especially when there are so few weddings!! But 2020 was a great year for people photography!!
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02_JKnights_hardly anyone around
03_Jknights_flower picker and assistant
04_JKnights_delphinium
05_JKnights_2017
06_JKnights_flower field Panorama
07_JKnights_2019
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10_JKnights_2020
11_JKnights_2020 panel
Bob Oakley
Monuments to Commerce
Since Margaret Thatcher introduced “Big Bang” in 1989 there has been a massive shake up in the financial institutions of the City of London. The City “gent” has passed into history to be replaced by lesser mortals with perhaps a lot less integrity and more with an eye on the fast buck. Old buildings which once proclaimed the solidness and reliability of the commercial enterprises which they served have been discarded to become wine bars, restaurants and in some cases boutique hotels. They manage to cling on but with a new purpose.
Bob Oakley_01_Tivoli Corner Bank of England
Bob Oakley_02_Encroaching (Royal Exchange)
Bob Oakley_03_The Guildhall
Bob Oakley_04_The Weight of the World (Atlas Insurance)
Bob Oakley_05_ Queen’s Assurance Poultry Cheapside
Bob Oakley_06_City Bk cnr Finch Lane
Bob Oakley_07_former National Provincial HO
Bob Oakley_08_former NP Bishopsgate
Bob Oakley_09_ former Capital & Counties Bank HO
Bob Oakley_010_ former Midland Bank HO Poultry
Bob Oakley_011_ former Westminster Bank HO Lothbury
Stewart Bourne
With my ‘Little Boy’s Camera’
Over the last two years or so I have learned much about lighting and portraiture and can now produce most of the classic and modern styles with an acceptable level of technical competence. The following images have nothing to do with this, are largely technically wanting, totally unposed, and spontaneous. They are just people I noticed, was attracted by something about their presence or body language at that moment in time, and grabbed a shot, usually with my little boys camera.
Stewart Bourne 01 Soldier
Stewart Bourne 02 Man spontaneously dancing to street music
Stewart Bourne 03 young man at a concert
Stewart Bourne 04 man at a table
Stewart Bourne 05 girl on a train
Stewart Bourne 06 lady serving in chip shop
Stewart Bourne 07police officer
Stewart Bourne 08 man eating lunch
Stewart Bourne 09 girl in a room
Stewart Bourne 10 girl on a bus
Stewart Bourne 11 Marge
Clive Haynes
Growing Old Disgracefully
The Upton Blues Festival – a free to enter event - has been running since 2002. The annual festival attracts thousands of devotees and followers of blues music. The atmosphere is tremendous. There’s a great rapport between audience and bands. However, it’s not just about the music. For many it’s a rediscovery of youth, wilder times, the chance to drink and eat too much, a place to revive friendships, find kindred souls and perhaps a little romance – it’s never too late. My images explore some of these aspects, capturing joy and inhibition. Three days to become young again, three days to vividly experience ‘now’, three days to join a generation who refuse to be thought of as ‘past it’.
It’s About The Music © Clive Haynes-1
It’s About The Music © Clive Haynes-2
It’s About The Scene © Clive Haynes
It’s About Greeting Friends © Clive Haynes
It’s About Expanding Waistlines © Clive Haynes
It’s About The Beer © Clive Haynes-1
It’s About The Beer © Clive Haynes-2
It’s About Remembering Mind-Expanding Drugs © Clive Haynes-1
It’s About Remembering Mind-Expanding Drugs © Clive Haynes-2
It’s About The Chance for Romance © Clive Haynes
It’s About Growing Old Disgracefully © Clive Haynes
Anne Burrows
Reflected Light
In late autumn I noticed that the low afternoon sunshine coming through the fanlight in my front door was creating very colourful patterns. It made me realise what beautiful images could be created so naturally in my own home and this lifted my mood after months of 2020 gloom.
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Geoff Hicks Getting Emotional
These images were all made during January 2021 as part of my lockdown project. The theme for the titles came to me as I was assembling them. I think it reflects the huge variety of emotions we’ve all been feeling over the last year or so. And of course, as I’ve said before, in ten years time when we look back, no-one will believe us
Geoff Hicks 01 Optimism
Geoff Hicks 02 Pessimism
Geoff Hicks 03 Hope
Geoff Hicks 04 Despair
Geoff Hicks 05 Suspicion
Geoff Hicks 06 Reflection
Geoff Hicks 07 Salvation
Geoff Hicks 08 Resignation
Geoff Hicks 09 Anticipation
Geoff Hicks 10 Rebellion
Geoff Hicks 11 _Avin_ A Fag
Peter Young
Lockdown Continues
We look into a hazy future, knowing we’ll see it through. The old ways are changing, and we are still learning to adapt. We still endeavour to entertain ourselves in the cold weather, and look to our four-legged companions for company. We hope that one day it will end favourably, so long as we are patient. .
Peter Young 01 High Street Wait
Peter Young 02 Crowngate Solitary Shopper
Peter Young 03 On the Way Out
Peter Young 04 I’m Next
Peter Young 05 Just Checking
Peter Young 06 Angel Place Busker
Peter Young 07 Elgar Statue
Peter Young 08 G&Tea Opening
Peter Young 09 McDonald’s
Peter Young 10 High Street Dogs
Peter Young 11 Patience
Maddy Pennock
Fishing Nets
These images were taken in France in 2014 and up to now they have been left on my computer with me doing little with them. I was struck by the texture, form and beauty of the drying nets, but at the time I took them I knew they would not be successful in club competitions and I just decided they were nice for me, but not for sharing. With the Contemporary Group, they take on new life! Suddenly what attracted me to them initially, and therefore me photographing them needs no further explanation than the glory of their shapes and form. Usually when fishing nets are hung out to dry there is no intentional way to drape the nets for aesthetic reasons, but by my eye and chosen point of focus I hope I am showing something of beauty.
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Richard Sarginson Form and Light
Increasingly, photographs are given an abstract feel. In many, the image is completely abstract, relying on the form and light to produce emotions in the viewer, hopefully making the image pleasing. Although produced digitally, these flame fractal images, produced using Jwildfire, will hopefully have a similar effect. All have been produced with that program and subsequently fine-tuned in Affinity Photo. The form and the lighting produce the initial impression for the viewer, but with these images, the detail is as unique as the whole picture, thus justifying a second, closer look.
Richard Sarginson 01 Light Strike
Richard Sarginson 02 Hatchery
Richard Sarginson 03 Pawing
Richard Sarginson 04 Nightmare
Richard Sarginson 05 Unravelling
Richard Sarginson 06 Bird on a Perch
Richard Sarginson 07 Harlequin
Richard Sarginson 08 Ferns or Roots
Richard Sarginson 09 Mushrooms
Richard Sarginson 10 Spinning
Richard Sarginson 11 Tower
Bob Train
Control
In May 2016 I spent a week as a passenger on the Container Ship Mv Elbfeeder. We sailed from Antwerp to Dublin and Cork and back. The 8000t ship carried about 1000 containers and this was, and still is, its weekly schedule. A new experience for me photographically but also personally, as a ‘signed on ’supernumerary I was under the control of the Captain. We got on well and I spent most afternoons on the bridge during his watch. It was a fascinating and enjoyable education, particularly the management structure and organisation of tasks for the eight crew, who regularly changed. Systems and control were 100% reliable as safety could not be compromised. I have revisited my pictures to illustrate aspects of Control and prepared this panel.
Bob Train 01 Compass
Bob Train 02 Sat Nav
Bob Train 03 Alarm
Bob Train 04 Speed
Bob Train 06 QA
Bob Train 07 Rubbish
Bob Train 08 Lashings
Bob Train 09 Pilot
Bob Train 10 Parking
Bob Train 11 The Captain
Bob Train 12 Its not all Hi Tech
Dr. Charles Ashton
A Camera in the Sky
Having acquired a drone I have been exploring its potential for still photography and have concluded I have a tool to provide an alternative point of view. This set demonstrates a variety approaches, from the abstract to wildlife and the potential to explore themes like renewable energy. A camera in the sky.
Charles Ashton 01 Pershore Bridges
Charles Ashton 02 Drone Abstract
Charles Ashton 03 Frozen Wetlands
Charles Ashton 04 Diglish Basin
Charles Ashton 05 Diglis Locks
Charles Ashton 06 Renewable Energy
Charles Ashton 07 A Woolly Byproduct
Charles Ashton 07 Solar Power
Charles Ashton 08 Electric Croquet Hoop
Charles Ashton 09 The Avon Floods
Charles Ashton 10 The Lock Keepers House
Worcestershire Camera Club Contemporary Photography Group ‘Viewpoint’ © February 2021