Diary

ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY AS FINE ART

NAT COALSON ARPS

An inspiring and educational overview of principles and methods for creating and marketing abstract photography as fine art. In collaboration with the Digital Imaging Group South East.

When: Saturday 9th January 2021 Time: 16:00 Cost: CEG and DIG members FREE, non-members £3.00 Where: Online talk

WOODLAND WAYS

PAUL MITCHELL FRPS

This talk centres around some of Paul’s favourite woodland locations including Burnham Beeches and Savernake Forest. He will talk about his thought processes whilst looking for woodland composition, his influences and briefly touch upon some of the equipment he uses. Paul’s talk is fully illustrated with images made throughout the four seasons.

When: Saturday 17th April 2021 Time: 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT) Cost: CEG members FREE Where: Online talk

ABSTRACT WITH A BIT OF LANDSCAPE

LINDA BEMBRIDGE FRPS

Linda’s work varies from representational to abstract, moving along a continuum between the two, using a combination of in-camera techniques such as multiple exposure, and the embellishment of prints. When: Saturday 14th August 2021 Time: TBC* Cost: CEG members FREE Where: Online talk

Broken Rays Of Light by Linda Bembridge

THE ART OF METAMORPHOSIS

ANDREA HARGREAVES

Andrea is a National and International award-winning Photographer and Digital Artist. Her digital artworks are composed entirely from photographs, including all textures and overlays. Her photographs and Digital Artworks have been exhibited widely throughout the UK. When: Saturday 27th November 2021 Time: TBC* Cost: CEG members FREE Where: Online talk

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of The Royal Photographic Society’s Creative Eye Group will be held online on Sunday 21st March 2021 at 10.30am. This will be followed with an address by the Society’s President, Dr Alan Hodgson ISIS HonFRPS, finishing with a showing of the 2021 Projected Image Exhibition.

Agenda

1. Apologies for absence 2. Minutes of the 2020 AGM (please see the Creative Eye

Group’s website) 3. Matters arising 4. Chairman’s Report 5. Treasurer’s Report 6. Secretary’s Report 7. Committee Members’ Reports 8. Election of Officers and Committee Members 9. Any other business** 10. Date and venue of the 2022 AGM

** Note: Items for discussion under “Any other business” must be sent to the Secretary, Gillian Beckett ARPS, at creative.secretary@rps.org by Sunday 21st February 2021. A Committee Nomination form is enclosed. Nominations, properly signed by two proposers and nominee, must reach the Secretary, Gillian Beckett ARPS, by Saturday 6th March 2021. A list of nominees will be published on the Creative Eye Group’s website. Proposers and nominees must be members of the Royal Photographic Society’s Creative Eye Group.

This agenda and Committee Reports will be available by selecting “Documents and Downloads” on the Creative Eye Group’s website from Sunday 21st February 2021 at www.rps.org/creativeeye

THANKS FOR READING

...and a big thank you to this edition’s contributors. We welcome submissions from Creative Eye Group members, so if you have a distinction success, story, image or a project that you would like to share, please let us know. Feedback is very welcome and gratefully received. Please send your comments and suggestions to the editor.

CONTACTS

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