Leader/Coordinator: David K

Aims and Objectives of the group:

To learn from each other how to improve our photography and present our photographs to greatest advantage, giving consideration to composition, lighting, exposure, etc.

To understand how to edit photographs using software to improve quality and impact.

Expertise needed:

Members should be enthusiastic about photography, computer literate and be able to send and receive emails with attachments

Equipment needed:

Digital camera or mobile phone, computer with suitable software to enable photos to be edited, cropped, resized, etc. and a television of reasonable size with HDMI and/or USB connectivity for the display of photos during group meetings.

Maximum number permitted in the group: 8

Members must be able to accommodate the group about once a year in their own home for the monthly meeting. These take place at 2.00pm on the third Thursday of the month. Members hosting the meeting undertake to provide tea or coffee, and cake and/or biscuits.

A brief description of a typical meeting:

Each month we have a project on a specific theme. These are decided at the beginning of the year to allow plenty of time for members to create their photographic masterpieces! Each member sends a selection of photos to the group leader and these will be reviewed during the meeting.

There are always opportunities to discuss various aspects of photography such as composition, exposure, post-processing, etc, and occasionally we will view a video that might help or educate us.

We have been known to organise a photo-shoot at an agreed location instead of having a meeting, with the photos reviewed at the next meeting. Bedford, Oxford and London have been visited in the past.

We have a small collection of studio equipment – lights, reflectors and backdrops, etc, that we can use to become familiar with that type of photography.