Club Exchange, Morpeth visit Whitley Bay - Tuesday 16th April 2019.
On Tuesday 16th April, Morpeth Camera Club paid a visit to Whitley Bay Photographic Society, who had entertained
the Morpeth members in the first exchange evening earlier in March. Nine club members showcased their work which
included prints, digital images and audio visual presentations.
Peter Downs’ display of prints included sets of three of a kind, pointing out to the audience, the importance of using
the same tonal quality and their presentation. He followed on with some of his favourite photographs from the past
which included St Mary’s Lighthouse, mirage creations, and sand patterns.
John Barnes followed with an audio visual (av) piece, the theme being political demonstrations. Animated protest
marchers carrying banners and flags, in Newcastle, London and Iceland, his images illustrated the intense sense of
purpose in the expressions of marchers following their cause.
Stephanie Robson came next with an av entitled Get me out of Here. A humorous story of forgotten images trapped
in a camera, their journey to editing software where music is added, through to them being released as an av and
finally being returned to a file on a computer.
Sue Dawson followed with a presentation of her successful work from last year when she was Club Photographer of
the Year. Beautiful images taken at Beamish, Edinburgh Festival, still life images of fruit, cheese and wine, interiors
of Cathedrals, wildlife, her three of a kind and landscapes of Edinburgh, Whitby, Budapest, and Beadnel harbour
were among her selections.
Next was Pat Wood with before and after shots, a full image and then a cropped detailed cameo of that image, her
entries submitted to achieve her LRPS (Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society), and her fractalius versions of
flowers. Charming images of children, gazing at sweets and looking out of a window, point to point racing and views
toward Holy Island concluded her presentation.
Sophie Elliott-Edwards then presented an av of her dawn seascapes, waterfalls, rock pools, together with detailed
images of owls, birds of prey, deer, puffins, of guillemots nesting, seals and terns in flight, concluding with images
of zebra, elephant, snakes and butterflies.
Dave Bisset followed by saying that he likes to photograph unusual things and then mess around with them to
achieve something different. Included in his presentation were macro shots of glass paperweights, where with the
use of coloured plastic ‘filters’ and with a torch as the light source he produces stunning images where glass bubbles
appear to be moons and planets. Surreal images of clouds also stir the imagination.
Also with the desire to produce something unusual, Davy Bolam came next with his av entitled ‘Smokin’. With back
lit smoke from incense sticks Davy's images of wonderful smoke patterns, swirls of smoke in vibrant colours which
resembled demons, imps, beetles and alien creatures and delicate cascading voile, could not fail to impress.
Glyn Trueman followed with his detailed images of church interiors. He likes to use different techniques occasionally
using fish eye lenses and vertical panoramas. Highlighted were the beautiful altars, columns, arches, columns and
stunning floor tiles of churches he has visited around the country. Also included were images of the Knife Angel,
abstract patterns formed from the Crossrail tunnel, Kings Cross Station, glass reflections, the Baltic lift shafts and
stair wells.
Stephanie Robson concluded the evening with her av depicting the origins of Lyon’s ‘Murs des Canuts’, the largest
mural in Europe which is painted in the Trompe-l’oeil technique. An optical illusion of shops, apartments and receding
central steps, cameo’s of which she brought to the foreground to demonstrate the ‘reality’ of the elements within the
mural.
The Morpeth members were thanked very much for the variety of techniques and skills displayed in their presentations
which would provide ideas and inspiration to the Whitley Bay members after which a superb buffet supper was provided.
the Morpeth members in the first exchange evening earlier in March. Nine club members showcased their work which
included prints, digital images and audio visual presentations.
Peter Downs’ display of prints included sets of three of a kind, pointing out to the audience, the importance of using
the same tonal quality and their presentation. He followed on with some of his favourite photographs from the past
which included St Mary’s Lighthouse, mirage creations, and sand patterns.
John Barnes followed with an audio visual (av) piece, the theme being political demonstrations. Animated protest
marchers carrying banners and flags, in Newcastle, London and Iceland, his images illustrated the intense sense of
purpose in the expressions of marchers following their cause.
Stephanie Robson came next with an av entitled Get me out of Here. A humorous story of forgotten images trapped
in a camera, their journey to editing software where music is added, through to them being released as an av and
finally being returned to a file on a computer.
Sue Dawson followed with a presentation of her successful work from last year when she was Club Photographer of
the Year. Beautiful images taken at Beamish, Edinburgh Festival, still life images of fruit, cheese and wine, interiors
of Cathedrals, wildlife, her three of a kind and landscapes of Edinburgh, Whitby, Budapest, and Beadnel harbour
were among her selections.
Next was Pat Wood with before and after shots, a full image and then a cropped detailed cameo of that image, her
entries submitted to achieve her LRPS (Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society), and her fractalius versions of
flowers. Charming images of children, gazing at sweets and looking out of a window, point to point racing and views
toward Holy Island concluded her presentation.
Sophie Elliott-Edwards then presented an av of her dawn seascapes, waterfalls, rock pools, together with detailed
images of owls, birds of prey, deer, puffins, of guillemots nesting, seals and terns in flight, concluding with images
of zebra, elephant, snakes and butterflies.
Dave Bisset followed by saying that he likes to photograph unusual things and then mess around with them to
achieve something different. Included in his presentation were macro shots of glass paperweights, where with the
use of coloured plastic ‘filters’ and with a torch as the light source he produces stunning images where glass bubbles
appear to be moons and planets. Surreal images of clouds also stir the imagination.
Also with the desire to produce something unusual, Davy Bolam came next with his av entitled ‘Smokin’. With back
lit smoke from incense sticks Davy's images of wonderful smoke patterns, swirls of smoke in vibrant colours which
resembled demons, imps, beetles and alien creatures and delicate cascading voile, could not fail to impress.
Glyn Trueman followed with his detailed images of church interiors. He likes to use different techniques occasionally
using fish eye lenses and vertical panoramas. Highlighted were the beautiful altars, columns, arches, columns and
stunning floor tiles of churches he has visited around the country. Also included were images of the Knife Angel,
abstract patterns formed from the Crossrail tunnel, Kings Cross Station, glass reflections, the Baltic lift shafts and
stair wells.
Stephanie Robson concluded the evening with her av depicting the origins of Lyon’s ‘Murs des Canuts’, the largest
mural in Europe which is painted in the Trompe-l’oeil technique. An optical illusion of shops, apartments and receding
central steps, cameo’s of which she brought to the foreground to demonstrate the ‘reality’ of the elements within the
mural.
The Morpeth members were thanked very much for the variety of techniques and skills displayed in their presentations
which would provide ideas and inspiration to the Whitley Bay members after which a superb buffet supper was provided.