Club Meeting Report, Cramlington Exchange - Tuesday 4th March 2014.
Morpeth Camera Club played host to members of Cramlington Camera Club for their annual exchange visit on Tuesday
4th March 2014. This was a reciprocal visit after Morpeth had attended Cramlington earlier in the season and the aim of
these evenings is for both clubs to share and showcase their work. Seven visiting photographers then gave varied and
interesting presentations, supported by other club members.
First on was Alan Bosworth who demonstrated his skill of combining images with clever use of effects such as Dr Who's
tardis floating in a bubble, oranges with fangs and ghost effects using filters and layers.
Next was Alan Telford with an amusing and self deprecating presentation of his photographs. Attempts at emulating fellow photographers, he said, often resulted in missed opportunities like being late for a sunrise, a day out in thick fog, snow in
June and time waiting for people to get out of shot.
Chris Crane then followed, presenting images with no manipulation, featuring Alnmouth, St Mary’s lighthouse, the Coquet
Valley, big skies and wonderful cloud formations, a Budle Bay sunset, snow in the Lakes, wildlife and the countryside.
Colin Livingstone, after he retired, invested in a good camera, set up a darkroom in his garage, and with inspiration from
magazine projects succeeded in producing good low light shots of flowers and portraits, ending with some dramatic stormy
sea shots at Tynemouth.
David Patterson showcased his lovely sunrises over water, teasels in the twilight, sunlight on snow, waterfalls, scenes of
Cragside, Coquet Island, gulls at Amble, fireworks and leafy Jesmond Dene.
Julia Robson presented a delightful audio visual of macro shots of flowers, still life images of fruit in sunlight, plants, shiny
bottles and poppy fields, all accompanied by lovely music.
Mark Illingworth concluded the evening with his images taken at the Goodwood Revival Meeting. There were action shots
of sidecar scrambling, bikers, musicians, dancers, vintage aircraft, classic car detail, girls in vintage clothes, mechanics in
the pits, bathing beauties and hippies, all capturing the special atmosphere of the event.
Morpeth Chairman Steve Mcdonald, thanked all Cramlington members for their particpation and commented that it was
good to see the work that another camera club in the area was producing. Both clubs then retired for coffee and biscuits
after an enjoyable evening.
4th March 2014. This was a reciprocal visit after Morpeth had attended Cramlington earlier in the season and the aim of
these evenings is for both clubs to share and showcase their work. Seven visiting photographers then gave varied and
interesting presentations, supported by other club members.
First on was Alan Bosworth who demonstrated his skill of combining images with clever use of effects such as Dr Who's
tardis floating in a bubble, oranges with fangs and ghost effects using filters and layers.
Next was Alan Telford with an amusing and self deprecating presentation of his photographs. Attempts at emulating fellow photographers, he said, often resulted in missed opportunities like being late for a sunrise, a day out in thick fog, snow in
June and time waiting for people to get out of shot.
Chris Crane then followed, presenting images with no manipulation, featuring Alnmouth, St Mary’s lighthouse, the Coquet
Valley, big skies and wonderful cloud formations, a Budle Bay sunset, snow in the Lakes, wildlife and the countryside.
Colin Livingstone, after he retired, invested in a good camera, set up a darkroom in his garage, and with inspiration from
magazine projects succeeded in producing good low light shots of flowers and portraits, ending with some dramatic stormy
sea shots at Tynemouth.
David Patterson showcased his lovely sunrises over water, teasels in the twilight, sunlight on snow, waterfalls, scenes of
Cragside, Coquet Island, gulls at Amble, fireworks and leafy Jesmond Dene.
Julia Robson presented a delightful audio visual of macro shots of flowers, still life images of fruit in sunlight, plants, shiny
bottles and poppy fields, all accompanied by lovely music.
Mark Illingworth concluded the evening with his images taken at the Goodwood Revival Meeting. There were action shots
of sidecar scrambling, bikers, musicians, dancers, vintage aircraft, classic car detail, girls in vintage clothes, mechanics in
the pits, bathing beauties and hippies, all capturing the special atmosphere of the event.
Morpeth Chairman Steve Mcdonald, thanked all Cramlington members for their particpation and commented that it was
good to see the work that another camera club in the area was producing. Both clubs then retired for coffee and biscuits
after an enjoyable evening.