Club Meeting, 'Me & My Camera' - Tuesday 30th October 2018.
On Tuesday 30th October, Morpeth Camera Club welcomed guest speaker Sue Hingley, a member of Whickham Photographic
Club, with her presentation entitled ‘Me and my Camera’. Sue started the meeting by talking a little about her photography,
explaining that her life in photography had started at the age of seven when she was given her first camera, a Kodak Brownie
127 film camera. She spoke enthusiastically about her camera being a tool that enabled her to connect with the people and
places and things that she photographed and explained that the full frame camera and the lenses she currently uses enabled
her to crop images to select the part that produced the picture that she wanted. Sue also stated that most of her photographs
were in monochrome, but that she liked to use colour when this enhanced the image.
Sue then went on to present a wide variety of images that had all been taken from 2012 onwards giving members of the club
snippets of information throughout the evening, about the techniques she used in producing them. These images included
photographs taken at locations and events in the North East, including people and banners at Durham Miners’ Gala, the
Hopping’s fair in Newcastle, St Mary’s Lighthouse and boats at Paddy’s Hole near Redcar. Some of the many other photographs
included musicians performing in a pub, architecture at Lincoln Cathedral, Hastings beach, and steam engines at Dorset Steam
Fair.
Many of Sue’s pictures focused on people, some posing to have picture taken and others captured spontaneously. These images illustrated showed how effective photographs can be in communicating the character or emotions of the people while they were
in their natural environment or enjoying leisure activities.
In the second part of her presentation Sue went on to show members a wide range of interesting images from other parts of the
world explaining that many were taken on organised tours. Some of these images showed spectacular locations, including Grand
Canyon in the USA, and scenery in Vietnam, while others, together with her comments, gave members of the camera club an
insight into train travel in the USA, the environment and living conditions of many people in some other countries, particularly
Vietnam and Cuba. Her photographs from Cuba especially showed the neglected state of buildings and poverty of people in
Havana and other parts of the country.
At the end of her presentation the Club Chairman, Mark Harrison, thanked Sue for a very interesting show, after which twenty
of her prints were displayed for club members to enjoy over tea/coffee.
Glyn Trueman.
Club, with her presentation entitled ‘Me and my Camera’. Sue started the meeting by talking a little about her photography,
explaining that her life in photography had started at the age of seven when she was given her first camera, a Kodak Brownie
127 film camera. She spoke enthusiastically about her camera being a tool that enabled her to connect with the people and
places and things that she photographed and explained that the full frame camera and the lenses she currently uses enabled
her to crop images to select the part that produced the picture that she wanted. Sue also stated that most of her photographs
were in monochrome, but that she liked to use colour when this enhanced the image.
Sue then went on to present a wide variety of images that had all been taken from 2012 onwards giving members of the club
snippets of information throughout the evening, about the techniques she used in producing them. These images included
photographs taken at locations and events in the North East, including people and banners at Durham Miners’ Gala, the
Hopping’s fair in Newcastle, St Mary’s Lighthouse and boats at Paddy’s Hole near Redcar. Some of the many other photographs
included musicians performing in a pub, architecture at Lincoln Cathedral, Hastings beach, and steam engines at Dorset Steam
Fair.
Many of Sue’s pictures focused on people, some posing to have picture taken and others captured spontaneously. These images illustrated showed how effective photographs can be in communicating the character or emotions of the people while they were
in their natural environment or enjoying leisure activities.
In the second part of her presentation Sue went on to show members a wide range of interesting images from other parts of the
world explaining that many were taken on organised tours. Some of these images showed spectacular locations, including Grand
Canyon in the USA, and scenery in Vietnam, while others, together with her comments, gave members of the camera club an
insight into train travel in the USA, the environment and living conditions of many people in some other countries, particularly
Vietnam and Cuba. Her photographs from Cuba especially showed the neglected state of buildings and poverty of people in
Havana and other parts of the country.
At the end of her presentation the Club Chairman, Mark Harrison, thanked Sue for a very interesting show, after which twenty
of her prints were displayed for club members to enjoy over tea/coffee.
Glyn Trueman.