Photography
Meetings of the Photography Group take place in the Jubilee Room at Bredon Village Hall every first Tuesday of each month between 2-4pm. There we enjoy each other’s photographs and offer constructive advice on how they could be improved.
We operate by identifying 12 topics, or themes for each month just before a new year. This gives us time to compose or select from our archives up to a dozen photographs per member. During the meeting, we take turns to show them using a projector and screen, and the rest of the group make comments. Members bring their photographs to the Village Hall downloaded to a USB memory stick or SD card. Often the discussion is more about the subject or location rather than pure technical merits. We also encourage a few “off topic” photos taken recently that we think the group would enjoy.
Additional time may be given to discussion as to how to get the best out of our cameras, as well as having the occasional workshop topic of a more ‘hands on’ nature, or visits to photogenic locations. A group walk around Tewkesbury last year was an enjoyable and beneficial experience.
Topics for 2023 and 2024 are as follows:
| DATE | THEME/TOPIC | LOOKING FOR |
| 5th Sep 2023 | Light – the opposite of dark or heavy | |
| 3rd Oct 2023 | Farming | |
| 7th Nov 2023 | Journeys | |
| 5th Dec 2023 | Animals – domestic or wild | |
| 2nd Jan 2024 | Perspective, Geometry | Composition, general interest |
| 6th Feb 2024 | Crowds, people | Emotions, settings |
| 5th Mar 2024 | Doors, gates, entrances | Composition, viewpoints |
| 2nd Apr 2024 | Favourites, hobbies | Conveying interest, depth of field |
| 7th May 2024 | Lighting, sparkling, contre jour, misty | Exposure, shadows, vantage points |
| 4th Jun 2024 | Geography/geology, landscapes, fossils, erosion | Composition |
| 2nd Jul 2024 | Technical, any subject | Depth of field, exposure, movement, videos, time-lapse, before/after images |
| 6th Aug 2024 | Probably a group walk/photoshoot | |
| 3rd Sep 2024 | Trees, plants, gardens | Colour, composition, seasons |
| 1st Oct 2024 | Holidays, your best recent | Composition, something adventurous |
| 5th Nov 2024 | Scientific (Microscopy/macro, computer generated, night-time, astro, fluids, refraction) | Good results! |
| 3rd Dec 2024 | Architecture, historic or new | Composition, lighting |
| 7th Jan 2025 | Structures, bridges, mechanical, rusting/decay | Colour, composition |
Anyone wishing to enrol with the Photography Group can do so by contacting Geoff Bryant (leader) via the form below or using details elsewhere on the website and TUTA News magazine.
