I'll always be grateful to J P Brown a teacher at my school who first taught me to develop and print B&W 35mm film and gave me a lifetime interest in photography.
Now 30 something years later I retain a love for all things photographic. I have an extensive photography library which I find invaluable to dip into for inspiration or research - Mortensen to Adams, Bresson to Matt Stuart and many others.
My personal interest is exploration photography. I like to explore the world with a camera whether on the street, countryside or in the macro world.
When critiquing other's photographs I always aim to view the whole image and understand the purpose rather than just the technical. Every image presented is personal and important to the author and I always respect that. From a snapshot to a fine art image, all represent part of the spectrum of photography.
Lectures offered
Street Photography - Exploring the background and importance of street photography, contextualizing withing the Club Photography context and illustrated by examples of my own works.
Why Mono - An exploration of monochrome photography, it's context and uses.
May contain spiders - A UK Safari of the smaller wildlife outside your backdoor.
What the judge saw - An interactive talk on camera club judges, how to avoid common pitfalls when entering competitions at club level and how to improve your mark - requires approximately 20 images from past competition entries.
benpk2 (at) yahoo.co.uk