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At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

A selection of images from the recent Bebington Salon. “If you wish to see some of the best images that amateur photography has to offer, then this is an evening you shouldn't miss.” Hoylake PS

At Grosvenor Museum

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Irene started photography as a schoolgirl and later produced colour prints from transparencies in the darkroom, but is now totally digital. She was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in April 1994 in the Visual Arts - Pictorial category, with darkroom Colour Prints. But since resigning from the RPS in 2010 she is no longer able to use the FRPS in her list of distinctions. In March 1997 she was invited to membership of the London Salon of Photography. She gained EFIAP (Excellence de la Federation International d'Art Photographique) in 2000. She attained MPAGB in April 2007. Irene was awarded the APAGB (Award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain for Services to Photography) in 1985 and this was superceded in 2004 by the award of the J S Lancaster Medal (HonPAGB) for Exceptional Service to Photography. Visit www.irenefroy.com

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Norman, a past president and current treasurer for Chester Photographic Society, talks us through his journey towards his Associateship of the RPS. Visit www.normanrileyphotography.co.uk

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Colour prints “printed properly in the darkroom”.

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Members & guests

At Curzon Park Golf Club (this event is for members only)

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Even on sunny days, a rarity in Manchester, England, photographer, digital artist and film-maker Andrew Brooks spends hours in a darkened studio striving to show us the bigger picture. In recent years his vision has flourished and evolved into large panoramic scenes of nature and forensically detailed cityscapes. This gives his work a timeless and fantastical appeal capturing the imagination of the public and landing high-profile international projects such as the Hidden City Series and commissions by the BBC. Visit www.andrewbrooksphotography.com

At Grosvenor Museum

Colin Prior is one of the world’s leading landscape photographers. He takes panoramic landscape photographs of Scotland and around the world. He uses the 617 panoramic format extensively in his work shooting Fuji Velvia generally in the "golden hour" at dawn and dusk. To date, Colin has worked on four calendar commissions for British Airways and has had several solo exhibitions, most notably The Scottish Visual Experience, Land's End and The World's Wild Places. In 2007 his work on Canna helped boost visitor numbers to the National Trust for Scotland's HQ. Colin currently lives in Glasgow with his wife Geraldine and two children. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers. Visit www.colinprior.co.uk

At St. Mary"s Centre

The International Projected Image Exhibition has been well established within the photographic fraternity for many years and continues to attract a very high entry worldwide. It is an open competition in which there are slide and digital sections in the Open and Nature categories. Ticket price includes free entry to the zoo. Chester Zoo members entitled to reduced ticket price.

From 2:30pm to 5:30pm. Doors open 2:00pm.

At Chester Zoo

“Taking the photographer to locations within the British Isles to undertake a photographic study of a variety of different species of British birds”. John has been photographing British Birds for over twenty years, having been successful in local, national and international photographic competitions, and becoming a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1999. Visit www.johnpower-birdphotography.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

Covering a wide variety of wildlife found in the UK, this talk covers birds insects, mammals, a charismatic spider, plus a plant or two. Places visited include the Farne Islands, Gigrin farm, Scotland and the Dee Estuary. A wide variety of wildlife images from these locations plus many more are used to illustrate what makes a picture 'tick'. Enjoy Waxwings, Kingfishers and Peregrines plus a host of Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies. Some highlights from a twitch or two will undoubtedly keep the birders happy but there is something for everyone here! Visit www.shropshirebirder.co.uk

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Jeff, an experienced ecologist, has a passion for the natural world and he would like to share that enthusiasm with as many people as possible. As an environmental educator with 21 years of experience he can bring inspiration and fun to his lectures. Visit www.jeffclarkeecology.co.uk

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Aidan O'Rourke teaches photography and does photographic walking tours of Manchester and Liverpool. A photographer since 1980, digital photographer since 1994, he has documented the changing face of Manchester since 1996. In 2008 he made the Manchester Mega-Photo, the largest photo-collage ever made of Manchester. He has experimented with all kinds of genres and formats including panoramic photography and has big plans for 3D stereoscopic photography. Visit www.aidan.co.uk

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Members only

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The Bebington Salon of Photography – Presented by Bob Dennis CPAGB, APAGB, BPE2*

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Lynn, of Liverpool Hope University, is particularly interested in War Photography. She completed her PhD thesis on the Second World War photographs of the American-born female Surrealist Lee Miller. Magnum Photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities.

At Grosvenor Museum

"We are keen naturalists and photographers who lecture widely on nature photography throughout the country. We both have obtained EFIAP/b and have gained many awards in photo exhibitions including international gold medals. We have both had work published in magazines and books. Margaret is author of the book "Hilbre, Islands in the Dee Estuary" of which over 90% of the photographs are her own. We also now run photo workshops for the Field Studies Council at Kindrogan FSC in Perthshire, Scotland".

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Award winning professional photographer and photoshop wizard, Chris will demonstrate photoshop techniques as requested by members. Visit www.beautyphoto.com

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Member's Mini Lecture - Paul Smith on the ongoing oppression of India's Dalit people and the hope they attach to their children's education.

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Pierino Algieri is a landscape / nature photographer born and raised in the picturesque Conwy Valley, Snowdonia, North Wales. He has a comprehensive library stock of images of North Wales. He takes 6 x 6 transparencies both on, and projected by Hasselblad equipment. Visit www.algieri-images.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

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Roger shares his knowledge of Photoshop CS5

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Rikki is a self-taught artist, and by profession an illustrator of children's books, cards, and cartoons. He is represented by top London agent Bernard Thornton Artists Ltd. He works in a variety of media, but has come to master and enjoy the freedom, as well as the assistance afforded by working in digital format. He is also a prolific exhibitor of creative photography. Rikki is a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a Master of the PAGB and is on the Roll of Honour of the Scottish Photographic Federation. He serves on the society's Visual Arts Associateship and Fellowship Panels. Visit www.rikoart.com

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Guest club members are welcomed. No charge is made for entry or tea & coffee.

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Brian, who last year gave a talk on Pictorialism and Art, works in both B&W and colour. His work has been informed more by painters, particularly the Symbolists and Expressionists; they both managed to create a sense of stillness and tranquillity whilst coupling this with a feeling of unease and uncertainty. Recently he has become interested in the Pictorialist photographers who were pioneers of art photography in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In Dec 2010 he received a CPAGB accreditation from the PAGB. His panel of images, some of which can be seen on his website, can be viewed in full on the Macclesfield Camera Club website, accessed via the links section. Visit www.brianlawphotography.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

Jeff, an experienced ecologist, has a passion for the natural world and he would like to share that enthusiasm with as many people as possible. As an environmental educator with 21 years of experience he can bring inspiration and fun to his lectures. Visit www.jeffclarkeecology.co.uk

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

In 1997 he gained the first ever "100%-digital" Associateship of the RPS ~ in 1998 the first "100%-digital" Fellowship of the RPS ~ in 1999, the first "100%-digital" Fellowship of the BIPP ~ and in 2003 Barry gained his DPAGB distinction. He has lectured extensively on the topic of "digital" for over 10 years now, mostly at full-day seminars, (the first of which was a joint Barry Colquhoun/Barrie Thomas presentation) and has written product reviews and tutorials for a great number of UK and International magazines.

At Grosvenor Museum

Quote from Roberta Valtorta in 2000 (Roberta Valtorta is photographic historian and professor at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Milan).
"John Davies is one of today's most outstanding British photographers, he became famous through his research on the English industrial landscape, observed in vast and detailed views...
John Davies's work belongs to the world of contemporary documentary photography. Faithful to a refined, pure black and white, taken on as the absolute rule of a subtle, analytic style. He chooses the vastness of space inhabited by the powerful elements of nature and the contradictory ones of culture to operate in two directions. On the one hand, the evocation of emotional states through the photographic rendering of a space-light that is alive, almost metaphysical, and recalls the symbolisation of the forces of nature in Turner. On the other, a crystal-clear gaze that sounds the material aspects of the contemporary landscape which is tied to the development of the productive activities and concrete structuring of the world through the molding power of economy and property". Visit http://www.johndavies.uk.com

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a change to the advertised programme

We now have professional photographer and editor of "Professional Imagemaker Magazine" Mike McNamee to talk about Photoshop related topics. Full talk synopsis to be confirmed.

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Chris is an award-winning portrait photographer from Ruthin, North Wales. He works with his wife, make-up artist Jayne Birchall “with camera and cosmetics working in perfect harmony to bring out the very best in each and every sitter”. Visit his website www.beautyphoto.co.uk

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Wild Britain is a medium format slide show projected on the Hasselblad PCP 80 projector. All the slides are shot on Velvia 50 slide film. It’s almost certain you will see slides from the Derbyshire and Yorkshire Dales, the English Lake District and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, along with some of the characters Barry meets on his travels.

Barry is one of the top speakers on the photographic circuit and his amusing anecdotes can be quite colourful so political correctness is not a feature of the show. Therefore if you are easily offended best to stay at home this particular night and watch Corrie on the television. Visit www.barrypayling.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

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A presentation on how to manage your photographs on your computer, covering workflow, non-destructive image editing, metadata and key wording, organising and naming files and folders, backup and archiving, and cataloguing strategies. Lots of practical advice and tips.

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Rob shares his Lightroom and Photoshop experience with a behind the scenes de-construction of a number of competition winning images. Discover how the images were taken and processed from the RAW file out of the Camera to the print-ready image. A must-see presentation for photographers of all abilities who are serious about squeezing the best from their photographs and using them in a creative way to produce original and interesting images.

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Howard Barlow is a much sought after photographer, freelancing for The Guardian, The Observer and Sunday Times. He has picked up numerous photographic awards including Newspaper Photographer Of the Year. Howard began his career photographing the bands of the 70's and 80's for NME and Melody Maker. His iconic images of The Ramones, Queen and Iggy Pop are still regularly published around the world, syndicated by Getty Images. Visit www.howardbarlow.com

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Graham is a multi-award winning photographer and judge. He has been lecturing around the UK for more than 25 years and his relaxed, informal style combined with a wealth of experience makes for an entertaining and informative presentation. Sponsored by Lion Fine Print

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Dianne is a distinctive photographer with a creative mind, who last visited us just prior to gaining her fellowship. The RPS felt privileged to see such “exciting work”. Her talks help her to meet various other inspiring people from other clubs from all over the country. Visit her website www.dianneowen.info

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Former Chester PS member, Steve has been photographing the landscape of Britain for over 25 years. Closely associated with the Snowdonia National Park in particular, his knowledge and understanding of the area have allowed him to produce images unrivalled in their portrayal of the ephemeral light and wild atmosphere of that special part of the world. His work is an intimate and lovingly crafted celebration of wild landscapes. Visit www.landscapesofwales.co.uk

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Brian’s work is has been influenced more by painters, particularly the Symbolists and Expressionists. Recently he has become interested in the Pictorialist photographers who were pioneers of art photography in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. What particularly attracts him to these images is the way they used texture and surface manipulation to create a painterly effect or often the look of an etching. Visit www.brianlawphotography.co.uk

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Stephen has been working in Black & White for over twenty years and takes his influences from the masters, Ansel Adams, Paul Stand, John Sexton, Walker Evans and more recently Michael Kenna & Fan Ho. His work has been published in UK & USA photography magazines as well as the “Best of friends “ yearbook 2002, 2003 & 2005. In Sept 2008 he was lucky enough to have a photograph selected from 4000 entries in the USA photography gallery magazine "Black & White". Visit www.morethanmono.co.uk

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Denis joined the (Manchester) Guardian in 1974 ‘just to go out and take pictures’! With an eye for the spectacular, the romantic and the Bresson inspired moment, Thorpe has won numerous awards, including the 1979 Worlds Press Photo Gold Medal and Ilford Photographer of the Year in 1988. Photographed the home of L S Lowry.

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Gordon, who gave his lively talk on Colour last September, returns to give his unique take on Photoshop.

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