1. Intro

Mike Reed

This time we are trying something new in response to requests from previous participants for some feedback / advice / guidance on photographs. Mike Reed has agreed to give advice using his experience both as a judge and a commercial photographer.

We are proposing that participants bring some photographs to show at the meeting and each will be looked at as below:-

1. Author’s introduction and intention, interests etc.
2. Brief judge-type comments from Mike Reed
   e.g. composition and technical competence etc.
3. General comments including possible improvements to photograph, e.g. cropping, contrast etc., but NOT detailed photo-editing

2. Image Viewing

Mike Reed

Each participant will have only 5 minutes per photograph, strictly controlled, in order to allow everyone to have a fair go. This means, for the three and half hours of the session, we can only handle 42 five minute slots. If some take less time then we may be able to handle more.

This type of session will take a little more organising than usual and will need to work to a strict timetable.

Because of the programme and the accommodation it will be necessary to limit the number of participants showing photographs in this session, we think this will probably be 12. But it will be possible for some ‘spectators’ to attend.

So if you would like some feedback on your photographs please register ASAP.

If over-subscribed, we will work on a first come first served based on the date and time we received your email.

We will then begin to work out a few more details and will email all participants with this information including how to prepare your photographs.

As we will need to import into Lightroom, it would be very helpful if you could arrange to bring photographs on a USB Flash Drive or CD-ROM.