Guest Speaker

11
Feb
2026

Workshop - Light Pad with Ann Ingham; Cyanotopes with Sue Gordon & Refraction Photography with Hazel Sempf

$5 - Entry

The use of a light pad to create works of art using articles from nature with Ann Ingham

Join us and discover how to use a lightpad to create wonderful art works.
There will be a couple of lightpads at the meeting but if you have your own pad do bring it along and we can have some fun.

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Cyanotypes with Sue Gordon

Cyanotypes are a traditional method of image making developed in the 1840’s.
A light sensitive solution of iron based chemicals is painted onto paper then exposed to UV light using negatives, plant specimens or other objects to produce an image.
Watching that image come to life as it is rinsed is one of the joys of this process.
This workshop offers a hands-on experience of exposing and developing images.
All materials will be supplied.

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REFRACTION PHOTOGRAPHY with Hazel Sempf

At this workstation, I will show you how to set up and photograph refraction in a home studio setting.
Refraction is the bending of light using mediums such as water and crystal balls to make an otherwise ordinary image extraordinary.
I will show you some of the techniques involved to create a photograph of a refracted image and you will see and experiment with how refraction works and how to be creative with it in your photography.
A lens approximately 24-70mm or a macro lens will be suitable.

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11
Mar
2026

Gavin Brown - Equipment Care & John Lomas - The Road to Better Portraits

$5 - Entry

Gavin Brown of Sensor Services on Equipment Care & John Lomas on The Road to Better Portraits - the Transformative Power of Light.

Gavin Brown

Gavin will outline his thoughts about the equipment care (approx. 30 mins).
After this he will be available to clean and maintain your equipment at the rear of the Hall.
Don't forget to bring along anything you would like him to look at and work on.

John Lomas

John will present The Road to Better Portraits - the Transformative Power of Light.  
After covering some basic tips John will show us "how to see the Light", as he puts it.
He will demonstrate this in practice by manipulation of a single light source.
John is a wonderful communicator, bursting with insight and inspiration. "I've got pretty good at taking portraits now" says John "but it's taken awhile!"
I didn't really improve until I started making changes to what I was doing some years ago". John is a supremely experienced and qualified photographer. 

13
May
2026

Workshop - TBA

$5 - Entry
Workshop - TBA

To Be Advised