Exmouth Photo Group
Est. 1969
Latest News 2021
Wednesday 15th December 2021 - Christmas 2021 and the Winter Programme says, ‘Christmas Meal’.
With no in-person meetings in the past 4 months how do we celebrate? The answer was easy: meet up on the sea front for a ‘Walk, Talk and Snack’ followed by a Zoom Christmas Quiz in the evening.
Walk, Talk and Snack
22 members, plus some husbands, wives and friends met at the Octagon on the sea front and then ambled towards Orcombe Point chatting all the way. Some members even took photos and Sheila and Chaz played out their own Hamilton / Verstappen rivalry by speeding along in their ‘mean machines’.
We all then met up again at the Octagon where pasties and pies were enjoyed, whilst admiring the sea view.
An excellent way to safely catch up with friends and thanks go to Mo and Lynn for setting the route and Ian for organising the snacks.
Christmas Quiz
We all met up again in the evening on Zoom and much laughter was had as we tried to answer the brilliant A – Z Christmas clues set by Andy and Mary. Christmas hats were compulsory but unfortunately getting the correct answers seemed to elude many of us.
Ian and Elaine, however proved to be Extremely Perfect Guessers with a score of 58 out of 75 and David’s (Davies) solo effort of 50 / 75 was impressive. Their prize was a virtual Group hug!! Thank you, Andy and Mary, a wonderful way to end 2021.
Take care, stay safe and have an enjoyable Christmas.
Mo
8th December 2021 - Chris Palmer FRPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB - The Eloquent Landscape
What a brilliant presentation that Chris delighted EPG with this evening. We started with the fantastic journey around Iceland with the greater landscape down to the more concentrated abstract details off the landscape. All taken at different times of the year. In all kinds of weather, that he braved to make such inspiring stunning photographs.
Beautiful images were produced from a visit in September when visiting high up in the mountains with specialist jeeps to remote areas. Chris produced beautiful lichen covered landscapes and abstract patterned, detailed, images.
Fields, was our next delight, with an area of farmland photographed in different season throughout the year, sometimes from the same spot. Images that will stay in our minds for their beauty and composition.
We then went to another project that Chris has been photographing for the last fifteen years. Stokes Commons. We were given again every different season. Mist, snow, autumn, frost and beautiful ice images.
A very memorable evening enjoyed by all
For more eloquent images please visit Chris' website: https://www.chrispalmerphotographer.co.uk
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
24th November 2021 Gareth Martin AWPF CPAGB In the Making
Gareth delivered a most entertaining evening. Gareth’s presentation was delivered with lots of anecdotal stories and his unique and often subtle humour.
He certainly showed us the effect of the experimentation, with diffused glow, tonal range, sepia toning, high key, grunge effect, darkening and many more effects throughout the evening.
Gareth presented a range of woodlands photos, portraits, dereliction, ICM, landscapes and a variety of bathrooms, of which he is known for. Demonstrating the stages and thought process to produce the final image.
Gareth talked about the papers he used to print his images creating wonderful prints, also showing some of his beautiful miniature prints.
More of Gareth’s images can be viewed
link https://www.pagbnews.co.uk/newsletter/issue-257
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
17th November 2021 International Exchange
An interesting and very varied evening of 30 photos presented from each of the five clubs from various parts of the world.
The clubs that kindly exchanged their images were:
Edinburgh Photo Society
Exmouth Photo Group
Gibraltar Photo Society
Moussey Art, Paris
Waikato Photo Society, New Zealand
A very big thank you to Peter and Carol Hyett for coordinating all the country’s images and presenting to our club tonight.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
10th November 2021 Members Evening Sheila Haycox ARPS MPAGB/AV EFIAP
A very enjoyable evening with Sheila. Sheila demonstrated her quality and range of talents in still photography and AVs throughout the evening.
We started with an AV, Angel on high. A song that Sheila matched with her own images to the song she was given, with beautifully created angel images. We were then delighted with a second AV called Dictionary Man. The story about Samuel Johnson working on producing his famous Dictionary. For the next AV, we were taken to the beautiful country of Costa Rica for the stunning photography of the wildlife and flora, set along with sound tracks of the animals, to make for a great AV. Very interesting and effective.
Then on to the AV Creative Assemblage. Showing the range of talent and expertise of Sheila’s compositing of such a variety of stunning images. We then had the pleasure of a trip around Slovenia with images taken in 2007 to 2011, from the many trips taken to the country.
Next Sheila talked us through a variety of images, churches, castles, mountain ranges, waterfalls and so much more.
We were delighted with six more AVs, The Patterns, Scenic Beauty, Don’t Leave Me, Behind the Mask, The Quest and A Troubled Country about the life of the people in Myanmar. We also enjoyed a talk through images taken by Sheila, while visiting China ibn 1998.
A thoroughly enjoyable evening, with a very wide range of beautiful AVs and beautiful images, enjoyed by the professional presentation from Sheila.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG programme secretary.
3rd November 2021 - Competition 2 Judge Peter Ottley
Competition two, again we had a very good varied entry for our second competition of the season. This evening we had 43 entries for the DPI competition. Peter went through each image with, patience and thoughtful constructive criticism. Giving the author of each image, equal time for assessment and judging. We had 3 HC, 5 Bronzes, 1 Silver and 2 Golds in the DPIs, given by Peter.
There was 9 colour print entries and 7 black and white print entries. Peter was viewing the prints at home, then a copy of the print was projected as a DPI on the evening for everyone.
There was 2 HC, 1 Silver and 1 Gold in the colour prints. There was 2 Silvers and 1 Gold in the Mono prints.
Thank you to all the participants for making a very interesting evening and congratulations to all the successful images on the night.
Many congratulations to the Overall Winner on the night, Peter Hyett, for his image Porcelain Fungus.
Please check out the website, for all the highly commended and winning images, of both the colour print, the black and white prints and the Dpi competition by clicking here. Don't forget to look at the running totals which you can view here
Reviewed by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme Secretary
Carol Hyett has success with FIAP Salon Entries
Carol started entering FIAP salons in August this year (with AFIAP qualification in mind) and so far she has had 27 acceptances from 10 different images over 6 salons.
Her most successful salon was called NPS PLS 2021 ( FIAP Ref 2021/373,374,375), where she gained 12 acceptances, including a Gold medal and a HM for Eloise also a Honorable Mention for Squabbling Juvenile Bullfinches. (images below)
Sheila Haycox, ARPS, MPAGB/AV, EFIAP an EPG Member Receives RPS Fenton Medal Member Award
The RPS Awards for 2021 were announced on the 26th October 2021 via You Tube and I am delighted to announce Sheila Haycox as recipient of the Members Award which gets a Fenton Medal. Below an excerpt of the Awards Ceremony announcing Sheila's Award.. You can view the whole ceremony of Award Recipients by clicking here.
Success for Derrick Holliday
Derrick has been very active in the AV world and I have been remiss in not mentioning his recent Honourable Mention for the AV ‘Playtime’ in the Photo Harmony section of the Irish National and International Photo Harmony AV Salon.
27th October 2021 Malcolm Hupman - Where I Photograph Wildlife in the UK
This evening we were given a feast of fantastic photography of the wildlife around the UK. Beautifully photographed by Malcom. We had all the technical details and all the locations of every photo, to help and encourage the visit of the various locations around the UK.
Malcolm displayed so many beautifully captured birds, that he has managed to record in such beautiful backgrounds, with absolutely nothing distracting in the image. We were treated to such beautiful rare butterflies, which Malcolm was very pleased to have captured. We visited a range of nature reserves throughout the evening, with the detail of where to park and even if they had a café and the quality of the cake.
We viewed puffins on the Farne Islands, deer in Bradgate park, red kites at feeding times on the way up to Scotland also red squirrels, grey seals in Norfolk and in total 136 different bird butterflies and mammals throughout the evening.
A very entertaining and informative evening.
For more technical information and to view Malcolm’s images, visit www.hupman.info
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme Secretary.
20th October 2021 Exmouth Photo Group Show and Tell
Exmouth Photo Groups evening of our own members showing three of their personal favourite images. All members were encouraged to show and tell what they enjoyed about the three images, on any subject that they would like to present on the evening.
Once again, we were treated to a very enjoyable evening seeing the great variety of photos, on a very diverse range of topics, from abroad and then right back to the Red Arrows display in Sidmouth.
Again, this evening highlighted the range of talent that we have in our club. How our members are experimenting with a wide range of subjects. With the evening breaking out to a discussion about ICM, in camera movement. Members were also demonstrating experimentational ideas on projects taken at home.
Again, a very relaxed, thoroughly enjoyable evening, seeing our own members images. Thank you to all members that contributed to the very enjoyable evening.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme Secretary.
13th October 2021 - Speaker Marianthi Lainas - The Littoral Landscape
We started the evening in Marianths home town on the Wirral, then travelling up to the Western Isles of Lewis and south Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Then onto much further north to colder climates of the arctic coastline of Greenland.
Marianthi is drawn to those dynamic spaces at the far edges of the land, shifting sands, cycles of ebb and flow, and the transience of the littoral landscape. Marianths described her way of taking her time to look at the form and balance of her images, looking at colour, Light, mid tones and dark before composing and taking her image.
Marianth described how recently she has been using camera-less photographic techniques in particular, cyanotype working on her local beach and exposing light-sensitive papers to the dynamic elements of wind, seawater and sand. Producing beautiful abstract work.
A fantastic inspiring evening, enjoyed by all our members.
Any questions email marianthilainas@gmail.com
For more great images visit Marianths Website: www.marianthilainas.com
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn programme secretary EPG
6th October 2021 Speaker Stephen Galvin LRPS Retrospective
Stephen gave a talk on looking back through the years to assess and evaluate his progress and development of his photography. Encouraging us all to look back to see the way we have developed with our own photography.
Stephen covered so many different subjects that he has photographed through the years.His journey has covered humour, football, cheer leading, ploughing, racing, tennis, racing at Santa pod. Then on to skiing, yachting and unusual canoes. Stephen talked about HDR and photo stacking your photos, slow shutter speeds, abstract art and leading lines.
In the second half Stephen covered underwater diving, hot air ballooning, sky diving and how not to merge aeroplanes unrealistically. We were entertained with flora, bugs, foxes, elephants, zebras and much more. Ending the evening with a variety of beautiful sunsets.
An entertaining and informative evening.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG programme secretary.
29th September 2021 Members Evening - Road Trip Plus by
Derrick Holiday ARPS and Jenny Baker ARPS CPAGB
A very interesting evening presented by Derrick and Jenny. We were treated to a road trip that was taken in 2020 up through the Yorkshire dales carrying on up through the lakes to Fort Williams then onto Skye Harris and Lewis. Through the journey we were treated with delightful AVs by both Derrick and Jenny.
Jenny then gave a talk on her life’s work with 130 tortoises that she has rescued nursed and rehomed. Her work has taken her around the world, to many rescue centres and the meeting with other like-minded people. What a fascinating variety of tortoises there are in the world.
We then had Jenny’s Av, A Hare’s tale. Derricks Hedgerows, Playtime, Reconciliation and The Quays. Jenny’s Binder string and to finish the evening, Derricks latest AV, Army Recruiting Office.
Thank you, Derrick and Jenny, for a varied and fascinating evening enjoyed by all our members
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn programme secretary
24th to 26th September RPS International Audio Visual Festival.
Some of our members entered this Festival and I am delighted to say that Derrick Holliday was awarded a FIAP Acceptance for his sequence Reconciliation and John Perriam was also awarded an FIAP Acceptance with his sequence Holsworthy Livestock Market. Sheila Haycox got an RPS Highly Commended Ribbon for her sequence The Quest plus a FIAP acceptance and Ian Bateman got a Judge's Special Interest Bronze Medal for his sequence City of Darkness plus a FIAP acceptance.
There were 65 entries which were all judged in advance. The event was using Zoom.
24 September 2021 - RPS Digital Imaging Group Accolade
The RPS Digital Imaging Group every now and again publish Accolade which is a magazine celebrating the Distinctions awarded to DIG Members. Accolade 9 has just been published and I am pleased to say that Mo Martin ARPS has an article in it to celebrate her distinction received in June. Please click here to view and or download.
Sheila Haycox
22 September 2021 - Competition Judge Jane Kearney CPAGB
Competition one, we had a very good varied entry for our first competition of the season, with 8 colour print entries and 9 black and white print entries. This worked well for the start of the season of bringing back prints for judging, with Jane viewing the prints at home, then a DPI copy being projected on the evening.
The second half of the evening we had 33 entries for the DPI competition. Jane went through each image with, patience and thoughtful constructive criticism. Giving the author of each image, equal time for assessment and judging.
Thank you to all the participants and congratulations to all the successful images on the night. However many congratulations to the Overall Winner Ian Bateman for his image Enlightened
Please check out the website, for the winning images and highly commended, of both the colour print, the black and white print and the Dpi competition by clicking here
Reviewed by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
15th September 2021 Summer Challenge
The summer challenge, every participant entered up to maximum of 4 images from the choice of 20 different subjects, all to be taken throughout the summer months.
23 members entered 90 images and displayed what a talented, imaginative, inspiring group we have in the Exmouth Photo group. Such a wide variety of ideas, in each of categories entered. Water being the most entered category of the evening.
A very relaxed enjoyable evening, with comments throughout the evening on the images, from the members, authors and leading the evening Maurice and Sheila.
Maurice then gave the subject matter for next April's Chairman's Challenge which is to be:
"Our Wild Life" and "Architecture"
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn Programme Secretary
1st September 2021 - Introduction to Programme and members images
The start of the Winter Programme, which, will, until January be presented via video conferencing.
Maurice set off the meeting with introducing the forthcoming meetings and saying a little about the programme Lynn has produced for the rest of this season.
We were then entertained by Mo Martin with images from members who visited Cockington Country Park for a summer day out arranged by Mo. We saw an interesting collection of images from 18 members . Mo said that she was surprised that there were such a variety of images with no repeat images.
John Perriam then showed images he had taken from two different occasions when we invited to Nova’s for gatherings. One visit in June to Nova’s previous residence, Foxhayes, in Woodbury and the other in August, held at Belvedere, Lympstone by the kind permission of Nova and Charles.
During the break we had the introduction of breakout rooms to see how it would work because in the past it has been difficult for a large number of members to have a chat. This proved successful.
After the break we were shown the accepted images in the WCPF 2020 Open Digital Exhibition, which included a few EPG Members acceptances.
Review by Sheila Haycox ARPS MPAGB/AV EFIAP - Webmaster
8th September 2021 Dr Keith Snell LRPS EFIAP EPSA - My Restless Lens
Keith Snell gave a very varied gently spoken relaxed talk to the group tonight. Keith covered abstract, patterns and shapes in the first half of the evening. Keith gave a very instructive description of the way he uses diagonals and triangles in his photographs, to give the most impact in his photos.
Keith said how he also liked to use square format for his images. In his portraitures and figurative art again using the diagonals and triangles. Using the lines to lead to the eyes. Beautiful tasteful nudes photographed in nature.
We were entertained with the most beautiful wildlife abroad and in the UK. Stunning images of elephants, whales, puffins, numerous variety of birds, a stunning variety of kingfishers and many more beautiful mammals.
Keith's landscapes from Iceland and the Teton Mountain Range were especially beautiful. Keith talked about finding the detail in the landscape by using ICM and double exposures to produce impactful images. A great evening enjoyed by all.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme Secretary
25th August 2021 Tutorial by Martin Sproul of Fstop Training
This evening we had the second very informative presentations from Martin teaching more advanced techniques in photoshop.
Martin covered smart filters, smart sharpening and sepia toning a black and white image. Martin again demonstrating the ways to make it easy for you to practice and master useful skills in photoshop. Martin compared different sharpening tools to explain which was more effective
Martin again gave many short cuts and valuable ways to keep your workflow easy to achieve using the tips that he demonstrated.
Again, I think we all have learnt something to take away and practice from the evening. Martin was very easy to follow, with a very patient, thorough explanation.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn Programme Secretary
11th August 2021 Guy Davies ARPS EFIAP EPSA and Paula Davies FRPS EFIAP/s
Another fascinating talk from Guy and Paula. The evening started with Guy presenting for the first half of the evening. Guy demonstrated a wide range of topics including cycle racing, then a large variety of architectural staircase all around London. Guy demonstrated the practice of Inverting the photo and changing the colour tones and luminosity to give a lovely colour balance to his images.
Guy then showed us around the east end of London on an all-night workshop that he attended. Lovely cobbled streets, old cars and interesting rows of houses. To finish the first half, we were taken to the Isles of Harris and Lewis. Such beautiful subtle colours from both of the Isles
For the second half of the evening Paula carried on the evening with her eye and vision of Harris and Lewis. We were then given a visual feast of beautiful still life images of her favourite flower, the tulip and more beautiful objects and flowers. Paula used a variety of textures to enhance her images. We were then taken to Romania for beautiful BW portraits, then on to Barcelona for the Gaudi Buildings.
Paula talked about her 365 group where you post a photo every day of the year. Paula demonstrated some of her lock down projects of twirls, taking it a step further with orbs. Focus stacking her flower images, showing light pad flower images and finishing the evening with her panels. A very enjoyable evening for all.
Tuesday 2nd August 2021 - EPG Invite to Nova & Charles at Belvedere, Lympstone
Nova and Charles kindly invited members of the Group to visit their new abode in Lympstone and take advantage of the views. Members took chairs and food and many took advantage of the grounds and too photos. Below some images from John Perriam.
28th July 2021 Exmouth Photo Group Show and Tell
Exmouth Photo Groups second evening of our members showing three of their own personal favourite images. All members were encouraged to show and tell what they enjoyed about the three images, on any subject of their choice. We were again treated to a very enjoyable evening seeing the great variety of photos, on a diverse range of topics, from abroad and then right back onto the Exmouth beach.
Again, this evening highlighted the range of talent that we have in our club. How our members are experimenting with a wide range of subjects especially sport. Members were also challenging and pushing their selves to try new projects by experimenting with new ideas and subjects.
Again, a very relaxed, thoroughly enjoyable evening, seeing our own members images.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme Secretary.
14th July 2021 Barbie Lindsay MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/s AWPF Creative Photography
What an inspirational evening that Barbie presented to the club. From start to finish we were given the explanation and thought process of each photo produced and created by Barbie. What a fantastic thought process always thinking out of the box, always trying to get creative as much as possible in the camera, from start to completion of every image.
Barbie demonstrated how to be creative with different perspectives getting down low and from above your subject, also how placing subjects on different planes gave you more impact in your photos. Images captured from hot air balloons, microlights and also using drones.
Barbie demonstrated her creating process using layers, motion blur, tonal contrast, desaturation and more. All helped with creating the impactful images.
Even placing nature into a creative setting produced such great shots. An evening which hopefully gave us all new ideas.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn programme secretary.
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7th July 2021 - EPG Day Out to Cockington Country Park
A day out was arranged by Mo Martin for a trip to Cockington Country Park, Nr Torquay. Several members took advantage of getting together. Several members attended and took advantage of the sun visiting the Manor House, Galleries, Craft Centre, and the extensive grounds;.
30th June 2021 Tutorial by Martin Sproul of F Stop Training
This evening we had a very informative first of our two presentations from Martin giving us the basics in photoshop. He will be covering more advanced photoshop in part two, later in the summer.
Martin covered Layers and masks in the first half of the evening, demonstrating the ways to make it easy for you to practice and master the first two most useful skills in photoshop.
Martin gave so many short cuts and valuable ways to keep your workflow easy to achieve using the tips that he demonstrated.
In the second part of the evening, we were shown the way that Martin does his conversion for black and white and how to do a colour pop. Last of all an explanation of how to use gradients to enhance and improve your photo.
I think we all have learnt something to take away and practice from the evening. Martin was very easy to follow, with a very patient, thorough explanation.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn Programme Secretary
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16th June 2021 - Kylie-ann Martin. EFIAP, BPE2, CPAGB, LDPS - My Journey in Photography - So Far .......
Kylie gave a very entertaining talk on how she got into photography and the restrictions she has on where to take her photos. She explained that as she has ME CFS FM and with the help of her father started her journey into photography. She wasn't afraid to show some of her very first images but soon progressed on to a very varied selection of images and how she worked towards gaining her qualifications.
Kylie was also a fun story teller and related many anecdotes to us on how she competed with her father and some of the incidents that happened whilst taking the photos.
A very informative and enjoyable evening with excellent photography all taken within 8 miles of her home.
Review by Sheila Haycox
13th June 2021 - Summer Meet Up - Get together Day at Nova's
The club was kindly invited to Nova's place for a summer get together, we gathered on Nova's lawn at Foxhayes, Woodbury and below a few images taken by John Perriam of the event.
June 2nd 2021 - Gerald Chamberlain DPAGB EFIAP - Black and white photography and processing
What a lovely gentleman who presented EPG with a very relaxed evening. Gerald started the evening with A Grand Day Out AV of BW images all taken in jpg, in camera. We were then treated to a variety of beautiful high key images.
We were then delighted and entertained, with a range of characters from steam punk, Edinburgh fringe festival, medieval re-enactment weekends and also ragged Victorians. Gerald demonstrated how he included textures and the manipulation he used, to achieve the end result, which produced a range of powerful, stunning, creative images.
Gerald talked about the fuji mirrorless camera that he had converted to ICM. He produced such different gentle images that worked so well in infrared.
What beautiful images of the 800 abandoned cars in a forest scrapyard in Sweden, no wonder he feels the need to keep going back.
To finish the evening Gerald, demonstrated how he processed four images from colour to BW using photoshop and Nik effects. He then finished off with the comparison of the subtle changes in a final AV. What an informative presentation enjoyed by all our members.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG programme secretary.
19th May 2021 Exmouth Photo Group Show and Tell
Exmouth Photo Groups first trial of our members showing three of their own personal images. Our members were encouraged to show and tell what they enjoyed about three of their own images on any subject of their choice. We were treated to a very enjoyable evening seeing the great variety of photos, on a diverse range of topics from abroad and then right back into our back gardens.
This evening highlighted the range of talent that we have in our club. How our members are crafting and experimenting with a wide range of subjects. Also challenging and pushing their selves to try new projects.
A very relaxed, thoroughly enjoyable evening, seeing our own members images.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme Secretary.
5th May 2021 Bob Johnson ARPS The Wildlife of the UK
Bob photographs wildlife around the UK. The evening demonstrated his passion and dedication with all the patience needed, sometimes days, to capture the image he was chasing. We were entertained throughout the evening with such stunning birds of prey, Little owls, woodpeckers, hares, badgers, foxes, adders, partridges, kingfishers, cuckoos, buzzards, kites and so many more species.
Bob gave detailed information of the setup of various hides used, also the perches and the bait. He explained the building of a large reflection pool that he built with the help of friends on the land of a local farm. With these methods he was able to capture the stunning images that he presented to the club throughout the evening.
Great care was taken with the capture and the backgrounds, complimenting every photo, to create the fantastic images shown.
Bob then went on a trip to Norway to capture birds that do visit the UK. Spending four weeks in the polar icecaps. Bob came back elated with beautiful images of golden eagles and especially the stunning image of the rarely photographed Goshawk.
A very gently told explanation of the all the images complimented the evening, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
Annual General Meeting 21st April 2020.
We had 35 attend the AGM which went very well considering it was held via Zoom. Ian had set up a Google Voting Form for members to record any votes that were required which went well. AGM finished at 19.48.
We than went into the Awards and Presentations for competitions held throughout the past season. For the Colour DPI Monthly competition Derrick Holliday gained 3rd place with 31 points; Nova Fisher 2nd place with 34 points and Sheila Haycox 1st Place with 34 points but one more gold award.
For the Monthly Mono DPI section Ian Bateman gained 3rd place with 21 points, Christine Chittock 2nd place with 29 points and John Wickett 1st place with 34 points. John Perriam won the Colour Panels Competition; Kristina Adamson won the Mono Panels Competition and the Set Subject had joint winners who were Sandra Morton and John Wickett.
Maurice then spoke about The Chairman’s Shield and mentioned several members who could be potential recipients. He than went on to speak about a member who has done so much for the club over the last few years by creating an AV Group, organising the club’s new AV Salon Jurassic International Salon, sorting out our Zoom presentations plus much more. Maurice then went on to award the Chairman’s Shield to Ian Bateman.
Maurice then went through all the images he received for the Chairman’s Challenge. There were 79 images for the two subjects Lines and Points of View. The Winner of the Lines section was Ian Bateman with his image called Refracted Lines and the winner for the Viewpoint section was again Ian Bateman with his image called Underneath the Arches. All the winning images can be viewed here. The Overall Winner for the Chairman’s Challenge was Ian Bateman for his Underneath the Arches.
At the end of the meeting Mo Martin had the pleasure of announcing that she is now an ARPS for her panel of Sports Images. Congratulations Mo.
Review by Sheila Haycox Webmaster
Project Evening 14th April 2021
We had three members showing us their work this evening, Peter Hyett ARPS and Carol Hyett LRPS and Brian Westaway.
Brian started the evening and showed a large mixture of his work, ranging from scenes of Autumn, stormy seas plus wild life and fauna.
We also paid a visit to Turkey’s landscapes, traditional dancers, bazars and temples and saw an insight into their life.
Brian also showed us images from his other hobby, shooting, which Brian said is difficult to photograph because holding a gun, looking after dogs and managing a camera is not that easy. A good insight on how a shoot is conducted.
Peter and Carol then did a shared project. Peter said that over the last few months they have been delving into their older photos and trying to rescue some of the imperfections. This resulted in them showing a short collection of images of them climbing Ben Nevis.
We then were shown how they celebrated VE Day during Lockdown last year. they had a street party. Peter and Carol also managed to visit a wildlife establishment to take images of birds and harvest mice.
We then saw two AV ‘s which came to fruition due to a music challenge. Peter showed The Scream giving you the impression of Jack the Ripper but it had a twist at the end. Carol then showed Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
Milton Keynes was the next stop, a place where Peter worked and showed photos of a new railway network and engineering works under construction.
Peter then showed us a selection of boat trials, flowers with different treatments which included focus stacking and in ice. Also images of an air show and a few creative images.
All in all an interesting evening with a great variety of work from all three presenters.
Review by Sheila Haycox
WCPF AV Competition held on the 10 April 2021
The AV Competition was hosted by the WCPF and run by Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB AV-AFIAP APAGB The Judge was Malcolm Imhoff FRPS FACI(M) who was an excellent judge and gave comments on each AV.
Again members of Exmouth Photo Group did well, we had six members who gained awards for their AVs. Ian Bateman, Jenny Baker, Derrick Holliday, John Perriam, Mo Martin and Sheila Haycox. Click here to see a copy of the Results. All results of AVs will be posted on the WCPF website as well.
7th April 2021 Panel Competition Judge Mike Sharples ARPS, MPAGB, EFIA
Tonight, we had the panel competition with a very good variety of panels from 16 members of our club. We had 23 panels, entered into the colour section and 16 panels into the monochrome section. Members could enter a panel of 4, 5 or 6 images on a theme, in to both classes - colour or mono all DPIs
Mike went through each panel with, thoughtful, constructive criticism. Taking time to access and review each individual image that made up the panel, He then awarded highly commended, bronze, silver and gold for the colour and highly commended bronze, silver and gold for the monochrome. Thank you to all the participants, for taking part, to make the evening a success.
Congratulations to all the successful panels on the night.
Please, check out the website for the winning images and highly commended, of both the colour and the monochrome competition by clicking here
Reviewed by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
31st March 2021Members' Project Evening with Sheila Haycox ARPS, MPAGB/AV, EFIAP and John Perriam ARPS, DPAGB, AFIAP
Tonight, we were treated to a fascinating insight to the minds of two of EPGs long-standing members.
Sheila started the evening with being very productive with all the extra time indoors through the past months. Sheila had worked on her backlog of photos to produce brilliant AVs with tales off the places she has photographed over the many years of photography.
We visited Ireland, Morocco, the ghosts in Bolton Abbey then on to Yorkshire. We then went for a drive in a classic Morgan at Le Mans. Next, we were given a visual treat of birds of Paradise, merged with a montage of various flower background, beautifully done.
Another trip around Ireland with more stunning photo locations followed. We then went on to beautiful Tuscany, for a photo harmony. To finish the presentation, we were entertained with a fantastic AV called, Behind the Masks, a winner for sure.
For the second part of the evening, we had a presentation from John who showed an evening of Landscapes.
John said he thought he was not a landscape photographer, but the evening proved him wrong.
John travelled all around the UK. Demonstrating the use of leading lines and also the use of foreground, to produce visually pleasing photos at so many locations. All the photos had great composition and thoughtful skill to produce the very enjoyable evening.
Landscape is just another skill that John has mastered with his many other skills
Thank you to both, everyone had a very enjoyable evening.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn Programme secretary.
24th March 2021 - Speakers Duncan and Deborah Armour -
Rainforest of the World
Tonight, we were treated to a fascinating insight to the beautiful capture of the exotic Birds, frogs, toxic snakes, butterflies, sloths and so much more. All taken in the rainforests of South and Central America, in the areas of Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama.
Duncan described the setup of his field studio work that they use for the lighting of the animals they capture, with mainly canon camera systems. This enabled them to capture so much extra detail in both Duncan and Deborahs award-winning photography. Duncan described his use of various backgrounds which they take with them on their travels, to create such stunning, detailed, creative, precise work.
We then had an explanation of hatching out your own butterflies and moths with great care and morality. Setting them up with flowers, to enable them to be capture with a white background. Producing very artistic photographs.
We finished the evening, with the Art of flight.
Beautiful photos of the way of capturing birds in flight. Stunning captures of macaws, parrots and the most unusual hummingbirds. Duncan explained how this all could be done in the UK using the same methods. A thoroughly brilliant detailed, informative evening enjoyed by all of our members.
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Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme Secretary
17 March 2021 - South Devon League Battle - Hosted by Dawlish and Teignmouth
The Digital section of the South Devon League Battle was held via Zoom conferencing and the judge was Kay Wilson. I am delighted to say that Exmouth retain the Cup this season for the SDL Battle and all details can be seen here
10th March 2021 Speaker Hugh Letheren - Water Drop Photography
Hugh explained the history and technicalities of his own development of water drop photography. Hugh explained how he built a laser beam breaker, to experiment and develop his water droplet photos.
He then moved on to using a sophisticated microcomputer, that was developed by crowdfunding. This helped to produce more accurate, controlled, droplets. Also, it can produce multiple droplets.
Hugh gave tips on the best photo settings that he uses. Hugh also explained after experimentation, what he found was to be the most useful, to mix into the water, to give the various droplets effects.
A small amount of photoshop was used in the images, but mostly for artistic merit. A beautiful set of creative images presented from so much dedication. This showed through his enjoyment and passion for his water droplet photography.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
3 March 2021 - Monthly Competition 4 - Judged by Ian Hosker LRPS
Tonight, we had competition 4 of the season with a very good variety of photographs from 24 members of our club. We had 52 images entered into the colour section and 18 images into the monochrome section. All PDI images viewed over zoom
Ian went through each image with, thoughtful, constructive criticism. Taking time to access and review each individual image to produce the highly commended, bronze, silver and golds for the colour and highly commended, bronze, silver and gold for the monochrome.
Thank you to all the participants, for taking part, to make the evening a success. Congratulations to all the successful images on the night.
Special congratulations to Sheila Haycox for bronze silver gold and overall winner of the evening. Please check the website for highly commended, bronze, silver and gold winning images, of both the colour and the monochrome competition, by clicking here
Reviewed by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme Secretary
PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit in Audio Visual was held on 14 February 2021 and hosted by EPG
Howard Tate President of the PAGB and Rod Wheelans Chair of APM were in charge of the event and the panel of judges were Robert Albright, Gordon Jenkins, Martin Fry, Howard Bagshaw and Richard Spiers.
The event by organised by Ian Bateman and what a fantastic job he did. The Adjudications were for CPAGB (6 applications), DPAGB (5 applications) and MPAGB (4 applications). 4 applicants passed the CPAGB and two of those were from Exmouth, so I am delighted to report that Mo Martin CPAGB, and Jenny Baker CPAGB were successful - very many congratulations. 1 person passed the DPAGB and 1 person passed the MPAGB.
Please read the attached article which was published in the PAGB News, there is loads of information all about the day including images and comments from people who watched the event on Zoom. Its all on Page 3 - 6. Please click here to view the PDF Document
24 February 2021 - Into the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods a talk by George Robertson DPAGB
What a presentation, fantastic, George took us on an evening of the most stunning photos taken on his journey leading his clients, mountaineering and trekking, on the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram mountains in Northern Pakistan. George stated that he only had time for snaps, but what stunning snaps he presented all the way through the journey, a visual treat.
The Karakoram is a mountain range spanning the borders of China, India, and Pakistan, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan
The Karakoram mountains, however, are very distinctive, for while most of the world’s highest peaks are blanketed in snow and ice. The mountains are vertical jagged outlines of granite spires glistening in the sun on slopes that are often too steep for snow to lie. We travelled up dirt almost none existence road, across man made bridges, trekking up to glaciers, around glacier rivers, up to the peaks, towers pass K2 and finally to climb the Gasherbrum Massif at sunrise. Then we came back down through the Hushi valley viewing K6 and K7 on the way back down
What a stunning photographical journey, presented with a very gentle wonderful commentary. A great evening.
For more stunning photos and information follow the links http://www.mountaintreks.co.uk/ and http://www.mountaintreksphotos.co.uk/
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG programme secretary
17th February 2021 Mix and Match - Judge John Hoskins
EPG had an experimental evening with a mix and match inhouse trial via zoom, with great success. This was possible with the big thanks to Mike Gillian, who devised a new way, of being able to run the two teams on the computer. Ian Bateman then ran the evening from his computer, with his usual skill, responding to the choices from team A, Sheila Haycox and team B, John Perriman.
All members sent photos to the two teams. Then 40 photos from each team were displayed, two photos side by side, displaying on the screen. Then trying for a match and also for the best photo, to score the points.
We were delighted with the judge John Hoskins who joined in with the spirit of the relaxed experimental evening. Not an easy task with all the two teams, giving him there outlandish reasoning, for a match of the two photos presented to him.
He was humorous, witty, and managed to get across some very good photo' critiques. A very entertaining evening which will be repeated
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
10 February 2021 - Members Evening
Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB AV-AFIAP APAGB & Elaine Bateman - A Flying Visit
Ian and Elaine gave a very entertaining evening to the club, with what they called, a flying visit. Visiting Singapore, Adelaide in Australia then on to Sydney and then stopping off in Hong Kong.
First stop was Singapore where it is said to rain, for short heavy downpours every day then back to sunshine. Ian and Elaine visited the 165-meter-high observation deck to photograph the very best views across Singapore.
Then on to Adelaide the capital city of the state of South Australia with a visit to Kangaroo Island for six days. The Island has eleven vineyards, inland deserts and beautiful rock formations. Ian produced a fascinating AV all about the trip around Kangaroo Island. We then viewed another perspective of Elaine’s view of Kangaroo Island and also the visit around Sydney in another beautiful AV from Elaine.
Traveling on to Hong Kong visiting Big Buddha, 112ft tall, called Tian Tan Buddha which is a large bronze statue of Buddha Shakyamuni. Then on to Man Mo temple, using the cable car to get up to the temple. Ian then created an interesting one-minute AV of the ride coming back down from the temple.
Next, we enjoyed Elaine’s Av of Hong Kong’s markets, the storms coming in, the beautiful birds, terrapins and the Island. We then finished with a newly created AV called, City of Darkness. A fascinating Av from Ian, of the history of the city of Kowloon Walled City, a city within a city, now demolished and its 35,000 inhabitants rehoused.
Reviewed by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
7 February 2021 - WCPF DPIC
The DPIC Competition was held via a Zoom Meeting which ran very smoothly, images and scores can be seen here. 58 clubs entered and we came 18th. Also Ian Bateman was awarded a commended for his No Cycling image.
3rd February 2021 Barry Holmes FRPS - Macro photography and focus stacking
Barry started the evening demonstrating and talking us through all the equipment that he uses to macro and then to focus stack in the Infinity photo programme. He demonstrated the beautiful quality and depth achieved photographing a variety of beautiful small insects.
Barry achieved his FRPS Panel with the insects that he demonstrated this evening.
He gained his Fellowship of the RPS in November 2011, by submitting a panel of prints on the anatomy of insects using macro photography with focus stacking.
Barry then went on to show many of the variety of photos that he entered into Photocrowd an online community. Barry joined in 2013/14 and has enjoyed and has had success entering through the years. We had a very enjoyable evening with such a variety of photos from Barry’s journeys from home and abroad.
For more information on Barry and also Photocrowd follow the links below
Reviewed by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
27th January 2020 Competition 3 - Judged by Paul Jones
Tonight, we had competition 3 of the season with a very good variety of photographs from 26 members of our club. We had 59 images entered into the colour section and 16 images into the monochrome section. All PDI images
Paul went through each image with, thoughtful, constructive criticism. Taking time to access and review each individual image to produce highly commended, bronze, silver and golds for the colour and bronze, silver and gold for the monochrome. Thank you to all the participants, for taking part, to make the evening a success. Congratulations to all the successful images on the night.
Please check out the website, for the winning images and highly commended, of both the colour and the monochrome competition by clicking here
Reviewed by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
20th January 2021 - Tony Ovens ARPS Caroline Ovens - Members Evening
Tony started the evening off with a talk, of a description of Ley Line on the English maps
A very instructive description of their journey to visit the Churches along the ley lines. Tony and Caroline started to investigate the ley lines. As Tony found a lot of churches are named, St Michael and St Mary along the ley lines. Many people can be found to use the technique of dowsing along the ley lines.
Caroline then showed a lovely AV of the trip to Venice in 2018 with beautiful photos and accompanying music.
Tony then showed photos of his railway journey from Barnstable to Lynton and down to the harbour of Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway.
The next AV we went around Dubrovnik Croatia set to music. Then Tony went on to talk about T E William and son where his father worked in Bristol. With Tony’s description of the working of the inside of the radios and how technology has developed over the years.
Next, we visited Woody Bay Martinhoe in North Devon. With the fascinating history about the old estate and the history of Colonel Benjamin Lake and his development of the area.
Caroline then showed the next AV around Exmouth with a fascinating look at the changes and development of the past 13 years. A great way to document Exmouth.
Tony then showed the second part of his ley lines talk and Caroline finished the evening with a final AV of around Cornwall. A very enjoyable variety of subjects for the evening.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary.
13 January 2021 - Presentation by Tommy Hatwell, Around the World and Back Again
Tommy is a Plymouth based full-time commercial photographer, and creative coach, working on a wide variety of photographic projects across Devon, Cornwall, the UK, and Worldwide.
Tommy talked about his journey with the way his photography developed, while traveling and working, around the world, from 2005 to 2017
Starting in New Zealand with the capture of the great photo of the Orca we visited along the way. Croatia, Uganda, Zambia, Morocco, Africa, Canada, Australia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Kuala Lumpur, Tasmania and to India.
With the variety of many different jobs that enabled Tommy to work his way around the world. Also enabling the funding and the purchase of cameras and equipment. We were taken on a wonderful journey to see his personal growth, through the years and the development of his photography.
Tommy gave a lovely insight to the lives of all the people, getting to know about them before taking there photographs We felt that we had made friends with all the people lives, by the kind caring way they were photographed, with the gentleness of Tommy.
Please visit the following links to the marvellous work being done:
Think People Think Story; Tommy's Talks; Covid-19 vs Uganda; Commercial Photography; Photography Coaching
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary
6 January 2021 - Members Evening
For the start of 2021 we were entertained over zoom, with three of our own members.
John Wickett ARPS started the evening with showing his skills of altering and colouring his old family photos with great skill and impressive results. John then went on to show how he produced his still life photos. Which were created in the dark using torch lighting, inspired by the photographer Harold Ross. John then went on to demonstrate his still life decaying flower photos, beautifully produced. After that we were taken around many abandoned buildings showing the dereliction inside of many pervious homes and businesses.
Finally, we were taken on a Journey of Johns travels with his camper van. Through France and around Brittany. We were taken to Russia with the fascinating tube stations. Then on to New York and finally around the fascinating country of India.
Christine Chittock CPAGB started the second part of the evening showing a variety of Audio visuals. A Misty Morning AV, beautifully production of ice and frost all taken locally. Then Glass, produced from photography taken at the House of marbles. We then had The Bear the blossom and the blindfold. Staffordshire's National Memorial Arboretum. Very poignant. Finally finishing up with the Roman Baths, reflections and statues beautifully produced.
Maurice Chittock finished the evening with an explanation off the equipment that he likes to use, to photograph his love of boats. Photographed down the river and also while single handed, guiding his own sailing yacht out at sea. Maurice managed to capture photos of cruise liners and sailing races throughout the summer.
Review by Lynn Middleton-Flynn EPG Programme secretary