Whilst our monthly meetings are based at Littleton Hall, we enjoy outdoor activities, sometimes joining up with a Quester group. One such example is to walk-around a local town or village and photograph things that catch our eye. Hampshire has some lovely locations often with hidden interest, sometimes we will venture further afield. We are in the process of investigating options for this year, having compiled a list of possible outings in our programme. What is particularly rewarding is that we all have a different eye for things, so there is great interest in seeing the variety of images that result.

The meeting second-half sessions are aimed at both educating and enthusing members through topics suggested and presented by members. We will be featuring talks on basic photo editing, printing, using flash, creating panoramas and more.

We currently have vacancies in the Photography Group. Interestingly, more and more of us are submitting images taken on our smartphones to great effect, so don’t feel that you have to be an ‘enthusiast’ with the latest camera gear, but if you like exploring places and ideas through images and want to know more about the subject, you are welcome to come along and see what we get up to. Our meetings are held at Littleton Hall, from 2pm to 4pm on the first Monday of every month.

The members of our Photography Group use the monthly meetings at Littleton Memorial Hall to explore set subjects as each individual sees, interprets and records them. A theme is decided in advance, we then review projected images during the first half of our meetings.

Recent subjects have been “Black & White”, “Signs of Spring”, “Framed” and “Architecture”. After a break for August, we will be back meeting again in September with a theme of “A Colour”. Discussion tends to favour composition and background to how or why the photograph was taken. Sometimes we will discuss camera settings but with a large proportion of images taken on smart
phones, the emphasis has changed. The aim is to understand what makes a good image regardless of which device is used. Our monthly images can be viewed here https://winchesteru3apg.myportfolio.com/home.

After a tea and coffee break (with biscuits) we gather again for an educational or topical session covering an aspect of photography. Recent sessions include photo editing Q&A, why you don’t always need a long zoom lens and last month an update on AI (Artificial Intelligence) in photo editing. In September we will talk about and have a demonstration of Still Life and Table-top photography.

In late-April, we headed out to the Sculpture Park near Churt for a combined outing with the Questers 1 group. Whilst the site operates as a commercial venture, visitors (for a small charge) are then free to wander around this picturesque location to see over 600 modern and contemporary sculptures in a woodland setting. There is almost too much to take in during one visit, especially if setting aside time for lunch in the adjacent Bel and the Dragon pub (which is recommended). You can find a collection of our best photos here the-sculpture-park-churt-april- 2024.

Currently we are planning a photography walk-about along the Hamble estuary for August. By popular demand, this has to include a trip on the Hamble Ferry, the pink one! We will meet up at lunch time whilst making the most of the photo opportunities including boats and wrecks, marine paraphernalia, wildlife and people.

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