Kempston Camera Club News

Ben Loyal by Joe Cornish

JOE CORNISH is coming to Kempston Camera Club! Another fantastic BIG name at the club to be part of! See below! But also take a look in the programme at the full list of varied weekly events for 2009: a great selection of interesting and stimulating nights are on the cards.

From Saturday June 27th to Saturday July 11th, we have our annual exhibition at Kempston Library, which is opposite the hall where we meet. Please come along and see sample work from many of the members. You’ll be very welcome!

On July 15th, Don Byatt will be bringing his print presentation entitled ‘Keeping it Simple’. Here, the emphasis is on simplifying your images to give real impact. It includes plenty of Photoshop info and tips to help achieve that aim. So, a night to enjoy the images, but also to learn from a vastly-experienced practitioner.

On August 19th, we have a visit by Derek Buckett, with his print talk called ‘From Brownie to Coolscan’. Again there will be plenty of Photoshop advice, from someone who has made the transition that many of us are still following. So, expect another wealth of useful info on how to go about the process.

Derry Brabbs was at KCC on March 18th 2009. Derry is best known for his contributions to the books and TV programmes about Alfred Wainwright’s Lake District and James Herriot’s Yorkshire. A really interesting & entertaining evening was provided by this much-loved photographer, author and speaker, with anecdotes, technical tips and humour galore. A great night for all!

Winners of the £5-worth of raffle tickets each, for use at the Joe Cornish evening, were: John Gough, Tom Chinnery, & Keith Whitwell. Congrats all, & be sure to claim your winnings on the 15th October!

Derry congratulates 1st prize raffle ticket winner Tushar Bhatt.

Ben Osborne FRPS is the Overall Winner of the 2007 Shell 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year' award. This is the most prestigious, coveted and strongly-fought competition of its kind in the world (32000 entries from around the globe). He is therefore a master of wildlife & landscape photography, and he visited us on the 15th October 2008 with a presentation on those two popular subjects. The importance of this specific event was recognised by Amateur Photographer magazine, which promoted it in its edition of 4th October.

In addition to winning such a famous competition, Ben has contributed to BBC TV programmes and books 'Life in the Freezer', 'Blue Planet', and 'Planet Earth', and he regularly leads 'Light & Land' tours to exotic locations around the world. Recently, his amazing contribution to the world photographic scene has been recognised by the RPS, awarding him an honorary fellowship.

Yes, in addition to Mike Maloney & Will Cheung, Ben Osborne is yet another fantastic big name to have visited Kempston Camera Club!

Gifted photographer and influential journalist Will Cheung was with us on 28th May 2008, to present an inspiring set of images, many in stunning black & white. Ranging from portraits to landscape, wildlife and travel, it was a superb show that left us in awe of Will's image-making talent. Not only can Will take pictures, but he has the knack of being able to make pictures: he can see how / where a picture can be made from what most of us would ignore or pass by. It was truly an uplifting and memorable evening.