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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 of October 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!

1st October brought along Mike Fuller, with a Photoshop B&W masterclass. This was a top-notch presentation, intentionally geared to a specific topic. Not just any topic though, but to the rapidly-growing area of producing superb, fine-art quality B&W images. There has been a massive resurgence of interest in B&W, and Mike's presentation gave us what we needed to match the best in the business. This really was a special amd well-received event, with an expert practitioner and lecturer at the helm.

Good news for some of the KCC members as they became official accredited photographers at the recent Bedford International Games. A great benefit of being a member of KCC!

Gifted photographer and influential journalist Will Cheung was with us on 28th May, 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.