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Photographer profiles listed in alphabetical order. Click on a photographer to see a selection of images Go to the Links Page for personal Web sites Doreen's
interest in photography began when she joined the Worcestershire Camera Club and
initially worked to produce fine art monochrome pictures, mainly landscape.
Having discovered high speed infra-red film, Doreen put this to good use
on a visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan long before the gardens became famous
and produced a striking set of woodland
pictures. Apart from photography, Doreen has long been interested in local and family history since doing a university course in genealogy. More recently she was able to combine her two principal interests when she created a series of complex montages depicting the history of a cottage in which members of her family had lived for five generations. The possibilities for this series were highlighted when Doreen started using Adobe Photoshop. This brilliant programme allowed her to use her imagination to the full in order to produce the set of images with which she gained her ARPS. These pictures have been widely published in photographic and family history magazines. More recent
work consists of a wide variety of subject matter using digital imaging
techniques printed on some of the interesting range of art papers now available. Martin is an enthusiastic photographer who for over 35 years has worked in many types of photographic media. Initially working in slides and audio-visual, he then moved into monochrome and colour prints, receiving his Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 1995. He now works mainly in digital media and has run courses and demonstrations on Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter, in addition Martin is well known throughout the UK for his lectures on creative photography. Martin and his wife Doreen are members of the Royal Photographic Society and founder members of Infinity Plus, a group of fine art photographers based in Hereford and Worcester. They are also members of the Worcestershire Camera Club and Smethwick Photographic Society. Many of Martin’s prints in recent years have been created in the Corel Painter program and in 2005 his book ‘Painter IX for Photographers’ was published by Focal Press. There is a dedicated website for this book which contains images and tutorials. http://www.painterforphotographers.co.uk PETER CLARK, FRPS, EFIAP/p, APSA, PPSA Peter’s interest in serious photography began when he joined Cannock Photographic Society in 1982 and discovered the joys of monochrome. For the past 15 years or so he has specialised exclusively in Landscape Photography in both monochrome print and colour slide, more recently in the South-western United States rather than the British Isles and has exhibited widely in International Salons since 1987. He has exhibited ‘by invitation’ in Denmark, France, Germany and Romania with monochrome prints and has an image ('Time and Tide') in the permanent collection of the Museum in Rheus, Spain. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 1992 and the ‘Excellence’ de la Féderation Internationale d’Art Photographique - Platinum (EFIAP/p) in 2003; he is also a 5* Mono Print Exhibitor and 2* Colour Slide Exhibitor of the Photographic Society of America and was awarded PPSA in 2004. He is also a member of the PSA European Portfolio and has often been placed in the PSA Who’s Who Top Overseas Monochrome Print Exhibitors and for a number of years was the UK’s leading overseas exhibitor. He judges at Club, National and International level and lectures to local photographic clubs and societies. His philosophy of Pictorial Photography may be summarized as follows : 'A successful pictorial image will stand on it's own without the need for title or explanation and should include one or more of the following elements - impact, drama, mood and atmosphere. In his chosen field of Landscape Photography, including seascapes, he endeavours to meet these criteria by the careful choice of location, subject matter and composition, by the use of dramatic lighting conditions coupled where possible with heavy skies and, in seascapes, by the use of an appropriate shutter speed. In the darkroom these elements may be enhanced through creative printing techniques.' I spent most of my working life in North Wales, and took up photography to accompany
hill walking in Snowdonia when sailing became too energetic. As a biologist I have
always had an interest in natural history, but prefer a more artistic approach to
photography than nature photographers usually find acceptable. My other favourite subject is people, usually taken at carnivals and festivals where there is plenty
of colour and movement. I like my pictures to express moods and emotion and, if
possible, to convey some message. David
has had a serious interest in photography since 1971 when he returned from a
year working in Japan bringing back a Pentax Spotmatic camera and a desire to
make good use of it. He joined Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society and started
printing in monochrome eventually graduating to Ciba colour printing from slides.
He had an early interest in the possibilities offered by derivative slide
images using etch/bleach/dye masks and Colorvir processes to produce work of a
graphic nature and achieved the ARPS distinction in 1989 for a series of slides many of which were made using
derivative techniques. Gum bichromate prints and use of pastels for hand tinting
have also been of interest. IRENE
P. FROY,
FRPS, EFIAP,
Irene started photography as a schoolgirl and later joined the Dundee Photographic Society before marrying and moving south in 1966 where she spent some 38 years with Shillington & District Camera Club and Hitchin Camera Club. She remains an Hon Member of both. She was Events Secretary of the East Anglian Federation of Photographic Societies for 24 years and is also a Past President of the Federation. After 39 years in Hitchin, Irene has recently moved to Wellington in Shropshire where she has joined Wrekin Arts PG and Smethwick PS. She intends to continue lecturing, with support from Permajet, for a few more years, but to cut down the number of clubs visited each year. Irene was awarded her Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in April 1994 in the Visual Arts - Pictorial category, with Colour Prints. In March 1997 she achieved her highest honour so far in photography by being invited to membership of the London Salon of Photography. Irene lectures and judges throughout the country and enjoys exhibiting in, and judging, National and International Exhibitions. She holds the distinction of EFIAP, achieved in 2001. In 2004 Irene’s work for club photography was recognised by the award of the J S Lancaster medal (HonPAGB). Irene cannot imagine a life without photography - it is a passion which is as strong today as when she first started as a schoolgirl. Irene produces colour prints originally from transparencies but is now fully digital, and describes herself as a pictorial photographer, with a leaning towards landscape, but has an interest in all types of photography. She is at her happiest in the countryside with a camera on her tripod, and in recent years has concentrated on interpreting the landscape and atmosphere of France, using delicate colour and soft images to convey the mood. She has also visited the Hebrides and Dingle, Ireland recently and finds that the images captured there benefit from the same treatment.
During Clive's 35 years in photography, he has produced numerous audio-visual
presentations, worked with traditional darkroom chemicals, explored
'alternative' methods, utilised toning & hand-tinting and even made prints
without the aid of a camera! Now Clive uses Digital Imaging as his primary
method of image making and reproduction. Peter Rees, one of the founder members of the Eyecon Group. has been involved in photography since childhood and works in both monochrome and colour with a broad base of subject matter. This includes landscapes, especially Scottish landscapes, portrait and figure studies, environmental and documentary. Essentially, he regards photography as an art form which allows him to look beyond the obvious and put his own interpretation on scenes, objects or situations which otherwise might be perceived by some as mundane. Although he regards the image achieved at the taking stage, in-camera, as being of paramount importance, he nevertheless sees the negative or slide or digitally captured image as only the first step in an exciting creative journey. His creativity is evident in the range of effects achieved by many of the devices well-known to darkroom enthusiasts. These include lith printing, the use of infra red and subtle tinting and toning. He uses a variety of textured art papers to maximise the painterly impressionist 'feel' in many of his images. He now works exclusively in the medium of digital printing, in which he is supported by the On-line Paper Co. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, which he was awarded in the category of Photographic Printing (the traditional darkroom variety) and holds the Excellence distinction from the International Federation of Photographic Art (EFIAP). He is also a Master of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (MPAGB). He has exhibited widely over a number of years and has won numerous awards for his work in Britain and abroad; his work has been acquired by permanent collections in Europe and for many years his images appeared regularly in the Photography Year Book. A judge on the International exhibition circuit, he is also in demand as a judge and lecturer to photographic societies throughout Britain. Peter has lived and worked in some of the most photogenic areas of Britain, including Cumbria, the West Highlands of Scotland, the Isle of Arran and Snowdonia. He now lives in Shropshire where he is a member of the Wrekin Arts Photographic Club in Telford. The late ADI SETHNA, FRPS, AFIAP I
started photography at the age of fifty as a form of therapy for the stresses of
my occupation as a Consultant Psychiatrist. Photography has become a very
important part of my life ever since. I have been involved in photography for about twenty one years now. I still have a great love of traditional style monochrome, lith printing and infrared images, but now also like to explore the artistic possibilities of digital imaging. Indeed my brief flirtation with darkroom lith printing has greatly influenced much of what I now do digitally. I took up photography seriously in 1986
and gained an Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society in 1991 and the
Fellowship in 2003. For many
years I was a successful slide worker. Printing in the dark room was not a
realistic option for me because of heavy daytime and on-call commitments as a
hospital doctor. The advent of the digital printing was a turning point in my life. The ability to save my work at any time during its creation means that for the first time, I am able to devote as much or as little time as I want to photography on a regular basis. Over time I have developed a style of printing which pleases me. Although my images do not appear to be manipulated, an immense amount of work goes into each one. The ability to alter small areas of the final picture and to produce a picture which conveys the emotion that I felt when I pressed the shutter is a source of endless pleasure to me. I am a member of both Solihull and Smethwick Photographic societies in the West Midlands and am a past President of Solihull Photographic Society. Increasingly, I am accepting invitations to lecture and judge both on the British mainland and in Ireland. The pleasure I derive from producing my images is enhanced when I am able share my enthusiasm with others.
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