A fantastic end to a great and successful year.
As Christmas approached, we decided to go ‘Off-Piste’ and this year’s Yuletide meeting was held at The Willow Farm gaststro-pub for a meal, a drink and night of total relaxation. No presentations, no minutes taken, no attempts to sort the buttons and deutschmarks from the subscription payments.
A fantastic end to a great and successful year.
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This being the last meeting of 2013, it seemed only right that tonight’s agenda should start with a short review of the year. This started with a presentation of a compilation of image taken by members at the Blue Flames firework display in November followed by an AV presentation by Alan Thompson of the trip to Scotland using images and time lapse videos taken during the three day trip by Alan, Garvin, Dan, Craig and Dave. This lead naturally to plans for a similar event in 2014 when it is hoped for a four day visit to Caernarvon in May. Finally there was the opportunity for members to share 5 images they’d taken that had special meaning to them. Dan showed us samples of his favourite subject, birds (of the flying variety) although an aeroplane flying over Big Water did manage to sneak in, together with a view of River Tyne at Newcastle and a macro study of a flower. Tony showed a series of firsts, his first ever attempt at a ‘proper’ photograph, the subject being his brother taken in 1965 (ish), his first long exposure, his first night trails his first ever published photograph, an image of a razorbill from the Evening Chronicle and the first photograph ever to gain a place in a competition, albeit third The Church Of St Nectan. Finally Dave treated us to five if his most iconic imaged including the inspiration for the Puffin Runs, his illuminated glass chess pieces, the Tyne Bridges at night, a robin at take-off and a wonderful portrait of the man who inspired him to take photography seriously. |
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