MEMBERS' PORTFOLIOS
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The usual suspects!
MEMBER PROFILE:
Steve Brien (Competition Secretary)
I have been a keen photographer since 1987 starting with slides and mono prints in South Africa.
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I've been a member of the Photographic Society of South Africa and other various clubs over the years:
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Johannesburg Camera Club,
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Pretoria Camera Club,
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Randburg Camera Club, and
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Klerksdorp Camera Club which 2 of my colleagues and I founded mid 1987.
I have never really specialised in any one facet of photography but I have a passion for looking at subjects differently.
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To me photography is an art form which allows me to be creative with the images I take.
MEMBER PROFILE:
Ian Woodward
It feels like I’ve been taking photographs all my life, after I was given my first camera in 1960. It was all plastic, from Woolworths, and took black and white roll-film. I’ve not been without a camera ever since.
Some of my favourite subjects are people, landscape, nature, architecture, signs and industrial decay – rust, lichen, peeling paint.
I went professional in 2012, trading as The Hooded Lens, finally retiring just before lockdown.
MEMBER PROFILE:
Mike Lloyd Jones
I’ve been interested in photography for many years but haven't been able to get out there with a camera due to work commitments, (sometimes life just gets in the way).
When I retired in 2016, I decided to make a concerted effort, after my wife suggested she’d buy me a camera as a Christmas present. On hearing about a local camera club, I made some enquiries and met another enthusiast called David Heard, (the chairman).
They were looking for members to help run the club and I was asked if I would be interested in becoming the secretary, I of course said yes. This was in 2017 and that's when our camera club was born.
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MEMBER PROFILE:
Diana Wynn
Before I moved to Pen-y-Cae in early 2023, I belonged to Honiton Camera Club since 2011, where I was co-opted onto the Committee on my second meeting! I remained a committee member, fulfilling roles of secretary, competition secretary and chairman twice.
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I also belong to the RPS, partly as I wish to work towards a distinction with them, but also in the hope of gaining acceptances and accreditation with the BPE or FIAP exhibitions. All these are aspirations for the future, as first I have my new house and garden to sort out!
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As you will see from my images, I enjoy many styles and genres of photography, flitting regularly from one to another, so I can confidently say that I don't have any particular speciality. I do tend to prefer natural subjects, and creative work.
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My equipment consists of 2 Fujifilm cameras, an X-T4 with 16-55, 50-140, 100-400 and 80 macro, and a GFX50R with 50 and 250 lenses. I also have a x2 converter for the X-T4.
I do all my own printing, now using an Epson ET8550 A3 printer, as my trusty old Epson R3000 did not survive the move. For processing I use Affinity Photo, which is very similar to Adobe Photoshop, but doesn't have the monthly cost!
MEMBER PROFILE:
Paul Shone
I have been involved in photography for over
sixty years & I’m still trying to get it right!
I started in the days of ‘dark rooms’ with an
enlarger, red light, three trays of chemicals,
a thermometer & timer! My first camera was
an old Kodak box camera that used a 166 film
(now long since defunct) and later a Box Brownie.
I had an Instamatic before eventually buying my first 35mm SLR; an Olympus OM10. After that I moved on to Minolta and Sony, but now a I’m a devout Nikon user.
I’ve been a member of four clubs down the years, North Shields, Wrexham, Marchwiel and now Coedpoeth.
I take photos because I enjoy it, and I also like editing them. Here are a few of my pics, I hope you like them.
