The Group took part in an outdoor photoshoot on 9^th June – venue Winchester. We met by the statue of Alfred the Great at 2 p.m. and separated to take local pictures for future themes – street photography, architecture, landscape …. We reconvened in Café Nero at 3:15 to discuss what we had taken accompanied by a general gossip with excellent coffee and cake.

The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 16^th June  with the theme ‘Street Photography’.

Only 3 people attended – Brenda Bishop sent her apologies.

Best picture was awarded to Anjie Sargeant for a well-composed photograph of Andover Centre. As only 3 folios were submitted John Hawke decided to populate the web page with two photographs from each folio.

The new July theme is ‘Architecture’.

The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 21^st May  with the theme ‘Odd Angles’.

Only 3 people attended – Brenda Bishop sent her apologies but had posted her pictures to Anjie Sargeant so that they could be reviewed.

Best picture was awarded to Ann Hawke for a distant view of the cranes’ angle in Felixstowe docks with contrasting angles of yachts in Bawdsey marina.

June’s original theme was ‘Golden Hour’ but, after some discussion, it was decided  to put that back to October when a later sunrise and an earlier sunset would be more sensible (as the proposed venue was Winchester we three were not happy taking our cameras there at about 9 p.m.!) The new June theme is ‘Street Photography’. The group will go on an outdoor shoot in Winchester on the 9^th and hold the meeting on the 16^th to review results. The outdoor shoot should provide bonus fodder for themes later in the year.

The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 7^th April with the theme ‘Food’.

Only 3 people attended – with such a small number, a vote for best picture was very difficult so it was decided to choose two ‘best’ from each folio and include all six in the slide show on the web page.

May’s theme is ‘Odd Angles’ – this prompted a discussion about ideas that fitted the theme. These varied between using a macro to disguise the subject by emphasising a small detail, using a wide-angle lens to emphasise the foreground (e.g. a fork slightly angled to photograph the tines with a diminished handle in perspective).

General discussions centred on Anjie Sargeant’s upcoming holiday to Puglia  – this prompted a change of a future theme to ‘Classical Architecture’!