Photography Group May Meeting

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The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 21st 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 9th and hold the meeting on the 16th to review results. The outdoor shoot should provide bonus fodder for themes later in the year.

VISIT TO THE CORPS OF ROYAL SIGNALS REGIMENT MUSEUM, BLANDFORD, MONDAY 14 APRIL 2025

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A total of 11 Questers visited the above museum on Monday, 14th April and Robert who was driving (as always) did us proud by arriving at the Guardroom at the appointed hour safely and without incident.

I say “(as always)” because he is currently the only driver registered to drive the minibus.  Remember, we are all getting older so there will be a time when either Robert does not want to continue driving or can’t drive but I hope it doesn’t come to that!  Or the U3A would have to hire another bus driver to take us on our trips or everything would be self-drive. To that end, think if you could give something back to the U3A such as volunteering to drive the minibus or even volunteering to do the coffees and teas!

The museum was very interesting with lots of items of equipment on display. Of particular interest was the many and varied selection of medals awarded to Corps members for either service or bravery awards. Paul (our guide) gave us the history of the Corps relating many interesting facts associated with the displays.

The picture below shows part of the Questers on the visit. (I was also looking for any reference to the R Signals unit I served with for 2 years in Shetland but that also was not in evidence, probably due to the nature of the work undertaken by the troops there.)

All in all, a good visit enjoyed by most I think.

 

Photography Group April Meeting

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The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 7th 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’!