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’!

The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 20^th January with the theme ‘Past Holidays’.

Only 5 people attended – with such a small number, a unanimous vote for best picture was given to Pam Liberson’s ‘Fighting Monkeys.’

The theme and date were changed to accommodate Anjie Sargeant’s date for her second hip replacement. ‘Past Holidays’ was a departure from the group’s usual practice of a theme that encouraged people to go out and take recent pictures. All the photographs submitted were of excellent quality and the stories behind why they were chosen proved both interesting and entertaining – one was taken over 40 years ago!

Because of upcoming long term treatment for Pam Liberson – effectively reducing the group to only 3 people – it was decided to postpone the February meeting until March.

Apart from lengthy discussions of health problems, Mike Liberson and John Hawke  examined the difference between bracketing exposures (for enhancing dynamic range) and focus stacking (to provide greater depth of field). The use of presets were also explained with particular reference to editing in programs such as Photoshop, Lightroom and Affinity Pro.