Tribute to Richard Elliott Jarrold (1934-2019)
Norwich & District Photographic Society wishes to pay tribute to Honorary Member of the Society Richard Jarrold who recently passed away peacefully at home, aged 85.
.On 16th September 1980, the Friendship Association was founded at the Sewell Barn Theatre with the aim of promoting informal links between Norwich and Koblenz and, in the same year the first visit to Norwich by a group of people representing Koblenz took place.
NDPS’s connection with Foto-Club Koblenz began in 1987 when several of their members visited Norwich with the Friendship Association and for the first time a courtesy panel of their photographs was included in that year’s NDPS Annual Exhibition held in the Castle Museum. This relationship between the two Clubs has continued and flourished to this day without a break.
Richard and Waltrund took a keen interest in the relationship between NDPS and Foto-Club Koblenz, and frequently ferried photographs backwards and forwards between the two cities to be displayed in each other’s annual exhibitions.
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Tony Worobiec will be speaking at NDPS in the New Year
Norwich & District Photographic Society is pleased to confirm that Tony Worobiec will be in Norwich in Tuesday 17th March to speak to the member’s of the Society.
The tirle of Tony’s presentation is "Photographing Landscape Whatever The Weather" and what this presentation seeks to do is show that there is no such thing as poor weather. It is a matter of assessing which locations are best suited for specific weather conditions. As an example, Tony says he has just loved the very wet conditions we have been experiencing these last few weeks.
Tony studied Fine Art at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne and spent 18 years as head of a large design faculty in Dorset. He has won awards for photography in the UK and internationally, and has had work exhibited in London’s Barbican Gallery, The Independent Photographers Gallery, The Fox Talbot Museum and Bradford’s National Museum of Photography. His work is in the permanent collections of The Royal Photographic Society and The Fox Talbot Museum.
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Ipswich and District Photographic Society retain trophy in annual three-way battle
On Tuesday evening (12th November) Norwich hosted the annual three-way battle between Ipswich and District Photographic Society, Lowestoft Photographic Club and NDPS.
Once again Ipswich and District Photographic Society proved to be strong competitors as they deservedly defended the trophy with a magnificent aggregate score of 184 points over the three rounds of the competition.
For the first time in many years Norwich came second with 1681/2 points with Lowestoft third with 166 points.
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Excellent presentation on Photoshop by Ian Wilson
Another good turnout for last Tuesday’s Special Presentation. Once again requiring the use of the larger hall upstairs at Chapelfield to accommodate everyone. The Special Presentation was a fantastic evening of post processing from a very knowledgable expert on all things Photoshop Ian Wilson.
Ian covered a number of aspects in Photoshop, Lightroom and Nic Software including Luminosity Masking and their usefulness in getting the very best out any image. Ian also spent some time explaining what Smart Objects are and how to use them.
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Chairman's monthly blog...
A good month for the Society during October in terms of quality of the Tuesday night presentations, Good attendance and a group of new members signing up.
Anticipating a larger than normal turnout for our ’Special Presentations this month it was decided by the committee to use the upstairs hall at Chapelfield. This has proven to be a correct decision and we will continue to use the larger space when neccessary.
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POTY Round Two results are published
Once again, this season the room at Chapel Field was jam-packed to see our judge for the evening Steve Milner undertake the marathan task of reviewing and scoring eight-six (86) prints that had been entered in the second round of this season’s Photographer of the Year compeition (POTY).
The theme of this round was ‘The World in Black and White’ with the rules stating that this deliberatly did not restrict entries to monochrome images - allowing members of the Society to be creative if they wished. However, it was evident throughout the evening that Steve deducted points from any images he considered to be ‘off theme’
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Photoshop Training - another good reason to join NDPS.
A successful and instructive second evening of Photoshop training for beginners at the University of East Anglia (UEA) last night given by our Vice-chairman Neil Hall.
Neil covered a number of topics during the evening including the various ways to make Selections, what Layers are and why they are so versatile and useful, and how to use Layer Masks in adjusting and refining our images.
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Report on the recent Landscape Group Shoot at Brancaster Staithe
There was an excellent turn-out for the recent Landscape Group Shoot at Brancaster Staithe. Thankfully, rain held off until later in the day as forecast, but the intervals of bright sunshine promised around dawn did not really materialise. Nevertheless, the moderate winds and the cloud cover provided an opportunity to experiment with filters to capture long-exposure shots that emphasised the movement of the clouds across the sky.
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A masterclass in Sports Photography by Mark Pain
Last Tuesday’s ‘Special Presentation’ (8th October) was a fantastic evening of terrific images from the master of sports photography Mark Pain.
With the continued growth in the membership f the Society and the knowledge that guest tickets tickets would be in great demand it was decided to use the larger upstairs hall at the Methodist Hall. Our confidence paid off as once again the room was full and another three new members joined the Society on the night.
Apart from the amazing photographs Mark went into great detail about some of his images and the preparations that a professional photographer is required to plan and carry out in order to be in the right place at the right time to get the shot…or as Mark puts it ‘Capturing the Moment’
Mark emphasised a number of times the importance of knowing your camera intimately and knowing exactly what your camera can do and just as important what it can’t do.
Mark also spent time answering questions from members of the Society both during his presentation and afterwardfs
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Good turn out for the latest Special Presentation at NDPS by Kevin Sawford
Last Tuesday’s wildlife presentation from Kevin Sawford was a evening of information overload. With a huge number of great images and lots of details about animal behaviour and the fieldcraft required to capture good images of all sorts of wild creatures. We were shown images taken literally on Kevin’s doorstep and in his garden to images from his local area and further afield throughout the UK and overseas.
Kevin Sawford is a multi-award winning professional wildlife photographer based in the village of Woolpit in the heart of Suffolk. He runs the Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s varied range of photography workshops and Kevin is represented by several picture agencies including the RSPB.
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Chairman's monthly blog...
don’t think anyone will disagree that Norwich & District Photographic Society has made some huge steps forward over the last couple of years. I am only too pleased to remind everyone of these developments and the achievements that have taken place and to reflect upon what these changes mean and will mean for the Society going forward
We have pushed forward on all fronts but at the very heart of all these developments has been the updating of the Society’s Constitution (formally known as the rules). This is both the framework and the foundations of the Society and the basis for all future progress over the coming years.
At our Annual General meeting, which took place in June this year, a number of members (Neil Hall, Paul Cowcher, Paul Oliver and David Lloyd) came forward and were elected to the committee. This has strengthened the committee considerably and will allow the Society to function more effectively and give us the ability to develop more effectively new initiatives in the future.
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New members' day...
On Saturday (28th September) a number of our new members met at the Hotel Nelson in Norwich to discuss with and ask questions about the Society with members of the committee over a cup of coffee.
This also gave us a chance to explain in a relaxed and undisturbed way what the Society is all about and our plans and ambitions for the future (something that is not so easy to do at a Tuesday night meeting with all the hustle and bustle going on)..
Following the meeting some of the new members then went on a walkabout around Norwich to take some photos. A very enthusiastic group of members who should be a great asset to the Society - Thank you all for choosing to join NDPS..
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Planning starts today for the Society's 104th Annual Exhibition
The Society’s Annual Exhibition at Norwich Cathedral closed today but thoughts are already turning to next year and the 104th Annual Exhibition showcasing the work of all the Society’s members.
Last season’s annual exhibition was praised by the Cathedral team for being the best photographic exhibition held since the Hostry had been opened. The general consensus has been that this year’s exhibition was even better with more than one hundred prints on display that represented the range of talents throughout the Society and the very best of Norwich & District Photographic Society. Also on display has been the usual excellent panel of work by our colleagues at Foto-Club Koblenz and the winning entries in this year’s Open Public Competition.
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Great start to this season’s Photographer of the Year competition.
This season’s Photographer of the Year compeition got off to a great start last night with the room at Chapel Field jam-packed to see our judge for the evening Rex Makemson score a record number of entries.
In order to give new members of the Society the best opportunity to score well this was an open themed round where entraints were asked to ‘let us see your best images’. So it turned out with new member Gary Hagg scoring two maximum scores with his his images - Flower Fairy and Golden Cross.
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A very proud Mum...!
The mother of Jacob Lawes’ (12) was clearly a very proud Mum when she watched her son being awarded with his certificate for winning the inaugural junior category of this year’s Open Public Competition organised by Norwich & District Photographic Society with his photograph Sheringham Steam Train by David Noton during the interval of his Chasing the Light Road Show.
Also present to collect her certificate for being a runner-up in the junior competition was Eden Willimott (13). Unfortunately, Elizabeth Rose Wotton (11) who was also a runner-up in the junior competition was unable to be present but we shall get her certificate to her as soon as possible.
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Inspiring, Spellbinding, Wonderous and Extraordinary..!
Norwich & District Photographic Society would like to say thank you to everyone who has been in contact to say what a great time they had on Saturday night (14th September) when David Noton’s Chasing the Light Road Show finally arrived in Norwich.
David had promised that this would be no ordinary photographic talk as the audience travelled around the world sharing in his experiences behind the lens in a diverse range of situations and environments. So, it turned out as David took every one of the enthralled audience in the Thomas Paine Lecture Theatre at the University of East Anglia (UEA) on an incredible journey around the world in pictures and video.
The outcome...? Inspiring, spellbinding, wonderous and extraordinary – just a few of the words that have been used by those lucky enough to there to describe the Road Show and the quality of David’s photography.
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Important information for people attending David Noton's Chasing the Light Road Show
THIS POST CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS SATUDAY’S DAVID NOTON CHASING THE LIGHT ROAD SHOW.
Venue; Thomas Paine Lecture Theatre, UEA Norwich Research Park, Chancellors Drive, Norwich, NR4 7TR
The Thomas Paine Lecture Theatre is located approximately half way along Chancellors Drive just past the first bus stop/shelter on the righ thand side of the road. Please enter the theatre by the main entrance on Chancellors Drive.where there will be someone from the Society to greet and direct you into the main foyer.
Please note that doors open at 7:00pm and David Noton’s presentation will start at 7:30pm sharp.
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Making the Ordinary Extraordinary...!
With so many members still away on holiday Chapel Field Road was nevertheless full of exiting members and eight new members who we were delighted to welcome as new members of the Society for the first special presentation of the new season presented by Damien Demolder.
Damien Demolder began his talk at Norwich & District Photographic Society by asking everyone present to define ‘street photography’. What followed was entirely predictable as one by one members gave textbook answers to the question. After a few minutes Damien recalled a workshop where he asked the same question and after having received similar answers, he finally e got to a youngster at the end of the group who was participating in the workshop – Street photography is all about making the ordinary extraordinary the youngster replied...!
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Norwich & Ditrict Photographic Society member Bob Darts andf his friend Alan Prter are holding an exhibition of their work entitled ‘Exposures’ at the Pennoyers Centre, Pulham St. Mary near Diss from 3rd through to the 18th September.
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Outdoor Photography declares David Noton's Chasing the Light Road Show is 'A Night to Remember'
There are now less than 20 days before Norwich and District Photographic Society hosts David Noton’s inspirtational ‘Chasing the Light Road Show’ when it arrives in Norwich.
David Noton is recognised as one of the world’s leading landscape and travel photographers, who runs his own highly successful freelance photography company from Sherborne, Dorset, UK. His passion for photography, travel and the world’s most beautiful locations are the defining influences that have shaped his life, work and creative approach to photography. The BBC has described some of his latest work as beathtakingly beautiful…!
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