Scunthorpe Camera Club

Gelapagos - The Enchanted Isles

Santiago Bejerano brought the Galapagos Islands and their remarkable wildlife to life at a recent visit to the club. An Ecuadorian naturalist and wildlife photographer, Santiago has worked in the islands for over a decade. His photography of the Galapagos has been published and exhibited internationally.

What makes these islands truly unique is that they have remained isolated from predators for most of their history. The result is a unique and diverse range of animals that are totally unafraid of humans....

A Day with the Professionals - Pete Bridgwood and Richard Revels.

Scunthorpe Camera Club are hosting a Photography Day Event. . To be held on Sunday 15 May and features two Exceptional Speakers Pete Bridgewood, and Richard Revels FRPS

Price for the day is £7.50 to be paid in advance. . This price will include a one course meal.

The plan is to start at 10.30 with a morning session with Pete Bridgwood who will be giving an Advanced Landscape Masterclass.

Lunch will be from 12.30 to 2.00pm

The afternoon session will be with Richard Revels FRPS, who will be demonstrating how he as taken his highly successful Macro Nature Images. This should take us to 4.00pm

Secret Knowledge

Members of the Scunthorpe were intrigued with the title that Dave Burgess gave to his presentation…… Secret Knowledge.

Pontefract Camera Club had ‘bring a print’ nights similar to those recently started at Scunthorpe Camera Club. These are enjoyed as a social event where members could show off their work, and invite comments. Whilst admiring the high standard of photography he often saw, Dave wondered if there was some big secret he was missing out on. What could improve his images?

Ken Furmage

Guest speaker Ken Furmage , FRPS, AFIAP, introduced himself as a ‘Street Photographer’ Whilst pondering on using ‘May Day’ as a theme, he read that a major May Day event was being organised in 2000 in London. There was lots of publicity given to these anti-capitalist protests, where demonstrators were threatening to trash the place.

Ken mingled with the crowds, and presented images of an assortment of characters

2021 Exhibition by Alison

The Victorian Bothy

Club member Alison Walker - Smith is no stranger to winning awards, recently winning 1st Place in the 8th Open Art and Sculpture exhibition at the 2021 gallery, with her photograph ‘New Pink Shoes. .

This exhibition is now running from 26 June to 6 October at the 20-21 Visual Arts Centre St John's Church, Church Square, Scunthorpe, DN15 6TB

The exhibition shows further portraits and observational studies. These photographs are captivating and immersive, sometimes revealing the depth in an aged face or giving a magical fairytale quality to collections of everyday objects

My freelance years...

Everyone in Scunthorpe knows exactly what they were doing when Nypro went up Past Club President Roy Featherstone is well known as an accomplished photographer who has ran his own very successful professional studio in Scunthorpe for many years. His expertise is invaluable on club studio nights when Roy demonstrates how to get the best results when working with models.

On this occasion however Roy entertained the club with another aspect of photography – photojournalism. Roy was a freelance photographer for Lincolnshire LSG and the Scunthorpe Star for many years.

When asked to describe a photojournalist, most people have a quite romatic view. Roy recalled how the reality is very different...

2011

Gelapagos - The Enchanted Isles

A Day with the Professionals - Pete Bridgwood and Richard Revels.

Secret Knowledge

Ken Furmage

2021 Exhibition by Alison

My freelance years...