Join us at St Mary’s for the Creative Photography Competition and the first of our set subjects: ‘Make Me Laugh’, judged by Cherry Larcombe EFIAP ARPS DPAGB BPE*5

Join us at St Mary’s for an illustrated talk entitled ‘Some Iconic Photographs of the 20th Century...and how understanding why they’re iconic will help your photography’ with Paul Graber ARPS.

Join us for the Panel Competition at St Mary’s, judged by David Smith, LRPS CPAGB

Join us on Zoom for an illustrated talk by Mark Maio MFA.

Whichever point we are in our photographic journey, the tendency is to concentrate on which camera, lens, software or plugin we think we need to make better photographs. While the tools we use are important, what we see, feel and say through them is even more important. Going beyond the technical aspects of image making and using his dual career in photography (medical/technical imaging & fine art photography), Mark will discuss how each half of his photographic life contributed to the photographic life lessons that have shaped his vision and voice.

Mark Maio divides his time between personal fine art documentary photography and imaging in the field of ophthalmology. He has an Associate and Applied Science degree in technical photography, a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Photography, a Master of Arts in Humanities and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography and Communication Design. He has held teaching positions at Emory University, the State University of New York at Buffalo and as an Adjunct Professor of Photography at Rochester Institute of Technology.

His fine art photography has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country in addition to being included in public and private collections. In 2007 a (12) print portfolio of his “Against the Grain” work was purchased by the George Eastman Museum for their permanent collection. His photography is represented by Lumiere Gallery in Atlanta, GA. Mark has a second home on the Isle of Skye, Scotland and teaches workshops there. Information can be found at his website: www.markmaio.com

You can reach Mark at: mark@markmaio.com

See Mark’s website here

© Mark Maio

Join us for the final round of the Colour Print Competition at St Mary’s, judged by Annie Healey FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/g BPE4

Join us for a member’s evening at St Mary’s where 2 of our resident judges Marie-Ange and Marcus provide some friendly photo critique

Join us for the Natural History competition at St Mary’s judged by Bob Webzell ARPS EFIAP.

Join us for an illustrated talk entitled Landscape & Aerial Photography Western Australia with Mieke Boynton on Zoom. See Mieke’s website here

© Mieke Boynton

Join us for a member’s evening at St Mary’s where Marie-Ange talks about distinctions and the Surrey Photographic Association, Marcel presents a talk entitled ‘When photography became Art’ and John presents a talk on war photographers.

Join us at St Mary’s for the final round of the Projected Digital Image competition. To be judged by Caroline Preece LRPS

Join us at St Mary’s for Ken Scott ARPS APAGB MBPsS and his illustrated talk entitled It’s All in the Mind: an Introduction to Photopsychology.

It’s All in the Mind – An introduction to Photopsychology

What is it that influences us to see what we see (or don’t see) and to like what we like?  What is the effect of compositions and colours?  How are you responding to facial expression and body language?  How do our minds and our social environments influence how we see, think, feel and behave as photographers?

The trouble is, we give everything a label. It is how we understand the world. What happens if we take the labels away? If we go back to the fundamentals of seeing?

This presentation goes where nobody else goes. We will take seeing back to the raw elements of contrast and light. We will explore the basics of visual cognition that enable us to make sense of the world around us. We will look at lines, colours, expression and emotion. We will celebrate how we see uniquely.

Let us explore photography under the surface. Let us better understand our responses to images and the things we see.

See Ken’s website here

Join us at St Mary’s for round 2 of the Mono Print Competition judged by Dave Eastley LRPS

Join us online for an illustrated talk Eight Feet from the Wild, with Graeme Purdy. See Graeme’s website here

© Graeme Purdy

Join us at St Mary’s for an illustrated talk entitled The Scenic Detour, with Vanda Ralevska.

“Many times my photographs are a response to the moment in time that I find myself in, however quite often I like to focus on a particular subject. Over time I realised that only one image is not enough to reflect the way I see and feel about the world around me. Therefore, in recent years I have been focusing on working in projects rather than capturing individual images. In my presentation I will be discussing my ongoing photographic projects and how they help in developing a personal view.” 

See Vanda’s website here

© Vanda Relevska

Join us at St Mary’s for round 2 of the Colour Print Competition, judged by Tim Morland ARPS

Join us for an illustrated talk by Andy Small entitled Creative Flower and Nature photography at St Mary’s.

Andy talks about how his images have developed over the last 30 years with particular emphasis on macro flower and plant photography and landscape. He explains his studio set up and the settings and techniques for the multiple exposure and ICM work. 
The focus is on the artistic approach to taking photographs as his background is in Fine Art. 

He will also cover how he managed to give up the day job to concentrate fully on photography.

See Andy’s website here

© Andy Small