I offer a number of lectures to camera clubs and similar groups. If you are interested in having a lecture for your group, please complete and submit the form on the right.
As well as presenting many of my own images, this lecture includes discussion of the early history of photography, showing that manipulation of images is not a new phenomenon. Audience participation is encouraged in trying to determine how photography fares as a creative art form. A plethora of creative images.
The talk will mainly concentrate on monochrome images. We will look to see which images are best in black and white, which require colour and how much colour. I will briefly discuss the various techniques that can be used to produce monochrome images from colour originals in Photoshop and how to get the best out of your ink-jet printers.
This talk shows the Natural World from a pictorial photographer's angle. Although there will be lots of close-up and sharp images of birds, insects, mammals and flowers, I will also include more atmospheric and abstract shots. Discover how the choice of background, aperture and lighting conditions can make all the difference in nature as with other types of photography
Rain, snow and mist - first, this lecture shows images depicting my 'perfect' photographic weathers. But what do you do when the weather isn't perfect for photography - some suggestions are made of subjects and techniques to employ when the light is dull or when the sun shines too brightly.
I am often asked to explain how I plan a project, how I choose the images that I work on and what I do to them to achieve the final print. This talk aims to answer this and other questions. It includes some technical details but it is not a Photoshop demonstration. I attempt to give an overall view of the compositional elements and tonal control that I employ in producing my images.