Can you enter a photograph that tells us something about your relationship with nature?


From Sordal © Ben Rivers

In response to our current exhibition On Overgrown Paths by Ben Rivers, Impressions Gallery would like you to get creative and photograph what the wilderness is to you.

Competition now open closes Monday 2 August 2010 at midday.

www.impressions-gallery.com/news/news.php?id=40

PART OF:
New exhibition: On Overgrown Paths
Ben Rivers

2 July 2010 to 5 September 2010

Three ramshackle wooden cabins, assembled by the artist from discarded wood and salvaged building materials, invite the visitor to explore. Inside, flickering 16mm films reveal the lives of modern-day hermits who live in isolated spots in Northern Europe.

www.impressions-gallery.com/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=34

Hi all,
Dunno if this might be of interest to anyone, but if any of you like/are interested in David DuChemin photography, there's a class he's taking at creativeLIVE.com this weekend. Of course it's in Seattle so time differences may make it a bit challenging! Think in UK time it's starting at about 3pm Friday and running til early hours, then same times on Sat & Sun as well. CreativeLIVE is neat in that if you watch live online it is free, but if you want to see the class / keep it, you pay to order it for download.
Even if you don't like DuChemin, I noticed they're doing a 2 hours per week PhotoShop CS5 course that starts next week, running every Thurs evening 7-9pm. Time difference pretty useful for that one!
If anyone is interested, look at
creativelive.com/
Cheers
Josie

This will involve a membership card, website members area and other promotional material that will require an image.

We think this is the perfect opportunity to highlight member skills – so we are inviting you to submit one of your own images that you think is perfect to represent the group.

The image will be used in a number of formats but needs to be landscape in format (wide rather than tall) due to how it will be used. The only other requirement is that it not be adult in nature and that you are able to issue licence for Exposure Leeds to use the image for membership related material until 2012.

The winner will get a free membership to the group and their name/weblink on items bearing the image.

Send images (2mb size or less) to members@exposureleeds.org by Aug 2nd.

A small panel will then select a short list and present these for selection by members.

Any questions?

(Re-posted)

A new programme of short courses will be starting on September the 20th at Leeds College of Art - Subjects are 3D Making, Black and White Photography, Bookbinding and Box-making, Ceramics and Glass, Furniture Making, Interior Design, Jewellery, Life Drawing, Millinery, Oil Painting and Printmaking. A new advanced level class is also introduced this year for many subjects. All courses use well equipped workshops and are taught by experienced tutors and technicians, all of whom are practitioners. Courses cost from £80 to £160 and take place in the evenings and on Saturdays.

For further details please see the college website
www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/studying/short-courses/ or email Louisa Parker - louisa.parker@leeds-art.ac.uk

21/22 July at NTI Leeds (Old Broadcasting House)

This is a very special offer - you are getting this course at the same price as Leeds Met employees!

Read more: www.ntileeds.co.uk/course/open-source-course/introduction...

Mention Exposure Leeds when booking for discount.

From their website…

Our photography courses and digital camera classes will arm you with the practical and creative skills to make photography so much more exciting than ‘point, shoot and hope!’ We run photography courses in London, Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds for beginners to advanced photographers.

We love photography and we want you to love it too. Our one or two day photography courses are delivered in the style of a practical workshops and are designed to show you exactly what you need to do to get to grips with your digital SLR camera and produce stunning photographs. We run introduction photography courses, advanced classes, wedding photography, landscape, studio and portrait workshops. Have a look at our dates and locations to find one suitable for you.

Our photography workshops are fun, creative and very hands on. You’ll quickly gain confidence and learn the necessary skills to be able to wow your friends with fantastic photographic images with your SLR camera.

Time is important to all of us, so we won’t waste yours by baffling you with useless jargon or lecturing you on the history of photography (unless you really want us to!). We give you immediately useable, practical information.

All of our photography courses are run by professional, enthusiastic, working photographers who are want to share their passion and skills with you!

Would you like to know more? Email us with your questions or call our friendly team on 0115 9078 634

As part of this we will be looking to members to help in ways that will ensure the organisation is sustainable.

If you have an interest in helping in any of the following ways, then please get in touch…

• Bookkeeping
• General administration
• Recruitment / Marketing – promoting our activities to ensure we recruit new members and attract delegates to events as well a s general awareness.
• Outreach research – identifying other organisations and activities that relate to our activities

Note: assistance in these roles doesn’t have to be permanent; you could choose to take on project work rather than a longer term role.

Interested? Want to know more? Please email us.

The book consists of “recipes” from six professional photographers which the author claims are foolproof. The first part consists of a list of all the necessary equipment but not every item has an accompanying photograph.

Over half the book is taken up with portraiture. Part 2 is “Basic Portraiture”, for example – “Simple reflectors”,” Scrims and Sheets” “Snoots and Foils”. At first the photographs are accompanied by clear lighting diagrams and the author explains the principles of lighting and the reasons behind the choice of lighting which makes it easy to understand. However, once the lighting gets more complex, especially in Part 3 “Corporate and Industrial Shots”, where 6 or more lights may be being used the diagrams dry up almost completely and I felt the descriptions of the lighting were not clear enough on their own to replicate them.

Part 4 is “Production Shots”. This has useful sections on photographing glass, crystal and textiles. Most of these are accompanied by diagrams.

Part 5 is “Specialised Techniques”. This involves types of photography which you could do as a profession, for example architectural interiors, micro lighting, and pet photography.

As a whole, the writing style is very readable, there are hints on making your own equipment to save money and even tips for professional photographers on selling their photos and dealing with clients. If you’re after a book which explains everything about lighting this is not it. I think it is useful enough to buy because I have learned a lot from it, but there are better, more modern comprehensive studio lighting books on the market.

The Lighting Cookbook on Amazon – £11.84 at date of posting.

Review by: DMC08

To try and promote the work of those contributing we are planning to review Photobooks and magazines produced by the membership – so the first volunteer was Alastair Thompson who volunteered his ‘Leeds 2008‘ book

Promotional copy: An exploration of street photography from a newcomers perspective. Starting with the first stumbling efforts (shop windows and the like), and leading on to more interesting juxtapositions and private moments.

Alastair Thompson’s latest book is the accumulated photos of a year described as ‘a year of change’ in his life as a photographer. It shows chronologically the journey through the year that Alastair took on a new and exciting challenge – street photography.

The book is an eclectic mix of colour and black & white shots taken on the streets of Leeds city centre. As the main theme is ‘Street’ the subject matter is as much about the surroundings as it is about the interaction of the people within the shot.

Throughout the book there are numerous examples of the natural behaviour of people that are so easily missed when you go about your day to day life. All of the people in the shots are relaxed and going about their day not necessarily seeing their surroundings enough to see the view of themselves from the photographer’s point of view. The use of shop windows and their contents have produced some great shots that give a different perspective on the normal.

Flying in the Face of Fashion - Alastair Thompson (click to visit image on Flickr.com)

For me the stand out images are the monochrome images. The nature of some of the subject matter means that there are often many colours distracting the feeling of the shot. I think that in his black and white images Alastairhas managed to capture more feeling from the people in the shots and providing a greater connection with the reader.

This is not to say that the colour images should be black & white, each image should be looked at for its own merits, and the very red image on the rear cover is a great example of this. It gives a great insight into the family life of two brothers with very different views on life, or at least that’s the story I am imagining about the situation.

On the whole the book is captivating and thought provoking, you come away from looking through it wondering what is going on in the lives of the people on the street. I’m not sure that every image should tell a story but all of the ones in this book do.

^ Review by Gavin Forster

Touching! by Alastair Thompson (click to view image on Flickr.com)

What a brilliant book! Not that anyone needs a reminder of the eclectic mix of characters our fair city of Leeds is home to, but it’s great to have a pictorial reference just the same! Anyone who enjoys street photography and its humour will find this book interesting and very amusing! My favourites include ‘statue grabbing a woman’ and ‘the football supporters’. If you enjoy people watching this is a great book – especially for anyone familiar with Leeds.

^ Review by Emma Brown

Leeds 2008 by Alastair Thompson
Published on Blurb.com (from 20.95 + p&p)
A set of images from the book can be viewed on Flickr.com

Do you have a photo book or magazine available to buy/acquire? Tell us about it and we’ll get it reviewed!