Photocamp sessions are wide ranging and differing in format – but they all manage to inspire, challenge and create discussion.
In the past these have covered all areas of photography, from macro to landscape, street to fashion and technical to artistic subject matters.
We are asking all those who are considering running a session this year to add their ideas and thoughts to this page as comments so others can start to plan how their day might shape up – and maybe offer input or assistance.
If you haven’t run a session before – do! It’s a great experience to share your passions and find out that others find them exciting, enticing or equally concerning! Private questions can be sent by email to photocamp@exposureleeds.org.
so… What are you waiting for – tell us about your session ideas – even if you yourself haven’t the experience to deliver it – someone may offer!
Exposure Leeds is a new type of photographic society - created with an open, sharing and friendly ethos our focus is on developing skills and experience and in presenting the results to a wider audience.
All are welcome and anyone can become a member - come along to one of our events or join in one of our initiatives to see the benefits affiliating yourself with us can bring. 
“What I did in Scotland”
A few regulars to Exposure Leeds will be aware that for the last two years I’ve attended the 3 Harbours Arts Festival on the East Lothian coast near Edinburgh. I’ll use this occasion to update you a little on what I have gotten up to, the photography I’ve shot and what this means to me and to Exposure Leeds.
So, quite literally, a show and tell presentation.
I think taking pictures is only half of modern photography. The other half is post-processing. It would be good for people to have a session on how to make photographs look their best through digital darkroom tools such as Lightroom.
Lisa – you ask… I had a word with John Dolan the other day and he’s very kindly offered to lead a session on post-processing. The idea is everyone goes along to the Mac suite with problems or situations you find difficult (bring example images on USB sticks!) and as a group you’ll discuss the best solutions!
That’d be cool. I’d like to see other peoples’ approaches to the dreaded red saturation issue.
Ey up –
Happy to do gig photography again if there’s demand!
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That would be great, Joel!
What happened to Midsummer Madness?
Ok, so Midsummer Madness came and went, and we did nothing with the images. If there’s interest I’d be up for working through the images we received and looking at creative ways of presenting these as a collection. Anyone interested?
I’m up for participating in that session Jon x
Hi, if there’s a digi projector or link to a plasma I could do a session on ‘That’s far too many ways to do monochromes in Photoshop”Creating and using Selections and Masks with Layers and Blend modes’(more fun than it looks on paper) ICM’s, ND, Time lapse,whatever,that might keep one man and his dog interested for 5 minutes or anyone else for that matter
That’s great news, David – there are screens or projectors in three different spaces. Glad to have you on board.
I was wondering about doing something with old family or school photos – maybe trying to recreate digitally the softer gentler colour tones of 70′s colour photographs or just the style of them – domestic photography was a much slower more obtrusive business back then which I think is why family portraits always have a air of staged awkwardness about them or was that just me and my family? Or maybe just talking about the way we react to photos – either on an emotional or technical level. I could ask people to bring in their favourite old photo and get them to talk about it, or try and recreate it maybe?
Would anyone else be up for a photographic meander down memory lane – either photo-wise or equipment-wise?
I’d be interested in that Morticia.
Excellent
I could do something about architecture photography – not so much about processing than about angles, light, and shooting.
That would be great, Gabi!
Update: Michael Brohm has offered to do an update on his visit to Leeds back in March, ‘live via satellite’ from Louisville, Kentucky.
That would be great. But please if at all possible make it earlier in the day as I may have to miss the last session.
Sorry – this will be the last session of the day (Louisville being 5h behind us!)
If anybody would be interested (again!) I have my self-portrait talk ready to show also explaining how some of the shots were achieved.
To anyone waiting for photocamp information – sorry! It IS still happening; a full briefing will come tomorrow, but here’s the basics:
- we need more session leaders to identify themselves
- Saturday registrations start at 9.30
- there are 2 photo editing sessions for which you might want to bring example photos – one general and the other ‘old’ photos
- if you took part in midsummer madness there will be a session about it
- you don’t need to bring any refreshments on Saturday
- you should bring cameras (charged), business cards, folios, photobooks and cool kit
- if you have old small capacity sd cards we’d love them
More soon!