Being a member’s night, we were in the old cafe room, where we lit the projector and settled in for five short presentations and a tea break ….
Raymond Leinster has lately traded the privations of wildlife photography for the comforts of the members enclosure, and provided insights to the range of photos that can be taken during a day at the races. The best place in Perth for photography (perhaps), says Raymond.
Mike Gloistein told of photography at 12 knots, being a documentation of some of the sights from his life on board ship with the British Antarctic Survey. He says it wasn’t so Brr, because they were mainly out in the summer.
Sam Dearlove gave us a tour through a range of apps and web services for photographers looking to make their work more visible to a discerning audience, even to paying clients, and also to competitions and galleries.
David Hay walked us through a brief history of the Meyer-Optik Görlitz Trioplan 100mm f/2.8, a triplet lens from 1950’s Germany based on a design from the 19th century, and famed for its ‘soap bubble’-like out of focus areas (considered an optical defect at the time!). And his experience with an affordable new TT Artisans remake of this classic and now-expensive original. He makes the park in Pitlochry look even more magical, particularly with the combination of bokeh and lens flare.
Our event photographers had fun tonight. Tim used his vintage Helios 58mm f/2 for David’s mono portrait; Wol contrived some special ‘DH’ bokeh for the colour one.
To close, Wol Gilbraith unveiled our new-look print stands, ahead of next week’s PKM Trophy mono print competition, and called for volunteers to help put up 22 of them, for the 66 prints in the running. Simple and stable, the dowel and clip stands can be seen in the video on our guidelines to print competitions page, for anyone looking for a reminder.