| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Group email: | Photography group |
| When: | This group is currently being established |
| Cost: | TBA |
The purpose of the group is to develop a shared understanding of how to create and evaluate interesting photographic images in order that group members can refine their photographic skills.
This group is currently being established. If you are interested in learning more about the group, please send us a message via the group email. We will be in touch with more details very soon.
How The Photography Group Will Operate
The photographic group will explore the complete lifecycle of photographic image-making, from initial conception, editing, presentation and explore why an image or a collection of images are interesting to look at.
We will consider the process of selecting subjects, considering light, framing and composition to create meaningful visual narratives. We will also explore post-production techniques where editing choices—such as contrast, colour balance and cropping—shape the image’s emotional and aesthetic impact. Presentation options used will be printing or digital display.
We will also examine why some images resonate more strongly than others. Using theories from rule of thirds to Gestalt, we will examine perception of visual elements as unified wholes rather than disconnected parts and explore how concepts such as proximity, similarity, continuity, and figure-ground relationships are used to guide the viewer’s eye and create coherence or tension.
Each month we will discuss the above topics, agree appropriate photographic assignments, review our own images and/or publicly available photo images, as well as looking at images of famous paintings to gain insights into what makes an interesting image.
Group members should ideally own a DSLR camera (to explore the full range of image taking techniques) or camera phones will be just fine. In addition, group members should own a PC or Apple Mac as we will be trying out and using free editing software such as Photopad by NCH or Affinity for Free with Canva.