[QueensPhoto] next meeting!

[O.J. Beardon]

Hello people!

Just a little bit about our first meeting on Sunday... for everyone except 
James! It was a small meeting, about as small a meeting as could come under 
the definition of 'meeting' actually!
 The theme was Water, as you know, and we had some nice pictures to share. 
James had gone to a water mill, which provided some dynamic images of the 
inside workings in semi-abstract form. My couple of shots were also 
focussing on the abstract side of moving water, ripples and blur. The joy 
of seeing each other's pictures is to see something which may not have even 
crossed your mind when you thought of water, but which nonetheless provides 
an interesting and rewarding image.

Talking of interesting and rewarding images, our next meeting! This will be 
on Sunday the 26th of February in the Bar at 2pm. Please come! And the 
theme this time will be 'Close ups' as well as absolutely anything else you 
want to bring, just to lure some more of you in!

Close ups: again think of the ways this can be interpreted. You may want to 
home in to an interesting area of a weathered door, the bark of a tree, 
wrinkled skin, or use a long lens to concentrate on an architectural 
detail. There are also signs of Spring pushing up through the ground... 
Alternatively, you could really stretch the definition of 'close up': you 
could home in to a small aspect of someone's life, or use the camera to 
capture an intimate image of a friend's personality. This would undoubtedly 
be difficult, so perhaps concentrate on the visual forms, textures and 
compositions of more everyday objects. Overcast February light won't 
present too many problems with contrast, but if the sun does come out after 
a rain storm, get out there!

Hope everything's going ticketyboo, have fun!

Oliver