After a break in January, our February session contained many strands of expression to enjoy.

Three of our members focussed upon specific locations, and very diverse they were too.  Dr. Charles Ashton featured the hazardous process of making propellors for ships in a Bangladeshi riverside boatyard.  Lucy Allum introduced us to facets of Glasgow whilst Darren Leeson revealed all that remains of a Lincolnshire airbase.

It was good to see Darren’s work once again, particularly since he and his family moved to Lincolnshire a while ago.  Zoom provides the means by which we can still enjoy his pictures.

Showing a distinctly fine-art approach to contemporary photography and quite separately, details, shapes, textures and patterns attracted the attention of both Bob Oakley and Bob Green.  Whilst Bob O explored the transient beauty of frosted garden flowers, Bob G arranged elegant still-life studies to which he added textural overlays. Bob has many more examples on his Flickr pages.  Here’s the link: Bob Green 

A frozen world also attracted Tessa Mills, and we enjoyed her exploration of ‘trees in ice’.   In contrast, Clive Haynes’ exuberant and colourfully twisting shapes evoked the intensity of being whirled around at a funfair.

Two members chose monochrome as the most effective mode their subject and inspiration.  Gill Haynes translated seemingly ordinary scenes into evocative expressions with the patina of ‘Tintype’ (‘app’) processing.  Paul Mann illustrated how a local country walk, which he takes most days, can be a constant source of inspiration if one only pays attention to details and being prepared ‘to see’.

Our two ‘outside sources’ provided more food for thought.

‘Plastic Pulse’ by Ezra Miller combined everyday scenes with the addition of ‘plastic’ courtesy of AI.  Here’s the link ‘Plastic Pulse’

Our other ‘outside source’ was a decidedly individualistic set of images by innovative American fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville (1932-2013) who transformed fashion imagery into avant-garde art. Link: Deborah Turbeville

All members’ work from our session can be seen in our Viewpoint e-book for this month.  Click on the image below or this link: Viewpoint and choose the February 2025 edition.  The same link provides access to many previous issues of ‘Viewpoint’ - a fascinating treasure-trove waiting for you to explore!

The next CPG meeting will be on Thursday, 6^th March 2025.