Author: Dawn Blight

The annual Southampton Mela saw 4 members attending. Primarily the Mela is a celebration of music and dance from different cultures, so there were plenty of very colourful artists to photograph. With strong sunshine causing a lot of bright reflections and highlights, yet dark backgrounds to the stages, photography was[…]

Our Out and About to the Watercress Line was a fun and successful day out with a perfect excuse for plenty of steam train travel. With so many re-enactors and people in costume at each station who seemed to enjoy being photographed there were easy opportunities to practice our portrait[…]

Our latest ‘out and about’ took place on Wednesday 6th June when twenty one members met up at Longstock near Stockbridge for a private wander around the stunning Water Gardens. It was quite a bright day so the ‘contrasty’ light was difficult to deal with but as you can see[…]

From May 2018 four members travelled back in time to May 1642 at Little Woodham Historical Village, Gosport. Apart from plenty of opportunities for photography, we were entertained and educated by the “villagers” and we are now experts in starting a fire with flint, herbal remedies and weaving – should[…]

On Sunday 15th April nine members met at Fort Nelson – part of the Royal Armouries, to see and photograph the touring ‘poppy wave’ sculpture. The wave was part of the ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ installation first seen at the Tower of London in 2014. Compared to[…]

With the weather better than forecast, giving soft hazy sunshine, 7 members met at the Bargate for a photowalk around Southampton. We started at the new plaza by West Quay where there are some interesting textures and curves with the added bonus of a water feature, before making our way[…]

On Sunday three hardy members visited Brooklands Museum and whilst we were prepared for the forecast of heavy rain we were not prepared for snow! That was soon forgotten when we experienced a half hour Concorde “flight” giving us a wonderful opportunity to see and photograph a great British icon[…]

After the conclusion of our AGM, Honorary President Alan Inder presented the awards to the winners of our League Competitions for 2017. Winner of the Primary League and recipient of the President’s Shield was Helen Davis; The Intermediate League winner was Roy Gray, who took home the Pat Clancy Trophy[…]

“At the Out and about on Spice Island in Old Portsmouth, Gareth, John, Steve Townsend, Mike and Maggie, Betty and Jerry, and Helen Davis and Dave Fletcher visited three locations. The Point overlooking the harbour, Gunwharf Quays and the Spinnaker Tower; the fishing port; and the battlements and Round Tower[…]

Ten members went along to the Heavy Horse ploughing contest on Sunday 22nd Oct. After Storm Brian, we all knew it was going to be a muddy event but we were all prepared in our boots and wellies- the showground was a tad behind in opening the car parks though[…]