One of the first flowers of the new year, snowdrops, reminds us that spring is just around the corner. Known by their Greek name ‘Galanthus’, they are symbolic of Spring, purity and religion. With more than 2,500 varieties, they vary in height from 7 – 30cms and are divided into[…]
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 This was a new event for the Society, and as previously mentioned it was planned as a Trial Run for an event that we have been invited to at Alton CC on March 15th. Around 20 members attended our ‘Match-An-Image’ evening. We had a total of[…]
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A talk in the hall at 7.30 pm Thursday 2nd February 2023 Trevor is a keen amateur photographer and has been taking photos across several genres for many years, including a longstanding and ongoing ‘Photo a Day’ project. He is a Past President of the Winchester Photographic Society and continues[…]
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On Sunday, 30th October 10 members met at Millyford Bridge for what has become the traditional New Forest Fungi Foray, and it was lovely that some of the newer members attended. After several days of high winds and heavy rain, we were lucky to have what started as an overcast[…]
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One of the big events in the Society’s year is our Annual Exhibition of members’ work. At the Preview Evening – representing the Mayor-elect, were the Past Mayor and Mayoress of Winchester, Richard and Elaine Izard from Colden Common. The Past Mayor kindly presented awards to the winners of the[…]
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A talk in the hall at 7.30 pm Thursday, 1st December 2022 Alongside his personal photography and projects, David is a talented freelance professional photographer known for his broad and diverse mix of commissions and projects. He covers several different genres of photography: events, travel and architecture (often abstract), portraiture[…]
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A talk in the hall at 7.30 pm Thursday 1st September Iain McGowan has been a professional photographer since 1993 and has covered many areas of photography – landscape, reportage, travel and environmental photography. This, coupled with his membership of several prestigious groups of photographers, has ensured that his work[…]
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It was disappointing that after several days of warm clear weather our trip to Farley Mount was on a day that threatened rain. This eventually came a couple of hours before we met, but eight members decided to risk the weather. It was good to have Ann, one of our[…]
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The Venue St Peter’s Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1EE The Talk If you have ever fancied trying to photograph a Super Moon, the Milky Way or a Meteor Shower and need some help with where to start, join us on 28th July. Wendy will lead a session[…]
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The Venue St Peter’s Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1EE About Robert Robert Harvey ARPS EFIAP CEnv CSci MCIWEM is an award-winning photographer based in Wiltshire who has written a number of books on photography and astronomy. The Talk It was based around the excellent ‘Fotovue’ photographic guide[…]
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