Bishop's Waltham Photographic Society

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[…]

“Supermoons, The Milky Way and Meteors” 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[…]

“Photographing Wiltshire” 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’[…]

‘Alternative Views’ About Janey Janey was awarded her Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society with a panelof images taken in East Anglia, she is very active within the RPS sitting on theDocumentary, Travel and Licentiate Distinctions panels and last year was one of thethree judges for the Digital Imaging Group[…]

‘Fine Art Nature and Flower Photography’ Andy was an artist before he became a photographer, and his time spent painting and drawing, in turn, influenced his ‘painterly’ style of photography for which he is well known. He runs flower photography workshops for the Royal Horticultural Society at RHS Wisley, gives[…]

Woodland Ways Paul Mitchell’s ‘Woodland Ways’ presentation was eagerly anticipated and the evening did not disappoint. In the first half, Paul shared wonderful images from various woodlands throughout the year including Burnham Beeches, Savernake Forest, Micheldever, Moores Valley and the New Forest. In the second half, he demonstrated his post-production[…]

The Principles of Photography The Society was treated to a superb presentation. Phil is an award-winning cameraman and photographer and his talk ‘covered topics not often discussed from the science of our vision, lens testing & optical physics, eyeline and the psychology of perspective. The thrust of Principles of Photography[…]

Photographing Wildlife in your Garden About:Roger is an award winning photographer living in Colchester, Essex. He is accomplished in a widerange of photographic genres – Landscape, Natural History, Sport, Portraiture, Photojournalism andLive Rock Music. He has been very active in photography for over 30 years gaining four Fellowships with the[…]

‘A Feeling of Impressionism’ The varied and excellent programme of speakers that Rona Bassett booked for BWPS this year continued on Thursday with the Photographic Art of Steven Le Prevost. Steve is an internationally acclaimed photographic artist who specialises in creating artworks that portray mood, atmosphere and emotion. His interest[…]