Western Audio -Visual Enthusiasts

A report by Sheila Haycox ARPS MPAGB/AV EFIAP

Waves was formed in 1996 and is based at Trowbridge, Wiltshire. We encourage and promote the understanding, study and practice of the art of Audio-Visual Sequences and have a varied programme of activities including presentations by guest speakers in sound, vision, scriptwriting, Pictures to Exe and demonstration of new technologies. We have theme days and also presentation and demos by members.

AVs in the West Country are becoming more popular and we are gradually increasing our membership but would welcome more. We meet four times a year, February, May, August and November and some of forthcoming events are not to be missed! Anyone welcome, we have members from as far as Plymouth, Salisbury, Wantage, Wales, Bristol and Exeter so do not let the distance put you off.

At our last meeting we had a Members’ Challenge where we were given 30 images which were all totally unrelated and members had to produce an AV of no more than 2 mins long but could alter, crop, adjust the images in anyway they wished. It was amazing how different and inspiring the sequences were, photo harmony, poems, stories. A excellent day nishing off with members sequences for critique.

On August 10th we will be entertained by Richard Brown FRPS FIPF FACI(M) EFIAP APAGB who will show his work and hopefully instil a few hints and tips on how he manages to be such a success. Members are also invited to show their sequences on which Richard will comment.

November 9th Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB APAGB AV-AFIAP will present his work to the membership with a potted history!! As is usual with Ian he will keep the audience entertained with ideas and thoughts on his AVs. Members will also be invited to show their sequences for critique from Ian.

Malcolm Imhoff FRPS FACI(M) will be giving a presentation in November 2020 where he will focus on choosing and using sound for AV. Members will also be invited to show their sequences for critique from Malcolm. Please visit www.waves.co.uk for more information.