RPS Creative Eye magazine 82

GROUP MAGAZINE

NO. 82 May 2020 MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION ISSUE

CREATIVE EYE

WELCOME This is the second exhibition issue that I have edited, and again it’s been a privilege to work with such a diverse and imaginative range of imagery from our members.

I can’t not mention the strange times that we find ourselves in, but I hope this issue will brighten your day and we have included a lockdown themed ‘Parting Shots’ on the last two pages.

Finally, to echo what Moira says on the page opposite, we’re giving you the chance to have one of your images used for the cover of September’s issue. Send your image to me no later than 31st July (at least 2400 px on the long edge) for consideration.

Steve Varman, Editor

CONTENTS 4 - 36 Exhibition Images 37

Diary

38 - 39 Parting (Lockdown) Shots

CONNECT facebook Facebook facebook.com/groups/rpscg Or search Facebook for ‘RPS Creative’ flickr Flickr flickr.com/groups/3510780@N20/pool Or search Flickr for Creative or RPS Contact: David Ryland ARPS david_1@btinternet.com

Editor: Steve Varman creative.publications@rps.org

COMMITTEE Chairman Moira Ellice ARPS creative.chair@rps.org Treasurer Barry Collin LRPS CPAGB APAGB bcrps@btopenworld.com General Secretary Gillian Beckett ARPS CPAGB creative.secretary@rps.org Vice Chairman and Assistant Exhibition Co-ordinator Nigel Rea ARPS Exhibition and Events Co-ordinator Moira Ellice ARPS creative.chair@rps.org Exhibition Secretary Matthew Clarke BPE3* creativeimage@rps.org Membership Secretary Bill Coles LRPS creative.membershipsecretary@rps.org Publications Editor and Webmaster Steve Varman LRPS creative.publications@rps.org Archivist Barry Freeman ARPS DPAGB APAGB bazfree.photo@gmail.com

Cover image: The Blue Man by Keith Sawyer ARPS

Website: rps.org/ceg

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Tell us about your stories, projects and distinction successes. If you would like to submit something for consideration, for either the eNewsletter or Creative Eye magazine, please contact Steve Varman at: creative.publications@rps.org Next issue: September 2020 Submission deadline: July 31 2020

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he first event of the year took place at the beginning of March with the Group’s AGM and Members’ 2020 Exhibition Selection.

Our guest selectors, Roger and Judith Parry, did a marvellous job choosing a varied exhibition of high quality and interesting work. You will enjoy seeing the result in this magazine’s special exhibition edition.

The Royal Photographic Society relies on the very considerable effort put in by volunteers working for the Society. The Creative Eye Group is run by a passionate and dedicated team of volunteers. The Group’s activities would not happen without their support and hard work. As a token of its appreciation, the Society gives a special thanks to volunteers after each four, eight and twelve years with a Certificate of Recognition.

At the end of the AGM I had great pleasure in presenting seven of our Creative Eye Group volunteers with certificates and badges. Melvyn and Pat Frewin and Bill Coles for four years, Matthew Clarke and David Harris for eight years, Barry Collin for twelve years and a very special mention and a certificate to Barry Freeman who is now in his twenty first year of volunteering for the Society.

With the news of Coronavirus reaching the UK, we had no option but to cancel or postpone all planned events through to the autumn. We are all affected in so many different ways, trying to manage our lives in this unprecedented time. The directive from the British and many other countries’ Governments that we stay at home provides an opportunity for photography to be enjoyed and to help keep us occupied. Making the photobook you had been thinking of doing for ages, experimenting with macro and creative photography around your home or, perhaps, working towards an RPS Distinction. Dig out those old forgotten photos. Many can be vastly improved by either scanning or photographing them and touching them up with the help of Photoshop or similar software.

For your amusement and entertainment, inside this magazine you will find the first half of a photography quiz which has been compiled by Nigel Rea and Stephen Cook. Do have a go. The answers will be in the next edition of the Creative Eye magazine, together with the second half of the quiz.

We are still looking for a suitable image for the front cover of September’s edition of the magazine. Originally, we were planning to run a competition to celebrate 2020 and the new decade but, maybe, “celebrate” is not the word that many of us would use to associate with this year so far, although celebration will become the order of the day when the crisis is over. Under the circumstances, the image chosen for the September cover will not be limited to the planned brief but will be open to any subject of your choice. Please send one image, taken this year, to our Editor, Steve Varman by Friday 31 st July.

I thank you for your continued support. Please stay safe and well.

Moira

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CREATIVE EYE GROUP MEMBERS’ PRINT AND PROJECTED IMAGE EXHIBITION 2020

AWARDS Images selected by Roger Parry ARPS MAPGB EFIAP HonPAGB ESFIAP Judith Parry DPAGB AFIAP HonPAGB Roger and Judith have been very deeply involved in club photography for over 50 years, both serving as Presidents of their own club, Smethwick Photographic Society, and also the Midland Counties Photographic Federation. Roger is currently the Vice President of the PAGB and chairs the Judges Committee. He is also a member of the FIAP Sub Committee. Judith is the MCPF representative on the PAGB Executive and is a member of the PAGB Patronage committee.

Roger was the Technical and Marketing Manager of Paterson Photographic and still acts as a technical consultant for them. For many years he visited Camera Clubs giving talks and demonstrations on darkroom work and studio lighting techniques.

Club lectures are now undertaken as a joint venture, presenting their current work with prints. They are both Permajet lecturers. Both are keen exhibitors. Roger is Chairman of the Smethwick International Exhibition, Judith joining the inaugural committee 41 years ago. Judith is Chairman of both the London Salon of Photography and the Midland Salon. As PAGB Judges, they both regularly judge National and International Exhibitions here in the UK and overseas.

Although they were originally darkroom workers, they now only use digital cameras for their photography. Subjects include Portraits, Classical Figure Photography and Still Life although they are willing to have a go at most types of photography.

BEST IMAGE (PRINT)

Left in the Corner

by George Heath LRPS Judge’s comment (Judith Parry): This is simple, well thought out and well executed. Each of the objects in the room is carefully placed. That bright curtain takes our eye into the corner and then we see what the title was about.

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BEST IMAGE (PROJECTED IMAGE)

Guggenheim Car Park

by Tillman Kleinhans ARPS Judge’s comment (Roger Parry): Whilst I have seen many images taken at the Guggenheim, this one is the most unusual that I have seen. It shows a very creative approach to photographing this iconic building. The inclusion of the cars helps to produce a very pleasing design.

Leaving The Sandbank

by Martin Heathcote LRPS Judge’s comment (Judith Parry): The sheer simplicity of this picture appealed to me. The author is to be congratulated on the technical ability shown.

HIGHLY COMMENDED (PRINT)

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HIGHLY COMMENDED (PROJECTED IMAGE)

Acting the Goat

by Wendy Irwin ARPS Judge’s comment (Roger Parry): I thought that this image was the best of the creative images in this section.

Technically it was put together very well. One slight worry was the lack of any shadow under the feet and chair.

However, the image did show a great deal of imagination.

COMMENDED (PROJECTED IMAGE)

Stepping Out

by Martin Parrat ARPS Judge’s comment (Roger Parry): I very much liked the effect of movement by the three figures in this image. The separation between the three figures is just right and the colour of the red umbrella echoed in the skirt and shawl of the other two figures all help the composition of the image.

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COMMENDED (PRINT)

Pomegranates

by Brian Fleming LRPS Judge’s comment (Judith Parry): To create is to make and this author has made a beautiful picture. Because all the elements have been placed in their position by the photographer it shows not only a keen sense of detail, but also wonderful lighting.

COMMENDED (PRINT)

Dressed for the Part

by Joan Jordan ARPS Judge’s comment (Judith Parry): All the colours in this picture harmonize. It is most effective to have the figure walking away from us.

Colourful without being gaudy.

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ACCEPTED IMAGES (P = Print, PI = Projected Image)

Amy [PI] by Jan Harris ARPS Jilly [P] by Brian Fleming LRPS

On the Edge Series No.2 [P] by Diana Evers

Menace [P] by Cliff Spooner LRPS

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Catching the Light [PI] by Mary Auckland ARPS

The Last Emperor [Gold foil print] [P]

by Derek Dewey-Leader LRPS

Friend or Foe [PI] by Paul Wells CREATIVE EYE GROUP MAGAZINE NO. 82 May 2020

At The Concert [PI] by David Jordan FRPS

The Decisive Moment [P] by Dave Balcombe ARPS

Three Young Pups [PI] by Clive Watkins

Shapes [P] by John Jennings ARPS CREATIVE EYE GROUP MAGAZINE NO. 82 May 2020

Time for a Chat [PI] by David Stevens LRPS

Nearly Naughty Crosses [P] by John Jennings ARPS

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Demonstration [P] by Pauline Benbrook LRPS Single Swinger [PI] by Roger Ford FRPS

Trumped [PI] by Clive Watkins No Fire Today [PI] by Moira Ellice ARPS

Done Surfing [P] by Michael Cant

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High and Dry [P] by Michael Cant CREATIVE EYE GROUP MAGAZINE NO. 82 May 2020

Driving Through a Dream [P] by David Harris ARPS

Grass and Snail [P] by Neil Scott FRPS

Rocks at Meenlaragh Bay [P] by Barry Freeman ARPS

The Race [PI] by Sarah Brooks Lone Bull [P] by Harman Hopkins LRPS

Durdle Door [P] by Brian Fleming LRPS CREATIVE EYE GROUP MAGAZINE NO. 82 May 2020

Clevedon Pier [P] by William J Coles LRPS

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Reflections, Birmingham Library [P] by David Jordan

Alte-Portugal (Infrared) [P] by Melvyn Frewin LRPS

Shadows [PI] by Chistine Prickett ARPS

Refelctions in Still Waters [P] by Martin Heathcote LRPS

City Dreamer [P] by Angela Ford ARPS

No Escape, The Holocaust Memorial [PI] by Maggie Jary ARPS

Shadows and Art [P] by David Jordan

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City Highlights [P] by Dave Balcombe ARPS

Lighting Below [PI] by Tony Long

The Oculus [PI] by Tillman Kleinhans ARPS

Manhattan Skyline [PI] by Tillman Kleinhans ARPS

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Bat Out of Hell [P] by John Jennings ARPS

Wait [PI] by Brian Flemming LRPS

Austin 7 in a Hurry [PI] by Torrie Smith LRPS Broken Breakdown Lorry [P] by Michael Cant

Eve [PI] by Catherine Allen ARPS

Time Fluxion [PI] by Keith Sawyer ARPS

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The Blue Man [PI] by Keith Sawyer ARPS

Concentration [PI] by Terry Day LRPS

Phoebe [PI] by John Lacey ARPS

Marilla in Contemplation [PI] by William Campbell ARPS

Washing The Pots [PI] by Mervyn Mitchell ARPS

This Way Up - I see No Crises [PI] by John Jennings ARPS

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Tunnel Vision - I see No Crises [PI] by John Jennings ARPS

Illy [PI] by Tim Walton LRPS

Lines and Curves [PI] by Rob Kershaw ARPS

Universal Law of Gravitation [PI] by Tillman Kleinhans ARPS

There Might Be Hope [PI] by Steve Varman LRPS

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The Leap [P] by Catherine Allen ARPS

Drum Frenzy [PI] by Stephen Lloyd

The Accuser [PI] by David Ryland ARPS

Curved Space [PI] by Andy Smith LRPS

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Rescue [PI] by Bill Spencer LRPS

Heading For a Huddle [PI] by Andy Smith LRPS

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Passing the Time of Day [PI] by Colin Prickett ARPS

Dreaming of a Better Life [P] by David Ryland ARPS

China Town [P] by Dave Balcombe ARPS

A Fan of the Arts [P] by Christine Prickett ARPS

Facing the Day [P] by Maggie Jary ARPS

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Surfer [PI] by Tim Walton LRPS

Window Dresser [P] by William J Coles LRPS

The Auctioneer [PI] by Dave Baxter LRPS

Motion in Reflection [PI] by Tony Long

Winter Time [PI] by Steve Geer ARPS

Narrow View [PI] by George Heath LRPS

Stairway To Nowhere [PI] by Gus Al-Hassani

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Working Late [PI] by Dave Balcombe ARPS

Soho Rain [PI] by Margaret Rainey FRPS

Salisbury Cathedral [PI] by Mary Auckland ARPS

Fagin’s Den [PI] by Roger Ford FRPS

Which Way Now [P] by Christine Prickett ARPS

Rising Tide [PI] by Joan Jordan ARPS

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Mode Gakuen Tower [PI] by Rob Kershaw ARPS

The House [PI] by Alan Hills ARPS

Blue Music [PI] by Keith Sawyer ARPS

Millenium Bridge [PI] by Dave Balcombe ARPS

Under Water [PI] by Joan Jordan ARPS

Rainbow Houses [P] by Steve Varman LRPS

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Life Swept Away [PI] by Jan Harris ARPS

Walkie-Talkie Skyline [P] by Colin Prickett ARPS

Wind turbines from Skegness Pier [P] by Mervyn Mitchell ARPS

Ups and Downs [P] by David Stevens

This Didn’t Improve the Whiff [P] by Matthew Clarke

Tate Britain Staircase Going Up [PI] by Barry Freeman ARPS

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Tram Travellers [P] by Christine Prickett ARPS

London Cityscape [PI] by Nicola Bolton ARPS

St Peter’s Street Leading to The Mill [P] by Matthew Clarke

The Need For Speed [PI] by Martin Parrat ARPS

Going Down - Bank Station [P] by Barry Freeman ARPS

I’m Electric [P] by Terry Day LRPS

Depanne Beach [P] by John Thompson ARPS

Auction Bidders [P] by Dave Baxter LRPS

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Abandoned Wind Pump [P] by Dave Balcombe ARPS

Cala Lily [P] by Michael Hodgson LRPS

Rise and Shine [P] by Michael Hodgson LRPS

Dune Impression [P] by Jan Harris ARPS Autumn Gold [P] by Jan Harris ARPS

Rower in the Mist [P] by Jan Harris ARPS

Sunset Over Grand Canyon [PI] by Rob Kershaw ARPS

Where Tea Leaf Fields and Broccoli Grow [PI] by Steve Varman LRPS

Savannah [PI] by David Townshend ARPS Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio Machaon) [PI] by Matthew Clarke

Speckled Wood Butterfly on Highland Steer [PI]

by Bill Spencer LRPS

A Walk With The Dog [PI] by Lynda Mudle-Smith ARPS

Speedy Sunflowers [PI] by Angela Ford ARPS

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To Infinity and Beyond [P] by Martin Parratt ARPS

Glacial-Beauty [PI] by Veronica Worrall LRPS

Turner’s Light [PI] by Terry Day LRPS

Ice Flowers [PI] by Pat Frewin LRPS

Ocean Liner [PI] by Heath Gough-Holt LRPS

Sailing [P] by Pat Frewin LRPS

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Blue Moon [PI] by Nicola Bolton ARPS

Bottled News [PI] by Alexander Cowie ARPS

Sycamore Island [PI] by David Harris ARPS

Coastal Impression [P] by Martin Parratt ARPS

Bead Tree [P] by Joan Jordan ARPS

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Wish You Were Here [PI] by Clive Watkins

Try Our Goods [P] by Barry Collin LRPS

Quantum Tree [PI] by John Tissandier

Lasers and Scorpions in UV Light [PI] by Derek Dewey-Leader LRPS

Vortex by [PI] by Keith Sawyer ARPS

Comfy Seat [P] by Angela Ford ARPS

Spacebeast [PI] by Stuart Fotheringham

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Poppy Curve [PI] by Angela Ford ARPS

Chair [PI] by Roger Ford FRPS

Seascape [PI] by Philip Quarry FRPS

Lagoa de Obidos [PI] by Lynda Mudle-Smith ARPS

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Arctic Turn 1 [PI] by Sylvia Lockhart

Water Droplets on Leaf [PI] by Brian Flemming LRPS

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Sparrow Dance [PI] by Cliff Spooner LRPS

The Time of Death [P] by Neil Scott FRPS

The Bath [PI] by Gill Beckett ARPS

Timber [PI] by David Ryland ARPS

Dilapidated Cottage [PI] by Palli Gajree HonFRPS

Ingredients for Mischief [PI] by Wendy Irwin ARPS

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Still Life in Blue [PI] by Wendy Irwin ARPS

The Scream [PI] by Gill Beckett ARPS

White Lissianthus [P] by William J Coles LRPS

A touch of Frost [PI] by Mike Brindle LRPS

Carbon Cycle [P] by Veronica Worrall LRPS

Iron Flower [P] by Neil Scott FRPS

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Clearing the Snow [P] by Martin Parratt ARPS Red Deer Pair [PI] by Lynda Mudle-Smith ARPS

Flying Back, Holme [P] by David Townshend ARPS View Across the Thames [P] by Michael Hodgson LRPS

Sand Dunes [P] by Lynda Mudle-Smith ARPS

Dreaming of a Tuscan Meadow [P] by Martin Heathcote LRPS

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Grasses, White Sands [P] by Gill Beckett ARPS

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My Lady’s Boudoir [P] by Pat Frewin LRPS

Anemones [P] by Lynda Mudle-Smith ARPS

Dancing Cosmos [P] by Catherine Allen ARPS

Artery to the Sea by [P] Roger Ford FRPS

Woodland Jewels [P] by David Townshend ARPS

Bernadette [P] by Pat Frewin LRPS

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The Dead and the Dying [P] by Lynda Mudle-Smith ARPS

Sunbathing Magnolia [P] by Martin Heathcote LRPS

Swirl [P] by Stuart Fotheringham

Where Birds No Longer Fly [PI] by Heath Gough-Holt LRPS

Galanthus [P] by Harman Hopkins LRPS

Cobbolds Point [PI] by Iain Blacklaw

Late Light [P] by John Thompson ARPS

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Three Strawberries [PI] by Lynda Mudle-Smith ARPS

Triple Exposure Triptych [P] by John Jennings ARPS

Spring Onions [PI] by Neil Scott FRPS

Fireside [P] by Gill Beckett ARPS

Chopped Tomatoes [P] by Neil Scott FRPS

Trying to Keep Warm [P] by Lynda Mudle-Smith ARPS

The Morn in Russet Mantle Clad [PI]

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Dream Ride [P] by Noel Robinson ARPS

London Reflections [P] by William J Coles LRPS

Circle of Trees [PI] by Mike Cowdrey ARPS Drive-by Shooting [P] by Christine Prickett ARPS

A Dash of Colour [P] by Roger Ford FRPS

DIARY FIELD TRIP (DUNDEE) When: Postponed*

CREATIVE EYE GROUP MEMBERS’ 2020 EXHIBITION (SMETHWICK)

Cost: FREE

When: Thursday 3rd to Thursday 17th September 2020

Time: 10.30am to 4.30pm

Cost: FREE

Where: Discovery Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee DD1 4XA

Time: Thursday evenings from 7.00pm to 9.30pm or by appointment.

CREATIVE EYE GROUP MEMBERS’ OPEN DAY A Presentation of members’ work and projects.

When: Sunday 18th October 2020

Where: Smethwick Photographic Society, The Old School House, Churchbridge, Oldbury B69 2AS, UK Event Organiser: Judith Parry judith.parry@blueyonder.co.uk, Telephone: 01314 274224

Time: 10.30am to 4.30pm Cost: RPS member £10.00, Non-member £15.00 Where: Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambridge CB22 4NE, UK

STAMFORD FIELD TRIP A Presentation of members’ work and projects.

When: Postponed* Cost: FREE Time: TBC Where: The Stamford Post (DJ Wetherspoon), 7 Sheep Market, Stamford, PE9 2QZ

NAT COALSON ARPS (Lecture) An inspiring and informative seminar presented by photographic artist, gallery owner and acclaimed speaker Nat Coalson ARPS. Organised jointly with the Creative Eye, Digital Imaging and the East Anglia Region.

CREATIVE EYE GROUP MEMBERS’ 2020 EXHIBITION (EDINBURGH) When: Wednesday 4th to Sunday 29th November 2020 Cost: FREE Time: Wednesday evenings from 7.00pm or by appointment Where: Edinburgh Photographic Society, 68 Great King Street, Edinburgh EH3 6QU, UK Enquiries Sandy Cleland FRPS sandycleland22@gmail.com, Telephone: 01968 676271

When: Postponed* Time: 10.30am to 4.00pm Cost: RPS member £10.00, Non-member £15.00 Where: Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambridge CB22 4NE, UK CREATIVE EYE GROUP MAGAZINE NO. 82 May 2020

* Postponed until further notice following government guidance relating to coronavirus.

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PARTING (LOCKDOWN) SHOTS

Untitled by David Harris ARPS Why not use your phone’s camera while taking your daily exercise and look for unusual shots?

Untitled

by Jan Harris ARPS Try new tecniques such as multiple exposures

Joyous (top) and Bejewelled

by David Townshend ARPS

Sailing by Steve Varman LRPS Re-use images from your catalogue to create a composite.

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If you have a garden, use the spring and summer colours to create impressions, moods and feelings using multiple exposures. We will be featuring a larger selection of David’s work in September’s issue.

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A Moment in Time (left) and Fender Telecaster Detail by Nigel Rea ARPS A club challenge for lockdown: Shoot 5 images that are in one room, in the place they are situated and with available daylight.

Still Life

by Steve Varman LRPS I’ve been wanting to try light painting for a while and, with the extra time indoors, I’ve finally had a go.

You’ll need a dimly lit room (no ambient light, a garage in my case) and a small torch. I modified the torch with some cardboard and tissue paper to make a narrow beam that wasn’t too harsh.

Take a seperate (10 to 15 second) exposure for each item, lighting it with your touch. Keep the torch moving to avoid hotspots and burnt highlights. Load the images into your photo editor as layers and set the blending mode to screen.

Water World (above-left) and Rapunzel

by Jan Harris ARPS Use your lockdown time to edit and reimagine images from your catalogue.

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THANKS FOR READING ...and a big thank you to this edition’s contributors. We welcome submissions from Creative Eye Group members, so if you have a distinction success, story, image or a project that you would like to share, please let us know.

Feedback is very welcome and gratefully received. Please send your comments and suggestions to the editor.

CONTACTS Steve Varman (Editor) creative.publications@rps.org Website rps.org/creativeeye Social facebook facebook.com/groups/rpscg flickr flickr.com/groups/rps-creative

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