RPS Landscape Group Newsletter, March 2018

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CONTENTS 01 Editorial 02 News Round Up 03 Members' Gallery 06 What's On

Stonehenge Dawn

Š Ray Grace ARPS

07 Events

Editorial March has been a busy month, culminating in Sunday's dawn shoot at Stonehenge. It was good to meet so many members, albeit briefly. Thanks to Ray Grace for the image. A full report, with a larger selection of images, will feature in the next newsletter.

You will no doubt notice that his month's newsletter is somewhat shorter than usual. The strength of recent editions has been the articles contributed by fellow members, but more are needed. So, if have been thinking about writing for the newsletter, now is the time to so! If you have an idea you would like to pitch, please get in touch.

On the plus side, there were more submissions to the Members' Gallery. My thanks to this month's contributors, John Patterson, David Rees, David Roberts and James Woodend. Please keep the images coming.

With best wishes to all for the Easter holidays, Kind regards

Submissions The deadline for submissions to the next newsletter is Friday 20th April. Please note that it may be necessary to hold some submissions for a future newsletter.

If you have an idea for article, please send a brief synopsis of the purpose and content of the piece. Please submit your images as jpegs, sized to 72 dpi with 1200 pixels along the longest edge and borderless.

Please send all submissions by email to: landscapenews@rps.org

Jim Souper, Newsletter Editor

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News Round Up Upper Swaledale Exhibition A reminder that group member Stephen Collinson, a Minister in a pastorate including two churches in Swaledale and a Trustee of The Keld Resource Centre, is mounting an exhibition of 25 photographs in the Resource Centre at Keld from Easter Monday, 2nd April to Friday 6th April 2018, from 11am to 5:30pm daily. Entry is free, though donations for the work of The Keld Resource Centre (keld.org.uk) would be appreciated.

A photographer since childhood, Stephen gained his Licentiate distinction in 2015 and continues to develop his approach to landscape and visual art photography. Although this exhibition is a glimpse of Upper Swaledale largely in the landscape genre, Stephen is increasingly combining spirituality and photography.

Stephen will be present throughout the exhibition.

International Garden Photographer of the Year The 2018 International Garden Photographer of the Year rolling programme of exhibitions is underway, and will travel to England, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal and Gibraltar.

These touring exhibitions are selections of winning photographs from competitions 10 and 11 and take place throughout the year.

There are exhibitions on show at Sissinghurst Castle and Gardens (until 13th April) and RHS Garden Hyde Hall (until 24th April).

Further details of the competition and further tour dates over the summer can be viewed at https://igpoty.com/

Vision 9 Oxo Tower Vision 9 is a short exhibition of contemporary landscape photography, running from 11th to 16th April.

The nine contributing photographers are Valda Bailey, Doug Chinnery, Cheryl Hamer, Marianthi Lainas, Astrid McGechan, Beata Moore, Paul Sanders, Rachael Talibart and Linda Wevill.

To quote the website: "The subject of the exhibition is contemporary photography inspired by the landscape. Modern landscape photography is a broad church and this is reflected in the art in this major exhibition. The nine artists are leading outdoor photographers with a commitment to excellence. They offer a wide range of interpretations including traditional landscapes and seascapes, more intimate studies of our natural world and abstract images made using techniques like multiple exposure and camera movement. Each carefully crafted artwork communicates the photographer’s unique perspective and these perspectives are united by the photographers’ shared passion for the landscape in its broadest sense, encompassing countryside, city and ocean."

Joe Cornish Galleries Two new exhibitions open at Joe Cornish Galleries on Saturday 14th April.

Of Wood and Water is the latest collection of work

by Michela Griffith. Her continued dialogue with the rivers and streams in North Yorkshire and the Peak District over the last 3 years has evolved to also embrace the woodland and trees along the riverbanks. The results form the inspiration for this latest exhibition. #BritishFlowers Part 1 by Tessa Burney is the Galleries' first ever outdoor photographic exhibition.

Tessa's British cut flower images on Chromaluxe panels in the gallery courtyard.

See here for details of both exhibitions.

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Members' Gallery

GrainsGyll, Seathwaite

West Burton Falls

© David Roberts

© David Rees

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HMS Belfast & Tower Bridge

© David Rees

Light Over the Five Sisters

© David Rees

Mist Rising over Thirlmere

© John Patterson LRPS

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Blue Hour I

© James Woodend

Blue Hour II

© James Woodend

Submission Guidelines Please send your Members' Gallery by email to landscapenews@rps.org.

Please submit your images as jpegs, sized to 72 dpi with 1200 pixels along the longest edge and borderless. It would also be helpful if you would provide a caption and a note of any RPS distinction that you would like to have included in your credit for the image.

The deadline for the next newsletter is Friday 20th April 2018. Thank you!

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What's On

A selection of exhibitions & events which may be of interest to landscape group members

Exhibitions Common Ground Southampton City Art Gallery For the past four years, David Baker's Common Ground photographic project has examined Southampton Common and the old cemetery to artistically interpret a landscape that has been shaped by human activity through management of this shared space. At Southampton City Art Gallery until 7th April 2018 Vision 9 Gallery@Oxo, London The subject of the exhibition is contemporary photography inspired by the landscape. The nine artists offer a wide range of interpretations including traditional landscapes and seascapes, more intimate studies of our natural world and abstract images made using techniques like multiple exposure and camera movement. Runs from 11th to 15th April.

Paul Nash and the Uncanny Landscape York Art Gallery Paul Nash’s groundbreaking inter-war landscapes, which transformed the genre of British landscape painting, feature in this new exhibition curated by John Stezaker. The exhibition also includes works by Stezaker including new landscapes created in response to the themes of the uncanny landscape. A private collection of rarely seen Nash drawings, paintings, photographs and ephemera is also on display. At York Art Gallery until 15th April.

Into the Woods: Trees in Photography V&A, London Trees have long been a source of inspiration for artists. This display explores the diverse representation of trees in photography – as botanical subjects and poetic symbols, in the context of the natural and human worlds. At the V&A until 22nd April.

Andreas Gursky Hayward Gallery, London Hayward Gallery reopens in January 2018 with the first major UK retrospective of the work of acclaimed German photographer Andreas Gursky. Known for his large-scale, often spectacular pictures that portray emblematic sites and scenes of the global economy and contemporary life, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant photographers of our time. Showing until 22nd April.

Travel Photographer of the Year London Bridge City This year's exhibition is outdoors at London Bridge City on the south bank of the River Thames next to the Scoop and City Hall, with views across the river to the Tower of London and London Bridge. It opens on Friday 30th March and runs until 29th April.

The People's Forest William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow Gayle Chong Kwan’s The People’s Forest is an exhibition of new photographic and sculptural work exploring the history, politics, and people of London’s ancient woodland, Epping Forest.

The exhibition is the culmination of Chong Kwan's two-year engagement and research investigating the Forest as a liminal threshold between rural and urban, as a site of historic and recent protest, as a shared and contested resource, and the conflict between capital and common. Continues until 20th May. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 53 London This year's exhibition, showcasing the fifty-third year of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, at the Natural History Museum until 28th May 2018.

Mark Ruwedel Tate Modern, London Ruwedel's work shows how geological, historical and political events have left their mark on the landscape. The works in this display span 1995– 2012 and include images of abandoned railways, nuclear testing sites and empty desert homes.

Showing until December.

Conferences, Fairs and Festivals Photo London Somerset House Now in its fourth edition, Photo London has established itself as a world-class photography fair and as a catalyst for London’s dynamic photography community. This year's fair runs from 17th to 20th May. If you have, or know of, an exhibition you think may be interest to landscape group members, please email landscapenews@rps.org with details.

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EVENTS

Hedd Wyn Heritage Centre and Llyn (Lake) Trawsfynydd Sunday 6 May, 10:30 to 16:00

Guildford and St Martha's Sunday 8th April, 10:00 to 16:30 Guildford This is an opportunity to combine some urban landscape photography with some far-reaching views at a local church, St Martha’s, which has commanding views over the local landscape. If time allows, we will aim to finish at Newlands Corner, which has a distinctly photogenic setting. See here for full details of this Group B event.

Grampian Region location shoot Sunday 8th April, 8:00 to 17:00

Š Mark Reeves LRPS

Inverness This will be an informal outing arranged by the RPS Scottish Northern Group to which members of the Landscape Group are invited to join up with Highland based members with local knowledge.

See here for details.

Creative Landscapes at Dunham Massey Thursday 12th April, 10:30 to 17:00 Dunham Massey Hall, Cheshire This workshop/field trip will be led by landscape group member Mark Reeves, who specialises in incamera creative approaches to landscape photography. His techniques include intentional camera movement, double exposures, bokeh, use of diffusers and others. This event will be somewhere between categories B and C. See here for details.

Monochrome Landscapes Workshop Sunday 29th April, 10:00 to 18:00

Saltburn by the Sea Delve into the wonderful world of black and white landscapes with help and tuition from Mark Banks LRPS. Setting your camera to monochrome and fully manual we will explore the many and varied techniques, tricks and tips in order to make sublime black and white images of Saltburn by the Sea. See here for details of this Group C event.

Snowdonia The recently opened centre is dedicated to the life and work of the famous Welsh Great War poet Hedd Wyn. The farmhouse and centre are beautifully located within Cwm Prysor, with expansive views of the mountain ranges of Meirionnydd and Llyn Trawsfynydd. See here for details.

Beyond Visible Light: A workshop on Infrared landscapes with Simon Weir Saturday 19th May, 10:00 to 18:30 Oldbury An acknowledged expert in the field of Infrared photography, Simon's workshop will give you a thorough understanding of the magical world of digital infrared.

See here for full details.

Photographing landscape; whatever the weather with Tony Worobiec FRPS Sunday 10th June, 10:30 to 16:30

Bath The purpose of this course is to inspire the participant to recognise that each month in the year offers wonderful opportunities for taking great photographs. It aims to be as broad as possible, and features not just pastoral landscape, but recognises that landscape should also embrace agricultural, coastal, industrial and urban locations.

To be held at Bath HQ - see here for details

Glen Elg location shoot Sunday 10th June, 8:00 to 17:00

Inverness This will be an informal outing arranged by the RPS Scottish Northern Group. Members of the Landscape Group are invited to join up with Highland based members with local knowledge.

This outing will be to Glen Elg, which is a part of the Scottish West Coast often missed by those heading to the Isle of Skye. It has some amazing coastal and mountain scenery. See here for details.

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Urban abstracts workshop Sunday 24th June, 10:00 to 18:00

Strathspey location shoot Sunday 9th September, 8:00 to 17:00

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle is famous for its stunning architecture and bold monuments, and therefore makes it the perfect place to capture wonderful cityscape images.

On this workshop, you will be encouraged to think a little deeper than the obvious and consider both colour and black and white image options to suit your way of thinking. Professional photographer Mark Banks will be on hand all day to help you with your ideas and technique in order to make successful images. See here for details of this Group C event.

Inverness This will be an informal outing arranged by the RPS Scottish Northern Group. Members of the Landscape Group are invited to join up with Highland based members with local knowledge.

This outing will be to Strathspey, with its great scenic landscape opportunities featuring lochs, glens and the UK’s highest mountain range. See here for details.

The Buttermere Tree

© Carmen Norman

Processing landscape images Sunday 1st July, 10:00 to 17:00

Bassenthwaite This one-day workshop will cover post-processing techniques to get the best from your landscape images. Run by Adobe certified professional Carmen Norman at her Lake District studio, the workshop will cover the use of both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. See here for details of the workshop and the option of a tutored photo walk the previous day.

Glen Affric/Glen Cannich location shoot Sunday 4th November, 8:00 to 17:00

Inverness This will be an informal outing arranged by the RPS Scottish Northern Group. Members of the Landscape Group are invited to join up with Highland based members with local knowledge.

By common consent, Glen Affric is the finest of all Scotland's glens. The glen begins amongst the steep, bare mountains of Kintail far in the west. Further downriver is beautiful Loch Affric, at the foot of the highest mountains north of the Great Glen. The middle part of the glen is a national nature reserve, magnificently wooded with Scots Pine - one of the last remnants of the original Caledonian Forest. A fantastic location to capture the autumn colours of the Highlands. See here for details.

RPS South Wales Region Talk and Discussion: Mari Owen and Real Wales Photography Tours Sunday 18th November, 11:00 to 16:00

Port Talbot Following the South Wales Region AGM, all members, visitors, guests and non-members present are invited to a talk and discussion with South Wales based Landscape Photographer, Mari Owen and Real Wales Photography Tours. See here for details

Nant Gwrtheyrn and Tre’r Ceiri Hill-fort Sunday 29th July, 10:00 to 17:00 Nant Gwrtheyrn Ancient history, industrial history, mountains and coast - all in one field trip! Two walking options are on offer. The first, Nant Gwrtheyrn, is a secret valley at the base of Y Eifl (The Rivals). The second, Tre’r Ceiri Iron Age Hillfort, is a moderate high-level walk on the two landward hills of Y Eifl. See here for details.

Could you host an event?

If you know of a promising and photogenic location in your area, and you would be willing to organise an informal session for other members of the Group, please email to rps.landscape.events@gmail.com.

We welcome all volunteers and would very much like to hear from members in all parts of the UK.

For details of all Landscape Group events listed above and of additional workshops and events of interest to group members, please visit the group's events page.

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Event categories The categories below aim to help members understand what is on offer at any particular landscape group event. They are also a guide for potential event leaders who might be worried that their photographic skills are not sufficiently strong for them to lead an event.

Group A – Field trips where the guide has a good knowledge of the location (e.g. good viewpoints, good subjects, good times of day, tides if relevant etc.) and will have ideas about what to do in case of unhelpful weather or light conditions, but does not wish to offer any advice on photography skills or techniques.

Group B - Field trips where the trip leader has a good knowledge of the location (as in Group A) but is also willing to offer general technical support and advice to inexperienced photographers. The leader is NOT expected to be an expert in anything but should be sufficiently experienced to pass on knowledge of the basics.

Group C - Field trips that focus on a particular technique – such as long exposures or photographing at night. The leaders of these events will primarily offer advice about technique and location knowledge will be sufficient to enable participants to learn and practice the technique(s) concerned.

Group D - Workshops that primarily focus on skills or technique and where location is irrelevant or is a secondary consideration. These may take place indoors or outdoors. The workshop leader may have limited knowledge of the location but will be experienced and skilled in the topic of the workshop.

Booking Confirmations A few members have contacted us because they were unsure as to whether or not they were booked on an event. Here is a brief guide to how you can check this for yourselves.

When you book a landscape event through the RPS website, the system should send you a confirmation email.

If you have not received it and want to check if you are booked on an event, then login to your account on the RPS website, select the tab labeled events and tick the box for events you are booked on.

Any events you have booked will show up in orange.

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