Ken Scott ARPS, MBPsS 

Summits and Secrets
A special new retrospective by Ken Scott, celebrating forty-five years of travels and adventure.
“My photography grew up in the mountains where, for the first thirty years or so I simply went for walks – sometimes very long walks – and climbs with a camera. None of my photographs was preconceived; each was made in the moment, as a direct response to light and to the mountain experience. I took this approach with me on all of our travels, not to exotic places, but intimate, personal journeys to places that hold very special places in our hearts.
My photography has diversified in recent times into a daily flow of fleeting moments and observations. All of this stems from the same responsive state of mind, and is now the basis of my coaching work and retreats.
This presentation is a celebration of my adventure experiences with a camera over a lifetime, with a select few of the people most special to me, using photography to paint an authentic picture of who we are, and to tell the stories of Summits and Secrets.”
Ken Scott ARPS APAGB GMBPsS

Website Presentation - Summits and Secrets - Touching the Light - Ken Scott Photography

Jeremy Malley-Smith LRPS EFIAP DPAGB BPE3*

I became interested in wildlife as a teenager whilst watching David Attenborough’s wildlife programmes and I fell in love with photography following a holiday to The Gambia in the early 90s photographing weaver birds, mudskippers & mammals. I became an active member of the local camera club (Wigan Photographic Society) and enjoyed much success winning awards in the club along with several national and international awards. I was a member of Blackburn Camera Club for 7 years and a member of the prestigious Wigan 10 Foto-Club for 4 years helping them receive the FIAP Gold Medal for finishing 2nd best club in the world in the FIAP World Cup and winning the Maurice Dorikens Trophy for the most consistent club in the world three times. During that time, my images helped the club win the PAGB PDI Championship, the PAGB Print Championship, the L&CPU Annual Print Exhibition and other events

Website Scottish Wildlife | Jeremy Malley-Smith

Barbie Lindsay MPAGB EFIAP/s FBPE AWPF​

Barbie is a photographic obsessive. She lives and thrives on the photographic medium. Her world is seen through the eye of the lens and her life totally revolves around her love of photography.

Born in Ipswich, acquired her first camera at the age of 11. She had always hankered after a career as an artist, but never fulfilled this dream. Instead turned her artistic talent to photography in 1982. Now working in the print lab of a large schools photography company, despite hating kids. 

Her love of photography has developed over the years. She lectures across the country, judges nationally, as well as participating in international exhibitions. Was appointed a PAGB judge in 2005. 
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Her biggest achievement to date must be, being part of the Gold medal winning team, representing Britain in the worldwide FIAP biennial print competition. In the same competition she also won an individual silver medal. She has had numerous photographs published in books and newspapers, including one image used as a phone card for BT.

BEYOND GROUP

Barbie asked us to pick 7-8 topics from a list of about 30 that she gave me, and we plumped for the following:

• A quick trip around London at Night.

• Drone Photography.

• Insects.

• People of Character.

• Sporting Action.

• Straight out of Camera Creative.

• Street Photography.

• The Lazy Twitcher

This is Malcolm’s most popular talk and shows a broad range of wildlife subjects and where they might be found. It is suitable for both experienced and novice photographers. For those new to wildlife photography, location, time of year and the weather will all influence what you are likely to see. So, as well as the location, equipment and settings I have included the date taken on each image.

I have been a professional landscape, nature and travel photographer for over twenty-five years. My work has been published worldwide with clients that include: Canon, Amateur Photographer, Outdoor Photography, Photo Plus, Dorset Life, Archant Life publications, Telegraph, Guardian, The Reader's Digest, AA Publishing, The Ordnance Survey and many card and calendar publishers around the world. I have published two successful books on photography technique.
 
Although my main interest is photographing the wildlife and wild places of the British Isles, I also make many overseas trips each year. Wherever I am working I try to capture subjects in new ways, often working on new techniques in order to produce a unique image. Living in South West England I have a variety of beautiful landscapes and interesting habitats right on my doorstep and many of my most successful images have been taken within a few miles of my home.

https://www.guyedwardes.com/

 Paul and Julia Hill have lived in Cheshire since 1990.  They are both keen naturalists and have travelled throughout the UK and beyond photographing birds and other wildlife.  Paul is a Principal Ecologist working four days a week for one of the UK's largest consultancies. 
 
In May 2019, Paul visited Finland, close to the border with Russia, where he spent five days photographing Brown Bears and other wildlife in Taiga.  He has since returned four times.

https://www.paulhillphotography.com/

David is an outstanding underwater and sports photographer. He has given us talks before, showing photos like this above. He goes many miles to get stunning photographs, and his latest underwater photography talk looks like being equally amazing, educational and inspirational for us.

https://www.davidkeepphotography.co.uk/lectures

In this talk I show a range of 'People Pictures'. The images will cover candid's, photojournalism, as well as studio and available light portraits. I explain, as well as giving examples, why some subjects can work in colour, while others can be considerably improved by converting to monochrome.

 
I show some of the best places in the UK to go for 'people pictures': Speakers Corner, Brick Lane, Tate Modern, Blist Hill Victorian Village, The Black Country Museum, The Beamish Museum, 1940's weekends, Tough Guy event, and the Victory Show. I also cover working in a studio with flash and show how to take pictures at Live Rock events and explain how to take candid pictures without people noticing you.

https://rogerhancefrps.com/

Ken Scott is an acclaimed speaker who delivers professional lectures and photography presentations
to camera clubs and photographic societies, mountaineering and walking clubs, arts groups, colleges
and university arts and photography students, and business conferences.
Ken’s engaging style leaves you feeling part of the experience, mixing fun with practical advice,
philosophical and psychological perspectives. And if nothing else, Ken challenges our conventional
ways of thinking.
 
Ken Scott is a photographer, adventurer, speaker and coach from West Sussex, England.
Ken is still best known for his mountain landscape and light photography, which covers more than
forty years of walking and climbing in Britain and overseas. Recent mountain adventures include a
crossing of the Pyrenees High Route (HRP) in 2011 and a solo round of the British Coast in 2017.
To see some of Ken Scott's work see his website at
https://touchingthelight.co.uk/speaking/

Steve considers himself an Art Photographer, and says &; "Whether it is fine art is the viewer’s
decision";. Well, we have a chance to find out. Steve regards photography as much more than just a
series of attractive images. We know from other clubs that his talk is well received
 
His talk will be called; Alternate Camera Manual - Sounds intriguing!
 
Steve runs street photography workshops & other education services for photographers, mainly in
London, and we can have a discount on these by using the code SPA25OFF until the end of 2023, but
also we might arrange that for 2024 if the PG members are sufficiently interested.To see Steve Kingswell's ARPS submission see his website at
http://www.stevekingswell.com/