Published on November 12th, 2016 | by Content Admin

Photographic Society: November Report

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At the November Club Night, Viveca Koh FRPS gave a presentation entitled ‘Urban Exploration to Fine Art: A Photographic Journey’. A self-taught Fine Art photographer with many exhibitions and lectures to her name, Viveca spoke of her photographic development over the past few years. Coming across UK Urban Exploration in 2009 led her to photograph abandoned mental asylums and hospitals, which encouraged her to experiment with digital post-processing, gradually developing a very different style of photography. The photographs Viveca showed of an abandoned children’s ward and demolished asylums, atmospherically illustrated the desolation of buildings that were once full of life. More experimentation with texture overlays led to a collection of images based around what remains when people leave a building for the last time – her images perfectly captured the look of decay and loneliness of empty buildings.

Recently, Viveca’s work has moved towards a more artistic and painterly style, which she calls her Fine Art Photography. Her passion for abandoned buildings, tiny details and ‘small parts of bigger things’, was superbly illustrated by the images shown. Viveca is particularly skilled in using texture layers and overlays and experimenting with digital double exposure, giving her images an added visual and sometimes haunting dimension. She was awarded the highest Fellowship distinction of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS) for her work in 2014. Viveca’s presentation was inspiring, conceptually exciting and visually stimulating throughout, and very much appreciated by her audience.

The next Society Club Nights will be on 7 December, when member Gail Girvan will present, ‘From the shadows back to the light: Pastels to camera’; on 4 January, when members will present their ‘Three best images of 2016’; and on 1 February when member Paul Brewerton will give his presentation (topic to be advised). The next Workshop, on 16 November, is on ‘Camera controls, light sensitivity and white balance’, led by member Simon Lutter, and on 18 January the Workshop, on ‘Outdoor photography: Shooting the sky at night’, will be led by Jim Muller. There is no Workshop in December. All meetings start at 7.30pm, and are held in the Cartwright Hotel, Aynho. Please come along – you will be warmly welcomed.

Wendy Meagher

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