Leighton Buzzard Photographic Club: Photographic “Retrospective”
On Wednesday February 18 Leighton Buzzard Photographic Club welcomed Steven Galvin ARPS with his illustrated talk “Retrospective” showcasing the full range – genres, subjects, techniques – of the images he has produced.
Steven is a freelance photographer, photography judge, and speaker. With an IT industry background, he is interested in bringing art, photography, and computing together.
A “retrospective” is a compilation showing the development of an artist's work over a period of time. So this “excuse to go through my old photos” was a fascinating and enjoyable journey through Steven’s best images to date.
He told us about his influences, his motivations, and his passions. And the photographic wander through his back catalogue encompassed an eclectic mix of humour, sport, portraiture, street, travel, architecture, aerospace, all sorts of natural history, music, visual art, and more.
And along the way, Steven fully demonstrated his many camera and post-processing skills. These included multiple exposures, panning, panorama, composite, photo stacking, focus stacking, HDR, and macro.
Steven’s entertaining presentation covered many aspects of photography and was lavishly illustrated with a multitude of projected images (helpfully, many with camara settings etc shown) and a display of prints. And Steven packed a huge amount into the time available with lots of information and stories.
We are always keen to share our passion for photography and provide a warm welcome for new members at our meetings (at Greenleas School, Derwent Road). We run a varied programme of activities for photographers of all levels. See our website at lbpc.org.uk for details and join us soon to unleash your creativity.