Platform Zoom Meeting 15th December 2022
This month Jasmina shared images from her last trip to Australia - a fantastic array of flora and fauna.
Platform Zoom Meeting 17th November 2022
Platform Zoom Meeting 20th October 2022
A slightly different format this month as Lynda had prepared a quiz on various aspects of photography to test our knowledge! Sadly technology intervened before we were able to finish the meeting but we will come back to this format in future meetings .
Platform Zoom Meeting 15th September 2022
A bumper selection of images this month on the theme of DECAY.
Platform Zoom Meeting 18th August 2022
We were taken to "moorland" for this month's theme so we enjoyed some beautiful images from around the South West.
Platform Zoom Meeting 21st July 2022
Following the June Field Trip to Wheal Martyn Museum the theme for this meeting was Metal.
It was interesting to see the different interpretations of a similar subject.
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Platform Zoom Meeting 16th June 2022
Following the May Field Trip to St Nectan's Glen the theme for this meeting was Water.
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Platform Zoom Meeting 19th May 2022
This month's theme of Springtime left us in no doubt as to the beauty we are surrounded by here in Cornwall and the talents of our members.
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Platform Zoom Meeting 21st April 2022
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Platform Zoom Meeting 17th March 2022
Platform Zoom Meeting 24th February 2022
Platform Zoom Meeting 20th January 2022
This month's theme was Black and White. There was a great variety of images and some interesting discussion about when and why B&W can work for certain images.
Platform Zoom Meeting 16th December 2021
Platform Zoom Meeting 18th November 2021
Platform Zoom Meeting 21st October 2021
This month's theme was WATER
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If anybody missed the meeting here is a recording of the events!
Platform Zoom Meeting 16th September 2021
Below are the images related to STONE shared at this month's meeting.
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Platform Zoom Meeting 20th August 2021
This month's theme was SEATING which again produced a lovely variety of images.
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Platform Zoom Meeting 15th July 2021
Another varied set of images this month - on the theme FREEDOM. We enjoyed some great discussion about the images and the concepts behind them.
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Platform Zoom Meeting 17th June 2021
The theme for this month was TEXTURES.
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Platform Zoom Meeting 21st May 2021
On an unseasonable, wet and windy day 14 members joined today's meeting. The photographic theme was CIRCLES and the amazing variety of images can be seen in the video below. Prior to that the group discussed how we should conduct our meetings now that lockdown restrictions are easing. It was decided that for the time being both Platform and Photography Extra meetings will be held via Zoom as this enables us to share images and content easily. Face to face meetings will be the monthly Field Trips.
David P has kindly offered to hold a lunchtime social at his house on Thursday 8th July. A bring a plate buffet is planned and partners are invited. More details will follow.
Lastly it was agreed that after this month the Gallery will no longer be updated as we are sharing images on this website from our meetings and field trips. The Galleries created since last March will remain on the website under the Archive heading.
Next month's meeting will be chaired by Jane and the theme will be TEXTURES
Following the meeting Rose sent the coloured version of her images which she had mentioned.
Platform Zoom Meeting 15th April 2021
Our monthly "Platform" meeting yesterday included a fabulous selection of 21 images on the theme of "movement". These can be seen in the video extract below.
Platform Zoom Meeting 18th March 2021
With much excitement Jasmina was able to start this month's meeting with a discussion on the possibility of an April Field Trip. Assuming that as expected the rule of 6 is announced at the end of March we will meet at Caerhays Car Park on April 22nd at 10am. If more than six people attend we will split into different groups. It is incredible to think that our last Field Trip was October 22nd so it will be fantsastic to get together in person six months on.
The theme for sharing images this month was SPRING. There were some interesting and creative interpretations of the theme as well as some more traditional ones, but once again a good number of entries. Thanks to all those who participated.
All dates for upcoming meetings are on the Diary page of the website. Next month's Platform meeting will be chaired by Jane and the theme for images will be MOVEMENT.
Platform Zoom Meeting 18th Febuary 2021
Our second meeting of 2021 was a record breaker with 32 Spring Flower images shared.
The pandemic regulations mean that we had no field trips to plan so Heidi, chair, was able to remind members of March meetings and website update deadline before the meeting enjoyed a extended perusal of Spring Flowers. It was fascinating to see the diversity and creativity of the pictures, especially given that the weather has conspired to limit the number of blooms out in gardens.
We all agreed to wait and see what the government roadmap, to be published next week, allows before discussing future outdoor activities.
The next Zoom Platform meeting is Thursday 18th March at 2pm. The chair is Jasmina and the theme for images is Spring.
Remember other important dates are on the diary page of the website.
Platform Zoom Meeting 21st January 2021
The first meeting of the New Year saw a great turnout of 18 members.
As usual business was rapidly dispatched so we could concentrate on images:
- All field trips are on hold pending easing of lockdown. It was agreed not to make any future plans at the moment.
- The next Photo Extra meeting is at 5pm on Monday1st feb when Jenni C and Lynda will give a demonstration of "Using the Photoshop Selections Tool"
- Meeting chairs for the next 3 months were agreed ( Feb - Heidi, March - Jasmina, April - Jane)
- The theme for images at next month's meeting is "Spring Flowers"
The range of images shared under the theme of "New" was excellent. Amongst other things they included ICM, abstract, views from your home, using mirrors to reflect objects and many more. The extract of the meeting shown below covers two very different types of image as you will see when you watch - both ingenious and thought provoking!
Platform Zoom Meeting 17th December 2020
Our Platform finale for 2020 was a successful Zoom meeting chaired by David and attended by 12 members.
We began with routine business matters:
- the field trip on 28th January will be to Respryn and Lanhydrock and led by Lindsay and Steph. Depending on numbers there will be up to two starting points, Respryn car park and the main Lanhydrock House car park. More details in the New Year;
- the 25th of February field trip will be to Port Isaac, organised by Sue;
- the theme of the Photography Extra meeting on the 4th of January is "Improving Pictures". It's about sharing images you'd like to work on further;
- we were reminded that the next website update is 25th January 2021. Images for the gallery should be sent to Lindsay or Steph by noon on the 23rd January 2021;
- we talked about the need to save space on the website by sending pictures with a file size below 250kb. There will be help to do this at a future meeting. Some of the pictures from Platform meetings are now shared as a video clip, see the link below;
- Roland kindly volunteered to chair the next meeting, 21st January 2021. The topic is NEW.
David gave an update about the Aspect2 online training on 9th February 2021. 21 members have expressed an interest. The exciting development is that some of us will be able to submit our photographs to be worked on and critiqued during the workshop.
18 diverse Still Life images were shared. Flowers were a popular theme. There were some staged arrangements including the use of black perspex sheet for reflection, draped fabrics and Photoshop embedding technique.
Platform Zoom Meeting 19th November 2020
It may have been the sunniest afternoon of the week, but 10 members stayed in the warm for our meeting chaired by Jane.
We were reminded that, due to Covid 19 restrictions on social gatherings, the field trip planned for the 26th is cancelled. We went on to agree to cancel the 24th of December field trip and so the next field trip will be on 22nd of January to Respryn and Lanhydrock, obviously this is dependent on the pandemic lockdown arrangements in place in the New Year.
David has been investigating the possibility of some high quality Zoom training sessions with aspect2i click here. We agreed that he should arrange a presentation by the company on the choice of training sessions they offer at the next platform meeting.
Jane reminded us that the next website update is the 30th November so images for the Gallery should be sent to Lindsay or Steph by noon on the 29th November. Also that the next Zoom Photography Extra meeting is on Monday the 7th December at 5 pm. The topics arising from the critique session in November are the Perspective Warp and Transform tools in Photoshop and Color Grading in Lightroom.
The theme for images to be submitted for the December Platform meeting is “Still Life”. And David will be in the chair.
25 images on the theme of “Autumn” where shown. A video clip of the images and discussion is at the end of this report.
Heidi introduced us to her new group called “Art Experiments” where members will be encouraged to investigate how various crafts especially, but not wholly, those which use photographs as inspiration. Further information is on the Lostwithiel u3a website click here.
OCTOBER 2020
16th July 2020 Platform Zoom Meeting
In a year of firsts for the Photography Group we held our first Platform meeting since February via Zoom today. Twelve of us enjoyed a very convivial 90 minutes, discussing a wide range of topics and reviewing several members' images via the Share Screen function.
Once we had all worked out the best way to view all the participants in the meeting we exchanged our usual banter and remarked how even the lack of hairdressers and barbers had not affected our good looks!
We had a discussion about some of the topics suggested for future meetings. One had caught the eye - "How much post processing is too much?". We had a general discussion about each person's view depending on their style of photography and particular interest.
It was agreed that Field Trips would restart formally in September once the number of visitors had reduced, and any further change in restrictions relating to Covid are known.
Several members had submitted images so we took the opportunity to share these on screen so we could discuss them. This included a fascinating description from Jenni C about her images. A video of this part of the meeting is included below.
(A message from Rose for those at the Zoom meeting - the software she uses on her ipad is MOLDIV)
Lynda informed the group about the wide range of talks and workshops available via the RPS website. Many are free or available at negligible cost, even for non members. Lindsay also mentioned a group for female photographers called SheClicks which has run a number of very interesting talks which are available as videos now. Several members have used these online talks and workshops to improve their skills in the last few months so it was great to share these with each other.
We all agreed that Zoom was a great way to replace our Platform meetings for the next few months, and that we should take the same approach for our monthly Photography Extra meeting normally held on a Monday evening. The dates for the next meetings will be included in the fortnightly website update on Monday 20th July.
February 2020 Platform Meeting - The Weather
A few sample images from our members presented at the last meeting - click on the image below to see more
