Have I Got Nudes For You!

The best way of viewing an image is as a print, as the viewer sees it exactly as the author wants them to view it, and I think the best way of showing prints is as a talk where you can explain each of the prints to the audience. So as I produce far more images than I can possibly use in competitions I was very pleased when Bob Moore asked me to do a talk around a year ago for Arden Photo Group.

This led to a talk last November at Wrekin Arts, which led to an invitation to do my talk at another club Whitchurch, and my name has got around and now quite a few more societies want me to see my talk. I talk for around 90 minutes, split into two halves with a break in between and show around 120 of my prints. I show some of my early prints and explain how and why I got into photographing models, and then show the journey through to more recent work including my successful panels.

This is how I start so that members of the audience know what to expect :)

My next talk is at Smethwick Photographic Society on 30th May, and the Royal Photographic Society have kindly decided to advertise the talk in their latest journal, which has generated quite a bit of interest. So I’ll need to be on top form then :-S

As the phrase goes “unaccustomed as I am to public speaking”, but actually I found I had no problem because I am passionate about my images, and as soon as I put a print up I instinctively know what I want to express, and the audiences have been very receptive and interested in my images.

So here’s a few older images from the talk that you may not have seen on this blog, plus there’s all my well known and more recent images:

And as quite a few people have asked where I am appearing, here’s my current schedule of talks. I shall put these dates in a sidebar to my blog and try to keep it up to date. I think most, if not all, of the venues allow visitors, so feel free to pop along and say hi.

2013
May 30th – Smethwick Photographic Society
July 16th – Dorchester Camera Club
Sept 11th – Dumfries Camera Club
Sept 13th – Carluke Camera Club
Sept 16th – Dundee Photographic Society
Sept 17th –Milngavie & Bearsden Camera Club