Our presentation last night (10th November) by the gifted Doton Saguy held 50 members of the Society in thrall as he took us through his exciting photography career. He was born in Israel, grew up in Paris, lived in Manhattan during the 9/11 outrage and now lives in Los Angeles from where he delivered his presentation.
Not a man to let the grass grow under his feet he led us through the second part of his working life, his photography. Delivered clearly, simply and accompanied by a whole series of fantastic photos everyone listened intently and saved up a lot of questions and plaudits for the session at the end of the presentation.
Doton talked of his early learning experiences and Street Photography which moved on to Photo-Journalism, Documentary Photography and finally Travel Photography. What a journey! But we were not just entertained, there were lots of important 'take away' moments - let your pictures tell a story; the thrill of publication; the shot list; DIM and Personal Projects. DIM stands for Design (layering, colour, delight the viewer), Information (clues to the story) and Moment (emotion, action and interaction) - for a full and proper explanation find Dotun on You tube and soak up the knowledge!
Yet another first class speaker for NDPS. It's worth mentioning that Doton was presenting from California in the United States and in the audience was a member of the Kpblenz Foto-club who asked questions - America and Germany joined together for a moment by Norwich and District Photographic Society…!
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