David Keep closes the 2019-2020 Season with inspirational photo-talk

Thank you David for delivering such an awe inspiring talk last night to the members and guests of our Society. David’s presentation - Underwater Photography 1 - brought to a close the 2019-20 season and we could not have chosen anyone better to talk to us. This season Norwich & District Photographic Society hosted 11 outstanding Special Presentations covering a wide genre of photographic subjects at the Methodist Hall before coronavirus struck and we all went into lockdown. Since then NDPS has opened up and hosted a further exceptional 12 online presentations but when we look back we shall all remember David’s talk as one of the standout events of an exceptional season. 

It is not just David’s images that stand out but also his relaxed presentation style and the passionate way he takes people through his trips and explains in detail how the images were captured along with his excellent use of video clips.  We all look forward with both excitement and a little trepidation – having been introduced briefly to the saltwater crocodile - to next season when David returns to share the continuation his journey with Underwater Photography 2. 

Here are a few exmples of David’s outstanding images including the crocodile that are shown with his permission:

Here’s a sample of the comments from our members who clearly had a great night; 

  • Another superb evening. Great drama and a lovely mix of images and video. Good to see video working properly during an online meeting. Thank you, David. 

  • Really interesting lecture - many thanks 

  • Absolutely extraordinary David. What a brilliant evening! Thank you, and look forward to part 2 

  • Amazing! a lot of work involved and it shows with the results, thank you! 

  • Great use of video and super images 

  • Thank you for some brilliant images 

  • Absolutely amazing presentation 

  • Thank you for a superb presentation, really inspirational

NDPS arrangements during Covid-19

Besides organising the weekly online meetings every member has received each week a personal eNewsletter that has also proved to be extremely successful.  Making sure everyone is kept up to date with what is going In Focus has also offered the chance to spotlight the photographic journeys of individual members and other items of interest.   

Lock-down seemed like an unmitigated disaster but the Society has come together and continues to flourish and now our special interest groups are also re-starting as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed. Of course, we are not out of the woods yet, but the signs are very promising - during this period we have even increased the membership and welcomed new paid up members to the fold.

We are looking ahead to the new Season and being able to use the skills we have learned to further

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