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Seeing in Black and White by Eileen Rafferty
Seeing in Black and White by Eileen Rafferty

This evening from the far north of the United States, not so far from the border with Canada Eileen delivered her lecture on seeing in black and white. Her background was in film, and she was a full time darkroom technician in her early work life, and she mused how black and white was still an alluring form after 200 years or so.

Eileen was keen to point out at the very start that black and white conversion was definitely not a way to 'save' a picture! She said that a photograph was in two parts - form and content, the form is visible, and the content tells the story or concept or meaning. Inspiration can be drawn from early photos.

Using these old pictures we can ask 'Why black and white?', what is contrast and where is the eye of the person looking at the picture being drawn and why. Black and white images eliminate the dominance of colour and bring attention to content. The image is more homogenous in black and white, more dramatic! Obviously black and white is a departure from reality because colour is 'everyday'.

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Special Presentation, Special EventMaurice Youngphoto-talk, zoom, black & white
At the bottom of our Garden - Jayne Odell FRPS, FIPF opens the Autumn Season
At the bottom of our Garden - Jayne Odell FRPS, FIPF opens the Autumn Season

Last night nearly 55 people, including some of our friends from Old Coulsden Photographic Society, London, were treated to a feast of black and white images from Jayne Odell based on her attainment of both ARPS and FRPS from the Royal Society. All presented under the heading of At The Bottom of Our Garden!

Jayne began by outlining how her interest in photography was fired. Like many of us she began with landscape photographs from family holidays, in her case the Lake District, before later moving on to club photography, exhibitions, salons and finally RPS distinctions.

She showed us her kit, Nikon full frame SLR plus 5 lens' and now more often Fuji mirrorless plus 2 lens'

Jayne attempted the Associateship first following an advisory day, which means 15 pictures and a Statement of Intent. Success!

But having achieved Associateship was Fellowship possible? She held back but continued to enjoy taking photographs! She moved to Newmarket and found a stables at the bottom of her garden and became intrigued with the morning 'runs' and the regular workings of a stables. Then, quite by chance she met the trainer, Charlie Fellowes who wanted photos of his horses, and this led to a long standing relationship between the racing stable and the photographer. Jayne began to photograph everything from before dawn when the first string of horses head out to exercise on the Heath to all the candid behind the scenes shots of the teamwork that is so evident around the yard.

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Special Presentation, ZoomMaurice Youngblack & white, rps distictions