Speaker – : Chris Bonnington – Insight into Hindu Weddings and My Recent Photography Story
Chris will be delivering a two part presentation. The first will be an “Insight into Hindu Weddings” which has become a regular activity for Chris and a colleague. The second part will be a demonstration of his recent images. Chris is a member of the Carluke Camera Club and is Secretary of the Scottish Photographic Circle, which is based at Queens Park Camera Club
Some info from Chris’s web page.
“I have been interested in photography for many years. I started with an Olympus OM30 and it didn’t take long before I converted my walk-in wardrobe into a B&W dark room.
After a number of years away from photography the advancement of digital SLR cameras enticed me back and it didn’t take long to embrace the digital work flow process.
I am a member of Carluke Camera Club and also a member of The Scottish Photographic Circle, through which I have prints exhibited alongside other circle member’s work.
Since May 2014 I have been entering the odd photographic salon exhibition gaining many acceptances together with a silver medal in the mono portrait section of the 2014 Guernsey (British) Photographic Exhibition, a bronze medal in the landscape section of the 2015 Frome Wessex (British) Salon, a gold medal for best colour landscape print in the 2015 Scottish International Photographic Exhibition, and a silver medal in the 2016 landscape section of the Dingwall (British) exhibition.
During 2017 I attained my BPE3 before channelling my time and effort into my submission for the DPAGB awards assessment in November; it was down in Colchester which was a long drive and I was very relieved to achieve the required score. You can see the images that I used in the gallery linked below.
In 2018 I was pleasantly surprised when one of my prints was voted joint overall best print in The Scottish Photographic Circle’s annual exhibition (voted for by the members). Through 2018/19 I have been enjoying aerial photography using a drone and learning all the safety requirements that go with that”.