TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB
What a wonderful conclusion to the 2012—2013 winter programme at the camera club meeting on Thursday 2nd May. The guest speaker was Leigh Woolford AWPF, EFIAP a member of Gwynfa Camera club, who this year won the best coloured projected image at the 2013 Welsh Salon of Photography. Leigh visits many clubs and organisations giving talks together with his judging duties, he is also responsible for the Welsh Photographic Federation Website news. His talk was titled ‘A Search for Focus’, he told club members that he was introduced to the workings of the camera at a very early age by his father who like Leigh was passionate about his hobby. To give those present an insight to where his own subject matter came from, we were shown images that his father had taken, then Leigh visited those same locations 50 years on to capture, in his way, that same image.
It was in 1981 that Leigh owned his first SLR camera and his motivation was being a member of the camera club and seeing other peoples images, he has been greatly inspired by the works of internationally known photographers such as Winston Lik, Todd Webb and Ansel Adams to name but a few.
Leigh was born and bred in Pontypridd and uses his home town in many of his images. His talk brought us on a journey through the titles of motivation, inspiration, urban environment, people and candid images, with his own interpretation and often humorous comments and stories on the places and people he has met.
Leigh finished the evening with a taster for a future visit to the club on the subject of ‘Iceland’
Camera club work shops are being held during the summer months and the club will meet again at St Florence Community Hall on 5th September for the 2013-2014 winter programme.
