Paul Richards Norway

TENBY AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

Paul Richards an accomplished nature photographer was brought up in rural Wales where is love of nature began, following 20 years in countryside management, he now devotes his time to photography, running courses and giving talks on nature photography. Back in 2012 Paul had planned a trip to Norway and Sweden in his camper van; the 3 weeks that he and his partner Liz, who is also a photographer planned in 2013 turned into a 10 week adventure. The camera club were entertained on Thursday 6^th February to their trip with the evening being called ‘To Have an Adventure – a Memory in Photographs’.

On arriving in the Artic circle they drove on the RV17 one of the finest coastal roads, an exciting 650km long stretch of road between Steinkjer in the south and Bodo in the north. Norway is home to an impressive number of species of birds in particular the Blue Throat Divers and Sea Eagles, images were also shown of the Artic Fox and Fox puppies – sadly these have been in decline due to the over hunting around the turn of the century, with approximately 150 breeding pairs being recorded to date. Sweden is a land of incredible contrast, home to a vast array of landscapes, from dense pine forests, craggy mountains to rolling hills, all this was portrayed in the images shown.

Norway and Sweden lies north of the Artic Circle which means immense contrasts in seasons, that is temperatures, darkness and light. This was shown to club members in the form of an audio visual presentation called ‘Norway – Land of Midnight Sun’.

The chairman thanked Paul and Liz for an exciting and memorable evening enhanced by the wonderful images shown.

                

Thursday 13^th February – Judging of Landscape entries and handing in of Creative images.

                    

                                                                         

Thursday 20^th February – An evening with Chris Warren and handing in of 3^rd Open.