On Thursday 12th September 2024, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Doors Open at 7:45pm
At St James Church Hall, Marshall Hill Dr, Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 6FY
The evening is open to non-members at a cost of £4.00 each on the door. Refreshments included.
Nik is a super talented local professional photographer working from a natural light studio in Retford. She has developed a signature black and white style which she demonstrates in all genres of photography. She has a strong social media following and has been featured in Vogue. She has also worked on a campaign with Mind which featured her style for incorporating motion blur in studio portraits and still life.
She will be presenting much of her work but particularly an ongoing project: Not alone but allone She will present her current projects exploring how we are all part of the same thing using conceptual landscape, street portraits, studio portraits and still life compositions.
In the 80’s I carried out studio work for a marketing company which began my interest. In the 90’s I became Digital Print Manager for a company and even though I was working abroad I was travelling around a lot and did not have time to carry on with my photography. I met my wife in 2006 and her (adult) son was very interested in photography and this sparked my interest again having someone to talk to about equipment etc. I then purchased my first Nikon, a D300 digital camera. Due to health confines I only used my camera infrequently. I then purchased by Sony AR74 in 2022 and following a chance meeting with Nick Pearce at Langar airfield (both of us taking photographs), this spurred me on to join the Outlaws in 2023.
I have had an interest in photography from adolescence and always liked to take along one of those tiny single use cameras on holidays with friends; that I had to send away to get my prints.
Opposite Papplewick Pumping Station there is a small area of pools called Papplewick ponds. Several NOPS members had a socially distanced meeting to explore this area. The pond has a lot of wildlife and is surrounded by reeds, silver birch trees and gorse bushes. The evening finished with a lovely sunset behind the pond.
29th April saw the first of our combined theme and open PDI competitions as we make our way back to post-Covid normality. Our judge for the evening was Steve Walters and he did a great job, bringing some interesting and very constructive comments to the task.
29th April saw the first of our combined theme and open PDI competitions as we make our way back to post-Covid normality. Our judge for the evening was Steve Walters and he did a great job, bringing some interesting and very constructive comments to the task.
Many of NOPS Outlaws members have been recently exploring a local ancient woodland. Ploughman Wood is situated near the village of Lambley. It is owned and managed by Notts Wildlife Trust. The wood dates back to the 13th century.
