ImageZ Camera Club

25/05/2021

Here is the photographic story from one of our members Kathy Chantler for the April Practical Challenge - Minimalist

“Thanks again to Chenxi for all the inspiration and advice he has given for the latest Monthly Challenge of Minimalism. This is a subject I particularly enjoy but is remarkably hard to find the shots – they always appear when least expected. Minimalism is all about stripping something back to its bare bones; it’s more than just showing an object with a lot of negative space. Always interesting to see what you can leave out and yet still ‘say’ exactly what is there."

-Kathy Chantler

09/05/2021

Here is the photographic story from one of our members Chenxi Ni for the March Practical Challenge - Glass

“I really challenged myself on this month’s theme – glass. It is a transparent object with a highly reflective surface, which makes it extremely difficult to lit. After a few experiments with a variety of light sources (such as table lamp, strobe light, speedlite and TV), I found the back lighting method fit the subject well.

With some little success of photographing high-key empty glasses at the beginning of the projects, I start to work on the low-key wine bottles with gradient rim light. Subsequently, I was busy playing water splash out of glass, that was such good fun 😛 In the end, I had to smash some of the wine glasses for finish off the project, lol.

All in all, it was a successful month for me. I watched a lot of Youtube videos and tried quite a few different setups for photographing glass, and definitely learnt a lot. Looking forward to the next month’s challenge. "

- Chenxi

26/04/2021

Here is the photographic story from one of our members Dee Adams for the March Practical Challenge - Glass

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the glass challenge this month as it made me push my limits and learn something new. I have learnt how to use my tv as a light source as i have no other lighting. I was so inspired with other members techniques and excited to give some of those a go. As a beginner, it has helped me to focus on one thing and try and improve my images by trying different techniques. Im very much looking forward to next months challenges.”

-Dee Adams

20/04/2021

Here is the photographic story from one of our members Tami Nunley for the March Practical Challenge - Glass

“I learned that it was harder than I thought to photograph glass. it reflects everything! I almost managed to eliminate the window reflections by using boards on the sides, and a light pad behind the glasses. I also learned how to ‘improvise’ with red wine vinegar for the red, and by mixing turmeric with water to look like champagne!”

-Tami Nunley

15/04/2021

Here is the photographic story from one of our members Carol Haines for the March Practical Challenge - Glass

"I haven’t really worked with glass very much before so when planning the work, I thought about light, reflection, and background. I looked at some images on the internet of other photographers to give me some inspiration and during our first meeting we looked at how to build a set with card to diffuse the light, and the use of a reflective black tile to put the glasses on.

We also discussed backgrounds. This pushed me into buying a Light Pad and a glass ball to do some reflective work. Both were relatively cheap on the Internet.

On the first evening we shared our attempts and discussed the difficulties we had found. This was extremely helpful and although some photographers are more experienced everyone felt at ease to share their work. I particularly liked Kathy’s work where she had lined some wine glasses up one behind the other and the reflections of each glass reflected through the bowl of the glass giving odd shapes. This is what I tried. The light box gave a diffused backing to my work and my kitchen surface gave a dull reflection. I shone a lamp on the glass as I do not have flashlights and was pleased with the results. The first challenge made me experiment, made me think about structure in a Tabletop image and gave me a new idea to work on. "

- Carol Haines

08/04/2021

Here is the photographic story from one of our members Sarah Jennings for the March Practical Challenge - Glass

"This project was really out of my comfort zone, so was left until the last week to get started I’m afraid.

Setting up took a while, then the light was not right and the backdrop all wrong, lots of shadows including the photographer and her camera .Enough try again but another day.

Next session in the dark, new backdrop and involving husband holding torch with coloured beams. This time I did manage to produce some images, not competition material but worth the effort and I certainly learnt a lot ."

- Sarah Jennings

05/04/2021

Here is the photographic story from one of our members Kathy Chantler for the March Practical Challenge - Glass

"Glass was certainly a challenging subject - it is just so reflective and picks up light from anywhere and everywhere. I was particularly interested in the rim lighting with black background and the added distortion effects with liquid included as well as the occasional splash Still a great deal to learn and master so it will be an ongoing project."

11/05/2019

Chiltern Images Print Exhibition is on

16/04/2019

For the first time ever in our club history, ImageZ Camera Club won the Rosebowl 2018-2019!!! The Rosebowl trophy is presented to ImageZ CC by Colin Harrison (the judge on the night) with Mark Buckley-Sharp (Chairman of CACC). Please check out the detailed news on our website:

The CACC Rosebowl 2018-2019 final event was held at Amersham on 14th April. For the first time ever in the club history, ImageZ won the Roesbowl with 152 points !!!! Many congratulations to everyone !!! In the image above, the Rosebowl trophy is presented to ImageZ CC by Colin Harrison (the judge on...

16/01/2019

What is better than replacing the paper cups with the coffee mugs? The mugs with our club logo!! Enjoy ^_^

25/12/2018

Thank you to all those who gave us a great Christmas party. Merry Christmas !!!!

04/12/2018

One of the member's shots from the Light Painting Practical Night, it was a great fun. Thanks to Chris for organising this.