Members Galleries - Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club

Welcome to the SBA Camera Club Members Galleries. Each member featured has selected a number of images that best illustrate their photographic interests and talent. You can see an additional gallery on our Featured Members page, currently showcasing a selection of fine images by Steve Davenport.

Malcolm Balmer
Chris Edgecombe
Steve Osbiston

Mike Herrmann
Jay Warnes
Roger Gibson
Sarah Simpson

Elizabeth Jubb
Pam Watts
Dave Chapman
Chris Dowding

Dave Chapman

Those of you that have got to know Dave well will know that he is a cheerful character with a great sense of humour. He says that he first got into serious photography in the early days of his career in the Police force. In those days, he was taking scene of crime photographs with a 6 x 4 plate camera!

These days he has fully embraced digital technology and is always keen to expand his collection of camera gear via eBay! Dave has a great eye for spotting a candid image or seeing the detail in a composition.

Dave Chapman - Arctic Corsair

Dave Chapman - Bradford Abbas

Out for Dinner - Dave Chapman

Dare I risk it - Dave Chapman

Wash Time - Dave Chapman

Unknown Pair -Dave Chapman

Underwater -Dave Chapman

Tree End -Dave Chapman

The Chapel - Dave Chapman

Sidmouth -Dave Chapman

Orkneys -Dave Chapman

Dave Chapman

Views of Bradford Abbas - Dave Chapman

A Brief Encounter -Dave Chapman

Cerne Abbas Manor -Dave Chapman

Doronicum -Dave Chapman

Down Below -Dave Chapman

Happy Days -Dave Chapman

Highlands -Dave Chapman

Iron Gate -Dave Chapman

Lonely -Dave Chapman

Made From Salt -Dave Chapman

Dave C - Nature's Patterns

Dave C- Natural Waters

Steve Orbiston

There is a boat in my wine – On a dull grey wet day in our Hotel on the edge of Lake Garda I couldn’t resist experimenting with the camera on my phone to obtain this shot, one that was taken by the hotel owner for their scrap book.

The Perfect Rose – The creamy orange of this rose is enhanced by the rain drops. We prided ourselves on our Roses in Kingston.

Stag Party – It was Boxing Day 2017, the Stags in Richmond Park had clearly had a busy Christmas Day.

Spinnaker Tower – Whether you look down from the viewing platform or look up the architecture behind this 20 year old Tower is still a wonder to admire in Portsmouth.

Sheep – In 2014 a visit to the Hereford Show gave an opportunity for the sheep to pose after a haircut during the sheep sheering competition. No mint sauce was used in this picture!

Salvador in Sepia – Inspired by a picture in our hotel room in Salvador Brazil the opportunity to take a similar shot arose when parking our hire car on the top story of a car park on the edge of the old quarter. Adjusted to Sepia to give that timeless hue to a scene that has not changed in over 50 years.

Row Boat – A chalk stream running through a National Trust property sat a row boat with picnic hamper ready for toad to indulge himself! .

Remain defeated – In 2019 following the final march of Remain Campaigners many protestors left their placards in Parliament Square, they tell a story.

Red Tulip – Wisley RHS a display of creamy tulips with a rogue red one that begged to be captured using the colour selection on the Nikon.

Logs on beach B&W plus blue – Using the blue colour select feature on my Nikon the contrast between the blue sky and the sandy beach is enhanced by the driftwood on this Scottish Beach.

Najac Fog – Rising early to get to the bakers in town the valley mists were swirling around the hill top village of Najac.

Olives in France – Market days in France are always an opportunity to photograph colourful stalls, this olive stall was full of colour.

Orange London – So many people take this picture from the South Bank so spicing it up with a change in the colour pallet gave a different perspective back in 2012. Taken with a Nikon Bridge Camera.

OXO – Using the red colour select feature the OXO lettering shines out on the OXO Tower on London’s South Bank.

Pillar of Light – In 2014, in addition to the poppies flowing out of the Tower Of London, a very strong beam of light was projected into the night sky near Westminster. The combination of the light, Big Ben and the Underground sign gave a great opportunity for a reflective shot.

Porthleven yellow buoy – Cornish fishing ports attract a great many photo opportunities. To add some colour to the B&W shot the yellow buoy was selected using the colour selection mode.

Portrait in a Portrait Gallery – taken in 2019 in the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome. A special B&W Portrait section in the Gallery was an ideal stage for a bit of portrait photography. There was no colour selections but the yellow top is subtle enough against the wood floor, the rest of the room being white with the B&W pictures on the walls.

Raindrops on leaf – Nikon Bridge Camera capturing the raindrops on this hairy leaf.

Lemnos Windmill – Deep blue skies are the perfect backdrop to these old Greek windmills.

Lapland sunrise – The sun takes a long time to rise and set when on the edge of the Artic Circle. Set on top of the highest Fell in Lapland the fir trees are turned into weird creatures. Here a bird masks the sunrise.

Lake Garda Sunset – 2019, the first night this amazing sunset presented itself as we dined in the Val Di Sogno. Taken using a camera phone.

Green leaf – 2015, catching the sun in a leafy glade.

GIs in Normandy – Taken on the 71st anniversary of the D-Day landings. The French go to town to remember the beginning of their liberation from the Nazi’s. Even German paratroopers take part. However, this scene could have been from 1944 not 2015.

Gary in Concert – Portrait of Gary Barlow at the Portsmouth Civic Hall on his 2018 solo tour. It took many attempts to get the camera setting right to record the scene.

Cycling up that hill – The Prudential Ride London event has become a fixture in the calendar since to 2012 Olympics. The first trial of it in 2011 brought the Green Jersey (Mark Cavendish) out onto the streets of Surrey. 8 years later it was one of the last rides for Sir Bradley Wiggins, but it is the ordinary people that make this event a great photographic opportunity.

Brazil coconut – Horizons don’t always have to be level, this beach scene was typical of some of the sandy stretches along the North East coastal area around Salvador.

Brantome at dusk – Travelling back from a holiday in France this village on the Drome River offers plenty of photographic opportunities. This picture was taken with on a tripod with an exposure time close to 2 seconds.

Borough Market birdman – A photographic day out around London Bridge & Borough Market with plenty of subject matter. People at work was a theme of the day.

Board Photographer in Lyme – Taken in 2021 on a daytrip to Lyme Regis.

Lapland sunset moon rise – With the sun setting early and a half crescent moon, deep snow – a perfect setting for a snap using a compact.

Malcolm Balmer

Please visit Malcolm's website, Dorset Camera to view a larger selection of his admirable work. The site is home to a growing collection of photographs taken on Malcolms travels throughout Dorset and further afield.

Yew abstract - Malcolm Balmer

Win Green

Win Green ICM

Water abstract

The Rumps

Summer solstice

Summer fields - Malcolm Balmer

Sturminster Mill

Sturminster Mill mono

Storm Atiyah at Hartland Quay

Storm Atiyah at Hartland Quay 3

Storm Atiyah at Hartland Quay 2

St Michaels Mount

St Ives

Secret Satellite Dish

Scafell range

Rush hour in Sherborne

Rock Strata Cornwall

On the way back from Hayden

Lyme Regis

Lenthay Copse

High Tide at Hartland Quay

Hartland Quay Sunset

Christopher Kurtz Tisbury

Botallack

Autumn at Stourhead

Mike Herrmann

Mike has been a keen amateur photographer from an early age, obtaining his first camera aged 11, and dabbling in the darkroom with an enlarger by 13! His interest continued to grow, and by the 1980's he was developing and printing colour film. His work frequently prevented him from being as active as he would have wished but the advent of digital photography and retirement rekindled his interest with a new found enthusiasm. Today he boasts a full frame digital camera and a good selection of lenses, and is again able to print his own work. He is active in two camera clubs, and having achieved his licentiate-ship with the RPS he is considering an attempt at becoming an associate.

To see more great examples of Mikes work please visit his website at www.mikeherrmann.co.uk/

Worms Head at sunset - Mike Herrmann

The Yeovilton Airshow

The Wreck of The Helvetica 2

The wreck of the Helvetica 1

The Wise Owl

The Wey Navigation Canal

The View to Mumbles Pier

The Tate Gallery Turbine Hall-Mike Herrmann

The Old Port at Swansea

The Bike Race

Stourhead autumn

Stormy evening at Austage End

St Ives Harbour

Sherborne after Lockdown

Rhossili Beach late afternoon-Mike Herrmann

Red Squirrell in Hampshire

On my lockdown walk

Mumbles Lifeboat station

Morning exercise

Minterne Gardens

Melincourt Waterfalls Resolven

Lyme

Kids at Angkor Wat

Golden Cap

Gold Hill

From Kinder Scout

From Corton Ridge

Forde Abbey 2

Forde Abbey (1 of 1)

Felix Sylvestris

Epsom stables - Mike Herrmann

Brooklands

Berwick Street Market

A Kite in The Chilterns

Jay Warnes

Jays photography aims to give people a glimpse of how he sees the world and its people, mixed in with a few ideas that lurk in the dark corners of his mind! It's a creative outlet that allows him to get an idea or an interpretation of a scene into being at the speed of light, rather than waiting for the paint to dry.

You can see more examples of his art, design and photography at Bluebox on facebook.

Icini - Jay Warnes

Viking Steed - Jay Warnes

Vix - Jay Warnes

The Boxer - Jay Warnes

Roman Arches - Jay Warnes

Kenny - No Closure - Jay Warnes

Larry - Apherium - Jay Warnes

Fire Wood - Jay Warnes

Dan - No Closure - Jay Warnes

Blues Scale - Jay Warnes

Paris Catacombs - Jay Warnes

Love on the Dance floor - Jay Warnes

In the Meadow - Jay Warnes

Lille - Jay Warnes

Shades - Jay Warnes

Violet - Jay Warnes

Vik Trolls - Iceland - Jay Warnes

First Kiss - Jay Warnes

Aron - Jay Warnes

The Eternal Autumn - Jay Warnes

Storm Troopers - Jay Warnes

Almonds - Jay Warnes

Pyramide Cornerstone

Pink Haze

Per Kelt - Jay Warnes

Lola - Jay Warnes

The Dark Side - Jay Warnes

Peekaboo - Jay Warnes

Dan - No Closure - Jay Warnes

John Humphries - Jay Warnes

Apherium - Jay Warnes

Colour - Jay Warnes

AJ - Apherium - Jay Warnes

Larry - Apherium - Jay Warnes

Chloe Boa - Jay Warnes

Sith

Pearl Drop

Jay Warnes

Elizabeth Jubb

Elizabeth is a long-standing member of the SBA Camera Club and holds a key position on the clubs committee. More importantly she is a very enthusiastic, talented and creative photographer, having been rewarded for her efforts with a trophy or two in the club competitions.

As well as capturing these very worthy images, it must be mentioned that Liz is equally talented when it comes to baking the clubs annual mince pies - like her photographs, simply gorgeous!

Stand out in the Crowd

Sherborne Castle Gardens

Sherborne Castle

Sherborne Abbey

Elizabeth Jubb

On the rocks

Elizabeth Jubb

Going Fishing

Super Moon

Hen Harrier

Minterne

Coast view Essex

Coming in to Land

Faulensee Switzerland

Feasting

Gettysburg

London Old and New

No Vacancy

Shadows

Sherborne Castle

Niagara Falls

Hellebore

Architectural Detail

Pam Watts

Pam is a relatively new member of the club, but has already won us over with her charm, wit and obvious photographic talent! She has been known to make a clean sweep of competitions, submitting well deserved shots that have impressed her fellow members and judges alike.

Pam is also a member of the committee, taking on the role of communications, which she is certainly proving to be more than capable.

You can see more of Pam's work on our Competition pages, where she is often featured (occasionally nabbing the silverware)!

Sunflowers, Penne D’Agenais

Small Tortoiseshell, Forde Abbey

Salisbury Cathedral Font

Salisbury Cathedral

Poppies

Omaha Beach, Normandy American Cemetery 2

Omaha Beach, Normandy American Cemetery

Mont St-Michel

Lost in an iPad! Wilton House

I Can See You!!!

Honfleur, Normandy

Cheselbourne Sheepdog Trial

Arum Maculatum

Albi, France

Nose to nose

Chris Dowding

Chris is possibly the clubs most modest photographer, but as you can see from her gallery she is more than capable of producing outstanding images!

Chris's passion for natural history photography has seen her travel far and wide, capturing the exotic and local wildlife with the same flare, precision and technical ability that has earned her placings and silverware in the clubs competitive arena (and she makes a decent cuppa too)!

Carmine Bee-Eaters - Zambia - Chris Dowding

Sri Lanka - Chris Dowding

Carmine Bee-Eaters - Zambia - Chris Dowding

Toque Macaque Sri Lanka - Chris Dowding

Steenbok - Kalahari - Chris Dowding

Bhutan - Chris Dowding

Spitsbergen - Chris Dowding

Snow Bunting - Greenland - Chris Dowding

Ringed-tailed Lemur - Madagascar - Chris Dowding

Reed Warbler - Radipole - Chris Dowding

Bhutan - Chris Dowding

Red-throated Bee-eater Ghana (1) - Chris Dowding

Polar Bear - Spitsbergen - Chris Dowding

Woolly Lousewort - Greenland - Chris Dowding

Nursery-web Spider - Chetnole - Chris Dowding

Reed Buntings mating - Grey Lake - Chris Dowding

Bowhead Whale - Greenland - Chris Dowding

Mona Monkey - Ghana - Chris Dowding

Common Wainscot moth - Chris Dowding

Golden Langur - Bhutan - Chris Dowding

Hawk Owl - Sweden - Chris Dowding

Himalayas - Bhutan - Chris Dowding

Sable Antelope - Kalahari - Chris Dowding

Little Auks - Spitsbergen - Chris Dowding

Chris Edgecombe

Chris is one of the clubs newest and least experienced members, but as you can see from his gallery, he has already amassed a collection of mature and interesting compositions. Traditionally a landscape photographer but is happy to try new things.

Chris’s passion for learning and experimentation has seen him develop dramatically since joining the club and he is always eager to try something different as a means to keep expanding the boundaries of his comfort zone in order to improve his photography. His latest foray into experimentation has seen his skills in monochrome, post processing and 35mm film photography take a substantial leap forward, and as such he has been rewarded with placings and silverware in the clubs competitive arena which is quite an achievement considering his short time with the club.

Reflections of a Silent Soldier, Bradford Abbas

Rearing Horse, Forde Abbey

Put Out to Pasture, Stour Row

Poppy, Forde Abbey

Pier Into the Night, Porthleven

Pansy

Old Hooe Harbour Plymouth

Misty Old Oak

Low Lighthouse, Burnham-on-Sea

Ham Hill Silhouette

Godrevy Lighthouse

Forde Abbey

Dragonfly

Decaying Gymnasium, Pripyat

Corfe Castle Vliage and Beyond

Cooperage Telephone, Plymouth

Autumn Colours, Kingston Lacy

Arboretum, ICM

The Digby Tap, Sherborne

Sycamore Gap, Northumberland

Roger Gibson

Roger is a long standing club member and former Competitions and Programme secretary on the committee. He regularly picks up competition placings and has recently been expanding his skill-set into flash photography.

Roger's ability to experiment with new techniques and equipment is an inspiration to other members, producing some unique ideas which have earned him some well deserved kudos!

Yeovilton Air Day.

Wood - Roger Gibson

Graffiti: Bedminster, Bristol

Orkney: the Stones of Stenness

Splash - Roger Gibson

Sitter

Sherborne Abbey

Quay-knot

Milk bottles

Margins

Hope Cove: dusk.

Honeybee approaching bluebell - Roger Gibson

Hill climb

Gold Hill

Galway cathedral.

Electric glass

Domino effect - Roger Gibson

Dark hedges.

Barrington Court.

Bennetts Water Gardens

Barrington Court.

Avalon Marshes

Abbey choir

Sarah Simpson

Sarah has a well deserved reputation for producing stunning images of her favourite subject - flowers! But as you will see from the images presented here, it's not all flora - Sarahs range of creative ideas and technical prowess extends to many and varied subjects.

She is always well represented in the club competitions, taking the silverware on multiple occasions! Her eye for great composition and attention to detail keep her at the forefront of the clubs creative envelope.