Club Outings and Photoshoots
Portland Bill – Cowes to Torquay Powerboat Race
On Sunday 25th August Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club will be holding a group photoshoot at Portland Bill. This will coincide with the Cowes to Torquay Powerboat Race.
The race starts from Cowes at 9 am and so it is best to be in position by 9.30 am.
When the powerboats have passed there is much to do in the area. So why not bring a picnic, or enjoy food from The Lobster Pot.
From motorsport to seascapes to wildlife, this is a photographic treat.
Weather providing this will be a great day to bring along family and friends. The more the merrier.
Dawes Twine Works – West Coker
On Wednesday 17th July 24 a group of our members visited Dawes Twine Works, West Coker. We enjoyed a talk by the volunteers who explained the history of the twine works and how they went about restoring it.
Dawes is Britains only surviving Victorian twine works with its original working machinery. Once in a state of collapse the twine works has been restored by local volunteers.
Images taken will be found within our gallery.
Club Meetings
Summer Recess
SBACC is now on its summer recess. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th September 2024. A full programme of events for the coming year can be found by visiting -
Workshop
Careys Secret Gardens
We are planning to hold a tutorial workshop with Huw Alban on Saturday, 14th September from 10am - 4pm.
Huw Alban is well known to our Club and we have held many successful workshops with him in the past. He has also been a speaker at the Club. For those of you who do not know him he has a very gentle way of teaching. He will not only help you with the technicalities of setting up your camera for a particular shot but also gets you to think about composition and why you are wanting to take a particular shot in the first place! He encourages you to think about what you’re doing. For the more advanced he’s very good with ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) techniques. Huw is knowledgeable with most camera makes, including Olympus. Please check out Huw’s website: https://www.huwalban.com/
It is proposed to hold the workshop at Careys Secret Garden near Wareham. This is a unique, hidden away gem of a location near Wareham. The walled garden offers photographic subjects including a pond with dragonflies, a stumpery, flowers many of which attract bees, butterflies, Hummingbird Hawk moths etc, sculptures, beehives, a vegetable garden and even parts of the Berlin Wall! https://www.careyssecretgarden.co.uk/
Full details have been circulated to club members via email, so if you are interested then please check your inbox and respond to Pam Watts asap.