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Wine Carafe Graham Nicholls
The many sides of our man Graham !
A trip down memory lane in a great evening of images from the master!
29/11/2024
Our oldest member, Graham Nicholls, entertained us royally when he led the recent club evening with a presentation that featured his photographic exploits during the past twelve months. We were treated to a visual ramble through the months of 2024 that was filled with fun and laughter, and engaged us wonderfully with anecdotes and tales from yesteryear that seamlessly linked with the endeavours of himself and his family, aptly punctuated with the droll comments from Iris, his long-suffering wife of many years.
Now in his ninetieth year, Graham is a man of many talents, who, in years gone by was in much demand as an author and lecturer of some note on all things floral. He and Iris travelled extensively in the USA in those days, staying with friends whilst discovering, and bringing home, a number of foreign species that have since blossomed in the garden they have tended for over forty years.
We laughed at tales of leaking cisterns and squeaky violins that kept him awake in Denver, whilst admiring the Lemhi Purple plant that survived the journey home from Idaho. He illustrated every month of the year with images from the garden in which he now safely soldiers on, with the help of Iris and a set of walkie talkies! Their garden abounds with wildlife too- strutting pheasants and cheeky, thieving, squirrels that growl at him from the treetops were all the focus of his photos, together with bees and insects captured through his macro lens in all their glory, against the vibrant colours of the flowers.
Graham is a living example of the fact that you CAN teach an old dog new tricks! It is guaranteed that he will try techniques introduced at practical sessions, and there was something for everyone- ICM for Pamela, experimental Photoelasticity for Jenny, and macro efforts for U3a members. Never daunted by optical illusions, multiple exposures or high-speed sporting action, he simply has a go, although he does admit to not always knowing exactly which button he pressed or how many exposures he took!
It was a really typical NRPS social evening with a photographic twist, delivered with humour by a lovely man!
Jenny and Pamela have photographed the big Lighting Up ceremony at Westfield for the Council , and next week will attend the awards ceremony both to photograph the event and also to receive one of their grants. Plans are underway to use the grant for a new club laptop , and we are investigating how best we can mount quality exhibitions locally to increase awareness of our club and to further engage with the community..
Members are reminded that POY and the Witcombe Trophy entries will be due soon.
Next week's Zoom meeting at 7pm features Laura Pearce with "My Portrait, Beauty and Fashion My Way"
Also, there are so many events in Advent to look forward to ! This weekend there is a Canal Boat Festival in Bradford on Avon as well as a FREE ENTRY Mediaeval Fayre at Glastonbury Abbey with our friends from Owl Enlightmment in attendance. The Glastonbury Frost Fayre is imminent and the annual Bath Christmas Market offers great opportunities with camera..
Please post any other events that might be of interest on the WalksRUs WhatsApp.
Jenny Short
28/11/24
Now in his ninetieth year, Graham is a man of many talents, who, in years gone by was in much demand as an author and lecturer of some note on all things floral. He and Iris travelled extensively in the USA in those days, staying with friends whilst discovering, and bringing home, a number of foreign species that have since blossomed in the garden they have tended for over forty years.
We laughed at tales of leaking cisterns and squeaky violins that kept him awake in Denver, whilst admiring the Lemhi Purple plant that survived the journey home from Idaho. He illustrated every month of the year with images from the garden in which he now safely soldiers on, with the help of Iris and a set of walkie talkies! Their garden abounds with wildlife too- strutting pheasants and cheeky, thieving, squirrels that growl at him from the treetops were all the focus of his photos, together with bees and insects captured through his macro lens in all their glory, against the vibrant colours of the flowers.
Graham is a living example of the fact that you CAN teach an old dog new tricks! It is guaranteed that he will try techniques introduced at practical sessions, and there was something for everyone- ICM for Pamela, experimental Photoelasticity for Jenny, and macro efforts for U3a members. Never daunted by optical illusions, multiple exposures or high-speed sporting action, he simply has a go, although he does admit to not always knowing exactly which button he pressed or how many exposures he took!
It was a really typical NRPS social evening with a photographic twist, delivered with humour by a lovely man!
Jenny and Pamela have photographed the big Lighting Up ceremony at Westfield for the Council , and next week will attend the awards ceremony both to photograph the event and also to receive one of their grants. Plans are underway to use the grant for a new club laptop , and we are investigating how best we can mount quality exhibitions locally to increase awareness of our club and to further engage with the community..
Members are reminded that POY and the Witcombe Trophy entries will be due soon.
Next week's Zoom meeting at 7pm features Laura Pearce with "My Portrait, Beauty and Fashion My Way"
Also, there are so many events in Advent to look forward to ! This weekend there is a Canal Boat Festival in Bradford on Avon as well as a FREE ENTRY Mediaeval Fayre at Glastonbury Abbey with our friends from Owl Enlightmment in attendance. The Glastonbury Frost Fayre is imminent and the annual Bath Christmas Market offers great opportunities with camera..
Please post any other events that might be of interest on the WalksRUs WhatsApp.
Jenny Short
28/11/24