ALL DI EVENTS ARE RECORDED. RECORDINGS WILL BE ADDED TO THE NOTION DOCUMENT AFTER EACH SESSION

The Leigh Preston Series

This is a 5 part Series

Inspiration and Interpretation: Mastering the Art of the Image" with Leigh Preston FRPS

Personal work, tributes to other photographic figures, and detailed insights—all focusing on creative vision and technical refinement.

Dates and times
Session 1: Night Walk

THURSDAY FEB 12 at 10AM

Session 2: Print SessionPart 1 Colour 

THURSDAY MAR 26 at 10AM

Session 3: Print Session Part 2 Mono

THURSDAY APR 9 at 10AM

Session 4: Hugh and I 

THURSDAY APR 30 at 10AM

Session 5: The Work of Kathy Harcom 

THURSDAY MAY 21at 10AM

Booking a place:

Digital Imaging Member - SPECIAL PRICE    £25

RPS Member - £35

If you are not already a Digital Imaging member it might be advantageous to join as a Digital Only member and benefit from reduced ticket prices.

General admission - £45

Digital Imaging Home Page | Digital Imaging Workshops | Join Digital Imaging (£18pa) | Join Digital Imaging Online (£8 p)

Workshop Details of what will be covered.

Session 1 —

NIGHT WALK – a selection of images taken in the small hours, after dark, both in urban and rural settings, and often in unexpected locations , although there are some notable iconic pieces of floodlit architecture. The pictures are about an atmospheric approach, and cover influences, nostalgia and techniques for longer exposures, painting with light, use of high ISO and monochrome. Technical aspects covered that will include problems to overcome, camera techniques and exposure, also ‘afterwork’ to give the final image the signature look I specifically want to portray.

Session 2 & 3— The 2 Print sessions

Part 1 Will be rather more coloured by technical aspects. The first session is about printing methods that apply to colour work, I’ll cover various essentials like calibration, paper choice, use of profiles etc alongside many examples of before and after, with some ‘step by step’ pieces to show how I got to the point when I felt ready to commit that image to paper. I’ll try and show how to print both harshly for vibrance and in a more delicate, lyrical way with subdued colour.

Part 2  The second session in a way mirrors the first – a brief re-cap , but then how that might be applied to Monochrome work and the variations on that, such as local tone control, use of contrast, gaining a mood, interpretation for drama etc. I’ll look at how to approach both Low and Hi key work I’ll cover some creative FX’s and sepia/blue , gold and split toning , alongside a glance at Infra-red.

Session 4 & 5 -
Hugh and I and the Work of Kathy Harcom pieces are collections with an appreciation, gently mentioning some technique but not more than a few hints about their approach and how they interpret the scenery – both are Landscape talks, but very different.

Both Hugh and Kathy show a very individual approach to the medium, their own personal signatures radiate from their wonderful prints.

Session 4 HUGH & I – 

A pictorial essay about Hugh Milsom’s emotive and atmospheric landscape work. 

Hugh and I covers a lifetimes work, peppered by some images of my own to try and compliment Hugh’s as mine were taken in the same locations as Hugh’s but not at the same time- well all except one. Hugh’s work has a light touch, but it is sincere, emotive and persuasive. He understands how to use tone, and atmosphere. HE uses strong foregrounds and linear graphics, but also geometry within his compositions. The work is from the UK, from Iceland, from national parks in the USA and from his early Infra-red darkroom period.

Session 5—THE WORK OF KATHY HARCOM

Kathy’s work is Darkroom based , with a section on New Zealand as digital panoramas. Her work is delicate, and about her response to light. She embraces a process called Lith Printing from her Infra-red negatives, which gives lovely subtle colouration to her work, a lot of it taken in The New Forest and Southern England. There’s a section on hand colouring, and some work on Sunflowers as well. Sadly Kathy is no longer alive, but her work is a very poignant and personal epitaph.

Data

Your personal data (name, email address and telephone number) that you supply when booking the online event will be passed to the Digital Imaging Group organiser in order to enable them to:

1. Contact you in advance of the event to remind you or notify you of joining instructions (or changes thereto) etc.

2. Contact you at short notice before or during an event in case of any emergency or last-minute changes

3. Contact you at the end of the event for your feedback

By booking this event you are deemed to consent to this transfer of your data.

The event may be recorded and published. By joining the event you are deemed to consent to our making a recording of the event available online afterwards.

Cancellation Policy

It is inevitable, that occasionally an event will be postponed or cancelled for this or another reason beyond the RPS’s control. If an event is postponed we will transfer your booking to the rearranged event, with the option of a refund if the rescheduled date is not suitable for you. Occasionally an event may also be cancelled owing to a lack of bookings.

If an event is cancelled we will give you as much notice as we are able and any payment by you to the RPS in respect of the event is offered as a full refund. In the case of events cancelled because of a lack of interest, we will aim to give you as much notice as possible.