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Please note: RPS House is currently closed. We will be open again from 10am on Thursday 17th October 2024.

 

The links shown below take you to youtube recordings of online events run on behalf of the Nature Group. The list will be updated over time with new events being added, and possibly older events being removed.

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My Wood by David Tipling  March 2024) A personal account by David of how he pruchased a woodland site and went about attracting wildlife, setting up hides and Ponds and, finally, building a Badger Sett. All illustrated by his very individual style of artistic nature images

Wildlife Guiding by Mick Durham FRPS. Mick has been interested in wildlife photography for over 40 years. He moved to Scotland in 1998 and has been photographing the wildlife there ever since. Mick gained his FRPS in 2013 and for the last three years has served as the Chair of the Natural History Distinctions panel. His talk will cover his work as a wildlife guide in Scotland where seeing is more important than photographing - though most people bring cameras as well as binoculars!! His work for Shetland Wildlife takes him to Mull as well as Shetland - two very popular wildlife locations. 

Wild Taiga by Danny Green (February 2023) A never-ending forest, these northern forests are the realm to some of the most iconic species on the planet. From large predators, like the brown bear, wolf, and wolverine to elusive birds like the great grey owl and golden eagle. Danny has spent 10 years travelling to these remote forests in all seasons to capture these images”. This talk is a showcase of some of his best images that he has managed to capture during that time. 

Scottish Wildlife - Covid with a Camera by Mick Durham. Mick explores the photography that he has been doing during the last two difficult years – coping with the restrictions laid down by Covid, exploring local opportunities and one or two trip slightly further afield when the restrictions were lifted.

Telling a Story with Nature Photography (Feb 2022) A very interesting talk on how photography/imaging can be used to tell and develop stories in a variety of ways to convey information about subjects, either in a single image or series of images

Gaining a Distinction in Natural History by Mick Durham FRPS (September 2021). 

Mick is the Chair of the RPS Nature Distinctions Panel.  He explains the criteria needed for each distinction type and through a series of examples of individual images and panels the quality and presentation standards needed to gain that distinction. This presentation covers the same topics as July 2020 but with new examples and updated information

Sharpening and Noise Reduction (2nd June 2021) by Dr Ian Wilson. 

An in-depth look at Sharpening and Noise REduction, the theory and the techniques that can be used to ensure you only sharpen and noise reduce those areas of an image that require this.

Beneath UK Seas By Charles Erb. A wonderful set of Images taken by Charles of the amazing creatures that live in our UK waters. Feb 27th 2021

Photographing the Unseen World  (Dec.2020) Adrian Davies shows how he photographs the unseen world using high speed and time lapse, polarised light, and ultraviolet and infrared radiation

Monochrome for Nature Photographers (Oct 2020)  Presented by Dr Ian Wilson ARPS.  Ian shows techniques and tricks that can be used to create good mono images, and shows how to perfect images in terms of tonality, sharpness and impact. He demonstrates using Raw conversion in Lightroom and Photoshop as well as the specialist package Silver Effex (Nik).

Layers and Masks (Aug 2020) Presented by by Dr Ian Wilson ARPS.  Ian demonstrates how to use Layers and Masks in Photoshop to improve the post processing of your Nature Images

Gaining a Distinction in Natural History (Jul 2020)  Presented by Mick Durham FRPS (July 2020).  Mick is the acting Chair of the RPS Nature Distinctions Panel.  He explains the criteria needed for each distinction type and through a series of examples of individual images and panels the quality and presentation standards needed to gain that distinction.

Raw Conversion Repeat (new images June 2020) Presented by Dr Ian Wilson ARPS.  A repeat of the earlier presentations but using different images.  Once again Ian demonstrates the best methods to use when converting your RAW image into Lightroom and Photoshop. Hints and Tips on getting the best out of your image without compromising quality.

Raw Conversion for Nature Images (June 2020) Presented by by Dr Ian Wilson ARPS.  Ian demonstrates the best methods to use when converting your RAW image in Lightroom and Photoshop. Hints and Tips on getting the best out of your image without compromising quality.