SmallTalk is a method of storytelling through the format of an informal presentation.
Taking part in this kind of presentation sharing event can help with the formulation of ideas for a project, photobook, Distinction panel or just to help you find your own distinctive photographic voice - articulating and explaining your thoughts, no matter how initial, can often help you to begin to crystallise them.
The format is presentation is 10 of your images, each automatically changing every 30 seconds, over which you explain the concept. It is non-stop so you’ve got a maximum of 300 seconds - which is 5 minutes; after which will be five minutes for questions, comments, and feedback from the audience.
On 22nd January 2024 we held our first group Small Talk where where 8 group members presented and talked about their images:
- Mike Kitson LRPS – The Beauty in Everyday Things
- Janice Payne ARPS – Venice Behind the Veil
- Alan Cameron ARPS – Perception
- Keith Walker – Landscape to Abstract, An Entirely Unexpected Journey
- Tim Hancock ARPS – Seeing White
- Richard Bircham LRPS – Lost and Found (Everyday Abstracts)
- Paul Kirby LRPS – Bridges of Bristol
- Steven Whittaker ARPS – Uist
A very hearty thanks for this first group of volunteers to try the process - we hope you enjoyed it if you were watching live. You can watch the recording of the event on our YouTube archive - the specific event is: https://youtu.be/Qgz0O3FszSI
(Other event recordings are listed at https://rps.org/groups/contemporary/contemporary-youtube/.)
We'll look to run another similar event later in the year.