EXECUTIVE 2010 - 2011

Originally from Dorset, UK, spent 25 years in the Royal Navy. A photography enthusiast for many years, including developing and printing back in the '80s, but 'lapsed' when I had to give up my darkroom make way for a nursery. Moved to Kingston in 2006, got hooked on digital photography and joined the KPC soon afterwards. Honoured to be the President of the club (and my teachers said I wouldn't amount to much... pah!) I'd like to see the club's members improve and compete at top levels locally and nationally, and have people in BC and NS say "Hey, those Kingston members are good!" I'm also keen to see a revival of the club's AV talents. Other interests: Golf, Cookery. My best picture? I haven't taken it yet.

Apart from College, I've lived my whole life in Kingston. I first became interested in photography as a young adult but eventually found the cost of processing film became prohibitive so you can imagine how thrilled I am with digital photography. I've been member of the club since January 2009 and I've truly enjoyed the experience. I continue to be in awe of the talent represented by the members of the club. Other than photography, I enjoy reading, knitting and spending time with my family. My best picture? No matter what photographs I shoot in the future, I doubt if any of them will compare to "Bethany's Bubbles" which froze a moment of my daughter's childhood and I will cherish it always.

As an avid outdoorsman, Bruce began, early on, to document his adventures with a simple point-and-shoot camera. After seeing some of Richard Martin's landscapes in the early '90s, he was inspired to move beyond the snapshot. A weekend course with Richard transformed him into a "serious" photographer. Ironically, what he found the most difficult and least interesting course exercise, shooting in the abstract, evolved into his own working style. Bruce's images frequently feature rock, water and ice, and are characterized by minimalism, non-representation and ambiguity of scale. He feels very positive about his photography and is undeterred by consistently scoring low in club competitions.

I have been taking pictures since the age of twelve. My first images were black and white, taken with a Kodak point and shoot model. Much later, as a graduate student in the Art Conservation Program at Queen’s University, I was introduced to highly sophisticated methods of photography for documenting artworks and artefacts and also to darkroom techniques. My work as a professional art conservator has taken me to many exotic locations including the Middle East, Africa and India. Recording the people and places that I have encountered has always been an essential part of my travels. I have a strong interest in historical photographic techniques and was thrilled to take a course at George Eastman House in Rochester, NY where I built a camera obscura and used a camera lucida (Summer 2010).

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