Looking Outside The Frame - How not to take competition winners! - Talk by Martin Addison

2026

If you want to win competitions you should study what is doing well and copy it in your own way. That is however a very poor way of improving your photography and not very satisfying.

The aim of this presentation is to explore alternative ways of seeing photographs, looking at many different techniques designed to make you stand out from the other photographers around you. Taking a varied approach may not win you prizes, but will result in more diverse and interesting images which will give you greater satisfaction.

The subjects and techniques will be drawn from the following topics:

• Learning to See
• A Snail’s Eye View
• Bokeh
• Lens-Less
• Blurs
• Using a Fisheye
• Shooting from the Knee
• Camera Movement
• Subject Movement
• Multiple
• Exposure
• Mirroring
• Post Production techniques
• and using your phone as a creative tool

(Visitors £5.00)

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