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8 Phonebox Magazine | April 2025Olney Camera Club: Landscape PhotographyAll images by Jane Goodall.Recently we received an illustrated talk titled: %u2018My Beautiful Light%u2019 - given by amateur photographer; Jane Goodall, from the wind-swept Fens. Next Meetings:www.olneycameraclub.co.ukJane inspires the viewer to explore the natural landscape for themselves.Like many photographers, she is aware of how the photograph can be made %u2018readable%u2019.We must remember that a photographic image is a two-dimensional representation, and the viewer can be easily confused with visual ambiguity %u2013 loss of visual cues such as converging lines. Creating a 3D illusion can be quite difficult. Painters have that same issue; early artists created depth with techniques such as perspective lines, shading and the use of colour. In the popular Dunstanburgh castle location shown here which Jane has visited three times, she used a wide-angle 17mm lens. Giving a %u2018grand view%u2019 %u2013 it enlarges foreground, and makes space relationship diff erent, so you need to add interest into the foreground. This view of the castle is taken by many photographers %u2013 cynics might call it a clich%u00e9d image; but the act of being there, at the right time of day, with the best weather conditions, tide state, wet boulders, pink clouds and all; that%u2019s what fl oats our photographic boats. Can you sense your viewing eyes being led from the boulders along the beach to the castle on the hill, then out to the sunrise?Back to the photographer: Jane would have taken a few images to get the best shot %u2013 it is a busy time when the conditions are right. Where is the light coming from? How is the light changing? What is being revealed as time passes? The borrowed light: oranges, blues. Camera height: a small change to height can change the image a lot. On the camera she treats the depth of fi eld as a priority, adjusting shutter speed and aperture to suit. This combines the intimate landscape with the distant landscape.It%u2019s too easy using the tripod without previewing what is around fi rst; just putting a 10-stop fi lter in front of the lens. This can ignore important visual cues.For the Salt Lake image shown here, Jane has been audacious using the wideangle 14mm lens. The hexagonal ground shapes go on and on towards the horizon, punctuated by that rock.The Poppies image shows how to deal with that great big gold light. Not easy to shoot into the sun because the camera cannot deal with the large dynamic range, but with care and a tripod: fi rst, she took an image using her fi nger to hide the sun, then a second image taken with no fi nger, then she blended the two images together to create a view which is acceptable for the viewer.We thank Jane for her excellent projected images, and very useful technique advice.For further information call Andy Tel 01234 714570; or info@olneycameraclub.co.ukWednesday 30th April: Practical Session: Long Exposure. Starts 8pm at Olney Centre.Wednesday 28th May: Inter-club Competition. Towcester v Olney. Starts 8pm at Towcester.Wednesday 25th June: Club Competition, round 2. Starts 8pm at Olney Centre.See our %u2018gallery%u2019 and check further meeting details on our website: