West Midlands Wildlife Instameet - Brandon Marsh
It's no secret that I'm a fan of the occasional Instameet. It's an amazing community full of people passionate about photography (now that can't be a bad thing!). However, one of my favourite things about Instameets is the sheer diversity of the locations and subject matter.
The latest meet saw us travel to just outside Coventry and more specifically, Brandon Marsh Nature Centre. The event was organised by James Benwell from West Midlands Wildlife - https://www.facebook.com/westmidlandswildlife - and the highlight of the day was to be a murmuration of Starlings, a sight I was really looking forward to seeing.
James (aka @JimPanda on Instagram - well worth a follow, as is WMW -https://www.instagram.com/westmidlandswildlife/ ) organised the event with @IgersBirmingham and set about explaining more about the wildlife that we could expect to see. Now I'm no nature photographer and had already planned on just shooting a few 'landscape' images, but James quickly dashed any hopes of me seeing a Bald Eagle!
The day in the whole was very enjoyable and made a stark contrast to my usual City Centre based antics. Unfortunately, the murmuration did not materialise, yet I couldn't help but feel the faintest nip of the nature photography bug! There is certainly something enjoyable about walking around the countryside, treading lightly and challenging yourself to a new genre of photography. Though I think I might have to stick to the city shots for the time being, or at least until I learn where Bald Eagles come from!
News - Long Exposure Photo Walk
A few weeks back I asked if anyone would be interested in joining me for a 'Long Exposure' photo walk in November. The response was unbelievable, at least 70 people have contacted me to enquire about joining me. This is very humbling, the fact that so many of you 'want' to join me is unreal.
It is also a bit upsetting though as for as much as I would love you all to join me, I would never be able to control 70 of you! So I have decided to do two nights (details below) and 10 people per night. Why 10 people? because I honestly want to have the opportunity to talk to you all and help out where I can. I would not be able to do this with larger groups.
Dates:
Wednesday 23rd November 7.00pm-9.00pm - Birmingham City Centre - Group 1
Wednesday 7th December 7.00pm-9.00pm - Birmingham City Centre - Group 2
So what happens next? Please sign up to the newsletter below and I will pick 10 people at random, for each night. What about those that don't get a place? Well, next year I will be hosting a number of workshops in and around Birmingham and by signing up to the newsletter, you will be the first to be notified about any up-coming photo-walks, tutorials or workshops.
Finally, I would just like to say thank you again for all of the support you guys give me, I really wish I could invite you all along but I look forward to meeting you all at some point soon.