RPS Group – Tuesday 19th November

There are mixed views on the recent changes the RPS has introduced to the Licentiate distinction but they do offer a considerable benefit to anyone looking to develop their photographic skills, whether or not they wish to pursue the distinction. The new guidance is very comprehensive, with the criteria (which are really unchanged) falling under the straightforward headings of Technical: Camera Work; Artistic: Visual Awareness and Communication: Visual Narrative and Presentation.

Digging into these,  guidance on Technical covers aspects such as the ‘Exposure triangle’, ‘Compression’ and ‘Post processing’, while Artistic includes ‘Viewpoint’, ‘Colour’ and ‘Monochrome’ and ‘Gestalt’. As such, working with these within our Special Interest Group offers quite a photographic development course.  As the RPS puts it, an LRPS serves as a benchmark to a photographer’s commitment to their own development, so even if the actual award doesn’t appeal coming along to our meetings will enhance your photographic skills and understanding.

The Licentiate Guidance is published here, https://rps.org/qualifications/licentiate/ although as the publication runs to 32 pages it could be quite overwhelming, but it does give an extremely clear and detailed breakdown of the many, many facets that we all engage with whenever we take and present a photograph. I should emphasise that no submission is expected to meet every area described in the guidance, point 7.10 for instance explains the benefits and disadvantages of increasing the resolution of an image, a submission would not need to demonstrate this.

Join us to find out more, at 7.15pm for a 7.30 start in the small all at Tangmere Village Centre.

£3 for Club members, £4 for visitors.

The featured image is from Peter Jones recent successful LRPS submission