May 2025

We had a TTT on choice of lens, presented by Alun Foster and Joaquim Capitão. As the choice of lens depends on the genre of photography they are used for, two photographers with experience on different genres explained how they chose lenses in various situations.

The main event of the meeting was a presentation of photos from Viewfinders’ members, including photos from recent photowalks.

March 2025

Club member Sabine Posdziech had a very interesting presentation on cyanotype, which she entitled “Printing with sunlight”. Cyanotype is a photographic printing method that produces monochrome, blue-coloured prints on different supports, being sensitive to ultraviolet and blue light spectrum. She briefly introduced the history of cyanotype and then described the process she uses to create beautiful blue prints from carefully selected photos. She also explained that, by washing the prints with products other than water different colours can be obtained. A copy of her presentation "Cyanotype Printing" can be found in the Tutorial Notes page.

The main event of the meeting was our guest speaker of the evening, Elke Pannier. Elke is a Belgian photographer and a photo editor in the Flemish daily newspaper De Standaard. She talked about her work as a photo editor and presented her latest personal project, “Heartland”. This is a documentary project about the borders of the Dutch Bible Belt, an area straddling between tradition and innovation. 

She also described her work as a photo editor in a major Flemish newspaper, describing the tasks of a photo editor, the choice and the sources of the photos which are published, including the differences between photos for the printed newspaper and those for the website or app. 

Joaquim Capitao