Thursday 16th July Smethwick Photographic Society will be welcoming back Mr Bill Ward. Actor, Photographer & an ardent advocate of ICM – Intentional Camera Movement.
Multi-award winning creative photographer and actor Bill Ward discusses photographing the wet stuff in all its glory. From waterfalls to seascapes, urban canals to mountain streams, Bill leaves no stone unturned in his quest to uncover the mysteries of H2O, and how we as photographers can help unlock its full potential. Expect a light sprinkling of handy tips and advice, as well as a bucketload of aqueous photographic delight.
Bill Ward is a multi-award winning photographer. He won the inaugural Adobe Prize at the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year 2015, Best Seascape at Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020, and was runner up in the Your Vision category at Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year 2021. He gives talks at Festivals, Shows, and Camera Clubs all over the world, and is a judge for UK Landscape Photographer of the Year. He is an Ambassador for Pentax Ricoh UK, on the ProTeam for 3LeggedThing, a Tour/Workshop Leader for Light and Land, and shoots for the photographic agencies Robert Harding and ArenaPal.
As an actor, he has appeared in over 30 TV Shows and Films, and 50 Plays since turning professional in 2000. He is probably best known for playing the rather unpleasant builder Charlie Stubbs in the UK TV show Coronation Street for over 400 episodes, for which he won many awards. A creative photography specialist, as well as a landscape photographer, he is particularly drawn to water, and is a regular writer and contributor to the worldwide ICM Photography Magazine. He believes in improvising, meeting the landscape on its own terms, and going with what he’s given.
His photography is a response, and in many ways an antidote, to the time he spends as an actor working in the public eye.
www.billwardphotography.co.uk
Instagram – @billwardphotography
Here’s a selection of what we can expect from Bill:
This week’s talk is part of a series of FREE ‘taster’ sessions for local Sandwell community residents and workers (non SPS members or regular guests). If interested do login or better still come along to the live presentation at the clubhouse. Full details below.
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