Adrian and Jane live in the Northwest of England. Currently living in Wigan, Lancashire both like to explore many aspects and genres of photography. In addition, Adrian also develops software for photographers.

Both are active with local photographic club Chorley Photographic Society, Adrian is currently the General Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union, and also the General Secretary of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.

Some of Adrian’s software projects include https://ukcpg.co.uk and https://cimgr.com which are provided as a free resource to fellow photographers.

Adrian first became interested in photography after buying a digital bridge camera whilst on a family trip to London in 2006, moving quickly on to his first DSLR and joined a local Photographic Society in an attempt to become more proficient.

Joining a photographic club drew him into the concept of competition photography, and after twelve months perfecting the craft, Adrian started to have some minor successes at club level.

National competitions followed, and then entered his first national competition in 2008. This eventually led onto international competition, medals, and a reasonable number of blue badges (best author) in major salons.

Jane’s journey started in 2009 and soon she progressed and gained many accreditations and accolades and is currently enjoying subjects such as people, places and creative photography. As a Judge  and Lecturer for the Lancashire and Cheshire Federation and a Judge and Awards for Photographic Merit Assessor for the  PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) she gets tremendous satisfaction from seeing great work from other photographers.

After joining Chorley Photographic Society in 2012 Adrian subsequently left his first club to pursue ambitions in national club competitions, helping Chorley to regularly appear in the top 10 in the FIAP World cup and also reaching the finals of both the National Digital and Print inter-club championships in recent years.

Adrian started out like most amateurs as a ‘traditional’ style photographer, but became interested in ‘pictorialism’ … the concept of photography as an art form, and photoshop, and developed a strong post-creative  ‘alternative reality’ style of imagery.

However, in recent years, now that Adrian & Jane have had the opportunity to travel, their favourite genre has changed again, and travel photography has become a new passion.

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.