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Greek statues photographed
Date: 9/16/2015, Categories: Mature, Author: printeven, Rating: 100, Source: xHamster
After retiring I was at a bit of a loss as to how to fill my time and a friend suggested going to the University of the 3rd Age meetings and after checking the dates online I decided to go to the next one. On arrival one of the organisers explained to me how the U3A operates and gave me some leaflets about the special interest groups. The speaker invited that day gave a talk on 18th century pottery decoration which sounds extremely boring but I found it interesting as I like visiting antique shops. Reading the leaflets I discovered that there were an Artists group and a Photographic group. I have an artistic interest in relief printing using lino cuts and wood blocks and thought the Artists group might be worth going to. I made a couple of visits and found the majority of people were interested in painting and sketching and didn't find anybody with the same interest as me so I thought I would try the Photographics group. The Photographic group meets once a month and each meeting starts with a talk related to photography, followed by show-and tell where members talk about one of their pictures including all the technical detail and finished with a question and answer session. Twice a year there would be a Group show and a local gallery offered wall space for for these events for free taking a small percentage on any prints sold. Over a few months I learned a lot about cameras, photography techniques, places to photograph and the post processing of images using programs such as ...