This Friday at KPS ...

Kingswood Photographic Society is absolutely delighted to welcome Leigh Preston  FRPS, EFIAP, MPAGB, as their speaker on Friday, 4^th December who will be giving an illustrated print talk entitled The Great Divide, which deals with two sides of the USA, and the various aspects of that, both social and landscape.

Leigh says:  “I have been taking pictures for over forty years.  My work has been mainly thematic, making images as a series.  I have a relatively specific approach to which I choose to make pictures of, and I rely heavily on atmospherics, dramatic lighting and strong storylines to convey an individual style. 


A lot of my personal work is taken either in isolated places or of buildings and landscapes that are well past their ‘sell-by’ date.  Monochrome is one of my favourite mediums, using both digital and darkroom processes, depending on the ‘feel’ I want from the finished print.

I hold two RPS Fellowships, one for pictorial images taken from the mill towns in Lancashire and Yorkshire and the other for Darkroom printing.  I belong to the ARENA group of photographers and am a member of The London Salon.

There have been two books of my images published:  Shadows of Change and Five Essays.  My work has been exhibited in London, Dublin, Birmingham, Reading, Manchester, Gloucester and Belfast.

Now semi-professional, much of my work involves teaching photography and running workshops in the UK.  I worked as a tutor for Jesspos until 2010 and now work as a tutor and lecturer for Permajet.  I am listed in the PAGB handbook for talks and lectures and photographic societies in the UK.”

For further information about Leigh Preston, pop onto his website, www.leighpreston.co.uk, from which you’ll see why this promises to be an absolutely excellent evening.  We hope to see you there.

Kingswood PS meet Fridays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at St Barnabas Church Hall, Warmley, Bristol BS30 5JJ.  Visitors are most welcome and the cost for this evening is £3.00.