Presentation at RPS Bristol April 13th

I have arranged to give a talk about infrared photography at the amazing new RPS building in Bristol. It will be at 1400 on Saturday April 13th, lasting about an hour and a half.

The RPS are at: RPS House, 337 Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3AR

More info here: rps.org/events

Tickets are £10 (£8 for RPS members) and £6 for concessions.

I hope to see you there.

Ed Thompson @ Photo-Forum

Ed Thompson will be talking about his series of colour infrared photographs - Unseen - at a Photo-Forum event in London on May 14th. His talk is alongside one by Lewis Bush, another photographer with an unique vision.

I wrote about Unseen last month: here and here.

The Photo-Forum event is being held at Calumet in Drummond Street, starting at 1800, and you can find out more on the Photo-Forum web page.

[Always happy to help promote exhibitions and talks involving infrared imaging: just drop me a line]

Laurie Klein @ B&H Optic Conference

Laurie Klein, whose excellent book Photographing the Female Form with Digital Infrared I reviewed in November, will be giving a talk on infrared landscape photography at the Optic 2015 Conference early next week. The event, in locations in New York city near to the B&H store, runs from Sunday May 3rd to Tuesday May 5th.

Laurie's presentation is at 11 in the morning on Monday May 4th and takes place in the Orion Room at AMC Loews 34th St Theater (4th Floor). AMC Loew's is on 312 W 34th St between 8th and 9th Avenue. The event is free but you are encouraged to register. Here's the link to the page for Laurie's presentation.

Simon Weir: Web, book and lecture

I was recently reminded of Simon Weir, whose landscape infrared photos are always worth a look.

He's now used Blurb to produce a book. Blub is one of those online book-production facilities and in this case use Indigo printers (of which I am extremely fond and which we use for our own calendars). There is an online preview of Simon's book, which is called Beyond Visible Light and I recommend using the full-screen preview to check out the photos. Whether you then buy a copy is up to you.

Also, if you're a member of the London Nikon Owners Group, Simon will be talking about his infrared photography, and infrared in general, on Friday evening (27th April) in sunny South Kensington. (More info on their blog.)

Two chances to meet Simon Marsden

I guess you're familiar with Simon Marsden's atmospheric (if not downright spooky) infrared photographs of ruins and the like. I've recently mentioned his new book on vampires and there are two chances to get a signed copy and meet the man coming up before the New Year.

The first is at the Walcot Gate, off Walcot Street, Bath, Somerset between Tuesday 29th November and Saturday 3rd December 2011 (11am - 5pm). Like the book, the exhibition is called Vampires - The Twilight World and Simon will be on hand throughout the run to answer questions and sign copies.

A little more formal is a talk called Christmas Spirits, at Stubton Hall, near Newark, Nottinghamshire on Saturday 10th December 2011 from 6.30 pm to midnight. It says here ...

Come and listen to internationally famous photographer, author and ghost hunter Sir Simon Marsden talk about his upbringing in haunted houses that so influenced his career. Illustrated with photographic slides he goes on to describe how he created his singular style and the techniques he uses. But most of all share some of the extraordinary adventures he has experienced when travelling in the UK and in foreign lands in search of the undead, which have sometimes been truly frightening.

Here's hoping his stock of infrared film holds up.