Talks
I am available to do the following presentations at Camera Clubs. Talks in person are preferred as all presentations include prints, but may be given over Zoom if distance is not practical. I am a regular contributor to many photographic clubs in the UK and beyond and to online Zoom talks and workshops on Camversation and MyPhotoClub.
If you would like any further information, please contact me here. Please scroll down for details of talks available and some testimonials.
Creative Flower Photography
Creative ideas to bring out the colour, shapes and beauty of flowers and plants, both outdoor and indoor, and hints on how to produce some unique and original floral art.
Floral Fine Art
Looking at being more adventurous with flower and plant photography, with light, simplicity, shapes, textures, inversion and botanical presentations. Photoshop Ideas for post processing to enhance your floral images.
Simply Still Life
Simple and minimalistic Still Life using charity shop vases, bottles and natural light, flowers and plants, both dead and fresh. Created in camera and enhanced in PS, sometimes with added texture, and backgrounds created with brushes to create shapes.
Abstract
Rather than see the world as individual things to take pictures of can we recognise just the lines, shapes, colours, textures, shadows, and highlights as potential images?
Art Photography
A pot pouri of ideas for improving your photography in camera with simplicity and negative space, and for creating some wonderful art photography with Photoshop using inversion, toning and the Graphite App, plus creative cropping.
Textures and Triptychs
Talk includes the use of textures to enhance your flower images, using blend modes and layer masks.
Ideas for using texture to enhance your photography- floral and otherwise - including how to create them, and detailed explanations on how to work with them in Photoshop. Ideas for backgrounds using brushes and colour toning.
How to create a beautiful triptych. Choosing the right images and how best to construct and present them.
Talk Testimonials. A small selection of feedback
St. Helens
Thank you for your most interesting presentation which I found as inspiring as the first one earlier in the year. It was fascinating to see what you accomplished using some quite simple and “ordinary” subject matter as starting points.
Bognor Regis
Thank you for such an excellent talk. We have had many glowing comments today on our WhatsApp group and already several examples of lower photos following your inspiration!
Sheffield
I wanted to give my and club’s thanks for your talk on Tuesday. I have had several members’ feedback and would agree that it was a very educational but also a very entertaining evening.
Kempsey
What a brilliant talk. Thank you so much for last night. Lots of lovely ideas from such simple sources. We all feel inspired.. Your talk was well paced allowing us to absorb what and how you were creating these images. I know that we will be inviting you back to the club for another talk and also to judge for us.
York
Just wanted to say a massive thank you for last night’s presentation which was so enjoyed by everyone. I have had some really positive and enthusiastic feedback. I particularly wanted to thank you for the clarity and breadth of your session. As well as share some wonderful images with us you explained the means by which you achieved then as well.
Steyning
Thank you very much for your very informative and interesting talk. A well balanced presentation, lots of great images and plenty of editing advice.
Feedback from ABSTRACT and SIMPLY STILL LIFE talks on CAMVERSATION
.......Cherry was well prepared and offered an exciting view of abstract photography with excellent examples!
........Another inspiring talk from Cherry! I love her simple approach to make images and the way that she breaks tings down showing her workflow in Photoshop.
.........I very much enjoyed this presentation which was very well organised and delivered.
.........I enjoyed Cherry’s talk so much. She is really inspirational and so willing to share her knowledge.
.........More, more, more please!!! Brilliant and so thought provoking. Lots of ideas to try out.
... ....Beautiful images!
........Lovely images as usual Cherry. your ideas are great. thank you so much
........I have loved every minute of this Cherry - just fantatic, so inspriational
.........That went so quickly, that was stunning
.........I'm so inspired! I can't wait to try some of these out!
.........Brilliant presentation. Lots of ideas to try out over the winter time.
.........A fabulous presentation! thank you Cherry, so many new ideas.
,,,,,,,,,Amazing talk by Cherry Larcombe - just fantastic & so many practical and simple ideas.
..........Can't wait to try some of the techniques out