Welwyn Garden City Photographic Club
Derek
Journalist and chief press officer to Sir John Harvey-Jones and Sir Denys Henderson, former chairmen of ICI. Hobbies include boxing, rowing, and a lifetime of sailing in racing dinghies such as the Merlin Rocket class and the Sydney harbour 18, plus cruising the briney in a variety of yachts including his own 36 ft polynesian catamaran Tahuna Moana.
Posts by Derek
Desert Photography
Jul 5th
It wasn’t as if we were strangers to deserts. Whether the Sahara, high altitude deserts in the Himalayas, or the deserts of India and the North West frontier. But here we were at 4,500 feet up on the Paria Plateau , in Arizona, right in the heart of Navajo territory, with the mountains of the Escalante Grand Staircase shimmering in the 105 degree heat. More >
Something stirring… it is the joys of Spring.
May 16th
If you go down into the woods today (or at least in the next week) you sure to be greeted by the one thing that does bring joy to the spirits at this time of the year …a mass of bluebells. That’s just what Barry Whitlock and I having been doing this week in one of Barry’s rare breaks from work. At 73 I don’t have to find an excuse for having the time to do as I wish.
New Season – with Derek Dewey-Leader
Mar 22nd
Dear Diary, Resolved to get out now that Siberian winter is over. Chose first victims to accompany into the field – my wife Pat and Lucienne Ferguson. Lovely day, Springtime at a warm 40°F – just right for picturing the snowdrops at Bennington Lordship.
Wildlife Under Pressure
Jan 27th
Members may be interested in a letter I have had published in the January 23 issue of Amateur photographer. Although it primarily concerns seals at Donna Nook, where they have had the highest number ever recorded of pups being abandoned by their mothers, the same pressures exist elsewhere in the World.
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Comment on digital competition
Dec 10th
It is difficult when commenting on a judge who is an old friend but the highly prescriptive note on borders introduced by Eric Saul at the start of his commentary on digital photographs with borders is to be regretted.
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