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Robin Bryant... - part 5 of 1 2 3 4 5

Published 01/10/2001

As Director of Exhibitions for The Salvation Army in the UK it has been my joy to get involved in the annual Focus on Imaging exhibition at the NEC Birmingham. Here I must express great appreciation to Mary Walker of Mary Walker Exhibitions who has been so encouraging and helpful over the eleven years in which we have participated.

Mary once called The Salvation Army the true fourth Emergency organisation. I appreciate her kind accolade, and on a worldwide basis I guess she is not far wrong.

For the past three years we have had the great privilege of having Barrie Thomas, the much acclaimed digital guru lecturing in Adobe Photoshop at The Salvation Army stand.

The stand has become a popular rendezvous, particularly first thing in the mornings, often before the doors are open you will find such well known personalities as George Dawber (PTO) ( I have been to a couple of George's - Photographers Training Overseas, and they are absolutely excellent). Gill Cox (BIPP) (I spent a very memorable and informative day in Gill's studio a few years back. Wonderful person, wonderful photographer). Jim Moreland (Mr Monochrome himself!), David King (Canon UK) Jon Cohen (Fuji Professional), the ever popular Mark Cleghorn and of course Barrie Thomas himself. These and many others I have come to appreciate for their help and encouragement, and they have all come to appreciate the cup of tea provided on our stand, and it is a great privilege for us to be associated with them.

Has The Salvation Army gone digital?

Yes! although we still use medium format in the studio and for large group photography. We have just one digital camera (D1) between two photographers, and so we still rely on our trusty F4. However, having used the digital for just over a year now, we are increasingly coming to trust and appreciate it. (How many of you have had to learn to trust your images to a micro-chip and a computer?) You would expect that our good friend Barrie Thomas has been most helpful and encouraging in this respect, and a great source of 'help in time of trouble'.

Having spent many hours over many years in the darkroom, often during what others call unsociable hours, I am appreciating that although much of the manipulation of digital images still has to be done, somehow it seems more enjoyable. Photography has to be fun as well as hard work. I've found it so, I hope you are finding this also. God bless you!

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