My second presentation follows on from my first – ‘Urban Exploration to Fine Art: A Photographic Journey’ – in which I will discuss my use of an iPhone to take photographs, leading up to the separate challenge of attaining Fellowship with The Royal Photographic Society using illustrations from a book of poetry and prose entitled ‘Star Blossom’, in which my images become more abstract and in some cases a little surreal, utilising multiple layers, textures and double exposures, whilst using the written words as inspiration.
The use of camera phones is on the rise, as the quality of cameras integrated into these devices improves exponentially, and this happened to coincide with my quest to find a new way to express myself from a photographic perspective. In early 2012 I purchased an iPhone based specifically on reviews enumerating the high quality of the camera, and also on the volume of available photography apps for shooting and processing photographs.
During this time I experimented with the phone camera, almost to the exclusion of my DSLR, and shot many photographs in the square format that I have always loved but using lo-fi/creative camera apps. Also in 2012 I was also commissioned to create photo illustrations for a book of poetry and prose written by my uncle Fergus Chadwick, who saw some of my previously published Blurb books and wanted the same for his latest work. The images from this book formed the basis of my FRPS panel, and I will discuss this Distinction in the talk.
About Viveca Koh FRPS
I am a self-taught Fine Art photographer, and I see potential images everywhere around me, often things that many seem to miss or simply pass by. Abandoned buildings are a passion of mine, as are the details of places that attract my eye, the minutiae that collects in hidden corners, the small parts of bigger things that are fascinating in their own right. I enhance many of my photographs with texture layers and overlays, experimenting with digital double exposure, using old documents that I have collected to add a different dimension to the work in question.
In 2014 I was awarded a Fellowship Distinction by the Royal Photographic Society, following on from LRPS in April 2010 and ARPS in June 2011.
I am a member of the RPS Visual Art Group and Digital Imaging Group, previous Honorary Secretary of the former (2013-2018), and a Friend of the London Salon of Photography. I am an LRPS Panel Member, a part of the team involved in awarding the Licentiateship distinction.
I have exhibited in a number of venues, and all my photographs are sold as signed numbered Limited Edition Giclée prints on Hahnemühle German Etch 310gsm via my website www.vivecakohphotography.com
Testimonials on my presentations and my work in general. www.vivecakohphotography.com www.vivecakohphotography.co.uk
Other Talks – now booking
‘Urban Exploration to Fine Art: a Photographic Journey’
‘A Photographer’s Perspective: My Life Through A Lens’
‘The Joy of Seeing: Photography My Way’
Website: www.vivecakohphotography.com
To Book
Viveca’s fee for this talk is £150.00, plus the full cost of fuel and mileage at 45p per mile (in line with current PAGB guidelines), to your Club/Photographic Society from her home in Addlestone, Surrey with overnight accommodation requested for travel above 70 miles.
The presentation will be presented on a laptop connected to your projector, contains 173 slides, most of these being photographs, and fits within a two hour time frame including a 10-15 minute tea break. Her FPRS panel of 20 mounted prints will also be available for viewing if required.
For initial inquiry please email Viveca at viveca.koh@gmail.com or telephone 07956 517 524
Bookings
30th March 2014 – RPS Digital Imaging Group, Eastern Centre
1st April 2014 – Aperture Woolwich Photographic Society
15th April 2014 – Northfields Camera Club
21st May 2014 – Hampton Hill Photographic Society
5th June 2014 – Richmond and Twickenham Photographic Society
4th September 2014 – Smethwick Photographic Society
2nd October 2014 – Enfield Camera Club
8th October 2014 – Bristol Photographic Society
31st October 2014 – Eastbourne Photographic Society
13th November 2014 – East Grinstead Camera Club
14th January 2015 – Beckenham Photographic Society
16th January 2015 – Selsdon Camera Club
20th January 2015 – Ashford Camera Club
29th January 2015 – Malden Camera Club
11th February 2015 – Muswell Hill Photographic Society
13th February 2015 – Saffron Walden Camera Club
23rd February 2015 – Princes Risborough Camera Club
3rd March 2015 – Southgate Photographic Society
30th March 2015 – Potters Bar & District Photographic Society
23rd April 2015 – Great Notley Photography Club
25th October 2015 – RPS Visual Art Group South-West Region
29th October 2015 – Chertsey Camera Club
3rd November 2015 – Woking Photographic Society
12th November 2015 – Bromley Camera Club
17th November 2015 – Welwyn Garden City Photo Club
19th November 2015 – Croxley Camera Club
23rd November 2015 – Dorking Camera Club
30th November 2015 – Cambridge Camera Club
8th December 2015 – Bognor Regis Camera Club
10th December 2015 – Newbury Camera Club
8th January 2016 – Tonbridge Camera Club
21st January 2016 – Ealing & Hampshire House Photographic Society
17th February 2016 – Godalming Camera Club
22nd February 2016 – Epsom Camera Club
29th February 2016 – Mid Sussex Camera Club
3rd March 2016 – Beacon Camera Club
1st March 2016 – Faversham & District Camera Club
7th March 2016 – Guildford Photographic Society
11th April 2016 – Bracknell Camera Club
14th April 2016 – Bookham Camera Club
21st April 2016 – Basingstoke Camera Club
26th April 2016 – Old Coulsdon Camera Club
21st May 2016 – RPS Visual Art Rollright Group
5th September 2016 – Kingston Camera Club
8th September 2016 – Chichester Camera Club
12th September 2016 – Amersham Photographic Society
20th September 2016 – Maidenhead Camera Club
5th October 2016 – Sittingbourne Photographic Society
11th October 2016 – Bedford Camera Club
17th October 2016 – Carshalton Camera Club
20th October 2016 – Exeter Camera Club
26th October 2016 – Canterbury Photographic Society
31st October 2016 – Reigate Photographic Society
7th November 2016 – Gravesend Camera Club
10th November 2016 – Wallingford Photographic Club
1st March 2017 – Yately Camera Club
13th April 2017 – Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross Camera Club
3rd May 2017 – Cheam Camera Club
5th June 2017 – Southampton Camera Club
15th June 2017 – Gwynfa Camera Club
12th September 2017 – Winchester Photographic Society
4th October 2017 – Adderbury, Deddington & District Photographic Society
10th October 2017 – Hampstead Photographic Society
25th October 2017 – Horndean Camera Club
6th December 2017 – Midhurst Camera Club
23rd February 2018 – Overton Photography Club
26th February 2018 – Pinner Camera Club
5th March 2018 – Battle Photographic Society
11th March 2018 – RPS East Midlands Region
18th April 2018 – Photocraft Camera Club of Wallington
1st May 2018 – Brighton and Hove Camera Club
6th May 2018 – RPS North West Region DIG
17th May 2018 – Ampthill & District Camera Club
14th June 2018 – Gateway Camera Club
17th September 2018 – Parkwood Camera Club
2nd October 2018 – Sandhurst Camera Club
5th December 2018 – Littlehampton and District Camera Club
30th January 2019 – Field End Photographic Society
13th February 2019 – Deal Camera Club
12th March 2019 – Malling Photographic Society
4th April 2019 – Storrington Camera Club
30th April 2019 – Photofold Camera Club
14th May 2019 – Molesey Photographic Club
28th May 2019 – Maidstone Camera Club
12th September 2019 – Watford Camera Club
18th September 2019 – Ware & District Photographic Society
23rd September 2019 – Ipswich and District Photographic Society
8th October 2019 – Worcestershire Camera Club
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