MYWORLD's Café Art RPS Photography Mentoring Group is an extension of our MyLondon project/ competition and is run by volunteers of the Royal Photography Society (RPS). 

 

Participants of the annual MYLONDON contest are asked to join the group after the annual contest. It uses digital cameras and the goal is to provide more in-depth training of photography.

 

Participants are taught how to use digital SLR cameras, composition, lighting as well as fortnightly photography tours.

 

They have been successful in getting multiple paid commissions, including events at the Facility of Public Health and a commissioned set of photographs for the 171 rooms in the Corner Hotel.

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The group was started for MYLONDON photographers and wanted to take their photography further than the annual contest with one-time-use film cameras. It is an extension of, but separate from, MYLONDON and has been run by volunteers from RPS London Region since 2015.

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Fujifilm UK donated six X1 mirrorless digital cameras to start the group up in 2015 and last year, they donated to the group XT30 cameras to the group and a number of lenses (right).  The group was then able to add to the collection with a number of XT30ii cameras and lenses and cameras, which were partly funded by MYLONDON donors.

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The sale of the MYLONDON greetings cards earns the group an income from each card sold from our website. The group, co-ordinated by Julian Rouse, meets in different parts of London every two weeks, meeting on Zoom weekend in between in-person meet-ups to talk about the photos taken.

 

See the exhibition in Brixton Tate Library from January 6 - 30. The Open View of Our 2025 Journey is Thursday January 15 from 6pm to 8pm. Sign up here (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1972617774866) if you plan to attend because tickets are limited

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If you would like to support the group, please let us know.