Issue No. 6
24th June 2024
We hope the official start of summer has inspired you to get outdoors with your camera! Here is your latest Member News:
Next Cliq Members Zoom meet-ups
Please join us online for an informal group meeting where we can get acquainted, share ideas and images, and discuss things to come!
Zoom meetings run approximately 45–60 minutes
Please RSVP so we have an idea of how many will attend.
NEXT ZOOM MEETINGS:
– Wednesday 17th July
– Tuesday 13th August
All starting at 7:00 pm (1900 hrs) British Summer Time
Join using Nat Coalson's Personal Meeting Room
Recording from previous Zoom meeting
On Wednesday 19th June we had a great Zoom session and covered a lot of topics. You are invited to watch the recordings of any previous meetings and links are provided in the Members News section of our website. (You must be logged in to access it.)
Download the latest video recording here
Warwickshire Open Studios - Summer Art Weeks
Several of our members are participating in Open Studios which runs 22nd June - 7th July in venues across Warwickshire.
Of particular note is the exhibition of works by Cliq member and volunteer gallery associate Peter Lovelock:
Venue 14. Offchurch Artists
St Gregory's Church
Village St
Offchurch
CV33 9AS
Peter will be at the exhibition from Monday 1st July through the close of the event and welcomes your visit!
Discount code and member content
Some members have encountered difficulty obtaining the automatic discounts when making purchases on our website. Remember that the member-only features and content are dependent on being logged into the website.
If you are not logged in, the discount will not be automatically applied. So please be sure to log in the website before completing any purchases.
At the upper right of the screen, click the little 'profile' icon to be taken to the login page. Let me know if you have any trouble setting a password or logging in and I can help.
You can also manually enter the members discount code during checkout. Please contact us and we will send it to you privately.
Assignment: Design Motifs
For this month, the photo assignment is to work on creating series of images based on a motif. In the visual arts, a motif is a visual element that repeats or re-occurs.
A very simple example is to make a series of photos that all feature circles. You could make it more challenging by shooting only blue circles, circles with hard outlines, or groups of circles, etc.
Taking this much further, a series of images could be created using motifs that are much more complex, or conceptual. The motif could involve irregular shapes, colour combinations, patterns and textures, etc.
The goal is to identify a theme—anchored on a specific graphic element—and build a set of images around that.
Let me know if you have any questions about this assignment. We will review images in the next Zoom meeting.
Call for Entries: Street Photography
Submissions for our first major group exhibition of 2024 opens today, 8th May. All photographers everywhere are invited to enter images for a chance to be included in the exhibition.
Cliq members get 15% off entry fees. When you go to the website, be sure to Log In (using the icon at the upper right of the screen) and your discount will be automatically applied.
Featured Member – Call for images
I'm ready to feature your photography on our website and social media! Please send me 12-20 of your favourite images along with a brief Artist Statement / Biography.
Your input and news items needed
Do you have any news to share with the Cliq? This could be anything related to your photography.
We are very keen to have ongoing communication and involvement with and between our members and greatly value your feedback and contributions.
Featured Member
Please get in touch if you would like to have your work highlighted on our website and social media programmes. We want to share great photography with the world!
Tell a friend
If you know other photographers who you think might benefit from membership in Cliq Photiq, please refer them! You can direct them to the main Membership page on our website. Again, membership is open to photographers living anywhere in the world.
As always, if there are any questions or concerns we are more than happy to address them personally, so please also feel free to share our group email cliq@photiq.uk as well as our gallery phone number 01926 833212.
Until next time… thanks and happy Cliquing !