Mike is a very active member of Bristol Photographic Society, he lectures on the BPS Intro To Photography course, he organises the Bristol Photographers With Disabilities group and is also the studio manager at BPS.

This talk charts his journey into creative portraits, discussing how to get started, the value of collaboration with others, thoughts composition and style, the importance of shooting for yourself, all illustrated with prints on Fotospeed papers and inks prints.  Images are accompanied with a description of the processing in an attempt to de-mystify and to encourage members of the audience to become more adventurous and have a go themselves. If time permits (rarely does) I show how I made some of the creative images, including 'before and after' shots.

To see more of Mike’s work, check out his website…

https://www.mikemartinphotography.co.uk/