A space to promote Birmingham & West Midlands based photographers of all styles, both amateur and professional. We produce lectures, workshops and projects for fellow camera lovers to connect with others and improve their skills
Photos from Street Photography Workshop 2/6/12

Photos from Street Photography Workshop 2/6/12

Here are some of the photos taken on our first Street Photography Workshop with Martin Pickard held on 2/6/12. Thanks to all the attendees and Martin for leading a great session. We will be announcing the next session soon, so keep an eye out for more details. Darren Rye Nick Hynan  Dan...
BLP Portrait Project • Round Three

BLP Portrait Project • Round Three

Below are the results of the third round of the Birmingham Loves Photographers Portrait Project. Snappers from around the Birmingham entered their names into a pool and were paired up to take portraits of one another and share tips and styles. There’s no prizes or competition involved, it’s all in...
BLP Portrait Project • Round Two

BLP Portrait Project • Round Two

Below are the results of the second round of the Birmingham Loves Photographers Portrait Project. Snappers from around the Birmingham entered their names into a pool and were paired up to take portraits of one another and share tips and styles. There’s no prizes or competition involved, it’s all in...
BLP Portrait Project • Round One

BLP Portrait Project • Round One

Below are the results of the first round of the Birmingham Loves Photographers Portrait Project. Snappers from around the Birmingham entered their names into a pool and were paired up to take portraits of one another and share tips and styles. There’s no prizes or competition involved, it’s all in...
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Exhibitions: 'Madin’s Library' by Richard Southall & 'Architectūra' by Ilona Zielinska

Exhibitions: ‘Madin’s Library’ by Richard Southall & ‘Architectūra’ by Ilona Zielinska

Madin’s Library – Richard Southall Birmingham Architecture Festival 2013 are extremely excited to be presenting this photographic exhibition of the Central Library by renowned architectural photographer Richard Southall . This exhibition is a small taster to a much larger volume of images which were produced over a period of 2 months to document the public,...
Architectural Photography Uncovered with Birmingham Architecture Festival 2013

Architectural Photography Uncovered with Birmingham Architecture Festival 2013

Date: Monday 27th May Time: 6.30pm Number of places: 35 Price: Free Event Tickets: To book a place go to the Eventbrite page http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/org/3844986813?s=14407715 Location: 6/8 Kafe, 6/8 Temple Row,  Birmingham Birmingham Architecture Festival 2013 are proud to be partnering withBirmingham Loves Photographers to present this talk on architectural photography delivered by experts in the field, Richard Southall and Ilona Zielinska. Have you ever wondered how architectural...
Meetup Tuesday 14th May - Jane Baker Talk

Meetup Tuesday 14th May – Jane Baker Talk

At 7:30 on Tuesday 14th May, photographer Jane Baker will be leading a talk at 6/8 Kafe, titled: ‘Opening a discussion on Photography and the ethics conundrum.’ ‘Starting from a documentary perspective, in this discussion based talk Jane draws on the writing and images of others, and incites from her own work, concerning the age...
'Findings' - exhibition by Tom Hunter with Grain

‘Findings’ – exhibition by Tom Hunter with Grain

From FindingsBirmingham Hunter employs a pinhole camera, a simple square wooden box without a lens or shutter, whose origins lie in the pre and early history of photography.  The camera has a small hole at one end which allows light to seep onto a sheet of large format colour transparency film held at the back...
Meetup Tuesday 9th April - Science of Photography : ISO

Meetup Tuesday 9th April – Science of Photography : ISO

We are proud to announce a new series of lectures at BLP that looks to give a technical insight into photography and fill in the gaps in your background knowledge. Titled ‘Science of Photography’, each talk will be done by a local expert that will focus on a specific aspect to the photographic process. In...
Meetup Tuesday 12 March - Mobile Photography

Meetup Tuesday 12 March – Mobile Photography

With the rise of cameraphones and compact technology, this has spurred on a whole generation of people taking up photography as a hobby and posting their photos up to outlets such as instagram. Although this style has its restrictions, it also has made the craft more accesible than ever, with everyone carrying a phone with...
Branch 'Online Pile' Inspiration for March

Branch ‘Online Pile’ Inspiration for March

Here are February’s Branch entries, along with the photos from January that inspired them. You can now pick any of these images to gain inspiration from, for March’s entry. Please make sure you keep note of which image (including number, which should be the file name) you have selected for inspiration, so we can keep...
'Love Me' exhibition by Zed Nelson at Light House

‘Love Me’ exhibition by Zed Nelson at Light House

Showing from Sat 16 Feb until Sat 8 June 2013 Main Gallery, Admission free LOVE ME is a challenging examination of youth and beauty by the Uganda-born, London based Zed Nelson, a multi award-winning photographer. Light House Gallery will be co-hosting the exhibition with Wolverhampton Art Gallery, with the works divided between the two galleries...
Branch Project February Entries

Branch Project February Entries

After much deliberation the BLP ‘crew’ has decided that it would be best for the Branch Project, for this month, will be virtual (cue ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’). We will still be meeting up next Tuesday 12th February  for the Reference works talk ‘In Conversation with Brian Griffin’, more information here. SO. Here is how Branch...
Meetup Tuesday 12th February

Meetup Tuesday 12th February

Well, it’s that time again! Next week will be the second meetup of 2013. Last time we met at 6/8 Kafe , had a debate about film vs digital and launched the new Branch project. We had a fantastic turn out and we hope this continues for the rest of the year. For the second...
Beat Streuli In Conversation at Ikon Gallery

Beat Streuli In Conversation at Ikon Gallery

  Join artist Beat Streuli as he discusses the inspiration behind his photography. Streuli also signs copies of the new exhibition catalogue, produced exclusively by Ikon. Ikon, in collaboration with EACC Castellón, presents photography, video and digital projections by acclaimed Swiss artist Beat Streuli. A kind of portraiture of urban life, his work contains close-up images of people, often...
The House - exhibition by Justyna Ptak

The House – exhibition by Justyna Ptak

Justyna Ptak, who has been previously featured on Birmingham Loves Photographers, will be having an exhibition at the Wedge Gallery in Lichfield of her collection titled ‘The House’. With a Private Viewing on 5th February at 6:30pm and the show will stay up until 28th February. Justyna Ptak is currently finishing her MA in Fine...