Until November 27, 2024, amateur photographers from the AVF (Home of French cities) are exhibiting at the Saint-Jacques chapel, after a careful opening on Tuesday November 19, 2024.
What is a good photo? For Jocelyne Jourdain, who has been participating in the “Photographic Exchange” workshops for four years, “It’s a sharp photo, well lit and framed, with just the right depth of field. So much for the technique. But it’s also a photo that manages to share one’s emotion and one’s vision of the world.”
Support rather than teach
All of these criteria sum up the reason for these two AVF workshops which bring together around twenty lovers of well-designed images. Aline Guinot and Laurent Gauthier, the hosts, tell the story. “Our first choice is not to capture any photos automatically to be able to experiment with the influence of speed and aperture on the rendering of the photo… We often take time for beginners to understand how their digital cameras work … Members experience great pleasure in discussing their productions. We are not here to teach, but rather to support these exchanges of views and knowledge which help us to progress. This exhibition takes the form of our work of the year which mixes personal free exercises with very diverse imposed exercises such as black and white symmetry, silhouettes or even headgear. »
The joy of exhibiting, of sharing and even of teasing each other about certain more daring choices, was certainly there for these amateurs whose aim, it is true to say, is sometimes original and always applied.
Exchange of photographic views, exhibition until November 27 from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Saint-Jacques chapel in Vendôme. FREE ENTRANCE. Information 02.54.77.02.90.
