Join us for this free talk when photographer Richard Walls will talk about how he went about photographing Wakefield at night.

Richard is a British landscape photographer living and working in Upper Dales region of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. With his wife, Polly, Richard owns and runs The Old School Muker Art Gallery & Craft Centre situated in the village of Muker, set within the stunning surroundings of Upper Swaledale. Inspired by this wonderful landscape he has published three photography books, Kisdon Landscapes , The Muker Wildflower Meadow Photography Guide and the Yorkshire Dales Landscape Photography Companion.

For this talk, Richard shifts his focus to the city of Wakefield, where he lived for over twenty years, with a selection of photographs taken after the sun has long set. During the talk he’ll speak about the advantages and rewards of nighttime photography, the techniques used for capturing the atmosphere of the city after dark, and how the project made him re-evaluate and appreciate a city that he has known since childhood.

The talk is free to attend and is open to anyone interested in the subject. It will be held in the Kingswood Suite on the first floor of the Town Hall (lift available). We hope to have a supply of Richard's books, calendars and other work available to purchase on the night.

Please note that we sometimes take photographs at our events to help promote the work of the Society on social media, in our print publications and in our presentations. If you do not wish to be included in the photographs, please speak to one of the organisers on the at the event.

For anyone unable to attend the talk in person, a live stream will be available via Zoom. When booking your ticket(s) , please make you to select either the 'in person' ticket if you are planning to come along to the Town Hall or the 'live stream' ticket if you are going to watch on line. A Zoom link will be sent to you on the day of the event.

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