The Royal Meteorological Society, in association with AccuWeather, is hosting an exclusive FREE virtual event on Thursday, 28 April, 7-8 pm (BST) to coincide with the launch of this year's Weather Photographer of the Year competition running from 26 April to 28 June.
In this live session, a highly esteemed panel of professional photographers, photo editors and competition judges will take you through the importance of storytelling in photography and teach you quick and easy techniques to radically change and improve your photography.
Presentations and discussions will include practical tips on getting the best out of your camera equipment, whether a DSLR or a mobile phone, and how you can make your photo stand out from the crowd.
Joining the panel this year are Craig Gunn and Toby Smith.
Craig heads up the commercial photography and video assignments team of PA Media, the UK and Ireland's national news agency. He has 20 years of experience as a photography manager 12 as Executive Picture Editor at the Daily Mail newspaper. He is highly respected for his creative, consultative and operational advice across his large public relations client base. There isn't much that Craig Gunn doesn't know about the world of photography and how to make your photo stand out from the crowd.
Toby is the Climate Visuals Programme Lead and Media Liaison with a strategic goal of expanding their presence, influence and impact in the media and photographic sectors. Based in the South-West of England, Toby has over 12 years of experience as an environmental and editorial photographer. Climate Visuals, a programme of Climate Outreach, use an evidence-based approach to design and catalyse a more compelling and diverse visual language for climate change.
Following her popular talk last year, competition judge Jo Bradford is joining us once again. Jo is a photographer and author who offers tuition and group smartphone photography and image editing workshops. She is an Associate Lecturer in Marine and Natural History Photography BA (Hons) at Falmouth University and a regular public speaker on photography. Jo is also the owner of Green Island Studios, a bespoke photographic studio and colour darkroom where she is passionate about making photography sustainable and produces cameraless photographic works.
We would encourage anyone interested in photography to join this event for the chance to ask questions from some of the leading experts in the profession.
This year's Weather Photographer of the Year competition, in association with AccuWeather, remains FREE to enter with an additional mobile phone category and Young Weather Photographer of the Year category for anyone under 18. Details on how to enter will be available at rmets.org from 26 April 2022.