Polina comes highly recommended and EHHPS has had this talk booked for some time.

Polina writes:

I usually split the talk into two parts. 

The "Flower portraits" part of the evening will be about my approach to flower photography which is somewhat similar to portrait photography: for every flower and plant that I photograph, I always try to find a unique look, study its mood and character, unlock its hidden beauty. In doing so, I neither aim at creating an accurate natural/botanical image, nor try to picture a flower in its natural habitat. What matters is my creative interpretation of a flower image.

In the "Still Life" part of the evening I will talk about composition, light, textures and colours that I use when creating my still life setups. My approach - for better or worse - is to start by creating an image in my mind's eye, and proceed to taking photographs only after all details have been thought through. There will be a few schematic illustrations to show my studio hardware and to demonstrate various stages of putting together a still life setup.

My presentation is digital, there is a selection of digitally projected images that I will be showing, and I also bring over a small selection of prints, just for the purpose of displaying them during tea break, so that club members can have a closer look at the quality of printing and at my choice of paper