Category: Club member adventures

Text and all photos by Jerome Rozitis, including banner image, Amphitrite Point Lighthouse Under the Milky Way. A good Milky Way image takes some planning.

Having the opportunity to experience and photograph the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, was a dream come true for me, combining my deep interest in astronomy with my passion for photography.

London is a city of intersections — between light and shadow, stone and glass, movement and emotion. It is a mix of historical & modern seemingly designed to be photographed in monochrome.

We begin with an introduction by Kahsia Hartwell, Ulana’s friend and one of our VCC members, before following the story behind her project and book. Ulana also shares how she created the photograph on the book’s cover: a sea Torii covered in ice and snow.

In 2024, I travelled to Japan on a photography workshop that has impacted my composition style significantly. My impression of Japan was shaped overwhelmingly by its immense population of 124 million people crowded into the world’s 11th most populous country. Space is at such a premium that designing for the optimal use of it is paramount. Equally, such a valuable commodity should be pleasing to the eye.