Photography Presentations and Lectures
by Ken Scott ARPS
Introduction
However good images may look on a computer screen or print, there is still nothing like seeing slides projected into a large space.
Ken Scott delivers professional photography lectures, presentations and slideshows to audiences of any size from camera clubs to conferences and business events. If you are an arts group, camera club or photographic society, mountaineering or walking club, or any organisation looking for the best in photographic presentations, you'll find something very inspiring in Ken's talks catalogue.
Currently Showing: Approaches to Photography
Besides and Beyond
*New for 2009* - At the beginning of 2008, Ken embarked on a photographic journey that marks a watershed in his approach. An ongoing "365" project, one picture a day, every day is now entering a third year and 731+ consecutive days - journaled on Flickr, is presented with delightful mix of humour, philosophy and psychology, examination of our creative processes and challenges to established wisdom, including some beautiful audio-visual. Not to be missed. - 90 mins.
Touching the Light
Ken's photography grew up in the mountains, and his work is more concerned with light and atmosphere than with place, very much in the present moment. In this widely-acclaimed presentation, Ken explores the approaches, techniques and personal philosophy behind his landscape work, and reveals how it is a very different game to that portrayed in the textbooks. - 90 mins.
Travelogues for Mountain and Landscape Enthusiasts
Ken's work is not driven by place but by light and atmosphere. However, travels into wild places lend themselves beautifully to sensitive photo-travelogues, delivered in a light and engaging style. Ken's words are uplifting and meaningful too, leaving you with a sense of involvement and connection both with the subject and your own responses.
Advance Notice - Atlantic to Mediterranean 2011
From Autumn 2011 Ken will be presenting a major new pro lecture featuring that Summer's planned expedition through the Pyrenean High Route (HRP). Please contact us to be put onto an advance mailing for this venture.
Summits & Secrets
An entertaining retrospective of 30 years walking the UK mountains, featuring the drenchings, the postponed dinners and the sleeping-bag photography - all in the pursuit of light - 90 mins.
Pyrenees - Beyond the Breche
*Currently unavailable* - A journey into the Spanish Pyrenees through the Breche de Roland via GR11 and Ordesa, a wilder and less-frequented perspective into these magnificent European mountains - 40 mins.
Knoydart - a week in the Wilderness
Knoydart is a much revered wilderness peninsula on the west coast of Scotland. Experience it and all its glorious wetness ! - 40 mins.
South-west USA
An exploration of some of the National Parks of the desert southwest of the USA, including Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon, Yosemite, Death Valley - 40 mins.
Mountains of Middle Earth
*Currently unavailable* - Ask about Europe's mountains and everyone knows the Alps and Pyrenees. This long-term project to photograph the lesser known mountains of the Mediterranean takes us around the coast in a continually-evolving and fascinating journey. This talk is in several 'mix and match' volumes, starting in Spain, western Europe's second most-mountainous country, and including (so far) Corsica, southern France, Canaries - 90 mins.
Audio-Visuals
With evocative music chosen specially to complement the mood of the images, an audio-visual presentation is much more than a slideshow; it becomes an experience as you let yourself drift and lose yourself in the scenes, unfolding and gently dissolving before you. Ken's av's have received wonderful audience acclaim, and will give both an instant relaxing affect and a long-lasting memory. These shows are available as digital projections only.
Natural Sculptures
A classic from 1991 that endures to this day and is as popular and spellbinding as ever. Blending dramatic light and landforms from the desert to the glacier, from the summit to the sea - 40 mins (90 minutes with optional pre-talk).
Peaks of Experience
The long awaited and stunning sequel to Natural Sculptures, with a strong spiritual and personal presence. When standing high on a summit at sunrise, in a space of silence, where every tiny movement of air can be perceived on the skin, and where one can feel at the same time both highly vulnerable and intensely alive - that is what Maslow would have called a Peak Experience - 40 mins.
