Dark Chamber is a new exhibition of pinhole photography opening at Dimbola Lodge on 1st April 2011. 

In a world dominated by digital manipulation and the instant delete button, the photographs in Dark Chamber are a simple expression of people’s desire to regain the mystery of photography as expressed in many computer and mobile applications offering analogue effects.

Despite its charm, Dark Chamber is not a romance with times gone by, Continue Reading »

Over the last 6 months the IWDIG have hosted a series of informational and practical events to help people get online.  The intended goal, to get as many people who are not already internet-savvy to go online and see the benefits for themselves.

The IWDIG are happy to open the door and run free awareness sessions to give older people and other less confident users a taste of computers and the internet. A special  ’Spring Into Summer Online’ takes place on Wednesday evening between 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm. Continue Reading »

A new exhibition ‘The Age Of Innocence’  by British photographer Norman Parkinson, will go on display at Dimbola Lodge in April.

“Legendary British photographer Norman Parkinson (1913 – 1990), operated in a world of high fashion, but he was also drawn to the carefree innocence of children, capturing a lost era when childhood was an optimistic and untarnished experience.”

Alongside his passionate enthusiasm for Julia Margaret Cameron’s images of children portraying a romantic innocence, this inspired Parkinson’s own work in this genre.  Continue Reading »

A new Isle of Wight photography exhibition in October will look back on the early photographic  work of British film director Ken Russell.

In the 50′s as a freelance photographer Ken Russell now 83, captured the great eccentrics of his youth for posterity in photographs which remained unseen for 50 years.  Read more click here

Dimbola Lodge  will host an exhibition giving a glipse of the impressive photographic talent of Ken Russell from 7th October 2011 – 8th January 2012.

“A little something for the weekend”  lets capture the moment.

Here’s a great little project and lets hope all of our photographers take part. As the clocks go forward on 27th March we are about to lose an hour, but lets make the best of it, by capturing ‘The Lost Hour’ as a snapshot in time.

On Sunday as we spring into British Summer Time (BST), choose an hour capture some photos and post them to our IWDIG facebook page.  Continue Reading »

If the £237.60 full retail cost of Adobe Lightroom 3.3 has deterred you from downloading the software and dipping your toe in the water, then Gary’s series of lectures over at SSDCC must have done a good job in persuading you that this is the future and that you will find it money well spent. Shopping around can reduce this outlay. The earlier version, Lightroom 3, is now available on the Web from £145.00 and would be a good starting point. Continue Reading »