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With the ongoing government restrictions, justifying driving our cars is difficult and being involved in social gatherings, almost impossible. Irrespective of this, the glorious Spring weather has allowed us to utilise the extra time at home to pamper our Porsches, in readiness for the end of the lock down.
Without a date set for an easing of these conditions, the R7 CoG has been trialling the Zoom conference facility that many, including Porsche club GB, use for on-line conferencing.
We will be holding a Zoom meeting for the membership to participate in on the Thursday 30th April at 19:30hrs.
If you are not familiar with Zoom, please take the time to look at the website, Zoom https://zoom.us/ as there are many demonstration videos to help you become accustomed to the process, you will not need to download the program as we will send out a link via email.
Towards the end of the meeting we intend to provide some entertainment in the form of a Kahoot! Quiz.
Again, please take time to browse the Kahoot! https://kahoot.com/ website for tips and advice, we have found the best way to use the system is to have a phone with the Kahoot app as an answer pad, the quiz itself will be displayed on the R7 Zoom interface.
To access the Kahoot interface without downloading the app, you will need to navigate to https://kahoot.it/ and as with the app, enter the game pin code which will be displayed on your R7 Zoom screen.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Following on from the first Zoom evening, on Wednesday 6th May we are delighted to have a guest speaker to provide R7 with an insight into his career as a professional photographer, Jonathan Jacob was born and bred in Sunderland, with a love for SAFC and savoury dips!
He achieved a 1st class BA (Hons) in Photography after majoring in Art and Design at college.
Jonathan’s first job was Picture Desk Manager with a press agency which supplied major national newspapers and magazines. Each day he assessed and wired over around 100 pictures – probably the best apprenticeship in the world for sharpening the eye, not just for composition but for the story.
Very soon Jonathan moved from processing photographs to taking them, and was always a buzz when seeing his pictures looking back at him from national newspapers and glossy magazines.
An unusual opportunity presented when Jonathan was given the chance of becoming a Police Photographic Officer. A world away from ‘the mags and the rags’, police photography demands high technical and interpretive skills. The remit was wide – from crime scenes to aerial photography, from public disorder to surveillance, and more. Each picture not only captured vital evidence but told the story.
Through stringent cuts to the Police role Jonathan went freelance in 2010. From then onwards his passion for anything automotive coupled with photography has become…. ‘The Best Job in the World’.
With over forty covers to his name Jonathan regularly shooting for several car magazines. Also shoots for Bentley Motors, Toyota and Honda UK.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We’ve asked Jonathan to share with us his career, passion and stories from the world of photography; in particular his automotive work.
Porsche Club GBR7 – Yorkshire Region ‘Automotive Photography’Jonathan Jacob Split over three weeks, a look at my career to date and the work / areas I’ve found myself working in.
Week 1, 6th May 2020 (Education / Early work)
Week 2, 20th May 2020 (‘Police Photographer’ to Freelancer)
Week 3, 3rd June 2020 (Automotive Work)
- Different techniques used within automotive photography
- Behind the camera on various shoots
- Various cover shoots exposed (does the camera lie?)
- Car portraiture / what’s involved in
With the ongoing government restrictions, justifying driving our cars is difficult and being involved in social gatherings, almost impossible. Irrespective of this, the glorious Spring weather has allowed us to utilise the extra time at home to pamper our Porsches, in readiness for the end of the lock down.
Without a date set for an easing of these conditions, the R7 CoG has been trialling the Zoom conference facility that many, including Porsche club GB, use for on-line conferencing.
We will be holding a Zoom meeting for the membership to participate in on the Thursday 30th April at 19:30hrs.
If you are not familiar with Zoom, please take the time to look at the website, Zoom https://zoom.us/ as there are many demonstration videos to help you become accustomed to the process, you will not need to download the program as we will send out a link via email.
Towards the end of the meeting we intend to provide some entertainment in the form of a Kahoot! Quiz.
Again, please take time to browse the Kahoot! https://kahoot.com/ website for tips and advice, we have found the best way to use the system is to have a phone with the Kahoot app as an answer pad, the quiz itself will be displayed on the R7 Zoom interface.
To access the Kahoot interface without downloading the app, you will need to navigate to https://kahoot.it/ and as with the app, enter the game pin code which will be displayed on your R7 Zoom screen.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Following on from the first Zoom evening, on Wednesday 6th May we are delighted to have a guest speaker to provide R7 with an insight into his career as a professional photographer, Jonathan Jacob was born and bred in Sunderland, with a love for SAFC and savoury dips!He achieved a 1st class BA (Hons) in Photography after majoring in Art and Design at college.
Jonathan’s first job was Picture Desk Manager with a press agency which supplied major national newspapers and magazines. Each day he assessed and wired over around 100 pictures – probably the best apprenticeship in the world for sharpening the eye, not just for composition but for the story.
Very soon Jonathan moved from processing photographs to taking them, and was always a buzz when seeing his pictures looking back at him from national newspapers and glossy magazines.
An unusual opportunity presented when Jonathan was given the chance of becoming a Police Photographic Officer. A world away from ‘the mags and the rags’, police photography demands high technical and interpretive skills. The remit was wide – from crime scenes to aerial photography, from public disorder to surveillance, and more. Each picture not only captured vital evidence but told the story.
Through stringent cuts to the Police role Jonathan went freelance in 2010. From then onwards his passion for anything automotive coupled with photography has become…. ‘The Best Job in the World’.
With over forty covers to his name Jonathan regularly shooting for several car magazines. Also shoots for Bentley Motors, Toyota and Honda UK.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We’ve asked Jonathan to share with us his career, passion and stories from the world of photography; in particular his automotive work.Porsche Club GBR7 – Yorkshire Region ‘Automotive Photography’Jonathan Jacob Split over three weeks, a look at my career to date and the work / areas I’ve found myself working in.Week 1, 6th May 2020 (Education / Early work)
- 1. HND Photography Final project (earliest automotive photography)
- 2. Degree Photography Final project (Life in Morgan 1999)
- 3. First job in Photography – Guzelian northern picture agency.
Week 2, 20th May 2020 (‘Police Photographer’ to Freelancer)
- 1. Overview / remit of a Police Photographer (Including the few images I can show)
- 2. Freelance work. Event work (automotive related)
- 3. Other editorial work for the likes of Bentley (Everything else I shoot)
Week 3, 3rd June 2020 (Automotive Work)
- 1. Plenty of automotive automotive work.
- Different techniques used within automotive photography
- Behind the camera on various shoots
- Various cover shoots exposed (does the camera lie?)
- Car portraiture / what’s involved in
