Last week, Gill Mackay came to the Tenby and District Arts Club with a selection of her amazing photographs. For the last few years, Gill has concentrated on street photography, and has been successfully entering national and international competitions with her efforts.

She tries to catch things from an unusual perspective. Street photography was started by Henri Cartier-Bresson, and aims to catch random incidents in public places, rather than posed images. It can be taken anywhere in a public area, not just on the street.

Gill showed us photographs taken during Ironman, and in mud-running competitions, as well as from cities such as Porto, Portugal, and Seville, Spain. The weather often influences her photos, with mist, rain and sunlight all changing the end results.

Her photographs sometimes include people in high contrast silhouette, and sometimes she exposes for the person, other times for the background. Her photographs often catch people in action, or unconscious of her, such as sitting on a public bench.

Gill said of the hundreds of images she takes; she is happy if she gets 12 really good ones in a year. The selection she showed to the Arts Club were excellent - beautifully taken, with a wide variety of subjects and styles - a whole new world to explore…

This (Friday) evening, Margaret Acors will take us Sailing in Arabia. This will be at 7.30 pm in St. Johns Church Hall and is £5 or £3 for members of Tenby Arts Club, including tea/coffee and biscuits at the end. Everyone is welcome!