Welcome to WIFIE
Copyright Belinda Burch
Wifie is an independent photography group for women living in and around Edinburgh. Members of Wifie meet to participate in workshops and visit exhibitions. During these informal meetings the group are able to discuss ideas or explore the issues raised by the work of other artists as well as being able to share knowledge, ideas and experiences within the group.
Wifie provides women with an opportunity to;
Wifie provides women with an opportunity to;
- Learn new skills in photography or extend existing skills
- Participate in exhibitions
- To use photography to explore issues relating to gender, power and social politics
- To look at issues which perpetuate exclusion
- To network with other women's projects across Scotland
New opportunities and recent events...
Exhibition. Women Photographers from The AmberSide Collection.
Our visit to Stills last Saturday was an excellent day out and we would highly recommend a visit to see their current exhibition 'Women Photographers from the AmberSide Collection. The selection of work on display demonstrates an amazing range of images on the theme of 'Social Documentary' from Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's 'Byker Revisited', portraits of Asylum seekers to the amazing images by Martine Franck, a member of Magnum and wife of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Wifie members are now invited to take on board the ideas from this exhibition and create their own 'Social Documentary' work for the Wifie website. This is open to all members even if you didn't make it along on the day.
Our visit to Stills last Saturday was an excellent day out and we would highly recommend a visit to see their current exhibition 'Women Photographers from the AmberSide Collection. The selection of work on display demonstrates an amazing range of images on the theme of 'Social Documentary' from Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's 'Byker Revisited', portraits of Asylum seekers to the amazing images by Martine Franck, a member of Magnum and wife of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Wifie members are now invited to take on board the ideas from this exhibition and create their own 'Social Documentary' work for the Wifie website. This is open to all members even if you didn't make it along on the day.
Workshop Saturday 8th February.
In this digital photography session we were using our digital cameras to explore the exposure triangle, exposure compensation and white balance. We had a fantastic turnout of Wifie members, some for their first session whilst others have been coming for some time. It was great to see everyone mucking in and helping each other as the settings for these functions can be 'hidden' in different places depending on your camera. We'd all agree though that it's worth exploring and trying this kind of exercise out.
Why not play around with these settings and send us an example of your own work. As always this is open to all members.
In this digital photography session we were using our digital cameras to explore the exposure triangle, exposure compensation and white balance. We had a fantastic turnout of Wifie members, some for their first session whilst others have been coming for some time. It was great to see everyone mucking in and helping each other as the settings for these functions can be 'hidden' in different places depending on your camera. We'd all agree though that it's worth exploring and trying this kind of exercise out.
Why not play around with these settings and send us an example of your own work. As always this is open to all members.
Why not have a look at a previous workshop Wifie held at the Winter Garden, This workshop also looked at white balance and how the colours of nature are changed,
Click on image.
Click on image.
Visit to Kelvingrove Gallery.
Wifie members had a lovely day out to Glasgow to see an exhibition by Linda McCartney. Everyone really enjoyed seeing her work and rated this a 'must see' exhibition. As well as the many photographs of famous people there were the more intimate images of her life with Paul McCartney and her children. As usual Wifie members were invited to send in their own images inspired by this exhibition.
Wifie members had a lovely day out to Glasgow to see an exhibition by Linda McCartney. Everyone really enjoyed seeing her work and rated this a 'must see' exhibition. As well as the many photographs of famous people there were the more intimate images of her life with Paul McCartney and her children. As usual Wifie members were invited to send in their own images inspired by this exhibition.
Some Wifie members were inspired by her polaroid images.
Passion 20:20
Wifie members are in the process of researching their ideas for an installation for the Passion 20:20 Project. All members welcome to get involved in the planning and in creating work for this project.
Wifie members are in the process of researching their ideas for an installation for the Passion 20:20 Project. All members welcome to get involved in the planning and in creating work for this project.
In The Spotlight
At WIFIE we believe that photography is for everyone., no matter your taste, age, ability or experience. We don't all have to like the same things and we all experience photographs differently. In this section we showcase individual members to dig into what they love about photography and allow them to share some of their favourite photographs.
While we wait for our next 'In the Spotlight' here is a taster of those who have gone before.
At WIFIE we believe that photography is for everyone., no matter your taste, age, ability or experience. We don't all have to like the same things and we all experience photographs differently. In this section we showcase individual members to dig into what they love about photography and allow them to share some of their favourite photographs.
While we wait for our next 'In the Spotlight' here is a taster of those who have gone before.
Why not... check out some of the other pages in our website. You can find what other members have done for 'In the Spotlight' or take a look at the work in our 'Members Gallery'. Members Gallery
Darkroom facilities
The darkroom that we were setting up at the Arts Complex is no longer available. We will be continuing to try and source darkroom facilities for the future to run workshops and offer traditional printing opportunities. Please get in touch with Wifie if you know of any community darkrooms that we could access. Thank you.
