Pho­tog­ra­phy has, in recent years, become pretty much a uni­ver­sal art­form — from dis­pos­able film cam­eras to the inven­tion on the dig­i­tal com­pacts and beyond and now the qual­ity of imagery achiev­able on mobile phones.

All of this means not only more party, hol­i­day and pet snap­shots — but also a huge rise in the pop­u­lar­ity of pho­tog­ra­phy as a visual art form and doc­u­men­tary record­ing medium.

With this in mind, 3 Har­bours have launched Pho­to­space — a venue ded­i­cated to pho­tog­ra­phy and fea­tur­ing the work of 7 artists — Dhana McIver, Leigh Matthews, Kathryn Berg, Alan Berg, Glyn Stan­worth, Lau­rie Dixon and Jon Eland. You’ll find us in Pre­ston­pans Town Hall (venue 9) — oppo­site the coop and pro­tected by a blue cow.

In addi­tion to hav­ing pho­tog­ra­phy work on dis­play, you’ll find 2 organ­ised photo walks over the fes­ti­val. I’m lead­ing the first one, start­ing at 11am on Sun­day 29th (and linked to a sim­i­lar walk tak­ing place in Brad­ford) tak­ing in Pre­ston­pans, Pre­ston­grange Museum, the seashore and Cocken­zie Power Sta­tion. A sec­ond walk, organ­ised by the Edin­burgh Dig­i­tal Pho­tog­ra­phy Meetup Group, starts at 11.30 on Sat­ur­day 4th June — meet­ing at The Har­bour Take­away, Port Seton.

Want to Improve Your Snap­shots?
If you like pho­tog­ra­phy and would like a few tips on how to get a bit more from your cam­era and on tak­ing bet­ter pho­tos, come along to one of two free short cre­ative pho­tog­ra­phy work­shops on Mon­day 30th May.
1pm — 2.30pm — meet at Pre­ston­grange Museum Visitor’s Cen­tre
3.30pm — 5.00pm — meet at Cocken­zie Busi­ness Cen­tre
You can attend both if you wish.
Bring a cam­era — and plan to be outdoors!