The Western Region celebrated it's first meeting in the new HQ Building with an excellent lecture given by Bryan Radford on:
Underwater Photography

Brians lecture was to say the least inspirational. His images of underwater life were a joy to see and coupled with the supply of information and antidotes that accompanied each slide he really made the subject come alive. The problems of photography in a marine environment were discussed, conservation issues were raised. We were entertained with interesting aspects of the lifestyle of many of the animals shown and it soon became clear that even before the suba diver armed themselves with a camera they had to have a detailed knowledge of the life under the waves. Bryan completed his lecture with a question session which dealt mainly with the equipment used and the optical problems encountered when using cameras underwater.

If you get an opportunity to hear Bryan speak I assure you that your journey will be well rewarded.