New photography group starts in Blayney

A self-confessed gear freak Mrs Oborn has carried a camera with her everywhere, long before they came embedded in our smartphones.

"Even when I was a young girl I carried a little camera with me and had to get them printed up," she said.

"It was only five years ago that I bought my first DSLR and wanted to achieve more from it."

Apart from purchasing more and more lenses as she builds her kit, Karen has been posting her landscape images on social media, to much acclaim from those that see them.

"I really enjoy taking images of landscapes, macros of flowers, sunrises and sunsets, but there's no genre that I stick to," she said.

Mrs Oborn equates the act of showing her images on social media to be the same as when she shows her horses, it's just a pleasant way to make other people's lives a bit better.

"Having people look at the photos gets them more involved and I get a lot of satisfaction out of a good photo," she said.

"You're always trying to find the best photo you've ever taken."

To help her improve with every shot, Mrs Oborn has become a member of the newly formed Blayney Shire Photos group on Facebook which was created by the owner of the Odd Sock Gallery, Bradley Bradley.

"During lockdown a lot of people were posting some great images and realised that there is a lot of really talented photographers already in Blayney," he said.

"And there are a lot of really beautiful places in Blayney where you can go and take photographs.

"It should be a photographers destination because we have the four seasons and some beautiful landmarks that people don't know about."

From smartphones to high-end DSLR's and from the young to the old, there's no barriers to taking photographs and that is one of the major benefits of the craft Mrs Oborn said.

"It doesn't matter who you are or what you have, you can always learn something new," she said.

Rather than form a camera club of old, Mr Bradley sees the role of the group to become more of a mentoring and support group than the traditional gear and image group.

"I'd like to see some events that have small numbers, so that rather spending the first hour with 10 people sorting out their camera settings, we can work one-on-one and we'll get so much more out of that than working with a larger group," he said.

The Blayney Shire Photos Facebook page can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/268376041832986

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