{"id":8378,"date":"2026-01-08T09:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/?p=8378"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:51:14","slug":"guest-speaker-liz-peat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/2026\/01\/08\/guest-speaker-liz-peat\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Speaker &#8211; Liz Peat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8378\" class=\"elementor elementor-8378\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c86e1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c86e1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155a4c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"155a4c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"266\">DPS Meeting 17 \u2013 The Art of Food Photography with Liz Peat<\/h3><p data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"442\">Last night\u2019s meeting marked our <strong data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"327\">first gathering of 2026<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"366\">17th meeting of the season<\/strong>, and it was a thoroughly enjoyable and inspiring way to start the new year.<\/p><p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"814\">We were delighted to welcome <strong data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"485\">Liz Peat<\/strong>, a former member of Dunchurch Photographic Society, who gave a fascinating talk on <strong data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"600\">the art of food photography<\/strong>. Liz explained that her own interest in food photography was sparked back in <strong data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"686\">2019<\/strong>, after attending a talk by another speaker here at DPS \u2014 a lovely reminder of how influential our programme of speakers can be.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-8382\" src=\"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photography-1-600x450.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photography-1-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photography-1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photography-1-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photography-1-1000x750.webp 1000w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photography-1-747x560.webp 747w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photography-1.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><p data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"1163\">Liz shared a wealth of practical advice throughout the evening, emphasising that while lighting, composition and styling are important, it is ultimately <strong data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"1011\">the photographer\u2019s role to add emotion<\/strong> to an image. Her examples showed how thoughtful choices can turn a simple dish into a compelling photograph that tells a story and draws the viewer in.<\/p><p data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1532\">The second half of the evening was given over to a <strong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1246\">hands-on practical session<\/strong>, which proved extremely popular. Liz had brought along <strong data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1343\">six different food photography setups<\/strong>, allowing members to rotate around the room and put her guidance into practice. It was a great opportunity to experiment, ask questions and see how small changes can make a big difference.<\/p><p data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1619\">The only disappointment of the evening? <strong data-start=\"1574\" data-end=\"1619\">We didn\u2019t get to eat the food at the end!<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1848\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8381\" src=\"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photoghraphy-2-600x450.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photoghraphy-2-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photoghraphy-2-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photoghraphy-2-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photoghraphy-2-1000x750.webp 1000w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photoghraphy-2-747x560.webp 747w, https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Food-Photoghraphy-2.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>A <strong data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1648\">huge thank you to Liz<\/strong> for stepping in at the last minute and delivering such a <strong data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1762\">thought-provoking, educational and enjoyable evening<\/strong>. It was a fantastic start to 2026 and very much appreciated by everyone who attended.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DPS Meeting 17 \u2013 The Art of Food Photography with Liz Peat Last night\u2019s meeting marked our first gathering of 2026 and the 17th meeting of the season, and it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20,25],"tags":[165,207,205,206,208],"class_list":["post-8378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-latest","category-society-events","tag-dunchurch-photographic-society","tag-food-photography","tag-guest-speaker","tag-liz-peat","tag-practical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8378"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8385,"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8378\/revisions\/8385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}