PHOTOGRAPHY
TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT
As part of his prize for the R ailway Photographic Society Special Award in the 2022 Young R ailway Photographer of the Year competition, Gwion Clark enjoyed a day’s tuition from one of the country’s leading professional photographers, Jack Boskett, at Didcot R ailway Centre.
by Gareth Evans.
IT’S early on Saturday, October 29 and it’s cold as I travel by train to Didcot. Upon arrival at the entrance gate to Didcot Railway Centre, I am met with the familiar warm welcome by the Great Western Society’s (GWS) staff and volunteers.
I am here to represent The RM and report on a day’s tutorial by award-winning photographer Jack Boskett for Gwion Clark who won the Railway Photographic Society Special Award in the Young Railway Photographer of the Year (which I’d helped judge). Gwion’s prize was sponsored by The RM publisher Mortons Media Group, as well as by Jack, a top photographer with a stunning and growing portfolio of images.
In the weeks running up to the day at Didcot, Gwion and I had been in communication, and I had established that he was a fellow Welsh speaker – so when we finally met in person at Didcot, we naturally greeted each other in our first language, Welsh.
A down to earth sort, Gwion was quietly enthusiastic about the day ahead – and his eyes lit up when I mentioned I had arranged a footplate pass and a behind the scenes tour as a little surprise.
We were chaperoned by GWS press officer Frank Dumbleton – an accomplished photographer in his own right.