Outing: Hotham Park, Bognor Regis

A relaxed photowalk through Hotham Park, one of Bognor Regis’s most photogenic locations. The park offers a diverse range of subjects, from historic architecture to natural landscapes and detailed close-up opportunities.

Our walk will include the elegant Hotham Park House, built in 1792 by Sir Richard Hotham, where the distinctive clock tower provides excellent opportunities for architectural studies, silhouettes, and creative framing through the surrounding trees. Throughout the grounds, the impressive wooden carvings of Alice in Wonderland characters offer engaging subjects for portrait-style compositions, selective focus techniques, and candid images of visitors interacting with the sculptures.

The park’s boating lake can provide beautiful reflections of the sky and surrounding trees, particularly in calm conditions or after rainfall, making it an ideal setting for landscape photography. We will also explore the restored Mediterranean and Tropical Gardens, home to a wide variety of specimen trees and seasonal flowers, offering plenty of opportunities for close-up, macro, and nature photography.

Suitable for photographers of all abilities, this photowalk encourages participants to experiment with composition, light, reflections, architectural detail, and creative close-up techniques in a varied and attractive park setting.