1Hello, Wayside Camera Club, Breda speaking.
2Oh, hello, um, my name's Dan and I'd like to join your club.
3That's great, Dan.
4We have an application form,
5would you like to complete it over the phone,
6then you can ask any questions you might have?
7Oh, yes, thanks.
8OK, so what's your family name?
9It's Green, Dan Green.
10So, can I take your email address?
11Yes, it's dan1068@market.com.
12Thanks.
13And what about your home address?
14Well, I'm about ten miles away from your club in Peacetown.
15I live in a house there.
16OK, so what's the house number and street?
17It's 52 Marrowfield Street.
18Is that M-A-R-R-O-W-F-I-E-L-D?
19That's right.
20...and that's Peacetown, you said?
21So how did you hear about our club?
22Did you look on the internet?
23I usually do that, but this time...
24well, I was talking to a relative the other day and he suggested it.
25Oh, is he a member too?
26He belongs to another club,
27but he'd heard good things about yours.
28OK.
29So what do you hope to get from joining?
30Well, one thing that really interests me is the competitions that you have.
31I enjoy entering those.
32Right.
33Anything else?
34Well, I also like to socialise with other photographers.
35That's great.
36So what type of membership would you like?
37What are the options?
38It's £30 a year for full membership
39or £20 a year if you're an associate.
40I think I'll go for the full membership, then.
41That's a good idea
42because you can't vote in meetings with an associate membership.
43If I could just find out a bit more about you...
44OK.
45So you said you wanted to compete,
46have you ever won any photography competitions?
47Not yet, but I have entered three in the past.
48Oh, that's interesting.
49So why don't you tell me something about those?
50Let's start with the first one.
51Well, the theme was entitled 'Domestic Life'.
52I see.
53So it had to be something related to the home?
54Yeah.
55I chose to take a photo of a family sitting round the dinner table having a meal,
56and, urn, I didn't win, but I did get some feedback.
57Oh, what did the judges say?
58That it was too 'busy' as a picture.
59Aha, so it was the composition of the picture that they criticised?
60That's right, and once they'd told me that, I could see my mistake.
61So what was the theme of the second composition?
62Well, my university was on the coast
63and that area gets a lot of beautiful sunsets
64so that was the theme.
65Oh, sunsets, that's a great theme.
66Yes.
67The instructions were to capture the clouds as well,
68it couldn't just be blue sky and a setting sun.
69Sure, 'cause they give you all those amazing pinks and purples.
70Yeah, and I thought I'd done that well,
71but the feedback was that I should have waited a bit longer to get the shot.
72I see.
73So the timing wasn't right.
74Yes, I took it too soon, basically.
75And then the third competition I entered was called 'Animal Magic'.
76Well, that's a difficult subject!
77I know!
78I had to take hundreds of shots.
79I'm sure, because animals move all the time.
80That's what we had to show,
81there had to be some movements in the scene.
82I got a great shot of a fox in the end,
83but I took it at night and...
84well, I suspected that it was a bit dark which is what I was told.
85Well, Dan, you seem to be really keen and we'd be delighted to have you in our club.
86I'm sure we can help with all those areas that you've outlined.
87Thanks, that's great.