WELCOME TO THE 3RD NQL CREATIVE WEEKEND EVENT!
FRI 21st / SUN 23rd NOVEMBER 2025
NQL HQ ISLINGTON MILL
JAMES STREET, SALFORD M3 5HW
FRIDAY 21st
‘MYSTERY’
AN EVENING OF FINE FOOD, GOOD CONVERSATION, PERFORMANCE AND MUSIC.
Join Not Quite Light for the second evening of ‘Mystery’ at the Creative Weekends.
DINNER 6.30pm -7.30pm
The evening will begin with a delicious 2 course dinner at the wonderful Deli Lama cafe, situated just across the courtyard from NQL HQ at Islington Mill. The price includes a welcome drink and a main and desert. There are only 12 places available, to keep the evening social, allowing everyone to sit around one big table.
PERFORMANCE 8pm-9.30pm
The studio will open at 7.30pm ready for the performance to begin at 8pm, allowing time for dinner guests to join the audience. Again, places are limited to retain a unique, intimate atmopshere. The evening will begin with artist NQL performing text to projections of newly made work and sound, and then we’ll have an ‘In Conversation’ with a special guest, to be revealed on the night. Each month this section of the evening will feature someone from the arts, either a musician, writer, visual artist or performer, who has a fascinating story to tell. The evening will finish with live music.
Drinks will be available from the Deli Lama bar.
SATURDAY 22nd
DAWN PHOTOWALK 6.15AM – 7.45AM – Meet outside Factory.
Join Not Quite Light for a contemplative dawn walk along the River Irwell, starting from outside Factory, exploring the quiet streets as the day begins. This is the first morning of the clocks going back, so we can consider the world around us as we leave the summer months behind, and enter a new season. The walk will be suitable for all levels. I’ll be on hand to offer tips and inspiration for photographs. The walk is suitable for any level, and you can bring any kind of recording device – smartphone, dslr or film cameras, or even no device at all if you simply want to stroll and absorb the sights and sounds arround you. The walk is about giving ourselves permission to slow down and closely observe the world around us.
OPEN STUDIO 1PM-4.30PM
Visit Not Quite Light in the studio, and see latest work, shown as films and prints, and chat to me, the artist, about the work.
It’s free to attend, but you can book tickets, which will give me
some idea of numbers. Donations are welcome!
The Deli Lama cafe in the courtyard is open until 5pm, and each
guest to the studio will get 10% off their bill for food and
drink.
DUSK PHOTOWALK 4PM – 5.30PM
Meet at Parsonage Gardens.
Join me at dusk for a magical walk along the banks of the Irwell, and down towards Sacred Trinity Church at Blackfriars. I’ll be on hand to offer tips and inspiration for photographs. The walk is suitable for any level, and you can bring any kind of recording device – smartphone, dslr or film cameras, or even no device at all if you simply want to stroll and absorb the sights and sounds arround you. The walk is about giving ourselves permission to slow down and closely observe the world around us. At the end of the walk there is the option to visit a local pub and talk through the things we’ve seen, and maybe learn some basic post processing techniques using a free app on your phone.
SUNDAY 23RD
SMARTPHONE WORKSHOP 1PM – 4PM
6 PLACES £25.00 ( +£1 booking fee )
DO YOU LOVE TAKING PICTURES ON YOUR PHONE, AND WOULD LIKE TO BE EVEN BETTER?
Taking pictures of that beautiful sunset, but somehow the camera doesn’t quite see it as you do? Want to treasure your memories from trips away, those cute little streets, or that idyllic beach, and you’re not sure how to? And those special family moments, that are so important. Or maybe you simply want to simply capture the place you live?
Join me, with my decades of photographic experience, for a simple, fun and affordable day, to help you take the pictures you want, and get the best out of your phone’s camera.
HOW?
Rainstorm, the picture Not Quite Light is perhaps best known for, was taken on an iPhone 6. The Guardian runs a weekly slot showcasing smartphone photography, and so it’s clear that you don’t need a fancy DSLR to make great photographs.
These days smartphones are very sophisticated, and they take a lot of the guesswork out of exposing the photograph correctly. However, you still need to be able to ‘see’ the picture, get the best composition, time when when you press the shutter and process the image so it looks professional.
This simple and fun workshop will show you some handy tips and techniques that will help take your smartphone photography to the next level. Not only will we look at how to get the best out of your phone’s camera, we’ll also explore ways of observing the world around you like a photographer, so that you’ll be able to take great pictures on any device. Think how great this will be for travel pictures, or on special occasions!