Forthcoming Events

This will be our first event of the new season and will give the club the opportunity to welcome back it's returning members, and extend a warm welcome to our guests and first-time visitors.(more…)

Please Note In addition to Colin's presentation, we'll be announcing the Assignment night subjects 6 weeks in advance of the 31st of October.

A number of our newer members have asked on guidance for entering prints into competitions, so during this presentation our chairman Andy Hyde will provide just that. Andy's presentation will cover;

• Preparing your images for printing
• Printing your images with particular guidance around using online print services
• Mounting your prints for display or competition, including cutting mattes.

Subject to time at the end of the evening there will be the opportunity to practise mounting prints.

We have an enormous amount of talent within the club and Member's Minis gives you the opportunity to shine!

As always we'll offer anyone who wants to the opportunity to speak for 5 to 10 minutes on a photography related subject. These evenings tend to be really good fun because of the diversity of presentations and the chance to hear different presenters.(more…)

For this evening we'll be welcoming back some frequent visitors, Liz and Barrie Hatten to share some of their images from their trips to Iceland.

Liz And Barrie

Following on from Bob Brind-Surch's macro presentation, and in preparation for our Close-up competition, we'll be using this evening to practise close-up photography. Several of the committee and some of our more experienced members will be on hand to give you a nudge in the right direction if you need it, otherwise just come along and "do photography"!(more…)

As usual for an Assignment night 6 weeks before this event (in this case on 28th November) our chairman will given 2 assignment topics to shoot, and all we need to do is shoot up to 6 images that represent those subjects.

On the night we'll show the photos on the screen in a random order, and we'll the photographer to say a few words about the photo before we allow comments. This is a great opportunity to try something different, to get feedback on your images or to ask for help.(more…)

Luke Massey

Tonight we'll be welcoming Luke Massey and Sony Cameras.

We have an enormous amount of talent within the club and the "Our members present..." night gives us the opportunity to shine!

On these nights we ask some of the more experienced members to present, covering 1 or 2 subjects in detail.

If you'd like to present simply speak to a committee member (ideally Steve or Gareth) in the weeks running up to the 30th.

Don't forget Andy will be announcing the subjects for the third Assignment night (on the 12th March) tonight.

We always keen to try new things in camera club, so for this event we'll be running a Question and Answer session based on the popular Radio 4 Panel show.

For those unfamiliar with Gardener's Question time we'll be providing a panel of experts to answer your photographic questions. Members will be encouraged to ask the panel for guidance, advise and for help in soothing their photographic woes. The panel member's will be some of the more senior and experienced club members who will have a range of different skills and areas of expertise. To ensure the evening runs smoothly we'll be having a host to receive the questions and pass them on to the relevant expert.(more…)

As usual for an Assignment night 6 weeks before this event (in this case on 30th January) our chairman will given 2 assignment topics to shoot, and all we need to do is shoot up to 6 images that represent those subjects.

On the night we'll show the photos on the screen in a random order, and we'll the photographer to say a few words about the photo before we allow comments. This is a great opportunity to try something different, to get feedback on your images or to ask for help.(more…)

Returning to use just 2 weeks after judging the Macro competition Alison will be back again to talk to us about photography as both work and a hobby.

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For this practical night we'll be revisiting Steve's popular "Water photography" practical night from a couple of year ago. Several of the committee and some of our more experienced members will be on hand to give you a nudge in the right direction if you need it, otherwise just come along and "do photography"!(more…)

As always we'd like to invite all of our members to attend this import meeting to;

• Update you what's been going on in the club this year
• Tell you what's coming up next year
• Get your feedback and suggestions for the club
• Award trophies for the year's competitions

Look out for the email we send at the beginning of April asking for nominations for the various roles within the club, and AOB items.

One of our former members and now professional photographer Rafe Abrook returns to the club to share his photographs and experience.

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