last updated:
21 February, 2012
Sept 1st
INTRO EVENING - welcoming members, new & old alike, to the new season. Meet the committee and put faces to names! Question & answer session - ask the committee about anything you are unsure of.
Slide show of last season's winning images from competitions the club enters throughout the year - Trophies we have won will also be on display.
Sept 8th
CHRIS WARREN - Exposure De-Mystified
Talk on getting the best from your camera, there will be something for everyone so don't miss this.
Sept 15th
FOTOSPEED - talk on printing and getting the best from your printer.
(hand in date for 1st Open comp)
Sept 22nd
HARRY GARDINER - talk on what makes a Panel with examples on show.
Sept 29th
MINI COMP - SUMMER 2011 PHOTOS
Followed by a demo on mounting prints
by Rodger Toon
Dec 1st
ROY PETERS- talk on producing AV shows using ProShow Gold.
Dec 8th
Judging Natural History competition
Judge: Jenny Hibbert MPAGB
(hand in date for 2nd Open comp)
Dec 15th
'MURDER MYSTERY' by SeeSaw Productions & three course Christmas meal.
There will be a charge of £5 per person to cover catering. Please bring your own drinks.
Jan 5th
CHRIS WARREN 'How to Shoot Twilight'
Talk/tutorial on how to achieve good images after dark. Good advice for anyone whishing to get out and about at this time of year!
Jan 12th
Judging 2nd Open competition
Judge: Dave Russell
Jan 19th
PAUL RICHARDS, AWPF,DPAGB,LRPS - A-Z of Nature Photography
Talk on how Paul achieves his wildlife images.
(hand in date for Creative comp)
Jan 26th
DIGITAL IMAGE SELECTION NIGHT
Members are asked to bring along up to five of their very best images
on a memory stick or CD (at the usual size of 1400 x 1050). These will be projected to the club on the night and our External comp Sec, Jill Baxter, will make selections for the club's image pool. These images may be used in external competitions in the future.
Please do bring in images for this as without members participation the club will be at a disadvantage in future competitions.
Feb 2nd
JAN CAWLEY, EFIAP, Hon FWPF- from The Vale Camera Club
Jan will be giving us a talk and demonstration on how she produces her Still Life images which have won her many awards in competitions.
She will show us all the stages, from taking the pictures through to the final result.
Feb 9th
Judging Creative competition
Judge: Mike Davis, ARPS,AWPF,DPAGB
Feb 16th
STUDIO NIGHT - Still Life/Tabletop
After hearing Jan's talk, lets try putting things to practice!
Bring your cameras - lighting will be provided along with some items to photograph. If you have something you think would make a good picture - please bring it along.
(hand in date for 3rd Open comp)
Feb 23rd
MIKE BROWN - talk with digital images
We all enjoyed his talk on Antarctica last year, so I am sure he will keep us well entertained this time.
March 1st
MINI COMP - Still Life
Show off those images you took on the studio night.
Followed by a talk from Mike Cullis, LRPS
March 8th
Judging 3rd Open competition
Judge: Leigh Woolford, AWPF,AFIAP
(hand in date for POTY)
March 15th
AGM
(hand in date for AV comp)
March 22nd
Judging Print/Digital image of The Year
Judge: Brian Coleman, AWPF
March 29th
Judging AV competition
This year it will be judged 'in-house' by our own two Roys - Roy Peters & Roy Packer
April 5th
MINI COMP - Landscapes/Seascapes
April 12th
ALLEN LLOYD, ARPS, AWPF - talk on his trips to Yellowstone
April 19th
DAVID ROWLEY - Photoshop
The guru of Photoshop. He will have DVDs available of his techniques.
April 26th
DAVID WILSON - Wales in Black & White
David has a new book coming out in 2012 and his talk will feature images from this.
Sure he will also have copies of the book
with him on the night - so don't forget to bring your wallets!
MAY - start of our Summer Meetings
