Tue 7 Jan 2025 - Speaker 5 (Zoom): David Gilliver "Little People"
A new speaker to our club, David will talk on how he uses tiny model figures to make up stories and apply them using macro photography. This is of particular interest to those with toy soldier displays but it might be of use to other members to get their children or grandchildren interested in photography in a fun way.
Tue 14 Jan 2025 - ZOOM PDI Competition Number 02 - Theme: "Rain" Judge: Diane Seddon
ZOOM: PDI Competition No 2 - Theme "Rain" Judge: Diane Seddon
Normally we ask members to upload to the club's website TWO images on the set subject mentioned in the Theme. These will be judged in the first half of he evening. We also ask that members upload up to TWO images of an OPEN nature, which will be judged in the seconds part of the evening. If there are too many images for the evening, we will drop one of the OPEN images
Tue 21 Jan 2025 - Members Night 04 - Topic - to be confirmed
Members Night - Practical still to be confirmed
Tue 28 Jan 2025 - Speaker 06 - Zoom - Roger Hance "Landscapes and Seascapes in the UK"
ZOOM: Speaker No 6 - Roger Hance with his talk entitled "Landscapes and Seascapes in the UK"
Roger spoke to us in Jan 2024 and was very well received. We are tonight looking at another of the skills in his portfolio, that of landsapes and seascapes. Roger will talk about the places he has visited, how and when to use (ND) filters to get better results and how to treaat the final image. Again another of Roger's talks not to be missed - especially as it is not being recorded.
Tue 4 Feb 2025 - PDI Competition No 3 - Theme : "Reflections" Judge: Peter Prosser
Christchurch: PDI Competition No 3 - Theme : "Reflections" Judge: Peter Prosser
Normally we ask members to upload to the club's web site up to two images on the set subject defined by the theme. These will be judged in the first part of the evening. We also invite them to upload up to TWO images of an Open nature, which will be judged in the second part of the evening. If there are too many images for the evening, we will drop the second Open image.
Tue 11 Feb 2025 - Print Competition No 3 - Any Subject Judge: Martin Patten
This is an OPEN print competition. There is no restriction on the subject nor on when the image was taken as long as the image is yours.
Please hand in your prints at the meeting the week before. Also you will need to upload the PDI version of your prints to the club's new website. Exact instructions will be sent to you before the actual competition.
Tue 18 Feb 2025 - Members Night No 05 - Club Auction
Members Night - The Club's biennial auction which was postponed from the 2023-24 season. We hope to have Dave Foster and Rob Powell compering the event.
Tue 25 Feb 2025 - PDI Competition No 4 - Theme "Shadows" Judge Dave Hipperson
Christchurch: PDI Competition No 4 Theme "Shadows" - Judge Dave Hipperson
Normally we ask members to upload to the club's web site up to two images on the set subject defined by the theme. These will be judged in the first part of the evening. We also invite them to upload up to TWO images of an Open nature, which will be judged in the second part of the evening. If there are too many images for the evening, we will drop the second Open image.
Tue 4 Mar 2025 - Speaker 7 (Zoom) : Alison Mees "Living the African Dream"
ZOOM: This is a talk on African wildlife done by Alison Mees, who is also involved in a cheetah protection programme over there.
Tue 11 Mar 2025 - Pub Evening at the SUN Public House in Lemsford
Pub Evening at the Sun in Lemsford - a chance to get to know other members on a more informal and personal level.
Tue 18 Mar 2025 - PDI Competition No 5 (ZOOM) - Theme "Trees" Judge: Gary Langley
ZOOM: PDI Competition No 5 Theme : "Trees" - Judge: Gary Langley
We normally ask members to upload up to TWO images on the set subject defined by the theme and these will be judged in the first half of the evening. We also invite members to upload two PDIs of an OPEN nature, which will be judged in the second half of the evening. If there are too many images submitted, then we will drop one of the Open images from the competition.
Gary Langley is a very experienced judge from the North and East Midlands Photographic federation (N&EMPF)....
Tue 1 Apr 2025 - Zoom: Speaker 08 - Alistair How "Urban and Street Photography"
Zoom: Speaker No 8 - Alistair How on "Urban and Street Photography". Alistair highlights his urban and street photography from many cities in the UK and beyond. His talks will include tips on how to get the best images, what equipment to use and how to approach the scene. This will be useful for our intrepid band of photographers, who go down to London regularly on photographic trips.
Tue 8 Apr 2025 - No Club Meeting - First week of School Easter Holidays
No club this week as it is the first week of the Easter school holidays.
Tue 15 Apr 2025 - Annual PDI Competition - Any Subject Judge: Micki Aston
Christchurch: Annual PDI Competition - Judge: Micki Aston
Members can upload up to FOUR images on any subject with no restrictions on when you took the photo.
Tue 22 Apr 2025 - Annual Print Competitions: Colour and Mono Judge: Naomi Saul
Annual Print Competition - Colour and Mono Judge: Naomi Saul
Remember to hand in your prints for the competition the week before at Christchurch. Also you will need to upload the PDI version of each print before the competition itself. Exact instructions on how to do this will be sent out in an email in advance of this competition.
Tue 29 Apr 2025 - Speaker 09: Christchurch Martin Patten "How to Critique your own Images"
This is a F2F talk at Christchurch with Martin Patten entitled "How to Critique your own Images".
As we take our own images, especially when on holiday, can we analyse and critique them quickly and effectively so that we can perhaps go back and retake the image? And can we have general critique of our images that help us in the long termto take better images.
Martin will start off in the first hald using his own images to show us how to perform a sensible critique but in the second half will take images from club members to critique and more importantly to help us improve...
Tue 6 May 2025 - Panel of 3 and Panel of 5 Competition Judge: Cat Humphries
Panel of 3 and Panel of 5 competition - Judge : Cat Humphries
Remember to hand in your entries for this competition at the meeting the week before. You will not need to upload the PDI version of your prints to the website.
Tue 13 May 2025 - ZOOM: AGM, Trophy Presentation (Virtual) and Best Images of the Year
ZOOM: AGM, Trophy Presentation (Virtual) and Best Images of the Year
Tue 20 May 2025 - ZOOM: Annual PDI Knockout Competition
Annual PDI Competition ; We are the judges.
We pair the images up, choose the better one, which goes through to the next round. Then we repeat the process by pairing up the winners from the first round and this goes on till we reach the final. It's a bit like the FA Cup or the Winbledon Singles competition.