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.
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.
Gary Langley is a very experienced judge from the North and East Midlands Photographic federation (N&EMPF). It'll be a pleasure to welcome him to our club to judge this competition.
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.