2nd January - Welcome and Internal Knockout Competition
Our usual start to the year; a warm welcome, socialising and the fun knockout competition with a slight change. From 2025 onwards prints do not have to be formally mounted (ie 500x400mm mount board). They just need to be fixed to something so they can held up and viewed without bending too much. See you there!
9th January - Mark Kemp - Watch the Birdy (HALL)
Mark describes himself as a typical club photographer much like any other. He is currently president of Gloucester Camera Club. The subject of the talk, unsurprisingly, is how to get started photographing birds. It covers equipment, technique and composition; based on his experience so far.
16th January - Antony Zacharias - Long Exposure Photography (ZOOM)
Antony Zacharias is professional photographer specialising in architecture and long exposure photography. His talk covers:
- What is long exposure photography?
- Key photographic situations when we have to use long exposures to obtain accurate results e.g astrophotography.
- Different types of creative blur.
- Deliberately extending shutter types for a variety of creative purposes such as condensing time and movement into a single image.
- Practical step by step guide to using neutral density filters to capture long exposure images.
23rd January - Jacki Gordon - Totie Photo ( ZOOM)
Jacki is an amateur photographer who is conscious of the fact that many, if not all, of our members will be far better photographers than she is...
She will:
- talk about her journey doing miniature photography;
- provide info and insights about the ‘craft’ (including the equipment that she uses, the challenges that she experiences, and how she has tried to overcome these);
- show many of her Totie Photies;
- share some stories about the interest in her images; and,
- entertain us all.
NB:All DPIs for the Mono Competition must be with the Competition Secretary by 7pm on this date.
30th January - Annual Quiz and Slides
Now in its fourth year, our photographic quiz has become a bit of a fixture and takes the first half of the evening. Followed by images from the Committee Members after the break.
6th February - Tom Way - The Greater Picture - ZOOM
Tom Way is recognised for his both powerful and engaging portraiture of Africa's large mammals. Favouring a fine art black and white style of photography, his images are widely exhibited in galleries and exhibitions.
During this presentation, Tom gives a broad overview of his life as a fine art wildlife photographer. He will demonstrate the various camera settings used to create his preferred style whilst speaking about the components that he feels are essential in creating evocative wildlife imagery. Tom will outline the importance of print whilst also speaking about how he creates a viable business through photography.
Please note this is the hand in date for the First Appraisal on 27 February.
13th February - Mono Competition
Our annual mono competition featuring both Open and Aspiring trophies.
Please note the rules have been slightly relaxed. You can find them here.
20th February - Andy Phillips - The Inner Landscape (ZOOM)
This is Andy's take on the genre of ‘Still Life. 90 minutes of something completely different for the program secretaries and very entertaining. You will be shown an array of fabulous images, crafted using only carefully manipulated natural light.
The objective of this lecture is to show every photographer how it’s done.There are demonstrations throughout, depicting work-throughs.
This lecture has proven extremely popular over the last three years.
27th February - First Appraisal of the year
Your images will be appraised by an experienced photographer and, if necessary, some guidance given as to how the image may be further improved. Images will be appraised on their individual merit and not against each other. There are no winners or losers!
6th March - Alison Webber - Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation (HALL)
As someone who is on the autism spectrum, I have expended a great deal of time and energy creating different versions of myself in an attempt to fit into society’s expectations of how I should behave. I refer to this disguise as the Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation. The corset shaped me into an idealised form whilst the cloak displayed a version of me to the world which said, “Look I fit in.”
The “Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation” tells the story of my relationship with photography and autism and the ways in which my photographic journey has helped me realise that the cloak and the corset have been suffocating my creativity and that by discarding them I can express my true identity.
13th March - Tracey Lund - Part 3 (ZOOM)
Tracey returns to us with Part 3 of her Wildlife and Travel Presentation
20th March - 50th Anniversary
More details shortly.
27th March - Critique Evening - HALL
An opportunity for all of us to examine other people's images, learn how to appraise and help us improve our own photos.
3rd April - Mikael Malaper - HALL
TBD
10 April - Club Evening - (HALL)
TBD
Hand in date for Living World Competition. This is a week earlier than usual due to the Easter Break. DPIs to be with the Competition Secretary by 7pm on the date.
17th April - Easter Break
24th April - Grete Howard - Drone Photography (HALL)
Info to follow
1st May - Living World Competition (Hall)
The competition has new rules, and will now be split into two: Flora and Fauna and will only be open to DPIs.
Hand in date 10th April. This is a week earlier than usual due to the Easter Break.
8th May - Glenys Garnett - Flower Photography with a Twist (ZOOM)
Info to follow
Please note this is the hand in date for the Second Appraisal on 29 May.
15th May - Our Special Interest Groups Present - HALL
Details to follow
22nd May - Lisa Rendall - HALL
Information to come soon
29th May - Quarterly Appraisal - HALL
Your images will be appraised by an experienced photographer and, if necessary, some guidance given as to how the image may be further improved. Images will be appraised on their individual merit and not against each other. There will be no winners or losers!
5th June - AGM and Nailsea Town Council Trophy - HALL
Our Annual AGM plus the annual "6 in 1"competition to be judged by the members. Always a fun evening!
Summer Break; next meeting on 11th September
Have a great summer and see you then.
11th September - Club Opening Night
A big welcome evening to start the autumn programme, potentially with an internal speaker or two.
18th September - Gareth Martin. - HALL
Days in; Days out
25th September - Stephen Spraggon - Shapes (HALL)
More details to follow
Please note this is the hand in date for the Third Appraisal on 16 October.
2nd October - Experience Light and Shadows (Hall)
An opportunity for our members to try out types of photography they may not have tried before. We will cover the topic scheduled for 2024.
9th October - Internal Speaker
TBD
16th October - Quarterly Appraisal (Hall)
Your images will be appraised by an experienced photographer and, if necessary, some guidance given as to how the image may be further improved. Images will be appraised on their individual merit and not against each other. There will be no winners or losers!
23rd October - George Robertson - ZOOM
Life on a Mountaineering Expedition
30th October - Grete's Annual Outdoor Evening
More to follow.
6th November - Alison Mees - ZOOM
India.
13th November - Anna Dagger - HALL
TBD.
20th November - Print and DPI of the Year
Our annual competition of the very best of our members work over the last 12 months
27th November - Critique Evening - HALL
Our second and final critique evening of the year.
4th December - Ian Bateman - AVs Part 2 (Hall)
More details to follow
11th December - Christmas Show and Tell
This evening remains in it's pre-Christmas slot. After the huge success of the last two Show and Tell evenings, this is bound to be a great success.
Christmas Break; next meeting on 08 January 2025
Have a great Christmas and New Year.