programme 2025

 

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 - Darren Ridgeway - HALL

TBD

16th January - Antony Zacharias - ZOOM

Long Exposure Photography
More info to come.

23rd January - Jacki Gordon - ZOOM

Tottie Photo

More info to come

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.

NB:All DPIs for the Mono Competition must be with the Competition Secretary by 7pm on this date.

6th February - Tom Way - ZOOM

Info to follow
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 - John Walsh - ZOOM

Astrophotography with deep sky imaging, aurora & milky way.

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 - HALL

Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation

13th March - Tracey Lund - 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 - HALL

Drone Photography

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 - ZOOM

Flower Photography with a Twist
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 - TBD

More details to follow
Please note this is the hand in date for the Third Appraisal on 16 October.

2nd October - Experience

An opportunity for our members to try out types of photography they may not have tried before. More info to come.

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

In India.

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 - TBD

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.