AGM Notice – 5th May 2026
Hi Everyone. We will be holding our AGM on 5th May at 8pm at the Poynton Civic Centre Attached is the agenda. Bruce NCPS-AGM-Agenda-2026.docx
Images from our Manchester Photo Shoot on 28th Feb — Next Meeting on Tuesday 21st April at the Civic Centre
Hi Everyone The first half of our next meeting, scheduled as President’s Evening, will be a presentation on our ideas about how the club moves forward to a new season - all very positive. However this email is about the second half when I would like to look at and discuss the images
Tuesday, 2nd April 2024
I hope you are all having a good Easter weekend. Next Tuesday we will have a presentation by our very own Rob Hockney, entitled: "One man’s photographic journey - from 1958 to 2024”. It will be at the Poynton Civic Centre at 8pm. This will be a unique event, by one of our leading lights,
Success in the Sheffield Inter-club Knock-out Competition
I hope those of you who watched the competition on Saturday evening enjoyed the images from the 22 competing clubs. We won comfortably, with Jackie’s ’Nothing to see here” being the judge’s winning image - congratulations Jackie, so well deserved!! The top 4 clubs: 1st - NCPS with 27 points 2nd= Newark with 22 points
Tuesday, 5th March 2024
This Tuesday, the 5th of March, we are back in the Civic Centre in Poynton, for a rather different, and exciting evening. We have Graham Currey, who will be providing the necessary equipment and lighting for a Portrait Practical session. All you need to do is to turn up and BRING YOUR CAMERA
NCPS Tuesday 13th February ZOOM Meeting
This coming Tuesday , we are back on ZOOM with a talk by Michael McLaughlin AIPPVA. Based in the west of Ireland, with almost 20 years experience as a professional photographer his work encompasses many different genres of photography and crosses the worlds of both commercial and fine art photography. He has been the winner
Success in the GB Cup
Just a quick update to let you know our overall rankings in the GB Cup comps. A very pleasing 7th place in the Open section out of 58 clubs, and 11th equal in the Nature section out of 62 clubs. Great results!
Tuesday 30th January 2024
On Tuesday, 30th January, we are fortunate to have a presentation on “Creative Landscape and Nature Photography by Guy Edwardes. Guy has been a professional landscape, nature and travel photographer for over twenty five years. His work has been published worldwide and he has also published two successful books on photography technique. It should be
Sports Photographer of the Year 2023
Congratulations to Aamir Sabzwari DPAGB, one of our most prolific and successful members, for winning the Sports Photographer of the Year 2023 TrophySports Photographer of the Year 2023 Trophy awarded by the Society of Photographers. Aamir also won the trophy in 2022. Here is his gold award winning photograph, the trophy , and Aamir at
Tuesday 23rd January 2024
We had a good number of entries for last Tuesday’s PDI competition with high standards throughout. Andrew Mills, our judge, was excellent, with a wonderful ability to appreciate what makes a great photograph, not restricted by rigid “rules” which can sometimes penalise innovative photography. Congratulations to all who achieved high scores! Next week we have