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
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!
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
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
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
On Tuesday we have our second PDI competition, via ZOOM. It will be judged by Andrew Mills who is from Southampton. He is an ex professional photographer and college lecturer in photography and runs his own camera club, The Phorum. The competition will be run by Rob Hockney. Like all meetings in January and most
Next Tuesday we have another good evening to look forward to. Jeremy Malley-Smith (LRPS, EFIAP, DPAGB, BPE3*) will be talking to us about Scottish Wildlife. Every year, Jeremy hosts workshops in Scotland and we will see the fruits of his labours during this presentation. Jeremy was due to talk to us earlier in the season
On Tuesday 2nd of January, we have our first meeting of 2024. Our speaker will be Derek Pamphilon ARPS DGAGB EFIAP . His talk is titled: ”My Photography: Dance and Portraiture”. This should be a good evening. Like all meetings in January and most of February, this will be a Zoom meeting. Non members should
We have just learned that one of our members, Aamir Sabzwari, has been nominated for the prestigious Photographer of the Year award by the Society of Photographers. Aamir has only taken up photography relatively recently, so we are delighted that his talent and hard work have been recognised. The winner will be announced at the
This week I gave a talk on Audio-visual presentations with examples from myself and Martin Pickles. It was agreed that at least one meeting per season will be dedicated to Audio-Visual presentations with members being encouraged to share their own work. Watch this space! Next week, we have our Christmas dinner at the Tom Yam