Club News

Print boxes

By |2024-02-09T18:51:07+00:00April 4th, 2014|Open|

I'm in the market for one or two Nomad Heavy duty Photo boxes (as used by the Club) and am considering placing an order for either the two inch or, more likely, the one and a half inch which hold respectively about 15-18 and 10-12 of my competition-ready, mounted prints. Both boxes are priced at

Boxing Hares fail to make the ring

By |2024-02-09T18:51:07+00:00April 1st, 2014|Notices and news, Opportunities|

No this isn't an April fool.After the glorious weekend the weather wasn't great for our "unofficial" photo shoot in Lyme Park on Monday evening, but that didn't thwart four of our members armed with big lenses and walking boots making the 6pm rendezvous. After a couple of non-productive (motorised) laps between the entrance and the car

Tanfield Railway (As described by Kathryn Scorah)

By |2024-02-09T18:51:07+00:00March 21st, 2014|Opportunities|

Check out this...... http://www.tanfieldrailway.co.uk/events.php This place, up near Beamish and Gateshead looks absolutely brilliant - if you're into this sort of thing. Not only that, but they have a Great War weekend coming up on 29th/30th March .....................and a twilight steam event on 12th Sept. I can't do the first, but why doesn't someone organise

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Boxing Hares

By |2024-02-09T18:51:07+00:00March 21st, 2014|Opportunities|

A considerable head of steam seems to be building for an early evening photo shoot to bag some common (or not so common) hares during this their annual boxing season. It transpires that our very own Lyme Park is the Northern epicentre of activity. Not only that, but courtesy of the Park Rangers, we've been

Oulton Park Photo Shoot

By |2024-02-09T18:51:08+00:00March 20th, 2014|Meeting and event reports, Opportunities|

Question: How do you take 5-10,000 images in one day? Answer: You have five members of NCPS go on a photo shoot to Oulton Park for a day. Yes, between them, Barry, Dave & Linda Hockin, Joyce Streets and Rob Hockney took several thousand images on the first day of the new Racing Bike season of Track Days

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Talk by Leigh Preston at Oldham PS – Thurs 13th March

By |2024-02-09T18:51:08+00:00March 5th, 2014|Opportunities|

  Oldham Photographic Society Presents Leigh Preston FRPS MPAGB EFIAP MPSA “Is This It ?”  on: Thursday March 13th 2014 at 7.30 pm at North Chadderton Conservative Club (The Blue Club), Victoria Street, Chadderton OL9 0HH Tickets : £3.00 at the door  Leigh has been 'taking and making' pictures for over thirty years and is

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Well done Paul

By |2024-02-09T18:51:08+00:00February 28th, 2014|Notices and news|

currently gracing the front page of the PAGB Feb Newsletter is Paul Matthews' image  Red Deer Stag Bellowing that won Best Mammal in the GB Nature Cup Individual Awards – Well done Paul, a well deserved win Danny

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Photographic Exhibition

By |2024-02-09T18:51:08+00:00February 25th, 2014|Opportunities|

There is a Photographic Exhibition "Northern Exposure" at the Portico Library, Manchester from March 5th to 29th. It features Adrian McGary who recently gave the the Ncps a presentation. Northern Exposure Exhibition

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Regular Photo Shoots

By |2024-02-09T18:51:08+00:00February 20th, 2014|Opportunities|

Following on the success of the recent Simon Butterworth workshop there was much talk amongst the attendees about the possibility of arranging regular monthly photo shoots. After many emails between the committee members and the positive feedback gathered, it has been decided to give this a whirl. In order to accommodate member’s wishes we will

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