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January 2022
Midphot Competition Hand in date
Members to submit their images in the usual way
Find out more »Acton Trussel inter-club Competition Hand in date
Member to submit their images in the usual way
Find out more »Print 2 Competition
Print 2 Competition for members. 2 colour and 2 mono images can be entered Judge is Peter Cheetham
Find out more »A Year In East Anglia by Harry Wheeler-Brand
A talk (on zoom) all about the last year of visiting East Anglia’s fantastic coastlines, hidden landscapes and eloquent waterways. Harry Wheeler-Brand is a professional British landscape photographer from East Anglia. Harry specialises in inspirational photography of the wonderful area of Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex & Cambridgeshire. Harrybehindthelens was started nearly 6 years ago, and now has a sole focus on helping others improve their photography whilst leading inspirational photographic workshops on location and now on Zoom, to individuals,…
Find out more »Competition DPI 3 Hand – in Date
COMPETITION – DPI -3 2 mono & 2 colour images can be entered Hand in date for members
Find out more »Inter-club competition with Acton Trussell & Penkridge Photographic Society
Inter-club competition with Acton Trussell & Penkridge Photographic Society This competition is away at Acton Trussell Judge: David McGuire
Find out more »February 2022
Competition DPI 3
THE THIRD COMPETITION OF THE SEASON Judge is John Haines
Find out more »How to use Topaz Software by Peter Gennard MFIAP, EFIAP
This talk demonstrates how Peter cuts out images using Topaz software, also how he uses the same software to sharpen images. He cuts out a variety of different subjects but mainly people pictures.
Find out more »Print 3 Competition Hand – in date
Print 3 Competition Hand in date for members. 2 colour and 2 mono images.
Find out more »Visions of America by Tony Gervis FRPS
A passionate traveller and photographer who, being able to do both in abundance, lives an idyllic life. Serious photography started for him some 25 years ago as a result of a family holiday to the southwest States of the USA. With a relatively simple camera trying to capture the great National parks and “Cowboy” towns such as Dodge City, Tombstone, Bisbee and the likes made him want more of the same but much better. He became a “Fellow…
Find out more »Print 3 Competition
Print 3 Competition for members. 2 colour and 2 mono images. Judge is Terry Livesey
Find out more »March 2022
Assessment Evening
An assessment evening will take place following Print 3 competition, members will be able to consider the feedback they have received and work on improving their images
Find out more »Mastering Long Exposure by Antony Zacharias
The presentation covers; -What is long exposure photography? -Key photographic situations when we have to use long exposures to obtain accurate results e.g astrophotography. -Creative uses of longer shutter speeds -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. -Utilising long exposure techniques for other purposes such as removing crowds from popular landmarks. -Using the techniques to improve composition and poor…
Find out more »Radu Handoca Trophy Competition hand-in-date
The Radu Handoca Trophy Competition is a themed competition and the theme this year is 'Trees'. – Foggy Trees – Roisin Chambers
Find out more »Panel (Three of a Kind) Competition Hand in Date Online event
The Panel competition is a 'three of a kind' competition. Highly Commended- Sitting Pretty. Pam Bennett
Find out more »A Close Encounter with Nature by Darron Matthews ARPS DPAGB EFIAP BPE5
Darron is a keen photographer from Norton Canes in Cannock. His club journey started in 2007 when he joined Lichfield CC, and over the years, he has improved his skills shooting Macro Nature subjects. His talk will be about how he's homed his skills with the equipment I use. He will be offering plenty of advice and tips along the way. https://www.darronmatthews.co.uk
Find out more »Annual DPI hand in
Annual DPI hand in 2 colour and 2 mono images can be submitted by members
Find out more »How to Create Beautiful Macro Photos by Tony North BPE4 DPAGB
This talk is about Tony's experience and knowledge of macro photography in the field, shooting insects and other invertebrates. It covers his philosophy and approach to photography as an art. He will of course show lots of my best macro images, but the talk is about far more than a set of pretty pictures. The topics covered are: 1. A brief introduction to me, my background and experience, and why I chose to focus on macro 2. The…
Find out more »April 2022
Studio Night
Another opportunity for members to develop their photography skills . (details to be confirmed)
Find out more »Dark into Light by John Hartshorne DPAGB, LRPS, BPE3*
The talk includes about 80 images mainly A3s + A2s. The subjects include Venice colour, Infra Red, Wildlife, Motorsport, Landscapes taken using Nikons, Fujis and Olympus micro four thirds cameras plus scanned images from Bronica SQ system, and the last section coverers a voyage up the Norwegian coastline in winter March one week before lockdown in interesting conditions using Olympus equipment, all A2 prints !!
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