His ‘Weird and Wonderful’ presentation will take us on a journey from his early days with digital photography to achieving his F.R.P.S in 2014. Phil says, ‘my early work was dreadful....I took anything & everything and then threw the photoshop kitchen sink at them to add impact’. He quickly got through this phase and began to produce images that won club competitions and gained entry to International Salons. This was his ‘Wonderful...ish period’ but then he moved on to specializing…

On 10th December the club welcomes Tal Choham, he will be presenting his wildlife Photography talk - ‘From Sandwell to India’ Tal is based in Birmingham and has loved wildlife since he was a child and  has fond recollections of his holidays to India. Here he first encountered animals amongst the farm life in his family's villages and back in the UK on school trips to Zoo's and nature reserves. As an adult, he has been entranced by wildlife photography for nearly…

On 10th March 2020, the club welcomes Andrew Fusek Peters he will present his talk on the Beauty of the Shropshire Borderlands, an evening of stunning wildlife and landscape photos and entertaining talk from the award winning photographer. Andrew Fusek Peters is a an award winning conservation photographer currently on commission with the National Trust and Natural England. His books include Upland, Wilderland and the new National Trust guidebook to the Long Mynd. ‘Upland is my kind of book. A…

On 17th March 2020 the club welcomes Robert Falconer  Robert first picked up an SLR camera when he was 12 years old. An interest in photography developed from his father taking him to see steam trains. Before long Robert built up a passion for photography and soon turned his camera towards photographing landscapes. The Peak District is just 2 miles from where Robert lives and has become a popular area for landscape pictures. Robert has also ventured further a-field to places including…