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Ponteland Photographic Society

An evening with Phil Robson and Tony McCann

It’s always a pleasure to have our own members leading workshops. First, Phil Robson introduced “Capture the Moment”. Phil encouraged the use of a fast shutter speed to take sports images. Not only did he produce excellent examples; we were also encouraged to “have a go” with catching him playing with a tennis racket and […]

North Tyne Open Print Competition, judged by George Ledger ARPS DPAGB

Our Judge, George Ledger, from Shotley Bridge, is a member of Consett & District Photographic Society. His task entailed studying fifty-six mounted images. He gave detailed explanations of his thoughts for each one as he used the Light Box to allow everyone to share his deliberations. Each club submits 8 prints and George’s insights made […]

An Evening with Dave Dixon LRPS

Dave Dixon, a member of Alnwick Camera Club, took us on a journey which began at Alston Railway Station. In mainly monochrome, we enjoyed a series of railway images. Northumberland Churches were fascinating, colourful and, occasionally, completely unknown. Dave’s work explores so much: Urban Landscape, Desolate Dwellings and abstract subjects such as Flame. It was […]

Three of a Kind

Again members willingly rose to the challenge of taking their allocated subject and the result was a very enjoyable and informative evening. Our thanks to Bill Norfolk for his preparation and presentation and to Rod Smith for his organisation.

2017-18 Knockout Competition

Our Knock Out Competition is a highlight of our year’s programme. Rod Smith prepared the high number of entries and Veronica Congleton led us through the voting procedure. At random, two images appear side by side on our new large screen. Everyone votes for one image each time and the higher number takes that photograph […]

Our Photographic displays in the community 2017

Party in the Park is always a wonderful opportunity for PPS to meet the Public and share our work with those who visit our Tent. This year we offered Free Portraits and over fifty people – families, children and their numerous dogs – took advantage of this chance of having their portrait done by well-qualified […]

How to Sort, Select, Display, Print and Mount

Members enjoyed a very informative session delivered by Veronica Congleton and Katherine Guellard. Veronica led us through the practical stages of recording and storing photographs. The most important advice she gave was to choose a method of saving, cataloguing and working with images and sticking to that method, which works for us personally. Light Room […]

Club competition judged by Keith Suddaby, FRPS (2006), MPAGB, EFIAP, ABPE

A Zip file of 48 images was sent to the well-known judge in the Photography world, Keith Suddaby. Even with his long experience, it was clearly a challenge for him to choose the winners. However, he led us through the photographs and commented on issues which make or break a photograph’s selection. Judicious cropping, perhaps, […]