Net Night
Our meeting on Monday covered ways of sharing your pictures using the Internet and the cloud based services available online. Phil brought us up to date with the Guru Shots project and how members can add their pictures to the challenge. He also let us know that Fara has moved into the top Guru ranking […]
Knockout Winners
The picture above is exactly what members were presented with in the final round of this season’s Knockout Competition – quite a decision! The competition arrived early in the season this year which meant some members were still enjoying summer holidays. Nonetheless a high quality of entries meant nine voting rounds in all to decide on […]
Opening Night 2018/19
This evening our Chairman, Rod Smith, welcomed members back from the summer break. It has been an eventful summer with several trips which were well attended but unfortunately the rain forced the cancellation of the Cragside Hall visit for the second time in a row! Veronica ran through the programme for the new season which […]
Party in the Park
This year our main focus was capturing images from around the park to use with the Merton 750th presentation at the end of the year. The day saw a good turnout of visitors and the weather looked promising with lots of sunshine as we setup our stand. Unfortunately as the afternoon progressed a couple of […]
Wallington trip
Update from Bill Norfolk On 24th April 2018 six of us, Veronica, Val and Trevor, Phil, Hank and myself visited the National Trust Rothley Lake Wildlife Hide. We all met at Wallington before 08:00 and two vehicles drove up to the lake, where we walked to the hide which overlooks some bird and squirrel feeders, […]
Annual General Meeting Monday 26th March 2018
This year has flown by, and once again, it was time for our last weekly meeting of this year, with Rod Smith in the Chair. In the accompanying photograph, from the left we have Helen Bradley, Secretary; June Atkinson, Publicity; Kath Guellard, Competitions Secretary; Rod Smith, Chairman, Veronica Congleton, Programme Coordinator and Bill Norfolk, Membership. […]
Second Knockout competition of 2018
This is always a popular evening. Over thirty images were submitted for this contest where, in rounds, two photographs are displayed on the screen. Members then vote Right or Left and the higher scoring image goes through to the next round. The excitement and interest grows as each round is shown, until eventually it does […]
Happiness competition!
This week we welcomed Mavis McCormick LRPS, President of Hexham Photographic Society, to judge our Set Subject competition. The competition was entitled Happiness and certainly gave members a lot to smile about during the evening! The winning picture from John Atkinson, “You’re ‘aving a Larf!” was warmly received my members present especially when Mavis and […]
How to take Portraits by Tony McCann
Tony is highly respected for his many varied portraits and it was a privilege to share his knowledge and experience. He led us through helpful steps to set up, using lighting such as a simple reflector, diffuser or flash. His emphasis on concentrating on the eyes of the subject was especially interesting. Editing led us […]
Members Challenge ‘Working with Special Effects’ – PDI
Our chairman, Rod Smith, welcomed members who had, somewhat surprisingly, braved the weather to attend! Several members contributed items this evening. June Atkinson led with creative changes to her photographs. Choose – an amaryllis flower; select – a section; create pattern. A cushion perhaps? Wallpaper? Bob Morgan experimented with a bathroom soap holder, showing the […]