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 […]
Knockout #2
Set Subject – Knockout #2 20 March 2018 2018 saw the first time we have ever run two Knockout Competitions in a single season! But this time there was a slight restriction – only pictures which had been taken during the season could be entered into the competition. The idea was to showcase images members […]
Set Subject – Happiness
Set Subject – Happiness 12 March 2018 This PDI set subject certainly tested members imagination! There was plenty of happiness during the evening and some laugh out loud moments from the audience. Our judge for this competition was Mavis McCormick LRPS who is President of Hexham Photographic Society. Mavis chose John Atkinson’s black & white […]
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 […]