Programme
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Programme 2011-2012 |
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Last updated: 7th February 2012 |
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September 2011 |
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Opening night |
EGM, and members show their summer pictures |
15 |
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Guest speaker |
Dave Cordle: The Falkland Islands and In Shackleton's Footsteps. The Falkland Islands and South Georgia are beautiful and remote. The moorland and low scenery of one contrasts with the towering mountains and ice-caps of the other. We journey to both aboard a small expedition ship, encountering some of the history and particularly the fascinating wildlife on the islands and in and around the Southern Ocean. Down there you can get up close with the wildlife – whales, seals, penguins, albatross and other birds. We’ll see all of these and follow Shackleton’s footsteps across the ice-cap of South Georgia where he completed his epic escape from the ice of the Antarctic. |
22 |
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Competition |
Open. Judge: Stuart Pickford APAGB |
29 |
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Top tips |
Taking 'Better' Photographs Part 2. Host: Steve Kingswell LRPS |
6 |
October |
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Club evening |
SPA PDI competition image assessment (TBC) |
12 (Wednesday) |
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External competition |
Friendly vs Capel – at Capel |
13 |
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Guest Speaker |
Glyn Dewis: Portrait photography. Glyn Dewis is a professional portrait photographer – see more at his website and blog. |
20 |
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Competition |
Open. Judge: Roy Shadrake LRPS |
27 |
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Practical |
Studio lighting. Host: Andrew Dobell. Bring along your hot shoe-equipped camera. |
3 |
November |
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Club evening |
New members show their work. |
10 |
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Practical |
Studio posing. Host: Andrew Dobell. Bring along your hot shoe-equipped camera. |
17 |
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Competition |
Set subject: portraits. Judge: Walter Benzie ARPS What is acceptable as a portrait? See the competition notes on the web site’s documents page. |
24 |
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Guest Speaker |
Duncan Grove FRPS: From novice to fellowship. Duncan Grove FRPS will relate his experience of going from a complete photography novice to just two years later licensing his first image for several thousand pounds. He will then confess to licensing his second image for £50 with the client going bust before paying him – Duncan contends that it has been pretty much downhill ever since! It cannot have been all bad however. Duncan has recently been awarded the coveted Fellowship, has secured the notoriously elusive Wimbledon photographer accreditation, is Official Photographer for Europe’s largest squash tournament and a regular contributing journalist to Photo Pro magazine. Come and hear him tell how he went about all of this and see some of his exciting images at the same time. |
26 (Saturday) |
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External competition |
SPA inter-club – PDI judging event |
1 |
December |
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Top tips |
Beginner to intermediate training. |
8 |
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Competition |
Open. Judge: Bob Webzell ARPS |
15 |
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Club evening |
Strictly Creative Photography. A fun evening with a chance to hear contrasting opinions of your work from a panel of judges. Images will be scored by both the judges and fellow club members on the night. Prizes to be won! Have you ever held back from entering an image into a competition because it was a bit 'different' and you were afraid the judge would not understand it? This evening positively seeks that kind of work. Unleash your creative juices now. For the rules of this competition check the competition notes on the documents page. |
12 |
January 2012 |
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Dinner |
New year dinner |
19 |
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Competition |
Set subject: landscape. Judge: Tim Moreland ARPS Important: See the competition notes on the documents page to check what will be accepted. |
26 |
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Guest Speaker |
Tony Earle: 40 years at Kodak research and development. Photography was one of the Victorian Miracles of science which evolved into the digital wonders we have today. This illustrated talk by Tony Earle retired Kodak scientist recounts those early days over 150 years ago, the founding of Kodak in the 1880’s, to modern times with personal recollections of life at Kodak from the early 1960’s. Tony Earle started working for Kodak in 1961 retiring in 2001 after 40 years. During this time he worked in all aspects of the photographic field both manufacturing sensitised goods, cameras and consumer products at home and abroad. During the last fifteen years of his career he was also involved with the digital revolution. |
30 (Monday) |
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External competition |
Friendly PDI Competition at Epsom Camera Club, Longmead Day Centre, Sefton Road, Epsom KT19 9HG (off Longmead Road). |
2 |
February |
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Guest Speaker |
Chris Packham at Dorking Halls. This evening has been organised by Bookham Camera Club in collaboration with Dorking Halls. Please book your tickets at £15PP via the club. Private dinner before-hand – pre-booking required. |
9 |
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Guest Speaker |
Gordon Roots talks about the Royal Photographic Society’s Photojournalism group |
16 |
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Competition |
Open. Judge: Jay Charnock FRPS |
23 |
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Club evening |
Snowdonia. Presenting members’ images and feedback from last June’s club trip to Snowdonia. |
1 |
March |
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Round tables |
The club frequently get requests for evenings where members can get peer and ‘expert’ criticism or their works. We also know that members want help and training on photographing tools and techniques. We hope this evening will fulfil both those needs. The room will be laid out into a number of tables with chairs around (large tables formed by placing 2 or 3 together). At each of the tables will be a host - either a judge or an expert in some tool or technique. Members present will need to divide themselves among the tables at the beginning of the evening. We encourage members to change tables throughout the evening. For example, you may want to have one image looked at by more than one judge. There’s no reason the tables cannot continue through the tea break. Hosts may themselves take a break to be a participant of another table. Subject to demand, we will have the following tables: Image feedback tables A chance to have your images critiqued and discussed by fellow club members, chaired and steered by an SPA accredited judge. An opportunity to get 1:1 feedback from SPA judges, and fellow club members. Every member, in turn, will be able to show an image (or perhaps a small number of related images such as a panel) to be discussed by the group round the table, chaired by the accredited judge. It is to be expected that the judge would give their ‘official’ opinion, with maybe the score they would give it if a competition. Everyone round the table will be encouraged to discuss the image and compare and contrast their views and opinions. After a member has had an image discussed, another member round the table will have a turn at presenting one of their images, and so on. The evening will rely on members being polite and not hogging the table. To participate you will need to bring either prints, or images on a USB stick in jpeg format. Make sure any stick is virus-free. Tools and technique tables A chance to ask questions about photographic fundamentals or image processing tools. We envisage having the following tables where you can have one-to-one training.
Composition discussion A general, hosted, discussion on image composition. |
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Competition |
Open. Judge: Carole Speight ARPS DPAGB APAGB |
15 |
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Guest speaker |
Malcolm Kingswell: Wild bird photography. |
22 |
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Competition |
Open. Judge: Marcus Scott-Taggart |
29 |
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Guest Speaker |
Jan & Lyn Roberts: Cape Town to Kruger |
5 |
April |
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No meeting |
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12 |
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Practical |
Birds of prey live at the hall |
14 (Saturday) |
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Exhibition |
Annual Exhibition - Barn Hall. Judge: Martin Faiers |
19 |
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Guest Speaker |
Bob Barclay ARPS ASWPP - Fleet Street memories |
26 |
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Club evening |
Member panels internal competition PDI / print. For the rules of this competition check the competition notes on the documents page. |
3 |
May |
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Guest speaker |
Trevor Gellard FRPS: ‘Brighton and beyond’. |
10 |
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Competition |
Set subject: wildlife. Judge: Derek Trendell ARPS Check out what images will be accepted as ‘Wildlife’ in the competition notes on the documents page. |
17 |
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Guest speaker |
Gordon Roots: The photojournalism group of the Royal Photographic Society. |
24 |
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Club evening |
AGM and presentation of awards |
31 |
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Dinner |
End of season dinner |
