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Camera Club Reports: Club Meetings
My Projects -The Arcades of Paris and the Arches of London
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Our last meeting in January - on the last day of January too! So we all flocked to the village hall at Whitchurch-on-Thames for a trip over to Paris and back to London - all in the space of an evening!
This was courtesy of Ted Kinsey...
My Experience In Publishing Photobooks
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Now that was a useful meeting - the one on 24th Jan when local man Jim Donahue came to talk to us about his experiences in publishing books of his images.
He went through the various ways into this - from the Blurb publications to Lightroom Book...
Print Competition No2 Three of a Kind
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So here we were - well into January and our first competition of 2018!
What was it? ........ Print Competition No 2 with the title 'Three of a Kind' that's what!
We had all of 41 superb prints to look at - the man at the...
Digital Audio-Visual Competition
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Now that was a good way to run up to Christmas wasn't it - yes - the Camera Club's annual seasonal bash that is - on 20th December - as close as possible to the Day itself!!
Well - it was our Audio Visual Competition - that...
Digital Competition No 2 Three Of A Kind
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
There we were - the last meeting in November - and it was the first of the digital competitions with a set subject - 'Three of a Kind'. And the man in the hot seat - for the very last time at our club - Stan McCartin LRPS...
Taste Of Cappadocia and Journey To The Coast
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So on 22 November - only a month before Christmas - and there we were talking Turkey - yes - the country - not the poor unfortunate birds what'll end up on the dinner table!
We went on our virtual tour in the expert company of Mark...
Forgotten Heritage
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
We had a great - and very different evening on 16th November when Reading-based photographer Matt Emmett took us into places that - well - we might never have seen otherwise!
Matt's caving background has got him into some dark and mysterious places - so what better...
Svalbard - Kingdom Of The Ice Bear
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
What a great way to start November! What was? Our trip up to the far north - inside the Arctic Circle to have a close encounter with polar bears!
All by means of digital images of course - courtesy of Eddy and Pam Lane who came all...
Print Competition No1 Open
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Enter the article hereSo on the 25th October (only two months' sleeps till Santa!) we all trooped along to the village hall for the first print competition in this season's ladder! Like the digital one two weeks before - no set subject - so lots of variety! Another...
Digital Competition No 1
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
11th October and our first ladder competition of the season. The excitement begins!
It was Digital Image Competition No.1. The subject - Open - so a nice wide range of subject matter to add to the excitement! And a new person in the hot seat too -...
A Bug's Life and Fabulous Fungi
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Now how about that for an amazing evening then! It's last Wednesday I'm talking about when we were visited by Andy Sands with two of his presentations 'A Bug's Life' and 'Fabulous Fungi'.
Now this is a man who is not only passionate about his wildlife photography...
Selection Evening
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So we all flocked into the village hall last Wednesday for our annual Selection Evening - when our members get to choose the images which will represent the club in external competitions.
And didn't we have a great selection to choose from!
We started as always...
Opening Night
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Ah! The start of a brand new season!
Last Wednesday Whitchurch on Thames was once again invaded by the marauding hordes of the Camera Club! Hurrah!
Lovely to see familiar faces again - and some new ones too - that is if they hadn't been meeting...
The Maasai Mara
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Now didn't we just enjoy our visit to the Maasai Mara along with our intrepid guide Nigel Glover-Wright! Of course there are few better qualified to take us on a virtual safari 'cos he makes frequent visits there and comes back with literally thousands of stunning images! (just...
Themes And Dreams
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So last Wednesday Philip George came all the way from Chandlers Ford to spend an evening with us! He gave us a two-part presentation - the whole being called 'Themes and Dreams'.
The first half of the evening was spent in looking at the way in which...
Natural History Competition
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
There we were on 22nd - all agog for this year's Natural History Competition - who would be the winner of the Nigel Glover-Wright Trophy? The judge Barbara Lydiatt would give us the answer to that (with a little help from our competition secs and technicians!)
What...
Image Critique And Discussion Evening
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Last Wednesday was a fascinating evening wasn't it!
This was the interactive session when we all had the chance to be photographic judges. Several brave souls submitted images - several being carefully chosen by their authors as not being completely perfect - so that we could discuss...
Sri Lanka
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Well - we all had a great evening last Wednesday didn't we! It was one of our travelogues - this time Sri Lanka, courtesy of our very own Rachel Paton.
She gave us some of the history and geography of the island before we got going -...
Print Competition No 2 Transport
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Well that was a really good competition wasn't it! You know - the one we had last week - prints with the set subject 'Transport'. I for one found it extremely moving!!!!! So did our judge for the evening - Terry Coffey who'd made the journey all the...
Digital Competition No 3 Transport
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So there we were last Wednesday - all gathered in the village hall for the next ladder competition - projected images with the subject - 'Transport'. And the man in the hot seat this time was Colin Harrison - who'd given a presentation in November - and had...