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Camera Club Reports: Club Meetings
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...
Image Analysis
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So we finished January with an evening with one of our very own members - David Dare who we all know is a real whizz with macro work. Come to think of it he's caused several nightmares with his up close and personal pics of creepy crawlies!! We...
Movement in Photography
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Now you must say that that was certainly different! Last Wednesday's meeting I mean - when we had a return visit from Derek Gale LRPS with his presentation: 'Movement in Photography'. Now when I say return visit - he pointed out that the last time he spoke to...
An Evening With Tony Bates and John Sexton
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Now that was a really superb evening wasn't it ... last Wednesday that is .... when we all made our way to the village hall for an evening with two of our most successful competition photographers - Tony Bates and John Sexton!
And what a variety of...
Svarlbard - Kingdom of the Ice Bear
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So there we were - our first meeting of 2017 no less - and the chairman back off his hols - what more could you ask?
No visiting speaker live in the hall this evening - instead a recorded presentation by seasoned photographers Pam and Eddy Lane...
Digital Audio Visual Competition
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
What?? Two weeks ago? ........ something called Christmas seemed to get in the way of blogs! So while we're still in 2016 - here's the last blog of this year!
And a lovely evening it was too, with superb images to delight and entertain us all as...
Print Competition No 2 Landscapes
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So 'the curfew tolled the knell of parting day' but not so much of 'the ploughman homeward plods his weary way' - more of a dash to the village hall for last Wednesday's meeting - the second print competition with the set subject of 'Landscapes' The judge - all...
I Did It My Way
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Now that was really something different wasn't it! I'm talking about last week's meeting when we were visited by Colin Harrison FRPS FBPE FIPF MPAGB MFIAP EFIA/g MPSA - and you don't gain a whole plethora of letters like that by not knowing a thing or two! He...
Digital Competition No 2 Landscape
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So there we all were on 23rd Nov - a crowded house for the first digital competition with a set subject this season. Oh yes - the subject was 'Landscapes' - so plenty of scope there then! In the hot seat was Stan McCartin LRPS CPAGB - well...
China - A Taste Of The Orient
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
What a superb evening we had last Wednesday! We packed into the village hall to hear all about China (the country - not the crockery!) in the company of Micki Aston.
This was a very detailed insight into its daily life through Micki's great street photography (and...
Wildlife In Action
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Well, we knew we were in for a great evening on 9th Nov 'cos we were in the company of Mike Wilkes FRPS - a great wildlife photographer who also tells a good story. So we all flocked (good analogy with Mike there!) to the village hall in...
Dutch Waterways
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
What a great evening we had on 2nd Nov in the company of our very own Bill Scott!
Bill took us on a tour of Holland through images he captured whilst cruising the Dutch waterways earlier this year. We were taken of course to Amsterdam - a...
A Window On The World
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So last Wednesday we all rolled up at the village hall for an evening in the company of Ruari Cumming ARPS.
In the past Ruari has introduced us to the Hebrides but this time his presentation was called 'A Window on the World'. As one might expect...