Tue 23 Apr 2024 - Results Set Subject competition
Judge: Graeme Clarke ARPS
Tue 16 Apr 2024 - Results Tryptych Panel Competition
Judge: Sally Sallett ARPS CPAGB AFIAP BPE3*
Tue 9 Apr 2024 - Members Night
Another opportunity for members to entertain the crowds with a collection of images. Volunteers needed.....
Tue 2 Apr 2024 - Results Outings and Portraits Competitions
Judges: Arjun Nambiar (Portraits) and Peter Maguire (Outings)
- Also upload your Set Subject competition entries
Tue 26 Mar 2024 - Eileen McCausland AIPF ARPS. Black and white portraiture
Eileen McCausland AIPF ARPS. Black and white portraiture
Eileen is a passionate photographer who especially likes natural light portraits and also Mono images. Since retiring she has been able to concentrate more on her photographic work.
- Also upload your images for the Tryptych Panel Competition
Tue 19 Mar 2024 - Results Mono Print Competition Round 2
Judge: Lynda Golightly LRPS
Tue 12 Mar 2024 - Harry McAtominey: Kenya in a hurry
A change to the programme: Our guest speaker has cancelled due to technical issues. Harry McAtominey a fellow member has agreed to step in. After a trip to Kenya he has quickly put together a presentation. Kenya in a hurry. Please come along and support Harry. I know we can expect another great evening with Harry's wit, humour and amazing images.
- Also upload your images for Outings and Portraits competitions
Tue 5 Mar 2024 - John Farrington: Looking down- One person's view of the world from above
5/03/24:
John Farrington: Looking Down - One person's view of the world from above.
Face to face meeting from another willing member. Presentation will be travel orientated; an intriguing title. Join us to find out what it is all about.....
NB: This is a change to the original programme; John agreed to change to accomodate a Guest Speaker changing their date. Thanks John
Tue 27 Feb 2024 - Results Colour Print Competition Round 2
Judge: Richard Spiers DPAGB BPE2* APAGB
- Also submit your prints for Mono Print Round 2
Tue 20 Feb 2024 - Pecha Kucha
Maggie will be in touch looking for volunteers to present. So get prepared for members showing varoius talks. Limited to 20 slides with 20 seconds commentary for each slide.
Tue 13 Feb 2024 - Arjun Namiar LRPS: Projects and Panels
13.02.24. Arjun will discuss presenting your work in a different way than a single image. Working on a Project or preparing Panels. Discussion will also cover any members wanting advice on preparing for an LRPS Advisory day or Assessment.
Tue 6 Feb 2024 - Results PDI Competition Round 3
Judge: Sue White BPE2*
- Submit your entries for Colour Print Round 2
Tue 23 Jan 2024 - Results Mono Print Competition Round 1
JUdge: Stuart Skelsey LRPS CPAGB BPE1*
Tue 16 Jan 2024 - Cherry Larcombe EFIAP ARPS DPAGB BPE5* Floral Fine Art
Cherry belongs to many photographic groups online such as Flickr and on Facebook and is a member of Eastbourne Photographic Society.
Her work has been exhibited at many national and international exhibitions during the process of working towards her photographic distinctions.
The presentation is looking at being more adventurous with flower and plant photography, with light, simplicity, shapes, textures, inversion and botanical presentations.
Photoshop Ideas for post processing to enhance your floral images.
Tue 9 Jan 2024 - Nick Lambert Vietnam and Cambodia Ca[turing the moment
Another fellow member has volunteered to present to us images and stories from his travels.
Rather than presenting a traditional photo travelogue, Nick will show a selection of themes using related images which stand up as interesting in their own right… people, transport, International Women’s Day, etc. The thing that they all have in common is that they were captured “on the move” giving them all a feeling of immediacy
Tue 12 Dec 2023 - Christmas Party
Expect fun and games and a buffet. Party jumpers and hats welcome; think sparkly!
Merry Christmas
Tue 5 Dec 2023 - Results PDI Competition Round 2
Judge: Martin Patten DPAGB LRPS EFIAP BPE5* QPSA
- Also submit your Mono Print Round 1 entries
Tue 28 Nov 2023 - Presidents Night:ZOOM ONLY
Arjun Nambier will give his rearranged Presidents Night talk. Apologies that there have been a number of changes to the programme , necessary to accomodate Arjun's very important other job.... I hope you are keeping up with the changes. Maggi's Newsletter of 8th November is the latest change to this date.
PLEAE NOTE: Due to the pub hosting a Wake we have had to change this meeting to a Zoom only evening
Tue 21 Nov 2023 - Results: Knockout and Newcomers
Members choose in the knockout competition. Two images shown side by side and you choose your favourite. An exciting way to get to the winner.
One of our own renowned Members Peter Maguire will judge the Newcomers Competition.
You will be aware from Maggi's Bulletin of the 8th of November that we have had to rearrange a few dates to accomodate Arjun's busy schedule. I hope you are keeping up...
Tue 14 Nov 2023 - Steve Proctor. CPAGB DPAGB BPE5*Power and poise
Power and Poise in Sports and Dance
Steve is a member of two camera clubs, one of which is Ribblesdale and the other is Chorley. He has attained the CPAGB accreditation which equated to being a ‘good club standard photographer’ and now gained the DPAGB which is ‘good exhibition level photographer’, with the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain). Has also managed to achieve BPE5* in the British Photographic Exhibitions circuit.
Two favourite subjects, photographically, are Wildlife and People but has...
Tue 7 Nov 2023 - Results Colour Print Competition Round 1
Judge; Jim Welsh LRPS CPAGB APAGB
Tue 31 Oct 2023 - Harry McAtominey & Peter Maguire CPAGB LRPS EFIAP. Iceland Summer and Winter
Face to face meeting.
Two of our very own Members joining to present an evening’s entertainment of their travels to Iceland in different seasons.
- Upload your entries for Knockout and Newcomers competitions
Tue 24 Oct 2023 - Results Nature Competition
JUdge: Alan Wilson ARPS AFIAP
Tue 17 Oct 2023 - George Ledger DPAGB ARPS: Tips for action photography
17.10.23. Face to face meeting
Freelance Sports Photographer based in Consett, covers major national sporting events and also specialises in providing action photography. He is a previous Wildlife Trust ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ as well as an International Sports Photographer, Corporate and People Photographer.
He has photographed most sports from the Olympic Games to Local amateur clubs, he has also spent time as Official Photographer for Newcastle Falcons RFC, Durham WFC, Consett RFC and the Universities of Durham and Northumbria.
His photographs have...
Tue 10 Oct 2023 - Results PDI Competition Round 1
Judge: Olivia Costello LDPS ADPS
Tue 3 Oct 2023 - Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP DPAGB BPEE5* Working in themed panels
3.10.23. Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP DPAGB BPEE5* Working in themed panels
In this talk Roger will explain the thinking and construction when producing a set of images into a cohesive panel. Working in ‘themed panels’ requires a different approach. It explains the ‘thinking’ behind constructing panels and where this method of working is most suitable. An example would be someone contemplating going for an RPS distinction, which is a totally different genre of working compared to someone contemplating the PAGB distinction.
Images produced on a theme may not...
Tue 26 Sep 2023 - J P Stones. Storytelling for photographers
Photographing Aztec Dancers.
JP has spent the last decade photographing the same group of Mexica, or Azteca, dancers. In that time he learned how connected the Mexica are to their mythology, to ancient stories passed down across generations. That’s when he realised that, as these stories were so vital to Mexica culture, they needed to play a bigger role in his portraits.
Tue 19 Sep 2023 - Kevin Pigney. Flash Techniques for wildlife photography
Kevin Pigney. Flash Techniques for wildlife photography
Based in Cambridge.
https://kjpphotography.myportfolio.com/
Basic flash settings/why we use it - Long lens flash - An easy to use macro technique - Setting up an outdoor night studio - High speed multi flash set up….
Also upload your entries for the 1st PDI Competition
Tue 12 Sep 2023 - Mark McColl DPAGB. Light and composition in the landscape.
Landscape photographer based in Scotland. Discussing landscapes of the arctic, sub-arctic, and Scotland. His approach as a landscape photographer, and in particular the importance of light and composition.
This presentation is paid for through The Ray Coles Memorial fund, a generous gift left in his will for the Camera Club
Tue 5 Sep 2023 - Arjun Nambiar Presidents Night
Our President Arjun Nambiar welcomes members to another wonderful season for Gosforth Camera Club.