Bracknell Camera Club Programme 2022-23
All meetings will start at 8pm. Members and guests are encouraged to come earlier at around 7.30pm to socialise with other members and to help set the hall up for the evening.
All meetings are in the OLC except evenings marked “Available on ZOOM Only” – We will not be using the OLC for these evenings
Note Some evenings are marked “Speaker/Judge ZOOM into OLC only” – these ZOOM sessions will only be available to attendees at the OLC.
Notes:
1. There are now Zoom Only meetings not on a Monday evening, the original sessions have been replaced as Member’s Evenings
2. The Exhibition evening is now scheduled to be a Members Creative Corners Evening
3. The last meeting of the season is the AGM and Margaret Woods Competition
4. The agendas for the Member’s Evenings/Members Creative Corners are added throughout the season
| April | ||
| 10 | No Meeting Easter Monday
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| 17 | A Photographer’s journey
“Robert’s talk is about his personal experience coming from the Army and in to everyday life and how he made a photography business from nothing to becoming an international wedding photographer.” https://www.onemophotography.co.uk/ (Note new web address) PDI |
Robert Pugh
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| 24 | PDI round 4 | John Randall |
| May | ||
| 1 | No Meeting Early May Bank Holiday
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| 8 |
Bank Holiday to Celebrate the King’s Coronation |
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| 15 | ‘The Greater Picture’
During this presentation Tom gives a broad overview of his life as a fine art wildlife photographer. He will demonstrate the various camera settings used to create his preferred style whilst speaking about the components that he feels are essential in creating evocative wildlife imagery. PDI and tables |
Tom Way |
| 22 | Clive Harrison Trophy
This is our annual competition for a thematic panel of between three and eight prints. The images should all share a common theme, tell a story or complement each other in some way when viewed together. Entrants are encouraged to provide a written statement to explain the purpose of the panel or what the images are about. |
Roger Smith |
| 29 | No Meeting Spring Bank Holiday | |
| June | ||
| 5 | Member’s Creative Corners
Caroline Colegate will be leading a session on “Overcoming barriers to seeing”: A short 12 minute presentation, then 20 min practical session taking pictures followed by 13 mins reviewing the images and asking each member to show their favourite image of the shoot. As it will be light members will be able to take shots outdoors too if they wish. Richard Reynolds with be leading a session with a mix of Lightroom and Photoshop: – Lightroom workflow and best practices. A perfect combination to learn and use after the evening. Each session will run for approximately 45 minutes with a break for a coffee and chat. Help to set the OLC up for this meeting would be appreciated – please come early |
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| 12 | AGM + Margaret Woods Trophy
A chance for members to attend and hear the reports from committee members on how the club has been run during the season and what can be expected from the season ahead. and the presentation of the season’s trophies See the Member’s Area for Agenda and the papers for the the meeting. After the break vote for your favourite nature image in the Margaret Woods Trophy. |
| Date | Lecture | Speaker/Judge |
| September 2022 | ||
| 5 | *Member’s Evening* Welcome and Introductions – David Watkins
This season’s programme in outline Speakers – Ian Hardacre Using the uploader/labelling prints – Mark Wright New League Structure & judging – Paul Hendley – Mark Wright Questions/Discussion -David Watkins plus committee BREAK 15-20 minutes Infrared Photography Video – prepared by Alistair Balharrie Smartphone SIG/Quiz – Jeff Lawrence Display of Exhibition Images Closing Items – David Watkins |
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| 12 | Talk on Lensbaby lenses
www.rpphotographybydesign.co.uk PDI Tables required |
Robert Pugh  |
| 19 | This evening’s Club meeting has been cancelled. | Victoria Baptiste’s talk is now 9th January 2023 |
| 26 | Print round 1 All categories | Steve Kirkby CPAGB/AV |
| October | ||
| 3 | ‘An Image Seen – Landscape photography thoughts and techniques’ ‘This is a comprehensive talk that initially discusses some of the preparation and planning you can do prior to going out on location to help you get the best results. Sarah will talk about the importance of light in image making, and then in the second half talk in depth about composition. She will touch on introducing movement into your images and also the impact that filters can have.’ https://www.sarahhowardphotography.com/ Speaker ZOOM into OLC Only | Sarah Howard  |
| 10 | ‘Sneaking about in the dead of night’ “This is not so much a talk as a fast-paced and slightly unconventional; lesson in how to photograph birds and beasts in the hours between dusk and dawn(and, occasionally, in rather nasty daylight too). The talk is a summary of techniques learned from a decade working in the field(and, more often, swamp, desert, forest and mountain range). Think of this presentation as a way to learn some advanced wildlife moves without the inconvenience of actually having to get frostbite, hyperthermia, heatstroke or a variety of amusing diseases yourself.” http://www.johngoodayphotography.com/ PDI | John Gooday  |
| 17 | PDI round 1 All categories | Bo Hansen |
| 24 | Yellowstone in Black, White & Infrared ‘This cold weather adventure tells the story of Yellowstone National Park in the dead of winter. It combines a touch of history and geology of Yellowstone, with Infrared landscape and B&W wildlife images ‘ www.simonweir.com PDI – will bring own projector, laptop etc | Simon Weir  |
| 31 | Exploring the Italian Dolomites and Iceland with James Rushforth – an unexpected career in photography and guidebook writing In this talk James describes his unexpected and fortuitous journey into outdoor and adventure photography and writing; from first picking up a camera in 2012 to his success at the British and International Photography awards just a decade later. James’ transient lifestyle, moving between the pale mountains of the Italian Dolomites to the wilds of Iceland, has led to the creation of three photo-location guidebooks, showcasing his images and providing cultural and local information for visitors to his adopted regions. The presentation follows his natural progression from adventure to landscape photography, focusing on the logistics and creative nuances of both. https://www.jamesrushforth.com/ Speaker ZOOM into OLC ONLY | James Rushforth |
| November | ||
| 7 | The Autumn Digital Image Competition – images with a theme of “Hands” Certificates will be awarded for 1st place (Gold), 2nd place (Silver), 3rd place (Bronze), two Highly Commended and two Commended PDI | Peter Crane ARPS |
| 14 | Small is Beautiful Macro photography opens up a fascinating world of wildlife, including many subjects close to home. This talk demonstrates techniques for making striking images of butterflies, dragonflies and other insects, orchids and fungi including composition, depth of field and controlling light, as well as how to find and identify the subject. PDI and tables required | Robert Harvey ARPS EFIAP CEnv CSci MCIWEM  |
| 21 | SCPF Print League Bracknell is in Division 2 of the SCPF Print League and will compete against seven other SCPF clubs (hosted by Bracknell). This is a great chance to view 64 top quality printed images. | Chris Hutchinson |
| 28 | Composition – My way Caroline will describe how she composes her images and how (and why) she sometimes breaks the so-called rules!  PDI and A/V Club laptop and speakers for the A/V |
Caroline Colegate ARPS APAGB |
| December | ||
| 5 | Member’s Creative Corners In each corner of the OLC members will meet to discuss and perhaps learn more about one aspect of photography.
Studio Lighting. – Steve Buesden. Macro Photography – Mark Perkins. Constant Lighting – Jeff Lawrence. Picture me Picture You – Jon Sawyer Help to set the OLC up for this meeting would be appreciated – please come early |
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| 12 | PDI round 2 All categories Judge ZOOM into OLC ONLY | Amanda Miller LRPS CPAGB |
| 19 | “The Diary of an Exhausted Photographer” “Join David Clapp for an animated Zoom talk about his travels across the world as he tackles the travel and landscape photography, astrophotography, portraits and more. With additional advice on composition and processing, let David reveal how to stay productive behind the camera to capture the best quality images.'” https://www.davidclapp.co.uk/ Speaker ZOOM into OLC ONLY  |
David Clapp |
| 26 | No Meeting – Boxing Day! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All! | |
| Welcome to 2023! | ||
| January | ||
| 2 | No Meeting Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All! | |
| 9 | ‘Done is better than perfect’ “This one is all about the art of the portrait. We’ll discuss what makes a good portrait and breaking the rules. We all strive for perfection, but does this come at the cost of creativity? ” www.fluxphotographic.co.uk PDI | Victoria Baptiste  |
| Welcome to 2023! | ||
| January | ||
| 2 | No Meeting A Happy New Year to All! | |
| 9 | ‘Done is better than perfect’
“This one is all about the art of the portrait. We’ll discuss what makes a good portrait and breaking the rules. We all strive for perfection, but does this come at the cost of creativity? ” PDI |
Victoria Baptiste |
| Wednesday
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SCPF PDI League Competition
Bracknell is in Division 1 and will compete against several other SCPF clubs (hosted by Bracknell). We strongly encourage members to attend this midweek zoom event. The Club has invited members from the participating clubs in the competition and at the request of the SCPF we will have guests from many other clubs in the Federation. NOTE this is NOT a Monday evening Judge ZOOM ONLY |
Paul Bradley |
| 16 | ‘Working with Textures’
Answering all the what and how questions, I go through sourcing and creating textures , how to use blend modes and then 3 different methods of how to apply textures to an image. After a short mid way break, I invite the club to submit random images for a live edit where I will take between 3-5 images and apply textures from my own stock to create final pieces., narrating every click on route. I believe that seeing the process happen ‘for real’ is very valuable for viewers. I travel slowly and clearly through the technical aspects, happily repeating steps if requested. LEVEL: Photoshop beginner to intermediate Speaker ZOOM into OLC ONLY |
Janey Lazenby BA(hons) Fine Art, QTFE(2), ASEA, LRPS, CPAGB, BPE3, EFIAP, LMPA  |
| 23 | The Winter Digital Image Competition images with a theme of “Mono graveyard”
Certificates will be awarded for 1st place (Gold), 2nd place (Silver), 3rd place (Bronze), two Highly Commended and two Commended. Judge ZOOM into OLC ONLY PDI Contact any Committee Member for a contact for help or advice about conversions to Mono – the Club has mentors available who will help |
Colin Harrison CACC/PAGB |
| 30 | “Smartphone photography”
Jeanette’s talk is a mix of how she got started down the ’smartphone’ camera route, her inspiration and lots of tips and tricks to get the best out of your smartphone camera as well as a large selection of images to show. https://www.jetblacksquares.com/ SPEAKER ZOOM into OLC ONLY |
Jeanette (Jet) Lendon  |
| February | ||
| 6 | Print round 2
All categories |
Bob Hart |
| 13 | “An Eye on the Hebrides”
This talk is a photographic tour through the Hebrides. An evening of wonderful images, some history and a few humorous stories, all accompanied with AV sequences and captivating music.
http://www.hebridean-island-images.com/shows.html AV/PDI |
Ruari Cumming ARPS |
| 20 | Member’s Creative Corners
In each corner of the OLC members will meet to discuss and perhaps learn more about one aspect of photography. Our second session in the ‘creative corners’ evening has a broad range of topics. David has ‘engaged’ another impressive list of ‘volunteers’. All drawn from our own very talented club members. We have: Caroline Colegate – Seeing Don’t forget to bring your cameras with fully charged batteries.
Help to set the OLC up for this meeting would be appreciated – please come early |
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| Thursday
23 |
Bracknell Nines Competition
This evening is the annual hosting of this competition which Bracknell has run for many years. This is your chance to see the very best images from Bracknell and eight other local clubs. We encourage all members to attend this mid-week Zoom event. Note this is NOT a Monday evening. Judge ZOOM ONLY |
Tony Oliver LRPS CPAGB |
| 27 | ‘Night and low light photography’
SPEAKER ZOOM into OLC ONLY Night & Low Light covers the following issues. 1) Landscape pre-dawn 2) Landscape after-dusk 3) Landscape at night. 4)Photographing buildings in crossover lighting. 5) Personal night-time projects;
b)The cinema
6) Exploring useful techniques.
7)Capturing portraits at night. 8) Photographing industry at night SPEAKER ZOOM into OLC ONLY
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Tony Worobiec FRPS  |
| March | ||
| 6 | PDI Round 3
All categories |
We welcome back Daan Olivier FRPS EFIAP To the Club! |
| 13 | Member’s Creative Corners
This evening is a “take over” by the Portrait SIG 1st they will be sharing their events, field trips and activities which they have undertaken over recent months . 2nd: a practical session when members will be able to practice taking their own photographs using flash and constant lighting . Don’t forget to bring your cameras with fully charged batteries. Help to set the OLC up for this meeting would be appreciated – please come early |
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| 20 | Street Photography My Way
Peter’s talk is a PDI talk where he will take you into his world of street photography, covering various techniques, tips and the equipment he uses – seeing and catching moments in time which hopefully club members can relate to. PDI |
Peter Crane ARPS |
| 27 | Print Round 3
All categories |
Peter Walmsley LRPS CPAGB EFIAP |
| April | ||
| 3 | Member’s evening
The Chris Bradley Cup when members contribute humorous images that are then marked and given new titles by other members. Followed by “Around Los Angeles” by Tony Moussalli PDI |
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| 10 | No Meeting Easter Monday | |
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