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| An opportunity to see what is lined up in the programme for this year, plus an insight into what some of the members have been up to in the summer… | An opportunity to see what is lined up in the programme for this year, plus an insight into what some of the members have been up to in the summer… | ||
| - | 16th September: Travels of a Naturalist | + | ===== 16th September: Travels of a Naturalist ===== |
| The snow last January meant that Gordon Follows ARPS could not get to us, but he has agreed to come this year to show us his work. Gordon is an outstanding natural history photographer and a member of the RPS Nature Group. | The snow last January meant that Gordon Follows ARPS could not get to us, but he has agreed to come this year to show us his work. Gordon is an outstanding natural history photographer and a member of the RPS Nature Group. | ||
| - | 23rd September: Let’s talk about Pictures | + | ===== 23rd September: Let’s talk about Pictures ===== |
| Judge: Caroline Guthrie LRPS | Judge: Caroline Guthrie LRPS | ||
| A chance to share some of the pictures we have taken recently - please bring up to 4 prints of any size, mounting unnecessary, for informal discussion in small groups. After the break, the favourites from each group will be shown to the whole meeting when we will have a commentary from the judge and then vote for our favourite image. A bottle of wine will go to the winner. | A chance to share some of the pictures we have taken recently - please bring up to 4 prints of any size, mounting unnecessary, for informal discussion in small groups. After the break, the favourites from each group will be shown to the whole meeting when we will have a commentary from the judge and then vote for our favourite image. A bottle of wine will go to the winner. | ||
| - | 30th September: Photography of the heavens | + | ===== 30th September: Photography of the heavens ===== |
| In this session Lee Sproats will cover how to choose and use the necessary equipment (from beginners upwards) and how to get the best from your results, as well as showing us his own amazing images. | In this session Lee Sproats will cover how to choose and use the necessary equipment (from beginners upwards) and how to get the best from your results, as well as showing us his own amazing images. | ||
| - | 7th October: Annual Projected Image Competition | + | ===== 7th October: Annual Projected Image Competition ===== |
| Judge: Dave Stewart | Judge: Dave Stewart | ||
| An open competition with max 4 colour and/or mono images, each less than 2 years old. None entered in this competition before and no more than 2 entered into any previous internal competition. | An open competition with max 4 colour and/or mono images, each less than 2 years old. None entered in this competition before and no more than 2 entered into any previous internal competition. | ||
| - | 14th October: A Tale of Two Cities | + | ===== 14th October: A Tale of Two Cities ===== |
| Ron Tear will give us an illustrated lecture about London and New York - all about similarities as seen from his perspective. | Ron Tear will give us an illustrated lecture about London and New York - all about similarities as seen from his perspective. | ||
| - | 19th October: Print Battle! | + | ===== 19th October: Print Battle! ===== |
| A new fixture for us: we go head-to-head with Bottisham and Burwell Photographic Club in an away match. | A new fixture for us: we go head-to-head with Bottisham and Burwell Photographic Club in an away match. | ||
| - | 21st October: Practical Workshop 1 | + | ===== 21st October: Practical Workshop 1 ===== |
| Our popular workshops are back again this year: this time we look at how to get digital images right for competitions, at creating a photo gallery on Flickr and at some basic PhotoShop/Elements techniques. | Our popular workshops are back again this year: this time we look at how to get digital images right for competitions, at creating a photo gallery on Flickr and at some basic PhotoShop/Elements techniques. | ||
| - | 28th October: Beyond the Moment of Capture | + | ===== 28th October: Beyond the Moment of Capture ===== |
| You will certainly remember Brian Beaney’s amazing fine-art images last year: now he returns to share some of his PhotoShop secrets with us. Brian uses a lot of mainly simple techniques that we can all use to improve our own work. | You will certainly remember Brian Beaney’s amazing fine-art images last year: now he returns to share some of his PhotoShop secrets with us. Brian uses a lot of mainly simple techniques that we can all use to improve our own work. | ||
| - | + | ===== 4th November: Set Subject Competition ===== | |
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| - | 4th November: Set Subject Competition | + | |
| Judge: Wes Gibbon | Judge: Wes Gibbon | ||
| The subject for our first set subject competition is “Red” and this will be a projected digital image entry. Max 3 images, each less than 2 years old. | The subject for our first set subject competition is “Red” and this will be a projected digital image entry. Max 3 images, each less than 2 years old. | ||
| - | 11th November: Travel and Photography in the Polar Regions | + | ===== 11th November: Travel and Photography in the Polar Regions ===== |
| John Procter’s talk will be based on travel in the High Arctic and the Southern Ocean. The sea journey in the north included a transit of the North West Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and a circumnavigation of Baffin Island. His trip to the south included the East and West Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Highlighted will be some of the contrasts between journeys in these opposite ends of the planet and the opportunities and issues which the photographer is presented with. | John Procter’s talk will be based on travel in the High Arctic and the Southern Ocean. The sea journey in the north included a transit of the North West Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and a circumnavigation of Baffin Island. His trip to the south included the East and West Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Highlighted will be some of the contrasts between journeys in these opposite ends of the planet and the opportunities and issues which the photographer is presented with. | ||
| - | 18th November: Colour workflow | + | ===== 18th November: Colour workflow ===== |
| In this talk, Peter Lovelock will give you a better understanding of what colour management is and why it is so important in today’s digital photography environment. You will be guided through the colour management workflow process, with advice on settings, equipment and why images may not be appearing as expected between devices. We will briefly look at image capture, monitors/projectors, printers, software settings and the theory behind the "art". Once concluded, you will be in a much better position to achieve more consistent results, getting what you expect from input to output. | In this talk, Peter Lovelock will give you a better understanding of what colour management is and why it is so important in today’s digital photography environment. You will be guided through the colour management workflow process, with advice on settings, equipment and why images may not be appearing as expected between devices. We will briefly look at image capture, monitors/projectors, printers, software settings and the theory behind the "art". Once concluded, you will be in a much better position to achieve more consistent results, getting what you expect from input to output. | ||
| - | 23rd November: Print and projected image battle! | + | ===== 23rd November: Print and projected image battle! ===== |
| A friendly(ish…) competition against St Neots & District Camera Club. We lost last season, so we need to get lots good images together so we can get our revenge…!!! | A friendly(ish…) competition against St Neots & District Camera Club. We lost last season, so we need to get lots good images together so we can get our revenge…!!! | ||
| - | 25th November: New Frontiers | + | ===== 25th November: New Frontiers ===== |
| Peter Cairns is one of Europe's leading wildlife photographers and co-director of Wild Wonders of Europe, one of the most ambitious nature photography initiatives ever staged. In this presentation, Peter will take us on a journey from his early photographic exploits near his home in the Scottish Highlands to the wilds of Europe via a series of twists and turns that have influenced not only his photography, but his perspective on our own changing relationship with nature. | Peter Cairns is one of Europe's leading wildlife photographers and co-director of Wild Wonders of Europe, one of the most ambitious nature photography initiatives ever staged. In this presentation, Peter will take us on a journey from his early photographic exploits near his home in the Scottish Highlands to the wilds of Europe via a series of twists and turns that have influenced not only his photography, but his perspective on our own changing relationship with nature. | ||
| - | 2nd December: Monochrome Trophy | + | ===== 2nd December: Monochrome Trophy ===== |
| Judge: Barbie Lindsay EFIAP, MPAGB, FBPE | Judge: Barbie Lindsay EFIAP, MPAGB, FBPE | ||
| An open competition with a max 4 mounted monochrome prints, each less than 2 years old. None entered in this competition before and no more than 2 entered in any previous internal competition. | An open competition with a max 4 mounted monochrome prints, each less than 2 years old. None entered in this competition before and no more than 2 entered in any previous internal competition. | ||
| - | 9th December: Flash Lighting Revealed | + | ===== 9th December: Flash Lighting Revealed ===== |
| Jac Swindell and Mel Yeneralski - who are medical photographers at Addenbrooke's Hospital - will demonstrate lighting both with handheld portable flash units and studio flash equipment. After Christmas they will come back with the gear for a further hands-on session. | Jac Swindell and Mel Yeneralski - who are medical photographers at Addenbrooke's Hospital - will demonstrate lighting both with handheld portable flash units and studio flash equipment. After Christmas they will come back with the gear for a further hands-on session. | ||
| - | 16th December: The President’s Evening | + | ===== 16th December: The President’s Evening ===== |
| Simon Shore will be showing some of his stunning images on this special festive evening. | Simon Shore will be showing some of his stunning images on this special festive evening. | ||
| - | 23rd December, 30th December: No meetings | + | ===== 23rd December, 30th December: No meetings ===== |
| - | 6th January: Practical Flash | + | ===== 6th January: Practical Flash ===== |
| Bring your cameras for this second session on flash. Jac and Mel will guide us through setting up and using studio flash equipment. | Bring your cameras for this second session on flash. Jac and Mel will guide us through setting up and using studio flash equipment. | ||
| - | 13th January: Chinese Takeaway | + | ===== 13th January: Chinese Takeaway ===== |
| John Law FRPS has been privileged to help with judging the Chinese National Photo event with some 100000 prints, this on two occasions. The judges are worked hard as you can imagine - but the reward is being taken for a week of photography in parts of China not normally visited. | John Law FRPS has been privileged to help with judging the Chinese National Photo event with some 100000 prints, this on two occasions. The judges are worked hard as you can imagine - but the reward is being taken for a week of photography in parts of China not normally visited. | ||
| - | 20th January: Bamber Trophy | + | ===== 20th January: Bamber Trophy ===== |
| Judge: Allan Hale | Judge: Allan Hale | ||
| Max 2 sets, each comprising 5 colour and/or mono digital projected images numbered in projection sequence and all less than 2 years old. None entered in this competition before and no more than 2 in each set entered in any previous internal competition. Sets to demonstrate a wide range of technique and subject matter. | Max 2 sets, each comprising 5 colour and/or mono digital projected images numbered in projection sequence and all less than 2 years old. None entered in this competition before and no more than 2 in each set entered in any previous internal competition. Sets to demonstrate a wide range of technique and subject matter. | ||
| - | 27th January: Maximising the Moment | + | ===== 27th January: Maximising the Moment ===== |
| Malcolm Clements gives us an illustrated talk looking at cameras/lenses and their functions together with compositional techniques to help you "get it right in camera". | Malcolm Clements gives us an illustrated talk looking at cameras/lenses and their functions together with compositional techniques to help you "get it right in camera". | ||
| - | 3rd February: Wild about Nature | + | ===== 3rd February: Wild about Nature ===== |
| Kevin and Margery Maskell show us their natural history photography in Florida, Canada and the UK and tell us something about their techniques. | Kevin and Margery Maskell show us their natural history photography in Florida, Canada and the UK and tell us something about their techniques. | ||
| - | 10th February: Set Subject Competition | + | ===== 10th February: Set Subject Competition ===== |
| Judge: Daphne Hanson CPAGB APAGB | Judge: Daphne Hanson CPAGB APAGB | ||
| The subject for our second set subject competition is “Abstract” and this will be a print entry. Max 3 prints, each less than 2 years old. | The subject for our second set subject competition is “Abstract” and this will be a print entry. Max 3 prints, each less than 2 years old. | ||
| - | 17th February: The Digital Workflow | + | ===== 17th February: The Digital Workflow ===== |
| Simon Brown FBIPP, FIMI is a professional photographer with far too many years in the medical photography world than he cares to remember and now runs his own businesses – Sharpen Your Image and medicalphotography.co.uk. | Simon Brown FBIPP, FIMI is a professional photographer with far too many years in the medical photography world than he cares to remember and now runs his own businesses – Sharpen Your Image and medicalphotography.co.uk. | ||
| He has been using digital imaging since the early 1990s and has introduced digital photography practice to several departments throughout the UK. Simon will describe his own digital system and workflow and how this has been modified over the past few years, now having to incorporate video and stills work. | He has been using digital imaging since the early 1990s and has introduced digital photography practice to several departments throughout the UK. Simon will describe his own digital system and workflow and how this has been modified over the past few years, now having to incorporate video and stills work. | ||
| - | 24th February: Photographing People | + | ===== 24th February: Photographing People ===== |
| Howard Denner AFIAP "Photographing People" is a set of observations, taken over a period of some 40 years, of the human race going about its business . The vast majority of the set of over 100 monochrome prints are 'candid' shots taken with available light, with a sprinkling of shots taken under studio & stage conditions. If nothing else, the talk illustrates how much easier it was to photograph in the street 'in the old days' before Human Rights became an issue. | Howard Denner AFIAP "Photographing People" is a set of observations, taken over a period of some 40 years, of the human race going about its business . The vast majority of the set of over 100 monochrome prints are 'candid' shots taken with available light, with a sprinkling of shots taken under studio & stage conditions. If nothing else, the talk illustrates how much easier it was to photograph in the street 'in the old days' before Human Rights became an issue. | ||
| - | 3rd March: Themed Print Panel Competition | + | ===== 3rd March: Themed Print Panel Competition ===== |
| Judge: Colin Southgate FRPS DPAGB | Judge: Colin Southgate FRPS DPAGB | ||
| 5 individually mounted colour and/or monochrome prints on a common theme of the entrant’s choice. No more than 2 prints in each entry may have been entered in any previous internal competition. Each entry to be judged as a set of 5 as a whole with print arrangement taken into consideration. | 5 individually mounted colour and/or monochrome prints on a common theme of the entrant’s choice. No more than 2 prints in each entry may have been entered in any previous internal competition. Each entry to be judged as a set of 5 as a whole with print arrangement taken into consideration. | ||
| - | 10th March: Camera RAW: how and why | + | ===== 10th March: Camera RAW: How and Why ===== |
| Tonight Steve de Roeck gives us a talk aimed at beginners and intermediates. We will look at several aspects of camera raw; what it is, its function and limitations, when best to use it and under what circumstances we might choose not to use it. Then we will run through the Photoshop Camera Raw interface, looking at menu settings, preferences, tools and options, using some practical examples. | Tonight Steve de Roeck gives us a talk aimed at beginners and intermediates. We will look at several aspects of camera raw; what it is, its function and limitations, when best to use it and under what circumstances we might choose not to use it. Then we will run through the Photoshop Camera Raw interface, looking at menu settings, preferences, tools and options, using some practical examples. | ||
| Steve’s main aim is to demystify and simplify Camera Raw. | Steve’s main aim is to demystify and simplify Camera Raw. | ||
| - | 17th March: Close-up and Macro Photography | + | ===== 17th March: Close-up and Macro Photography ===== |
| An informative talk/slide show by Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP showing how to get the best results with macro photography. Not just showing the finished image, but how the image was obtained in the field and/or studio. Also, how to overcome a lot of the difficulties associated with this form of work. | An informative talk/slide show by Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP showing how to get the best results with macro photography. Not just showing the finished image, but how the image was obtained in the field and/or studio. Also, how to overcome a lot of the difficulties associated with this form of work. | ||
| - | 24th March: Set Subject Competition | + | ===== 24th March: Set Subject Competition ===== |
| Judge: Bob Wickens | Judge: Bob Wickens | ||
| The theme for our third set subject competition is “Film Titles” and this will be a digital projected image entry. Max 3 images, each less than 2 years old. | The theme for our third set subject competition is “Film Titles” and this will be a digital projected image entry. Max 3 images, each less than 2 years old. | ||
| - | 31st March: Practical Workshop 2 | + | ===== 31st March: Practical Workshop 2 ===== |
| Bring your camera for an evening of practical skills exercises: just what do all those knobs and buttons do? | Bring your camera for an evening of practical skills exercises: just what do all those knobs and buttons do? | ||
| - | 2nd April: Spring Exhibition | + | ===== 2nd April: Spring Exhibition ===== |
| Each year it gets bigger and better! A great chance to showcase our work for family and friends. | Each year it gets bigger and better! A great chance to showcase our work for family and friends. | ||
| - | 7th April: Dawn on the Horizon | + | ===== 7th April: Dawn on the Horizon ===== |
| An evening with Dawn Osborn FRPS, AFIAP. Beautiful wildlife and landscape images are on the menu tonight! | An evening with Dawn Osborn FRPS, AFIAP. Beautiful wildlife and landscape images are on the menu tonight! | ||
| - | 14th April: Annual Colour Print Competition | + | ===== 14th April: Annual Colour Print Competition ===== |
| Judge: Maggie Tear LRPS CPAGB | Judge: Maggie Tear LRPS CPAGB | ||
| An open competition with max 4 mounted prints, each less than 2 years old. None entered in this competition before and no more than 2 in any previous internal competition. | An open competition with max 4 mounted prints, each less than 2 years old. None entered in this competition before and no more than 2 in any previous internal competition. | ||
| - | 21st April: Getting More From Your Photography With Panels of Prints | + | ===== 21st April: Getting More From Your Photography With Panels of Prints ===== |
| Following our first attempt at a Panel competition, Barry Freeman will show us panels of colour and monochrome prints (sets of 6 and 4) to demonstrate how they are best formed/set out for maximum effect, to say more to the viewer than is possible with a single image. | Following our first attempt at a Panel competition, Barry Freeman will show us panels of colour and monochrome prints (sets of 6 and 4) to demonstrate how they are best formed/set out for maximum effect, to say more to the viewer than is possible with a single image. | ||
| - | 28th April: A Matter of Life and Death | + | ===== 28th April: A Matter of Life and Death ===== |
| John Bulpitt FRPS is from Cambridge CC. His photographic interests cover sport, wildlife, travel and candid street photography, all of which will feature in this evening's lecture. | John Bulpitt FRPS is from Cambridge CC. His photographic interests cover sport, wildlife, travel and candid street photography, all of which will feature in this evening's lecture. | ||
| - | 5th May: Image of the Year Competition | + | ===== 5th May: Image of the Year Competition ===== |
| Judge: Patricia Kreyer ARPS | Judge: Patricia Kreyer ARPS | ||
| A second chance to see the winning entries for the year. Following an informed commentary from the judge, members will vote for their winning print and projected image of the year, from which the overall image of the year will be selected. | A second chance to see the winning entries for the year. Following an informed commentary from the judge, members will vote for their winning print and projected image of the year, from which the overall image of the year will be selected. | ||
| - | 12th May: Annual General Meeting | + | ===== 12th May: Annual General Meeting ===== |
| Come along and have your say! | Come along and have your say! | ||
| - | 19th May: Annual Dinner | + | ===== 19th May: Annual Dinner ===== |
| Details to be announced | Details to be announced | ||
| - | July: Barbecue | + | ===== July: Barbecue ===== |
| Details to be announced | Details to be announced | ||