Welcome to Club Photography
An introduction to club photography for the benefit of new members.

Travels

Roger is renowned for his excellent travel photography.  His talk will consist of a variety of short talks on travel-related matters together with various digital audio/visual sequences on travel-related themes.  He will also display a number of prints, again related to travel photography.

www.rogerreynoldsfrps.com

Even more walks with my camera

Rod has been walking in the countryside with his camera since the 1970's, mainly in the Thames Valley, Iceland and in his native Wales.  He'll concentrate on one or two areas, and his talk will be interesting to photographers and non-photographers alike.

www.electriclandscape.com

Projected Images Competition

Standard & Advanced Categories

Aspects of Vision

Our own club member, Harold, has photographed several themes in both monochrome and colour.  His talk will explore the differences that these two media produce within each theme.

Print Competition

Standard & Advanced Categories

1000 Faces - One Glance Away

The lecture is based on portraits & instant moments, but it's also about moments caught with a camera of things that matter to Leigh, the character of certain people, certain places and something of a personal philosophy about why he takes pictures.  Colour & mono pictures from India, Georgia, Cuba, Nepal and Turkey plus some studio work.

www.leighpreston.co.uk

Faces & Places

The 'strap line' on the first box of Ilford FP3 film that Barry purchased in 1959 said for 'Faces & Places' and for nearly 50 years these have been his favourite subjects for photography.  He likes to return to his favourite places for taking photographs again & again.  He produces monochrome inkjet prints from negatives and more recently from digital files.

Projected Images Competition

Standard & Advanced Categories

The Idle Rich Returns

A few (hundred) dodgy slides on a miscellany of subjects.  Some query Leo’s cheek in calling this a talk and serious photographers are recommended to take a night off!

Print Competition

Standard & Advanced Categories

Landscape Sequences

Themed sets of landscape images that demonstrate how different presentations can alter the impact of the image.  Iain has also written many books on landscape photography and these will be on display.

Digital Projection Challenge at North Hampshire PS

Inter-regional competition - 15 clubs representing 4 regional federations, each club submitting 12 images.

27^th

Did the judge get it right?!

Please bring back some of the images that you entered into this season’s competition irrespective of the marks obtained.  We will then have a discussion about what the judge said, whether they were right or whether they completely missed the point and failed to identify the purpose that you were trying to portray.    

Projected Images Competition

Standard & Advanced Categories

Natural Quarry

David first visited the quarry in the depths of winter and admits that at first it seemed a most unlikely place to find much wildlife.  However as the year unfolded he was delighted with the wealth of colourful and interesting subjects that surrounded him.  The most spectacular birds included nesting peregrines, ravens, little ringed plovers and wheatears.

This lecture is sponsored by Aggregate Industries Ltd.

www.naturalfocus.co.uk

Digital Match a Slide Competition at Alton      

Fun competition between Bracknell, Alton and Aldershot & Farnham

Christmas Party

The Secret Forest

The lecture is about the New Forest, in which Tony & Betty have lived and worked for many years.  The 'secret' comes from the fact that most of the images are of things visitors generally do not see.  Images will be of plants, animals, the changing seasons and the sheer beauty of a national treasure.

www.bettony.co.uk

SPF League Competition

Bracknell against Wokingham & East Berkshire and Basingstoke at Basingstoke

SPF League Competition

Bracknell against Alton and Aldershot & Farnham at Aldershot & Farnham

Print Competition

Standard & Advanced Categories

SPF League Competition

Bracknell against Yateley and Farnborough at Bracknell

In house digital/photographic workshop

Members digital AV shows plus an opportunity to ask questions about any aspect of photography and demonstrate any useful techniques you feel may be of interest to everybody.  Laptop and Photoshop will be available.

Projected Images Competition

Standard & Advanced Categories

Familiarity Breeds Content

In this ever-changing fast-paced world there seems to be a constant pressure to move on, to change, and to think that things are better just over the horizon.  Some photographers continue these thoughts into their photography, believing that the latest lens or camera, new technique, or next location will always yield better pictures.  But this is not always so.  Within this lecture Chris discusses the pleasure and benefits he gets from building up a familiarity with a subject and location and will show you the images that have resulted from his deeper knowledge of the locale.

Print Competition

Standard & Advanced Categories

Wandering with a wide angle

In the first half Francis will show us his wide panoramic prints of landscapes followed in the second half by some his more recent digital work.

www.britishlandscapes.co.uk

Hosting of the Basingstoke Exhibition

Tonight we host this exhibition in our club.  Entry to this exhibition is around November so look out for the forms around this time.

Albany Cup at Guildford

Panel competition, 4 prints by 4 different photographers

Projected Images Competition - Set Subject -: Serenity

Standard & Advanced Categories

Nine Clubs Competition

The annual hosting of this prestigious competition which Bracknell has run for over 30 years.  This is your chance to see the very best images from 8 other local clubs.

Print Competition - Set Subject -: Chaos

Standard & Advanced Categories

Bring & Buy Sale

Trans-Siberian Odyssey

One of the great train journeys of the world starting in Moscow and travelling through Siberia then taking a right turn through Mongolia and then into China finishing in Beijing. The journey crosses 8 time zones and travels a third of the way around the globe through some of the most isolated regions of the world.

www.gillyworld.com

Members Evening

Members are asked to bring a small selection of work to be shown at the club.  Please see the programme secretary if you are interested in participating.

Why do I take pictures?

The talk is a review of the type of pictures Adrian has been taking over the last 40 years.  The early prints contain a mix of mono and colour, with quite a number of derivatives.  Adrian will cover a lot of subjects, as well as techniques, he likes to get those in the audience to consider why they take pictures, which is why there is also a simple tick box questionnaire.

Besides & Beyond 2008

A sort of Tapas Bar, where all sorts of Ken's work is interwoven with philosophical takes on life - includes people, abstracts, observations and, of course, natural scenes.

www.touchingthelight.co.uk

Annual Exhibition Judge’s Evening & Trophy Presentation

Portfolio, Margaret Woods Trophy & Innovative Photography Competition

Digital Photo Art

As well as presenting many of Ann’s own images, this lecture includes discussion of the early history of photography, showing that manipulation of images is not a new phenomenon.  Audience participation is encouraged in trying to determine how photography fares as a creative art form.  A plethora of creative images.

www.pin-sharp.co.uk

Sponsored by PermaJet  www.permajet.com

Clive Harrison Trophy Evening

Panel of 3, 4 or 5 images in either prints or slides

Annual General Meeting