A guide to flower, plant and insect photography suitable for beginners and up, Molly reveals her tips and tricks to create photos that have impact without being too artificial. Molly is an award-winning flower and garden photographer who has recently published the book Creative Flower and Plant Photography. She won the Plants category of the […]
Getting started in printing and how to choose which papers best suit your images.
For some, the Holy Grail of Photography - capturing that elusive image that sums up a person’s personality in just one shot. We may not achieve that tonight, but bring your camera and I’ll bring along some simple lighting, a few props, and (hopefully) a willing subject, and we’ll explore and share techniques and ideas […]
Lead: Robin Cleverly – Location: Bristol. Time to reflect on reflections. The category for Competition 9 is Reflections. We will meet in Millennium Square by the big shiny ball at 11.00am. Nearer the time we will try to coordinate car sharing.
Categories: 'Scapes, and Open. 'Scapes – This includes Landscapes, Cityscapes, Seascapes. Open – Anything goes. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 27 January 2025.
A presentation of photographs documenting a Trek along the Lord Curzon Trail in the Garwhal Himalaya, via the Kuari Pass. Today is the last date for entries into Competition 7: 'Scapes, and Open (Prints).
Lead: Quentin Vidal-Taylor – Nearer the time we’ll know the venue, but bring your cameras, and a full complement of lenses if you have them, and we’ll learn from each other, share our results, and go for a drink afterwards.
Our turn to host, so come along and ‘wave the flag’ in this well-humoured battle with our compatriots from Bridgwater.
Vicky is an advocate for Mobile Phone photography and will present on her Marseille smartphone street photography. The Club totally embraces images taken on any device, and many of our Members only ever use their Mobile Phone cameras these days, understandable when they can achieve such outstanding results. On 7 April our Pix on Stix […]
Categories: Night Photography, and Open . Night Photography – Images shot at night only. Open – Anything goes. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 3 March 2025.
Simon gave us a talk in last year’s season, so it is no surprise we raced to book him again this year. In this talk he introduces us to the art of the still life - and still life photography in particular. As well as presenting a large number of his own stunning light-painted still […]
Lead: Gillian Birbeck – Prints to drool over.
Lead: Karen Morgan and Pauline Watling – These Pix on Stix evenings give every Member a chance to show their images, whether wonderful or not. The images this evening must have been taken on a Mobile Phone.
Categories: Reflections, and Open. Reflections – Reflection must be the main subject. Open – Anything goes. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 24 March 2025. Today is the last date for entries into Competition 10: Image of the Year (Open Digital and Prints).
Today is the last date for entries into the Competition 10: Image of the Year (Prints and Digital).
The art of not just looking, but actually seeing what’s there in front of us. Paul comes from an Art College background and it was this simple truism that changed his whole outlook when taking photographs.
We learnt how to do it back in November, so now is the time to take a deep breath, confront those fears, and go out en masse with everyone else and click away.
In this competition, you can actually win a silver cup and a trophy which are yours to keep until this time next year. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 14 April 2025.
An assessment of the year, election of the Committee, and a look ahead to what we might like to be doing next year.
Lead: David Ross – Always a good learning experience and a chance to socialise.
