Lead: Mick Mortimer – The first of our Photoshoots this season will be on the theme of Water, in all its guises. Bring your camera kit, and maybe some wellies, as we learn from each other on the day, and later share our results with other Members.
Categories: Black & white, and Open. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 16 September.
Lead: David Ross and Stephen Thorne – We’ve an Exhibition coming up and this evening will be spent checking and compiling our prints for inclusion. Also, as a fund raiser for the exhibition, we’re holding a Bring and Buy sale tonight. So bring along all those unused pieces of kit you have lying around and […]
Known as “The Welsh Dragon” because of her signature on her prints, Margaret’s love of photography began in capturing the Slate Landscapes of her native North Wales. Committed to printing her images, she believed that a photograph is taken with a camera but the image was made in the Darkroom, which changed to the “Light-room”, […]
Lead: Peter Williams – Peter will lead us around Taunton seeking out interesting night time photographs, so bring your tripod, torch, and a whistle for when you get lost. We can show our results on the Pix on Stix evening on the 18 November and, on 17 March, the category for Competition 8 is Night […]
Street Photography comes in many forms and Raoul will take us through some of the techniques he uses to capture true ‘street photographs’ which are more than just snaps of people in the street. And the category for our Competition 4 is Street/Urban (Prints). So in May, on our Photoshoot 5, you’ll be able to […]
The exhibition will include work from across our whole membership and show the wide range of styles, interests, techniques and skill levels in the club. The exhibition is open to the public from 6th – 23rd Nov, Wed – Sat 10am - 4pm (except Friday afternoons after 1pm). Entry is free. There will be a […]
Categories: Blur & Intentional Camera Movement, and Open. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 21 October 2024. Today is the last date for entries into Competition 4: Street/Urban, and Open (Prints).
Lead: Pauline Watling – Bring along photos on the theme of our Photoshoot 2: Night photography. All photographs are welcome though, of whatever and from whenever you’ve taken them. Plus - there’s a lot of expertise within the club, with many years accumulating tips, tricks and techniques. It would be good to hear of those simple, […]
Eddy and Pam are both Associates of the Royal Photographic Society and are Wildlife and Travel Photographers based in Calne, Wiltshire who give talks to Photographic Societies, Camera Clubs, Charities, Educational and other Organisations in the UK. They have each won International Photographic Awards – and their talks combine images from both of them. https://eddyandpamlanephotography.zenfolio.com
Lead: David Ross – Going beyond the realms of just still photography, this is an opportunity for members to show their expertise and imaginative flair in laying down some of their favourite images and videos to a thumpingly good soundtrack.
Categories: Street/Urban, and Open. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 11 November 2024.
Social Event in a Pub that’ll take us. Today is the last date for entries into the Competition 5: Panels.
Today is the last date for entries into Competition 6: Yellow, and Open (Digital).
Lead: Robin Cleverly – Time to reflect on reflections - details nearer the time. The category for Competition 9 is Reflections.
Prints of their time spent in New York. More details to follow.
Category: Open. Entry Specifications available nearer the time. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 16 December 2024.
Categories: Yellow, and Open. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 30 December 2024. Today is the last date for entries into Competition 7: 'Scapes, and Open (Prints).
A presentation of photographs documenting a Trek along the Lord Curzon Trail in the Garwhal Himalaya, via the Kuari Pass.
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 […]
Categories: 'Scapes, and Open. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 20 January 2025.
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 […]
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 . The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 24 February 2025. Today is the last date for entries into Competition 9: Reflections, and Open (Prints).
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. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 17 March 2025. 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.
