Come and check out our new venue. Enjoy a cup of tea / glass of wine, and meet everyone again after our Summer break. If you joined the Facebook Group over the summer, this would be a good opportunity to come along and meet people before the season starts in September. Our usual Hall meetings […]
We start our season with an inspiring talk by acclaimed photographer: Tony Worobiec FRPS. Tony is a fine art photographer with work in the permanent collection of The RPS, The Fox Talbot Museum and in numerous corporate and private collections here in the UK, in Europe, Japan and in The States. Author of 17 books, […]
Lead: Pauline Watling – How to prepare your prints and digital images for competitions. Show your latest Summer images via our Pix on Stix session. Today is the last date for entries in to Competition 1: Water, and Open (Digital).
Barbara is a member of the club and is an experienced National & International photography judge regularly asked to give talks around the region. This is her latest about her journey into ‘Dance Photography’ and promises to be a fascinating insight. Today is the last date for entries into Competition 2: Black & White, and […]
Lead: Alan Grant – An evening when Members critique others’ photos - often cited as key to improving one’s own photography. This is a popular evening allowing all our Members, not just those who enter the Competitions, to hear what others think of our efforts, and it’s an opportunity to find out a little about […]
Categories: Water and Open. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 9 September.
Karen will lead us through debunking all we’ve been trying to achieve throughout our photography years - ie. trying to create a beautifully sharp, focussed image, and show us instead how to master Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) photography, also known as blurred images to the rest of us. Competition 3 on 11 November is ICM […]
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 […]
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. It’s an informal evening so it would also be good to hear Member’s photographic experiences […]
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: ICM/Blur, and Open. ICM/Blur – An in-camera movement only. Panning equals camera movement. Blur settings in your processing program is not allowed but normal processing is. Open – Anything goes. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 28 October 2024.
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
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”, […]
Categories: Street/Urban, and Open. Street/Urban – The image must not be a collage or any type of composite. Open – Anything goes. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 18 November 2024.
Social Event in a Pub that’ll take us.
Today is the last date for entries into Competition 5: Panels (Open Digital and Print).
Today is the last date for entries into the Competition 5: Triptych Panels and 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 for the Triptych Digital Panel competition can be found on the Competitions page. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 30 December 2024.
Categories: Yellow, and Open. Yellow – Yellow must be in the image although it doesn't need to be the main subject. Open – Anything goes. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 5 January 2024.
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).
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. 'Scapes – This includes Landscapes, Cityscapes, Seascapes. Open – Anything goes. The closing date for entries into this competition is Monday 27 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 […]
