For our November practical evening, we welcomed back Marlies Chell with a selection of her fantastic minibeasts for us to photograph. It was a busy and fruitful evening with everyone getting the opportunity to take pictures at the 6 stations that Marlies had set up for us. She was also on hand to help manage…
OPC September Club Slideshow
For the second part of our initial meeting of the 2025/26 season, we enjoyed a slideshow of images from the membership on the theme of Summer. As always, the images submitted were an eclectic mix giving an interesting take on each individuals interpretation of the subject. And as always, the standard of images provided was…
OPC Dorset Photobreak
We started our 2025/26 season off with a presentation at the club night of the photobreak to Dorset which took place earlier in the year. The presentation was put together by Kevin and presented, in his absence, by Martin. The images in the presentation were supplied by those members who attended the event. It was…
A Portrait Photography Evening
In early June a few of our members attended a portrait evening at Studio 3 by Severn hosted by David and Pamela Severn. Our model for the night was the brilliant Charlene Boam who not only worked tirelessly for the full session, but also was able to help six novice portrait photographers with angles and…
Peter Aitchison – Travel and Street
For our June club meeting we welcomed professional photographer Peter Aitchison for a talk on Travel and Street photography. Peter has been a professional photographer for a good number of years, probably more than he cares to admit. And during this impressive career, he has worked for different media and news organisations which gave him…
Members Images Reviewed by Martine Hamilton Knight
3rd March 2025 We were fortunate to have Martine Hamilton Knight review a selection of our images. Each member was asked to submit 3 images for review, ideally images that had not been seen at the club before. The response was overwhelming, with many images submitted. Working with Martine, it was realised that in the…
Monsal Dale Light Nights
For two Mondays in freezing February, a small contingent of members from the club joined Stephen Elliott and his mate Andy in darkest Monsal Dale to create some amazing images using nothing more than elaborate torches and a some Heath Robinson lighting equipment created by Stephen. Because of space and safety constraints, numbers on the…
Ashley Franklin – Derwent Valley Mills
For our February meeting we welcomed local photographer Ashley Franklin who gave us a very informative and entertaining talk on his Derwent Valley Mills project. Ashley is a very well known photographer in the Derbyshire area and has worked for Radio Derby, undertaken photographic commissions for Derby County Council, Derbyshire Dales and the Arkwright Society…
January 2025 Club Meeting
After a super 2024 which ended on a high with the talk by Mark Littlejohn, we kicked off the new year with a look at members images submitted on the topic of Winter, which seemed to be appropriate. We had a great turnout on the club night and as usual, we had a good number…
An Evening with Mark Littlejohn
Well what a way to finish the year. We were most privileged to enjoy an exclusive talk to OPC by renowned photographer Mark Littlejohn on the topic of ‘The Romance of Landscape Photography’. Mark is undoubtedly one of the best landscape photographers in the UK and a winner of the UK Landscape Photographer of the…
Ockbrook Photographic Club (Derby) 