For the start of our new season, we thought it would be a good opportunity to see how well we all knew what our cameras were capable of and perhaps help us push the boundaries of the type of images we usually take. We wanted to recognise that we have a wide range of skill…
Author: Mick Govan
August Club Walk
As is usual for the club, we didn’t have a meeting at the Ockbrook Hall in August, but instead met up for a walk around Darley Abbey and Darley Park. Given that this was in the middle of the main holiday season, this was a very well attended meeting and although the light wasn’t brilliant,…
July Club Meeting and AGM
Our July meeting started as usual with our AGM. Full details of the meeting can be found in our members only section of this website. Having dealt with the administrative bit of the evening, we had a review of the photo break in North Wales with a super selection of images from those who attended…
May Club Meeting – Shardlow
As the weather had been improving and the daylight hours increasing, we decided to have a walk around the village of Shardlow for our May meeting. Given it coincided with a Bank Holiday, we were pleasantly surprised at the high turnout. Guided by local Martin, we started from the Clock Warehouse and took a steady,…
April Club Meeting – Project 111
At our April club meeting we decided to return to an old favourite practical activity that we hadn’t done for some time. The idea behind Project 111 is that members get to choose one subject from a list provided, they then have one hour to go and take pictures and then have to choose one…
Light Painting in Derbyshire
Well one of the last activities we held outside the clubhouse in 2023 was a visit to deepest darkest Derbyshire to do some light painting with the assistance of Stephen Elliott. The location was Monsal Tunnel at Millers Dale in Derbyshire. So in early December a small group of us met at the National Park…
December Club Meeting
Well our December club meeting followed the tradition of previous years Christmas meetings. It was a very social affair with our usual end of year Christmas quiz created as always by Martin Arrowsmith. Unfortunately due to illness, Martin wasn’t able to attend the meeting so the quiz was hosted by Kevin who was an excellent…
November Club Meeting
Our formal November club meeting was well attended considering a significant number of our members were away on a photo break in Malham in Yorkshire. The rest of us enjoyed a very sociable evening with some autumn themed table top photography. Several members had been out collecting an interesting assortment of autumn foliage, from simple…
Sports Photography with Roger Evans
In November we held an additional club meeting and had the pleasure of welcoming guest speaker Roger Evans. Roger is a very experienced sports photographer who has had much of his work published in magazines and newspapers and has an impressive list of photographic awards. He has attended a wide variety of prestigious (and maybe…
October Club Meeting – The Minibeasts
For our first practical meeting of the new season, we welcomed Marlies Chell and her fantastic collection of exotic mini beasts. We had six tables set up, each with it’s own unique creature and environment which had been expertly arranged by Marlies. Throughout the evening, the insects were clearly settled and comfortable which made photography…
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