We started our 2023/24 season with a look at camera equipment and accessories in preparation for our planned practical meeting in October. We looked at the benefits and limitations of such things as zoom lenses, macro lenses, extension tubes and magnification filters. We also had an open discussion on the pros and cons of different…

Well we came to the end of another season with a very social meeting that started off as usual with our AGM. We had a reminder of the main activities of the club throughout the last 12 months including two photo breaks and over 50 local walks or events and a good mixture of speakers….

For our June club meeting we took advantage of the good weather and got out and about with our cameras. The theme we were working on was Creative Photography and Chris and Moy Calverley led two groups to help with various, in-camera techniques to generate some interesting and unusual images. We had a go at…

For our May club meeting we had a follow up to a Landscape Photography talk given by Don Bishop at our April meeting and looked at what we felt made a landscape picture ‘pop’ and what left us a bit underwhelmed. We covered some techniques and processes that can be used to get the most…

Our February club meeting this year was a two part event. We decided to build on the presentation in January by Andy Phillips and have a theme of ‘Still Life’ for our members slideshow. We had a number of questions from the members about how to set up a small studio at home suitable for…

We welcomed in 2023 with a fantastic talk from professional photographer Andy Phillips. Andy’s work covers a wide range of genres including landscape, commercial work, infra red and table top/close up work. His talk to us was around the table top and close up work and is going to form the basis of events we…

Well our (by now) traditional December Christmas Fuddle meeting was as social and enjoyable as usual. We had a look at some of the images taken by our members on the recent Whitby photo break, enjoyed the super selection of Seasonal images which was our theme for the evening. As always, we had a fascinating…

For our November meeting we welcomed Justin Minns as a Zoom guest speaker. Justin is a well-known professional photographer based in East Anglia. He has been published in a number of photographic magazines and is the author of the excellent Fotovue book ‘Photographing East Anglia’. Justin’s talk gave a fantastic insight into how a professional…

For our October meeting we had a follow up on our September meeting by looking at a range of images, submitted by our members, a selection of which demonstrated low light photography techniques. As always, we had a wonderful variety of images and some great imagination being shown. A small selection of the images are…