Well, we started off our 2022-23 season with an excellent practical evening organised by Chris and Mark. The theme for the evening was low light photography and we split into two groups, one lead by Mark and one by Chris. After our half time tea break, we swapped over. Mark’s group were looking at how…

At our July club meeting we were treated to a talk by Steven and Angie Lomas on their once in a lifetime trip to the Falkland Islands. Although Steven and Angie aren’t seasoned travellers, indeed most of their holidays have been taken in the UK, but at a key point in their lives, they decided…

For our June club meeting we had originally planned to have a go at creating some Cyanotype images. Unfortunately this requires some decent UV levels and the forecast was for a very cloudy evening, so we switched to plan B, which was using an assortment of items for table top photography. We had a variety…

After our successful trip to Derwentwater last Autumn, there was a clamour for the next club trip. It was booked for Alnmouth on the Northumbria coast and seven members joined for the 4 nights.  Staying at Nether Grange hotel, we were ideally placed for, travel up and down the coast, dawn interest and some good…

Well in our February meeting we were treated to a amazing talk by Richard O’Brien entitled Architecture – Exposure to Edit. Richard talked us through some of the most wonderful architectural images he has take around the world and how he approached the technical and sometimes the security problems associated with obtaining these images. We…

Well we welcomed in the New Year with a Zoom presentation by husband and wife couple Robert and Sharon Prenton-Jones. Both of these amazing professional photographers are award winners in their own right. Although they both mainly produce composite images with a magical feel to them, there is a distinct difference in their approach and…

Well the plan was to hold our usual Christmas fuddle at the clubhouse in Ockbrook, but once again the virus that keeps on giving struck again and with the rapid increase in Omicron variant, the committee reluctantly decided that we would switch to a Zoom meeting instead. We did manage to have our planned activities…

Well the presentation given by Dave Mason must go down as one of the most entertaining we have had so far. The subject was Street Photography, but his presentation and style is so much more than that. He definitely has a unique eye for the ironic, amusing and downright hilarious side of human nature. Despite…

Well we finally made it, a real clubnight finally happened. To try and keep the risks associated with Covid to a minimum, we took advantage of the good weather and had an evening outside taking pictures around Ockbrook village with teams of two working on some (very) random topics they were given. These ranged from…