Back in October, a hardy group of members met up one evening at a dark, wet and cold car park on the Monsal Trail at Millers Dale. Other than us, there weren’t many folk around, but we were there to meet Stephen Elliott and Andrew Mycock. After some quick introductions, we headed off down the…
Author: Mick Govan
October Review with Paul Mellor
For our October meeting we were joined by local professional photographer Paul Mellor who reviewed our images on the subject of ‘Exercise’ and an open subject image. I have to say that our overall standard for the evenings meeting was outstanding, and it was clear that Paul agreed. He provided us with positive and constructive…
Derby Cathedral Visits
We’ve had a busy month at the Derby Cathedral in September. First of all we had the private club visit to the Cathedral organised by Dave King. An amazing evening with unrestricted access to all parts of the Cathedral topped off with a trip up the tower to view the City by night and we…
Summer Stunner – Our Summer Break Pics
For our first meeting of the 2019-2020 season we enjoyed reviewing a collection of images taken by our members over the summer break. And although butterflies featured significantly, we were treated to a wide variety of stunning images. So here they are again – enjoy! As a follow on from our last meeting of the…
Macro with Marlies – Part 2
Well our evening with Marlies and her creepy crawlies proved to be an interesting challenge. Macro with live subjects requires patience and a chunk of good luck. Fortunately our members were up to the challenge and we’ve got some great images to prove it!
2019 OPC Annual General Meeting
We will be holding our Annual General Meeting on 1st July 2019 at the Ocbrook Village Hall starting at 18:30 until 19:00. The meeting is open to all 2018-19 club members and will include the election of committee members for the next season. The agenda for the meeting and details of the committee election process…
Low Light – Our May Meeting
Our theme for the May meeting was ‘Low Light or Sunset’ and as usual, we received some outstanding images, not only of some really impressive sunsets, but some amazing low light pictures. So here they are again, enjoy!
The Missing Sunset – Our April Meeting
Well, we had our first practical session of the year organised by Kevin Lane, was a walk around Ockbrook to try and capture a stunning sunset. Although the sky looked promising as we set out, cloud on the horizon seemed to appear from nowhere and in the end we didn’t quite get the sunset we…
The Long Way to Success – Our March Meeting
At our March meeting we welcomed guest speaker Ian Mountford. His talk entitled ‘The Long Way to Success’ walked us through his start in photography up to his achievement of commendations in such prestigious competitions as Landscape Photographer of the Year. His latest being ‘Patchwork’ which was commended in 2018. However, it’s clear his highlight…
Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
We had an event-packed meeting in February, starting off with a slideshow of images based on the theme of ‘Making the Ordinary Extraordinary’ and true to form, we had a very inventive set of images from everyone. A fantastic response to the theme, so thank you all for your contributions. You can take a look…
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