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…
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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…
September Club Meeting
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…
July Club Meeting and AGM
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….
June Club Meeting
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…
May Club Meeting
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…
OPC Photo Break to Selworthy (Exmoor)
Following on from the successful OPC photography field trips in 2022 to Northumberland and Whitby in March and October respectively, 10 intrepid members headed to the South West on Monday 6th March 2023. The weather forecast looked grim but for photographers the weather is simply a challenge to be flexible about how to shoot images….
February Club Meeting
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…
OPC Photo Weekend to Whitby Oct 2022
Eight members of the original 9 who were to go on the trip, made their way to Whitby for a photo weekend on the North Yorkshire coast. Our brilliant organizer for the weekend, Martin Arrowsmith, had to sadly cancel his visit due to illness, and he would be sorely missed. With all the work Martin…
January Club Meeting
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…
Ockbrook Photographic Club (Derby) 