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…

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!

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…

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…

In March 2019,  we will be welcoming Ian Mountford to the club for his talk, ‘The Long Way to Success’.  The monotone images that Ian Mountford publishes represent a distinct and powerful style. Often taken at the water’s edge, these dramatic images require sound technique and mastery of long exposure photography. During the evening Ian…

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…

Background I got into photography back in the late 1970’s to record where I had been walking, either in the Peak District, Lake District, Wales or Scotland in the winter. The first camera I bought was a compact Olympus 35RC which was a 35mm film camera.  I travelled to the Jessops warehouse in Leicester on…

Well we kicked off the first meeting of the New Year with what was an amazingly eclectic mix of images on the theme of ‘New Beginnings’. As always, the standard of the images was amazing, but what particularly stood out was the wide interpretation that had been put on this theme. Great stuff everyone. We…

We asked members to share their latest and best autumn and low light pictures for us to take a look at in our November meeting. As always, the quality was superb and the range of subjects was far reaching – from shorelines to sunsets, fireworks to pumpkins and to water to walkers. And after the…