We started our 2025/26 season off with a presentation at the club night of the photobreak to Dorset which took place earlier in the year. The presentation was put together by Kevin and presented, in his absence, by Martin. The images in the presentation were supplied by those members who attended the event. It was…
Category: Days out
Members Images Reviewed by Martine Hamilton Knight
3rd March 2025 We were fortunate to have Martine Hamilton Knight review a selection of our images. Each member was asked to submit 3 images for review, ideally images that had not been seen at the club before. The response was overwhelming, with many images submitted. Working with Martine, it was realised that in the…
Monsal Dale Light Nights
For two Mondays in freezing February, a small contingent of members from the club joined Stephen Elliott and his mate Andy in darkest Monsal Dale to create some amazing images using nothing more than elaborate torches and a some Heath Robinson lighting equipment created by Stephen. Because of space and safety constraints, numbers on the…
Coventry Photo Shoot
In late November, a photo shoot around the centre of Coventry was organised by Chris and Paul. The main area of interest surrounded the old and new Cathedrals. A good number of members attended the trip and clearly a good day out was had with a super collection of images from the two iconic churches…
Salford Quay and Media City
Well as August drew to a close, a group of about 8 of us had a day out at Salford Quay and Media City in Manchester. A first visit for most of us and what an amazing place it is. The variety of architecture is amazing and the whole area is very pedestrian friendly. Apart…
August Club Walk
As is usual for the club, we didn’t have a meeting at the Ockbrook Hall in August, but instead met up for a walk around Darley Abbey and Darley Park. Given that this was in the middle of the main holiday season, this was a very well attended meeting and although the light wasn’t brilliant,…
May Club Meeting – Shardlow
As the weather had been improving and the daylight hours increasing, we decided to have a walk around the village of Shardlow for our May meeting. Given it coincided with a Bank Holiday, we were pleasantly surprised at the high turnout. Guided by local Martin, we started from the Clock Warehouse and took a steady,…
Light Painting in Derbyshire
Well one of the last activities we held outside the clubhouse in 2023 was a visit to deepest darkest Derbyshire to do some light painting with the assistance of Stephen Elliott. The location was Monsal Tunnel at Millers Dale in Derbyshire. So in early December a small group of us met at the National Park…
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….
Summer Walks
As the lockdown finally started to ease and we were allowed to meet in small groups outside and socially distanced, we were finally able to implement a series of countryside walks. A massive thanks to Chris Caverley for organising them and to Dave Gilbert for some expert advice on good places to see wildlife. So…
Ockbrook Photographic Club (Derby) 