Lots of our members said in the past that they wanted to have a go at macro and close-up photography, particularly featuring ‘live’ subjects, such as insects. You’ll not be too surprised to hear that among the things you need to do that are 1) a macro facility for your camera, be it a macro…
Project 111 – Our May Practical
At our May meeting, we held a Project 111 session, sending members into the depths of Ockbrook to capture something different or objects in a different way. Project 111 is where we give members 1 hour to shoot 1 subject (or use one technique) and to submit 1 image at the end of that hour…
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!
Our wheelie great April Facebook theme!
Throughout April, we asked our members on Facebook to photograph anything with wheels. And they did!
Such emotion!
Our Facebook theme for March was “emotion”. Quite a tricky topic to interpret – or so we thought! As always, our members let their creativity shine….
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…
Bottle it!
Our Facebook theme for February was ‘bottles’ – and it seems there are plenty of beautiful bottle scenes to be snapped all over the place! Here’s a selection of images our members posted in our Facebook group.
Photography Day Out: Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Kevin Marriott writes: On Sunday, 19th May, 2019, OPC members are invited to join me on a day trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, https://www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com We will aim to meet at the main entrance of the park at 10am, spending the day photographing the animals. If members would like to google the map, it’s post code…
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…
