We'll challenge your skills and help to build your repertoir with a 'Half Term Challenge'. Details will be published at the start of half term. Although there's no club meeting this week, we're competing in Round 3 of the Rosebowl on 17 February.
This is the final round of the Chiltern Association of Camera Clubs projected image competition. This time we'll compete against Oxford, the host, and 'Ealing & Hampshire House'. The final will be on Sunday 26 April.
In this talk, Joe Houghton will explore some of the ways the amazing new AI tools available to everyone can help photographers - whether amateur, club or pro. "A fascinating workshop that provokes discussion and engagement!" Penny and Joe Houghton are a Dublin-based husband and wife team. Both avid photographers, they enjoy sharing their skills [ Read More .. ]
This is the final round of this year's Projected Image Competition and has the theme Architecture. Please explore the web, your books, the papers, the TV .... observe, think about it, and get creative. Each club member can submit up to 4 images in accordance with the rules under the 'Competitions' tab. Our judge will [ Read More .. ]
In this facilitated workshop, Andy Sands will help us understand and practise a typical ‘Workflow’: - downloading images from your camera to a file manager (inc. ‘Lightroom') - sifting and sorting those to be retained and used - merging images for focus stacking (inc. 'Zerene Stacker’) - editing (inc. sharpening with 'Topaz’) - exporting images [ Read More .. ]
Tonight we’ll enter a one-off projected image (PI) competition, and the theme is REFLECTIONS. So what is a reflection? Please think broadly, and interpret the theme as you wish. To keep it fresh, all submissions this time must be taken in the 2025-26 season, and not submitted previously. Each member can submit up to 4 [ Read More .. ]
Chris Palmer will present his photographic journey through wonderful images. "I like to think that my pictures communicate, or talk to you. It covers my own approach to picture making, and discusses camera craft, location photography, and features some of my most popular or successful images, along with some previously unseen new work too." Please [ Read More .. ]
We'll set an 'Easter Challenge' - the detail will be here at the start of the holiday.
Tonight we have Round 2 (of 2) of our print competition. The theme is people. Maybe a single portrait Maybe a whole crowd Maybe someone you know, maybe someone you don't Maybe just a close up Maybe in colour, maybe in monochrome, maybe an abstract. Prints, carefully mounted, will be displayed (anoymously) for all to [ Read More .. ]
Alison Jenkins will present her lecture 'The Wildlife Photography of Alison & Simon Jenkins' She says: "With years of experience behind the lens, we’re excited to share a curated selection of our cherished wildlife photographs. We will guide you through shooting techniques, camera settings and gear that has helped us to capture the natural beauty [ Read More .. ]