On Sunday 26th July 2026 we will be holding our Annual Barbecue and social event . 

We will give you more information about the first night of the new season nearer the time.

Some of Peter Orr ARPS favourite locations are in the Arctic and Antarctic. Peter will be joining us in person.

Multi award winning Bristol- based photographer and actor Bill Ward gives a very personal insight into his unique photographic journey. Bill will be joining us in person.

We have been given an opportunity to see and discuss a collection of 72 high-quality prints covering a variety of Colour, Monochrome and Nature images. The judges have specially selected third of the images that were accepted into the WCPF Members exhibition which took place in May at Uffculme to form this traveling exhibition.

Rob Heslop LRPS joins us in person and is our judge for tonight.

Michael Berkeley ARPS. Michael’s talk provides an insight into his life as a freelance sport and music photographer. Michael will be joining us in person.

Tony Worobeic FRPS joins us in person with “The Intimate Landscape”

Les Loosemore ARPS DPAGB AWPF joins us in person.

Please note that this event is being held at another venue - We will be in the Wessex Room at the Corn Exchange in The Market Place, SN10 1HS.

Sue Sibley FIPF ARPS, EFIAP/gold, DPAGB, BPE5* will be joining us in person and will be showing some of her creative images…

Alison Webber refers to this disguise as the Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation. The corset shaped her into an idealised form whilst the cloak displayed a version of her to the world which said, “Look I fit in.”

Alistair Ritchie who is a member of Blackwell Camera Club is our judge for this evening.

A Practical evening led by Bridget on Still Life Photography. Don’t forget to bring your camera and a tripod.

Nick Hodgson MA FRPS joins us in person. Nick is a British documentary landscape photographer based in London.

Annual Landscape Projected Image Competition. Our judge for the evening is Ralph Snook.

Alistair How LRPS, G APS will be joining us by zoom. Photographing cities during blue hour or darkness can provide spectacular photographs. The contrast between dark and light, combined with the lines of buildings provide ample material for the photographer.

Photographer Murray Livingston presents how, when, and why to use telephoto lenses in order to capture landscape photographs that stand out in a world obsessed with wide angle lenses.

Sandie Cox ARPS DPAGB EFIAP will be judging this competition in person.

Frank Collins AKA Santa & Chief Elf Bridget Codrington run this fun evening

A Competition of 3 panels of 5 judged by our members.

Claire aims to ignite an interest in this fascinating genre of photography

Peter Merry’s year-long project visiting 40 Monopoly locations around London.

Sandie Cox ARPS DPAGB EFIAP will be judging this competition.

Victoria Hillman Wildlife photographer and artist shows us how to be more creative when photographing nature.

Tony Worobeic FRPS will be judging this competition in person.

Zaid Meherali joins us in person to give us an introduction to this niche genre of photography….

Peter Orr ARPS will be judging these competitions in person

Rose Atkinson ARPS work is rarely representational, ranging from impressionism to abstraction and she likes to interpret the world around her freely and creatively.

Simon Caplin LRPS is our judge for both these competitions and will be judging this competition in person.

Eddie Hyde FRPS visits us to give a personal view of landscape photography and how to see images within the scene.

David Sage ARPS will be judging a selection of 30 images from both clubs preselected from images that have been submitted into competition over the last 12 months.

Mike Martin AWFP EFIAP BPE1 will be judging this competition in person.

Ann Healey FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/g A.APS BPE5* This talk will include practical aspects of insect photography, i.e. methods used from the capture of an image, along with technical details, through to producing the final result.

Intentional Camera Movement Demystified - Amanda Newell will explain how she uses breathing and body awareness to create and control camera movement.

Steve Field ARPS AIPF AWPF EFIAP/b BPE2* joins us in person to judge this competition.

Mark Hetherington ARPS visits us in person and is a landscape photographer based on the edge of the Lake District National Park.

Aleks Gjika EFIAP/b DPAGB BPE1* Through the presentation of his best and most recent images Aleks demonstrates what makes an image do better than others, what is the elusive "je ne sais quoi" about an image and how to spot it!

Steve Carroll ARPS joins us in person. The best images for the 2025-2026 season which have score 1st 2nd or 3rd are judged in the Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced sections from all competitions. See which of the best of the best come out on top.

AGM and last chance to see everyone before we take our summer break. We will also have an awards ceremony where all the engraved trophies won over the season will be presented. The Special Interest Group will however continue over the summer with days out.