On Sunday 3rd August 2025 we will be holding our Annual Barbecue and social event . 

Yes we are back from our holidays so there will be time to catch up with everyone and we will be delighted to welcome new members. Cake will be available for the tea break and we will have a fun photography quiz.

Tony North ABPE MPAGB will be joining us by Zoom. In this talk Tony share the best outdoor plant and fungi images. These include a wide variety of flowers as well as leaves, trees and grass, and plenty of fungi.

Joining us by Zoom Viveca Koh FRPS FIPF will discuss her use of an iPhone to take photographs, leading up to the separate challenge of attaining Fellowship with The Royal Photographic Society

Simon Ellingsworth will be joining us by zoom. In a genre where sharpnessis a bourgeoisconcept and cropping someone’s head off adds a sense of tension, it’s fair to say that Street photography is much misunderstood.

Paul Collins joins us by Zoom. Svalbard: at 78 degrees north, Lying between Norway and the North Pole is the first half followed by Wildlife Roadshow: a whistle stop tour of Europe’s greatest wildlife destinations.

This evening is to be confirmed

Kevin joining us in person to give us a photographic journey through the seasons displaying the diverse flora and fauna around the British Isles illustrated with many of Kevin’s published and award winning images and some of the stories behind these images.

Joining us in person our Judge for this evening is Jay Hallaworth DPAGB EPSA EFIAP/b BPE4

Joining us in person Mark Gilligan FBIPP explains how he works on his Landscapes, Intimate Landscapes, Street, Travel and Wedding Photography.

Les Forrester BA Hons Photo, ARPS. Les is joining us be zoom. Les’s work focuses on a variety of contempory architecture across numerous cities.

Joining us in person our judge for this evening is Rose Atkinson ARPS

Emma Finch joining us by zoom shows us how to elevate your portrait skills... Covering all aspects of portrait photography from posing, lighting, styling and editing,

John Miskelly FRPS, FBIPP, FIPF. John is joining us by zoom.

A journey into long exposure landscape photography,

Peter Orr ARPS. will be judging this competition. You are able to put in 3 prints and 3 PI’s. Please pay particular attention to the rules on in the Annual competition section in section 5 for Nature competitions.

Santa is master of ceremonies for the evenings fun knockout competition.

Members have submitted up to 3 panels of 5 images for the members to judge. It is a fun evening and lots to learn about how to put together a panel.

Alister How LRPS, A.APS. Alister is joining us by zoom.

Photographing cities during blue hour or darkness can provide spectacular photographs.

Information to be provided later.

TBC will be judging this competition. You are able to put in 3 prints and 3 PI’s.

Speaker Robin Gregory joins us in person. With a presentation of some of his images over the last 10 years.

Andy Phillips is joining us by zoom and gives us his take on the genre of ‘Still Life.’ 90 minutes of something completely different for the programme and very entertaining.

Judge John Tilsley ARPS APAGB DPAGB will be judging this competition in person.

More information TBC soon

Abby Moule - Joining us in person on her visual adventure beyond our world.

Judge Ginny Campbell LRPS will be judging this competition in person.

Lisa Rendall - A Night of being a Rebel with FreeStyle Creative Photography looking outside the box.

Tracey Lund ARPS joins us by zoom. Tracy is show casing images from Japan, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Camargue, captive and uk as well as some stories/experience she encountered along the way.

Our Judge for this evening is Carolyn Moore LRPS joining us in person.

Andrew Dibben joins us for a practical evening and members need to bring their cameras and tripods.

Paul Mitchell FRPS. This talk centre’s around some of Paul’s favourite woodland locations including Burnham beeches, Savernake Forest and various locations throughout the UK.

Our Judge for this evening is Eddy Lane ARPS DPAGB EFIAP APAGB

Kevin Pigney ARPS DPAGB ASINWP joins us by zoom with another talk following his fantastic one last year on wildlife.

Judges Helen Jones ARPS DPAGB BPE1* & Stephen Jones LRPS DPAGB EFIAP BPE3* more information to follow.

Judge Gladys Perrier LRPS 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.

This is the last meeting of the club year where we vote of any new proposed resolutions and elect members of the committee. We will continue a programme over the summer with our special interest group and there will also be a big reveal of next years programme of talks.