News 2019-2020

OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION From the Yorkshire Photographic Union Information Portal
Posted on Mon 3 Oct 2022

Annual Keighley Event November 26th, 2022

See attached for details

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Want to be on the Telly
Posted on Sat 5 Feb 2022
Hello,
I hope this email finds you well!
I work for Fremantle, a TV production company, and we are currently casting contestants for an exciting new gameshow!
We are looking for BIG CHARACTERS with great general knowledge who can blag...
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Events for Mid February in the YPU
Posted on Wed 10 Feb 2021
To YPU Clubs,
Please pass on to your members notices of events in mid-February 2021.
9th February onwards 
Sheffield Photographic Society Exhibition - Online
...
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Members are invited to the following YPU Club Zoom events during February.
Posted on Sat 30 Jan 2021
Feb 17th - 'Starting from Blank' lecture by Polina Plotnikova
hosted by Scarborough Camera Club (£3).
Feb 18th - 'A Mindful Approach to Photography' lecture by Paul Sanders hosted by Kirkbymoorside & District Camera Club (£5...
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Of Mountains & Men - An invitation from Bishopthorpe CC
Posted on Wed 27 Jan 2021
Alex Buisse: Of Mountains and Men
Having developed a taste for Alpine climbing, Alex Buisse gave up an academic career in mathematics and computing to follow his dream of a more exciting and adventurous life. He is now a successful commercial adventure photographer...
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Residential Photography Courses on Easdale island
Posted on Wed 13 Jan 2021

Dear Club Secretary,

we hope this email finds you as well as can be expected in these trying times. We are writing to you to let you know about our upcoming residential photography courses taking place in Scotland on the unique and beautiful island of Easdale...

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Lecture Invitation from Scarborough CC - 13th Jan
Posted on Mon 4 Jan 2021
To YPU Clubs,
For your members - Enclosed is an invitation from Scarborough CC a lecture by Sharon and Robert Prenton Jones 'The Art of Presentation' on 13th Jan 2021 at 7.30pm, see PDF enclosed.  
Tickets are £3...
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FIAP Entry Selection - 2021 Colour Biennial
Posted on Sat 28 Nov 2020
To YPU Clubs,
The PAGB are inviting club members to take part in the selection process for the FIAP 2021 Colour Biennial.
Members may submit up to 12 images across the following three categories:
a. Creative...
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Harold Lightowler long time member dies Thursday 12th November
Posted on Fri 13 Nov 2020

I was informed today by Harold Lightowler’s  partner, that he died peacefully this morning in Dusewsbery hospital with chest complaints aged 86. He was a member of Selby camera club for many years, before moving to Pontefract camera club. C

Can we let the club know, some of the older...

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YPU Club Events November
Posted on Thu 12 Nov 2020
To YPU Club Secretaries,
Please pass on the enclosed PDF details of club events to your members.
November 19th - Lecture by Mik Critchlow hosted by Kirkbymoorside & District CC.
Zoom link...
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Invitation from Bishopthorpe Camera Club
Posted on Thu 29 Oct 2020

Bishopthorpe Camera Club zoom meeting Invitation; Paméla Aminou, 'When less is more', Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm 

 

Bishopthorpe CC are delighted to announce the next speaker in our Autumn series; Paméla Aminou, on Tuesday 3 November, 7.30pm....

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Zoom Lecture Invitation from Bishopthorpe CC - Oct 20th
Posted on Sun 11 Oct 2020

Tuesday 20th October at 7.30pm Bishopthorpe Camera Club

Invite to a Zoom lecture by Dave Sandford of Ontario, Canada.

 

Bishopthorpe Camera Club are very pleased to host Dave Sandford from...

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Coming events in the YPU area
Posted on Fri 25 Sep 2020

Coming Events in the YPU Federation.

Please distribute to your club members.

Tuesday 15th December - Leeds Photographic Society – Joe Cornish

Titled 'Evolution and Revolution' Joe reflects on his life experiences illustrated with his...

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Some coming events in the YPU area
Posted on Thu 10 Sep 2020

Coming events in the YPU area

 

Please distribute to your club members

S J Dean (YPU Secretary)

 

Huddersfield Photo...

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Event Day Nov 14th
Posted on Thu 10 Sep 2020
The 2020 Alexander Keighley Event Day will be held on Saturday 14th November by online using Zoom starting at 10:30am.
This year the YPU welcomes two star lecturers from across the Irish Sea, Ross McKelvey and Bob Given.
The day...
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A Zoom lecture at Bishopthorpe CC _ Joe Houghton
Posted on Fri 28 Aug 2020

An invite to your members from Bishopthorpe Camera Club please pass on.

 

Joe Houghton,'My journey in Street Photography'

 

Bishopthorpe Camera Club is pleased...

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Zoom Lecture Invitation from Bishopthorpe CC - August 12th
Posted on Tue 4 Aug 2020

Zoom Meeting: Sam Gregory: More Than an Image,12th August, 7.30pm.

Sam Gregory is a landscape and fine art photographer based in Dorset. His work has featured in various...

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Settle Photographic Group - Online Exhibition
Posted on Mon 27 Jul 2020

To all YPU Clubs

Please distribute to your members

Settle Photographic Group’s Annual Exhibition online From 1st-31st August

Settle Photographic Group is not going to be defeated by...

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Hebden Bridge CC - On line Exhibition
Posted on Sat 18 Jul 2020

HEBDEN BRIDGE CAMERA CLUB ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2020

 

The August Bank Holiday weekend will see the start of the popular Hebden Bridge Camera Club Annual Exhibition and, this year, owing to Covid 19 and the impracticalities of arranging a physical...

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YPU Exhibition 2020 Update News
Posted on Tue 30 Jun 2020

News update from the Yorkshire Photographic Union.

On behalf of the YPU Executive we sincerely hope that you are managing to stay safe and healthy during the Covid 19 outbreak, even if your photography has become a...

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Bishopthorpe Camera Club Zoom meeting
Posted on Thu 28 May 2020

Zoom Meeting: Astrid McGechan ‘Feel the Land – Photography & Emotion’

Tues 2nd June, 7.30pm

Bishopthorpe Camera Club are delighted that Astrid McGechan has agreed to give our first Zoom lecture...

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British Photographic Assignment
Posted on Sun 17 May 2020
Hi Selby CC!
I hope you're well. I'm reaching out with a national Photography Assignment with potential high exposure for your club members. The British Photographic Assignment is a free to enter platform for photographers to share their work. Each year the...
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Welcome to Wensleydale Camera Club
Posted on Sun 17 May 2020
To YPU Clubs,
I am pleased to inform you that Wensleydale Camera Club have joined the Yorkshire Photographic Union.
In more normal times they meet at Leyburn Bolton Arms, Market Place, Leyburn on Monday evenings at 7....
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Photography Competition Query
Posted on Sun 17 May 2020

Hi,

I am one of the founders of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, and just recently launched the Comedy Pet Photography Awards.  We have created these competitions as a means of raising conservation and animal orphanage awareness, both serious topics,...
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The YPU Clubs and the lockdown situation - From YPU President
Posted on Wed 6 May 2020

Dear YPU Club Member

I hope you and your family are all keeping well amidst these difficult times.

The current lockdown has been an unexpected upheaval and disappointment to YPU clubs happening at one of the busiest and most enjoyable times...

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A note from Sandra Elliott
Posted on Wed 29 Apr 2020

To YPU Club Secretaries and YPU Life Vice-Presidents,
Please forward this message to your club members.

On behalf of Sandra Elliott, wife of the late Tony Elliott,
I have been asked to convey her sincere thanks and appreciation of...

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Behind The Lens - John Downing MBE
Posted on Fri 17 Apr 2020

John Downing, who has died aged 79, was one of Fleet Street’s most respected photographers, with a career that spanned five decades and took him to more than 100 countries on all seven continents. He was ...

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How to Edit Photos Like a Pro (Askern Camera Club)
Posted on Sat 11 Apr 2020

Hello

 

Askern Camera Club have been lucky enough to secure a place on the live course bellow rub my Matt K, and we would like to extend this offer to other local clubs in these different times! The event is totally free and Matt has explained there...

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Agrii Photography Competition 2020
Posted on Wed 8 Apr 2020

Good afternoon

Entries are now open for the Agrii Photography Competition 2020 (closing date 31st May), and we’d like to invite entries from your members.

- You can enter at ...

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RPS Distinctions **Official Group**
Posted on Fri 27 Mar 2020

For any RPS member considering RPS distinctions, a new Facebook group has been established, and is worth visiting for support and information about all distinction categories

The Facebook group is called = RPS Distinctions **Official Group**

Hope this is of help

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Cancellations of Events within the YPU
Posted on Wed 18 Mar 2020

Please send out to your club members.

Due to the Coronavirus (Covid 19) situation – 

The following Clubs and Societies have asked me to notify you regrettably they have postponed or cancelled events and lectures which would...

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Forthcoming Lecture at Bishopthorpe Camera Club
Posted on Mon 16 Mar 2020
Just to let you know that the Annual lecture at Bishopthorpe Camera Club has now been cancelled because of the Coronavirus situation
Thank you
Regards
RichardRichard Atkinson
Home: 01904 760997...
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All Selby Camera Club Meetings suspended until further notice
Posted on Mon 16 Mar 2020

In the light of the recent announcements by the Government, the committee have decided to suspend all further camera club meetings until further notice.

This is in line with the action being taken by similar organisations

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Important information Coronavirus - YPU Assembly and Clubs
Posted on Fri 13 Mar 2020

Important Information for all your Club Members

Please send out to all your club members and reinforce with an announcement at your meeting.

 

The...

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ANNUAL DIGITAL IMAGES COMPETITION – 2020
Posted on Thu 12 Mar 2020

SELBY CAMERA CLUB

ANNUAL DIGITAL IMAGES COMPETITION  – 2020

Judge: David Goodier LRPS. LSWPP.

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Forthcoming Lecture at Bishopthorpe Camera Club
Posted on Tue 10 Mar 2020
Hello
I wondered if you could advertise this Annual Lecture (see attached) at Bishopthorpe Camera Club which I am sure will be of interest to some of your members.
It is given by the BAFTA award winning documentary film maker and photographer Paul Berriff and promises to be...
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The Photography Show Postponed!!!!
Posted on Mon 9 Mar 2020

Important Information: The Photography Show & The Video Show Postponed

Email content received today.

Important - If you have planned to go read this

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Events this coming Spring in the YPU area
Posted on Fri 28 Feb 2020

New notices of events in the YPU area.

Please send out to your club members. 

March 17th to April 4th - Annual Exhibition of Brooklands Photographic Society

...

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salon group notice
Posted on Thu 27 Feb 2020
Dear Club Member,
The Salon Group is holding a meeting on Monday, March 16th at the usual venue (see below) at 7.30pm. We will have a selection of prints from a national competition held by the PAGB in January to discuss and 'judge'. 
If you bring your own...
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The RPS: Visual Art Group - Exhibition Launch: 2020 Members’ Print Exhibition at Patchings Art Centre: 21st March – 4th May.
Posted on Wed 19 Feb 2020

To: Yorkshire Region members

“Why not pop along to Patchings Art Centre and visit the 2020 RPS Visual Art Group members print exhibition on the 21st March to the 4th May.

 

The opening launch and awards ceremony will be at 11.30 am on the 21st March...

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Tony Elliott
Posted on Sun 16 Feb 2020

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Tony Elliott has passed away.

Over the decades Tony provided a tremendous contribution to photography within the YPU.
He was well known amongst the clubs and for many years he was a popular YPU Judge...

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New notices of events in the YPU area./The YPU Club Championship Results
Posted on Fri 14 Feb 2020

Feb 25th  – ‘Amazing Landscapes’ lecture by Paul G Johnson at Batley & Dist. Camera Club

For information on Landscape Photographer Paul Johnson see https://paulgjohnson.co.uk/...

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Residential Photography Courses on Easdale island
Posted on Fri 14 Feb 2020
Dear Club Secretary,
We are writing to you to let you know about the annual photography courses which we run on the unique and beautiful island of Easdale, on Scotland’s west coast.
Now in their fourth year, the two separate courses offer photographers of any...
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POINTS COMPETITION ROUND 3 – 2019-2020
Posted on Thu 13 Feb 2020

Judge: Steve Wilson; 30 Jan 2020

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Coming Events in the YPU Area
Posted on Fri 31 Jan 2020

New notices of events in the YPU area.

Please send out to your club members.

15th February RPS Digital Imaging Group Yorkshire & NE – Steve Race – Wild Shetland

Steve Race will...

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NORTH DUFFIELD CONSERVATION & LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Posted on Fri 31 Jan 2020
For the next two weeks Selby Treasures being held daily in the Selby
Abbey will have on display, items loaned residents of Selby that have
great importance to them. An eclectic mix of old and not so old but
interesting items have been included many of which are...
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Field Event-Liverpool waterfront
Posted on Fri 24 Jan 2020

The planned field event to Liverpool waterfront on 8th February has been postponed due to a combination of circumstances. We will rearrange later in the year.

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New web site
Posted on Wed 22 Jan 2020

Our new web site will be unveiled on Thursday 6th February.

It is much more straight forward to use than the old one and  the promoting grouo of Leigh, Kevin and Robert is strongly recommending it to all our members.Have a go - you'll like it!

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Happy New Year
Posted on Wed 1 Jan 2020

Lets make 2020 a year to remember and improve our own photography as well as the club standing

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