Thu 23 Oct 2025 - A review of the YPU prints
Always an interesting evening to view the prints that were accepted for the YPU exhibition. Several Club members have again had acceptances this year, and some were awarded certificates or trophys - congratulations to all concerned.
Points Round 2 opens - Prints only
Thu 16 Oct 2025 - Points Round 1 Judged by Richard Egan FRPS
Richard is a very well known and repsected photographer. He is particularly recognised as portrait and artistic nude photographer but does not limit himself to this genre. His website is well worth a visit 'therealrichardegan.com'. He has used his photoggraphy to raise many thousands for pounds for Cancer Research.
Panel of 3 competition opens - this will be judged by an external judge this year.
Thu 9 Oct 2025 - Presentation by Malcolm Hayes - Street Photography
Something different, a genre of photography that generally falls outside the arena of camera club competition. Not just candid photos of people, but an opportunity to capture the essence of our environment and the human condition. Can be done anywhere at any time and the only special equipment required is to install the latest updates to your pre imaging software : Observation and Curiosity. Plenty of images across a range of themes, The majority obtained during unplanned and random explorations of towns and cities.
TRIGGER WARNING : Please be aware that there will be...
Sat 4 Oct 2025 - Café Forum - 4th October, 2025 - Depth of Field
Cafe Forums are about learning, sharing knowledge and having fun with the months theme. We will put the images on a screen and you can say why you took them, maybe what you have learned or ask advice on how to improve the image. We may not be able to show all your images if we have a lot as we ensure everyone has the same opportunity to discuss their images.
So come and share the images you have taken demonstrating how the following impact the depth of field and experiment to see how you can create something different.
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Thu 2 Oct 2025 - A practical night with Stephanie & Steve from Pontifract
Another visit from Stephanie & Steve. This time Stepahnie will be with a modeel or maybe two in part of the hall and Steve will set up a still life section in another part of the hall. Stephanie is an award winning portraite photographer and Steve has won many awards for his product photography. Remember to bring you cameras.
Points Round 1 closes (no prints in this competition PDIs only)
Thu 25 Sep 2025 - Preparing for competitions followed by images I like
Advice on how to prepare for club competitions, helpful to new members and a refresher to those who have been members for a while. The second part of the evening we ask members to bring an image or two that they like. These are not necessarily competition quality images but one you like and tell us why you like it. Maybe it reminds you of a happy time, makes you smile when you look at it, the reasons does not matter. Hope to see a good range of genre which mean something to the authors.
Thu 18 Sep 2025 - Presentation by Brian McCarthy FRPS - Images from a small shed
Brian's approach and philosophy have changed since he started in the 1970s. He enjoys the creativity offered by digital photography to blend art and technology. Will be an interesting evening.
Points Round 1 opens this evening PDIs only.
Thu 11 Sep 2025 - AGM and open forum/Q&A
The AGM where officer reports of last season will be given which will include, finance, competition and the president's. Many of the club documents have been updates and comments can be made. The committee and officers will be elected. The open forum and Q&A can include any questions on how the club is run, ideas for future programmes or any club related questions.
Sat 6 Sep 2025 - Café Forum - 6th September - Composing an image
Use different genre and take the same subject using different composition rules and break them! We will meet at Communitee (next to Poundland) at 1000 as usual to share the images and knowledge.