Programme for 2018 - 2019 Season

Renew or start your membership. There will be short presentations on what the society does, how to enter competitions and the competition rules as well as time for Q&A and gathering ideas for weekend trips.

Neil Cave from Timeline Events gives a presentation of images that can be captured at events organised by the company.

Terry talks about his use of Sony mirrorless cameras and discussed the technological advancements with pictures showing the benefits he has found. The second half is a look at work used for his distinction awards and personal projects. A representative from Sony will accompany Terry with a full range of Sony Alpha cameras and lenses for members to handle and ask any technical questions to an expert. In addition, a member of Jessops cameras will be on hand to talk about pricing and offers.

An open-themed projected digital image (PDI) competition. Members are permitted to enter up to three images. A guest PAGB judge will give a critical appraisal of each image.

Scott Latham gives an interactive session, working through some basic and advanced post processing techniques using both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Scott has recently launched xPosr.co.uk after received many requests during his workshops and talks about various areas of photography. The xPosr platform offers online video based post processing tips and this talk is an extension of that platform where by members of your group can get interactive and learn and evolve their final images. 

Autumn colours and massive engineering in one place! In addition to the world-renowned space telescope, Jodrell Bank has a 35 acre arboretum so lots to photograph with the added bonus of an opportunity to visit another arboretum nearby.

A talk by H. Lehmann about their services, lens calibration, general repairs and do's and don'ts for your camera. There will also be a chance to ask questions about your equipment issues.

An open-themed print competition. Members are permitted to enter up to three images. A guest PAGB judge will give a critical appraisal of each image.

A photographic battle between local photographic societies, adjudicated by an independent PAGB judge. An excellent display of images guaranteed.

An open-themed projected digital image (PDI) competition. Members are permitted to enter up to three images. A guest PAGB judge will give a critical appraisal of each image.

A selection of members pictures that would not get shown in competition but have photographic merit. We will be looking for members to submit images in advance and maybe offer to say a few words on their images.

An open-themed print competition. Members are permitted to enter up to three images. A guest PAGB judge will give a critical appraisal of each image.

A presentation of the Shropshire Open Photographic Exhibition (SOPE) winners.

Gary Jones takes us on a journey through the places he likes to visit and his favourite Wildlife he gets to photograph there.

Save the date for a Phototrip to this year's Birmingham Frankfurt-Style Christmas market. More details to follow.

An open-themed projected digital image (PDI) competition. Members are permitted to enter up to three images. A guest PAGB judge will give a critical appraisal of each image.

Richard Childs - The Art of Practice/Dark Light

Get ready for Christmas with our social evening.

We're on our Christmas Break, so no meeting this week.

We're on our Christmas Break, so no meeting this week.

Nick Hanson, past winner of The Scottish Lanscape Photographer of the Year gives a presentation outlining his achievements, photographic background, what’s next and his photographic workflow and portfolio.

An open-themed print competition. Members are permitted to enter up to three images. A guest PAGB judge will give a critical appraisal of each image.

A guide and introduction to the fascinating world of infrared photography with plenty of examples of infrared images and information on equipment required to take them. Tony Winfield has published a book on and runs a world-wide facebook group specific to infrared monochrome photography.

Expected to be the largest Sealed Knot Civil War re-enactment in the country so lots of opportunities for portraiture and atmospheric battle-action photography as well as a chance to work on your street photography skills.

Sets of four prints and/or four projected images showing a record of a theme, place or event.

Verity returns with more of her images showing her latest work.

Images of people, print and PDI. Up to four prints and/or four projected images per member.

15 minute presentations from members on a photography related subject.

Gavin Dickson is an award winning news and public relations photographer. He is presenting a selection of images with anecdotes from his time as a press and freelance photographer.

A panel of four prints on any subject that work together as a complete set.

The question Claire is asked most frequently is how much her images have been "manipulated". They of course mean how much Photoshop has been used. Her talk tackles this thorny issue and argues that the second you press a shutter you have manipulated reality in one way or another and this "manipulation" is in fact what makes photography such a creative pursuit. Claire illustrates the talk with lots of examples.

Up to four prints and/or four projected images per member.

Heidi Stewart travels from South Wales to show her latest PDI presentation which is mainly based on landscapes within the UK and Iceland.

Mark has been talking to societies for over 35 years now and his lecture entitled ‘A Bit Of A Journey’ is the first in a sequence of three that he delivers. It is a talk of two halves, where in the first part he documents his career in television and photography by illustrating some of the incredible events he has worked on and then follows his landscape work to present day. It is often funny (well he thinks so….) and poignant

Up to four pictorial prints per member.

Annual General Meeting, for members only.

Happy Easter. No meeting this week.

Up to four projected pictorial images per member.

Happy Mayday! No meeting this week.

A return of the photo treasure hunt, meeting in town rather than the Hermitage. Images will be displayed at the annual dinner.

All entries from the set subjects of the season are adjudicated by a PAGB judge.

It's a Bank Holiday this week, so no meeting.

Our end-of-season special event when we socialise, dine and award a members for their successes throughout the year. We'll also award the Photographer of the Year.