Programme for 2019 - 2020 Season

A chance to renew or start your membership and meet your fellow members. 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 and club nights.

Nigel provides an overview of the techniques used to capture night images using a standard off-the-shelf digital SLR.

A must see lecture for anyone who enjoys travel photography whether that be on a family holiday or a bespoke photographic trip. Featuring images from around the world and packed with hints & tips on technique, equipment and preparation this presentation will really help you to improve your travel photography. 

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 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.

Designed especially for photographic clubs, Amanda will run this lighting workshop to give members the opportunity to work with professional studio flash lighting and a model. The theme of the lighting set up for the evening will be "Film Noir".

A day on Clee Hill photographing, among other things, derelict quarry buildings, the modern 'golf balls' and, of course the Shropshire landscape!

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.

Ross gives an an overview of his work, including his landscape, automotive and commercial work. He will describe how he started out and developed his style and how he ’turned Pro’.

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.

It's time for Autumn colours and where better than Arley Arboretum?

Gary returns to SPS with another presentation of his wildlife and landscape 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.

An evening run by members on a photogarphic theme, details on the form of the evening will be circulated nearer the time.

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.

An evening run by members on a photogarphic theme, details on the form of the evening will be circulated nearer the time.

Get ready for Christmas with our social evening.

A get-together to photograph Christmas lights and festivities!

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

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

Tal covers his workflow and image editing process, from downloading raw files, to preparing images for upload to social media and websites. Programs covered include photo mechanic, lightroom and photoshop, as well as specialist software such as photomatix. Tal demonstrates the process step by step, from raw to final conversion jpgs. This is a must for people who want to maximise the potential of their systems, whether they be bridge cameras to full blow professional full frame camera bodies.

Join this trip by train to Aberystwyth for a winter 'take' on seaside photography.

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.

Award winning photogapher Nick returns to SPS with a presentation of his latest landscape images.

Although we did this last year it is worth repeating! This annual event is the largest Sealed Knot Civil War reenactment in the land and it gives us great opportunities to work on portraiture and action photography techniques.

Sets of four prints and/or four projected images showing a record of a theme, place or event. Submit prints at our 25th January meeting or up to a few days later by negotiation with Judy Mainwaring. Enter digital images via our website by 28th January.

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

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

An opportunity to sharpen your flower photography skills!

THIS TRIP HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO A POOR WEATHER FORECAST AND LIKELY BAD CONDITIONS UNDERFOOT. Lots to photograph in this old Welsh slate quarry. The valley contains a lake and small waterfall as well as derelict structures including a now very dilapidated chapel and iconic slate 'fences' - great ingredients for your landscapes! A walk up the hill opens up the scenery and takes you to more derelict buildings and some scattered industrial remains.

John and Mike Hayward talk about their book, A Year in Shropshire, and go through the seasons explaining how and why they came to take the pictures featured in the book.

An evening run by members on a photogarphic theme, details on the form of the evening will be circulated nearer the time.

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

Nick returns from South Wales to SPS with a presentation of his latest landscape images.

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

CANCELLED A visual introduction to the fantastic work done around the world by groups, agencies and charities that specialise in humanitarian development and assistance projects. Uplifting and insightful, strong images introduce the audience to projects in Afghanistan, Mongolia, Laos, India, Myanmar and many other countries.

CANCELLED

An evening run by members on a photographic theme has now been cancelled.

RG Lewis cup - Now a virtual competition - Up to four pictorial digital images per member. The RG Lewis Competition will be judged as a virtual competition, using the uploaded digital images of your printed image, that you would normally place on the Society website in addition to the physical printed image.

We must have the digital images uploaded by midnight Mon 30th March 2020 to allow us time to create the virtual competition, as it is our intention to hold the judging on the 6th April.

The digital images should be of the normal maximum size of 1400x1050 pixels and in a JPEG format.

You must have, available for review, the physical printed image in the event of the judge selecting the image for an award. If the image has already been entered into a print merit competition (in the 2018-2019 season or 2019-2020 season) that will be taken as evidence that the image exists in a physically printed form.

Happy Easter. No meeting this week.

The Charlie Waite Lecture is now cancelled and tickets are being refunded. If you have not received the refund yet, you should receive this shortly. We are intending to reschedule the Charlie Waite lecture next year at a time as yet to be agreed.

Have your say on how the club is run in a virtual meeting.

The Wace Cup will be judged as a virtual competition, using the uploaded digital images, sent as normal to the Society website. We must have the digital images uploaded by midnight Mon 20th April 2020 to allow us time to create the virtual competition, as it is our intention to still hold the judging on the 27th April.

Happy Mayday! No meeting this week.

TO BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE

A chance to use your cameras on a club night with a photo treasure hunt, meeting in town rather than the Hermitage. Images taken will be presented to members at a future club night.

The Set Subject Competition will be judged as a virtual competition, using the uploaded digital images, sent as normal to the Society website. We must have the last subject digital image uploaded by midnight Mon 11th May 2020 to allow us time to create the virtual competition, as it is our intention to still hold the judging on the 18th May.

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.