The Bolton Camera Club meets weekly throughout most of the year and gives a very warm welcome to visitors and new members. We have been sharing a passion for photography since 1884 and are more than happy to share with you, whether your interest is in film or digital, audio visual or more technical aspects of photography.
We are delighted to announce our future plans for the Club now that club has re-opened for face-to-face meetings.
Our Syllabus for the whole of 2022 is published here.
Please check here regularly for the latest up to date information.
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28 April
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Lecture |
Gary Gough entertains us with his lecture "Regurgitated photography nonsense on YouTube, and photography myths." Gary’s business has evolved into three distinct fields of photography – Wedding, Portrait and Training. He provides the finest quality work in each area. He also hosts a successful YouTube channel and Facebook group His mission statement is: to create beautiful timeless images that reflect the meaning of everyday life. Photography should be special pieces of fine art to dress your walls. To see some of Gary's images please click on this link: https://garygough.co.uk/gallery
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5 May
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Open Night |
At these evenings we use the skills of our more experienced members to help and assist other members, whilst all enjoying the fun. At his meeting club member Peter Thomasson will be giving his entertaining and informative lecture entitled "Photoshop, Easter Eggs and Bananas" He will be looking at a variety of Photoshop tools, including curves, the calibration tab, colour matching (by popular request), dodging and burning, and layers.
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12 May
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Andrew Brooks delivers his lecture on "The Constructed Image" Andrew is a Manchester based photographer who has worked with many clients over the past fifteen years in the UK and beyond. He has wide experience across many types of photography with a focus on landscapes, interiors, people photography and creative retouching. To see some of Andrew's images please click on this link: https://www.andrewbrooksphotography.com/about
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19 May
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Open PDI Competition No 3 | Judge: Martin Pickles | |||||||
26 May
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Theme Competition No 2 |
The theme for this competition is "Steps" Judge: Chris Boyes
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2 June
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No Meeting |
There is no meeting tonight as the Church is closed in respect to Her Majesty the Queen. Tonight is the start of a bank holiday weekend to celebrate her glorious Platinum Jubilee reign
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9 June
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Lecture |
We welcome Phil Barber with his lecture "Competition Photography" After leaving the Navy in the 1990’s, Phil returned to his love of graphic design, which he continues today, mainly working in magazine advertising, publishing and design. He joined the highly successful Wigan 10 in 2014 To see Phil's images click on this link:https://wigan10.com/phil-barber-2/
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16 June
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Open Print Competition No 3 | Judge: James Hardy | |||||||
23 June
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Lecture |
We welcome Nancy Lisa Barrett with her lecture "From Lancashire with Love" Nancy is an award-winning North West Wedding Photographer from Chorley, and she is one half of a super husband and wife photography team. Their photography is a beautiful mixture of documentary, storytelling and reportage. This lecture includes insight into how she started, the mistakes she made, real-life photos, and how she changed, with a look at some of her “other” photography. To see Nancy's images please visit her website at: https://www.nancylisabarrettphotography.co.uk/
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30 June
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Nick and Caroline Robertson amaze us with their lecture "Underwater Photography" Nick and Caroline are a married couple and are conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Click on this link to admire their stunning images: https://www.frogfishphotography.com/
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7 July
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Open Night |
At these evenings we use the skills of our more experienced members to help and assist other members, whilst all enjoying the fun. We will be having a look at images in RAW verses Jpeg images, which is best and why, and how to edit both formats. We will be having a lecture on "Actions" in Photoshop, which will save time when you edit your images. We will also demonstrate how to resize an image during the editing process, and show how to add a border to enhance an image.
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14 July
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Lecture |
Tony North presents his superbly illustrated lecture "The Art of Macro" Tony demontrates his approach to photographing butterflies, damselflies and other minibeasts in the wild. He also includes a guide to taking great macro photos, and shows us his award winning images. To see some of Tony's images please click on this link: https://www.artofmacro.com/
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21 July
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Open PDI Competition No 4 | Judge: Alf Myers | |||||||
28 July
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Theme Competition No 3 |
The theme for this competition is "Reflections" Judge: Diana Magor
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4 August
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Open Night |
At these evenings we use the skills of our more experienced members to help and assist other members, whilst all enjoying the fun. We will be giving lectures on Focus Stacking, and explain how and why to do itWe will also have a lecture on HDR techniques, with an explanation and demonstration, to improve your images.
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11 August
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Lecture |
We welcome Lee Sutton with his lecture “My Photographic Journey” Lee is a multi-award winning photographer from the North West of England. He shoots weddings, lifestyle portraits, sport, wildlife, street, landscapes and pretty much anything. It is hard to believe Lee only picked a camera up 8 years ago. We join him on a journey from nothing to today... To enjoy Lee’s images, visit his website at: https://ldsphotography.co.uk/
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18 August
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Open Print Competition No 4 | Judge: Les Hitchcock | |||||||
25 August
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Lecture |
Craig Philip and Gisela Szlatoszlovak present their lecture "Street Photography" Both Craig Philip and Gisela are published and exhibited social documentary photographers from the North West of England. |
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1 September
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Open Night |
At these evenings we use the skills of our more experienced members to help and assist other members, whilst all enjoying the fun. Jeff Griffiths willl present a lecture on how to do a triptych.This is desinged to be of help to our members in advance of the Triptych theme competition on 24 November
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8 September
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Lecture |
An evening with Christine Widdall. Christine is a very talented multi award winning photographer, and this will be an enjoyable and interesting lecture.
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15 September
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Open PDI Competition No 5 | Judge: Adrian Lines | |||||||
22 September
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Lecture |
We welcome Dianne Owen with her lecture "A Touch of Creativity" Dianne is a photographic artist, adding her own creative touch to the images. She covers most subjects, always looking for something different to explore and new ways of adding the magic to her work. Dianne is an internationally multi award-winning print worker. To admire Dianne’s images please visit her website at: http://dianneowen.info/
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29 September
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Theme Competition No 4 |
The theme for this competition is "Portraits" Judge: Jeremy Malley-Smith |
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6 October
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Open Night |
At these evenings we use the skills of our more experienced members to help and assist other members, whilst all enjoying the fun. We will be looking at Infra red photography, and discuss how and why to use this technique. We will be giving our members the opportunity to say what they want for next year's "Open Nights"
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13 October
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Geoff Davies Mono Print competition |
Tonight’s meeting is a competition in fond memory of Geoff Davies, who was a former President of this Camera Club. A highly regarded photographer from Bolton, Geoff specialised in black and white prints on street photography. Judge: Phil Garlington
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20 October
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Open Print Competition No 5 | Judge: Nick Hilton | |||||||
27 October
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Inter Club Competition |
We host the second round of "The Bury Battle" Judge: Rob Hockney
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3 November
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Open Night |
At these evenings we use the skills of our more experienced members to help and assist other members, whilst all enjoying the fun. Wewill be giving a practicle demonstration on speedlights and discuss how nad when to use them. This will be followed by a portraiture session, taking part in the "studio" we can set up using club equipment. To obtain the full benefit of this meeting please bring your camera, not forgetting to charge your batteries beforehand!
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10 November
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Audio Visual Competition | Judge: Sheila Giles | |||||||
17 November
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Lecture |
We welcome our very own Brian White with his superbly illustrated and humourous lecture based on his latest journey. To see Brians images please click on this link: http://www.brianwhitephotography.co.uk/index.htm
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24 November
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Theme Competition No 5 |
The theme for this competition is "Triptych" The topic of the3 images is up to the author, but they must be presented as a Triptych Judge: to be confirmed |
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1 December
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Open Night |
At these evenings we use the skills of our more experienced members to help and assist other members, whilst all enjoying the fun. At this meeting we shall look back at the "Open Nights" held during the year and repeat any lecture that our members want. We will aslo have a Q and A session to hear what our members want for the "OpenNights" next year
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8 December
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Inter Club Competition |
The "Matching Image" competition between us and two other clubs. Judge: to be confirmed |
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15 December
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Annual Fun Quiz |
Our Annual Quiz night for our members and their partners. This quiz is lighthearted and fun, and is not just about photography! Please bring your wife / husband/ partner to join in the fun
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22 December
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No Meeting | We wish all our members and readers a Merry Christmas | |||||||
29 December
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No Meeting | We wish all our members and readers a Happy New Year | |||||||
5 January 2023 |
Our 2023 Syllabus will be published here nearer the time.
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