Our Syllabus continues to reflect the wishes of our members by being a mix of informative lectures, internal competitions, and external competitions with other local camera clubs, all with the aim of developing photographic skills while having fun.
We hold an Open Night on the first Thursday of most months where we hope these evenings will be a great opportunity for members to learn and develop new skills shown to them by our more experienced members. The topics are selected from ideas put forward by our members.
Our monthly Open Competitions are held on the third Thursday of each month, and are for the fun and enjoyment of our members, and all members are welcome to submit images. Judges from other local clubs give their constructive comments from which we can all learn and improve.
Our Themed Competitions are held on different nights to the Open Competition, so please check the syllabus for the dates and topics.
We also arrange Days Out for our members to a wide variety of locations during the year. Our more experienced members pass on help and advice to members who are new to photography, and we hold a competition at the end of the year for prints and projected images taken on these days out.
All our meetings are conducted in a very friendly atmosphere, and both visitors and potential new members are always welcome.
Meetings are on Thursdays. All meetings will start at 7.30pm prompt.
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24 January |
Trophy Presentation Evening |
Our trophies for our 2018 competitions wil be presented by Ian Aldcroft, President of the L&CPU After the presentations we will show the top scoring PDI images and prints from 2018, This will followed by a buffet. |
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31 January |
Lecture
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We welcome Phil Hodson EFIAP to give us his illustrated lecture "Coping with Nature"
Phil's interest was re kindled in 2007 with the purchase of a new fangled digital camera. This led to lenses for everything from macro to telephoto and he has been re living his previous photographic life with the updated technology.
He re-joined Poulton Photo Society, and once again enter competitions Nationally and Internationally
He enjoys taking photographs of some of the less well known subjects, many of which can be seen on his website:
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7 February |
Open Evening
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Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members on light painting. To enjoy the full benefit and fun from this meeting it would hlep if you could bring the following: your camera with a fully charged battery, a spare battery if you have one, a tripod, a remote or cable release trigger, and some warm clothing. |
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14 February |
Lecture
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Nigel Danson "Landscape Photography" Bolton Camera Club have booked some key note speakers this year. The first of them will be Nigel Danson on Landscape Photography on Thursday 14th February
In June 2017 Nigel swapped his office seat for full time hiking boots and decided to take up photography professionally and grow his now thriving YouTube channel.
His passion is taking photos of landscapes and he has been fortunate enough to travel to many fantastic places.
For more information please see his website at https://www.nigeldanson.com/ and visit his YouTube channel.
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21 February |
Print Competition No 1 Open |
The Judge is John Fletcher | |||||||
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28 February |
Lecture
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A Practical Portrait Evening with Alan Angel. To obtain the full benefit of this meeting, please bring a camera and tripod.
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7 March |
Open Evening
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Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members, who will be discussing editing skills, mount board cutting and basic camera skills. | |||||||
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14 March |
Lecture
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Bernard Longley and Keith Fisher "Audio Visual Evening" | |||||||
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21 March |
PDI Competition No 2 Open |
The Judge is Simon Ray | |||||||
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28 March |
Theme Competition No 1 |
This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images. The theme for this competition is "Technology" The judge is George Steele
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4 April |
Open Evening
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Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.This meeting will be a practical tuition on table top / macro photography and flash photography, possibly with a tank of water. Please bring your camera with a fully charged battery, a tripod and flash gun if you have one. |
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11 April |
Lecture
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Gary Waidson "Working with Layers" | |||||||
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18 April |
Inter Club Competition |
We compete against Bury Photographic Society, away at Bury The Venue is The Function Room, Fishpool Liberal Club, Nelson Street, Bury. BL9 9HX The start time is 7.30pm
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25 April |
Print Competition No 2 Open |
The Judge is Jane Lines | |||||||
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2 May |
Open Evening
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Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members who wil lbe discussing "Layers". This follows on from the recent lectture by Gary Waidson. | |||||||
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9 May |
Audio Visual Compettion
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The Judge is Mike Lawrence | |||||||
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16 May |
PDI Competition No 3 Open |
The Judge is Nick Berentzen | |||||||
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23 May |
Lecture
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Les Forrester "An Affinity with Monochrome" | |||||||
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30 May |
Theme Competition No 2 |
This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images. The theme for this competition is "All Creatures Great and Small" The Judge is Bill Preston
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6 June |
Open Evening
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Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members. This meeting will be an outdoor activity in a local location, so please bring your camera and tripod |
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13 June |
Lecture
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Alf Myers "Street Photography" | |||||||
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20 June |
Print Competition No 3 Open |
The Judge is Ian Stewart | |||||||
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27 June |
Lecture
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Justin Garner "Macro Photography" | |||||||
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4 July |
Open Evening
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This meeting will be a constructive critique evening conducted with small groups of images which members bring in on the night. These can be prints of any size or PDIs. We wil have several computers able to show and edit images, as well as tables on which to place prints. Our more experienced members will offer constructive comments and advice. | |||||||
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11 July |
Lecture
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Colin Jarvis "Getting an M.A. in Photography and Landscape Photography | |||||||
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18 July |
PDI Competition No 4 Open |
The Judge is Jim Cunningham | |||||||
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25 July |
Theme Competition No 3 |
This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images. The theme for this competition is "The Colour Blue" The Judge is Nick Hilton
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1 August |
Open Evening
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Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.This meeting will be a series of themed portfolios from some of our members for general comment and critique | |||||||
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8 August |
Charity Auction Evening
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We raise funds in support of our President's Charity "The Bolton Hospice" Please bring in items to sell on the night, not necessarily of a photographic nature |
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15 August |
Print Competition No 5 Open |
The Judge is Brian Law | |||||||
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22 August |
Lecture
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Paul Sanders "Photo Journalism: My Experiences as The Times Picture Editor" | |||||||
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29 August |
Lecture
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George Franks "High Speed Flash Photography" | |||||||
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5 September |
Open Evening
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This meeting will be a constructive critique evening conducted with small groups of images which members bring in on the night. These can be prints of any size or PDIs. We wil have several computers able to show and edit images, as well as tables on which to place prints. Our more experienced members will offer constructive comments and advice. | |||||||
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12 September |
Lecture
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Toni Pioli "Composition" | |||||||
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19 September |
PDI Competition No 5 Open |
The Judge is Daryl Giles | |||||||
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26 September |
Theme Competition No 4 |
This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images. The theme for this competition is "Food" The Judge is Keith Barber
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3 October |
Open Evening
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Members are invited to bring in some prints or pdi to present and comment on, ideally on the theme of "photos I like but judges might not like." |
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10 October |
Geoff Davies Competition |
This competition is in memory of Bolton photographer and past president of this club Geoff Davies For the purposes of this competition, Street photography, also sometimes called candid photography, is photography conducted for art or enquiry that features unrelated chance encounters and random incidents within public places. Street photography does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment. Though people usually feature directly, street photography might be absent of people and can be of an object or environment where the image projects a decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic. The judge is Craig Philip Szlatoszlavek
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17 October |
Print Competition No 5 Open |
The Judge is Jeremy Malley Smith | |||||||
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24 October |
Inter Club Competition
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We host the second round of this year's competition against Bury Photographic Society. The Judge is Adrian Lines |
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31 October |
Lecture
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Stephen Lewis "Time Lapse Photography" | |||||||
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7 November |
Open Evening
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Tonight will be a mock judging evening. Several anonymous images will be projected and members asked to judge and comment on the them. | |||||||
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14 November |
Lecture |
Brian White " Wild Britain" This illustrated lecture contains images taken by Brian of British wildlife often in wild areas, including birds, mammals, flora, butterflies and various insects in their natural habitats. The superb images will be accompanied by Brian’s narrative and stories of his recent journeys from various locations around the UK.
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21 November |
Audio Visual Competition
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The Judge is Mike Lawrence | |||||||
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28 November |
Theme Competition No 5 |
This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images. The theme for this competition is "Water" The Judge is Tillman Kleinhans
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5 December |
Open Evening
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This meeting will be a constructive critique evening conducted with small groups of images which members bring in on the night. These can be prints of any size or PDIs. We wil have several computers able to show and edit images, as well as tables on which to place prints. Our more experienced members will offer constructive comments and advice. | |||||||
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12 December |
Inter Club Battle
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We host this competition against two local camera clubs, the like of which you have not seen. The Judge is to be confirmed |
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19 December |
Quiz Night
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Our Annual Quiz night for our members and their partners. This quiz is lighthearted and fun, and is not just about photography! |
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26 December |
No meeting
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We wish our members and readers a Merry Christmas and a very Happpy New Year | |||||||
| 2 January 2020 |
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We look forward to another full year of photographic fun and enjoyment. Our Syllabus for 2020 will be published here nearer the time
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