Syllabus

   Date

Subject

                Speaker 

Justin Garner: "HDR Techniques"

Justin is a free lance photographer based in Manchester. He enjoys all aspects of photography and works on many styles including portraits, wildlife, landscapes and abstracts.

This presentation will give us an  understanding of the different ways of creating High Dynamic Range (HDR) images.  Justin will explore how he chooses scenes and settings to make the most of HDR to create great images.

Judge: Keith Barber

Audio Visual Competition No 1

Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.

We shall be discussing basic editing techniques, including cropping, masking, cloning, healing, and Adobe Camera Raw. 

Terry Donnelly: "Sports Photography" ...and a lot more

Get the inside line from a working professional sports photographer. Terry is an accredited Premier League and English Football League photographer. Other sports Terry photographs include horse racing, gymnastics and motor sports.

In the first half of the evening Terry will talking about his sports photography and his use of Mirrorless cameras, and the technological advancements they have made, backed up with plenty of examples of pictures.The second half of the presentation is a members pick of viewing work Terry  has used for distinction awards and personal projects, and includes break downs of images etc.

Terry is also a Sony UK Ambassador, and he  will be accompanied by a member of Sony who will have the full range of Sony Alpha Cameras and lenses for us to look at and handle, and they will be able to answer any questions you have about the Sony Alpha range.

Terry will  also be supported by a member from Wilkinson Cameras Bury branch as well, who can talk to people about pricing during break times and any offers they have.

This is a very interactive evening and audience participation is encouraged - a night not to be missed.

Judge: Kenneth Geddes

This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images.

The theme for this competition is "Macro / Close up"

Judge: Toni Pioli

Sue Berrry "Capturing The Feelings That Lie Beneath The Surface"

Sue is passionate about being true to herself and following her own vision in creating photographic images. She will share with us her gallery of black and white images in five slideshows set to music. Her photos range from dark, dramatic and moody to minimalist and light and include landscape, urban exploration, nature, architecture and street photography.

Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.

Night Photography: A single activity evening .

One of our resident experts will use a powerpoint presentation to discuss Night Photography, including how to set your camera up to achieve the best results.

This will tie in with our forthcoming Theme Competition on 29 November on "After Dark",

 Darrell Oakden: "Composite Images" 

Darrell's lecture will cover how to take picture for composites, choosing elements for composites and techniques for putting them together such as making selections, cutting out, shadowing, lighting and blending.   He will deconstruct some of his images, some of which have received national and international awards, and discuss the techniques he has used.

 Judge: Diane Magor

 Adrian Almond: “A Man for all Seasons”.

Adrian has always enjoyed getting involved in a wide range of photographic genres and this has allowed him to actively involved with my camera all through the year. Part 1 of this talk will involve an instructive discussion of some of my landscape and seascape images, taken across 5 continents. Part 2, in contrast, will involve military aircraft, steam locomotives, British superbikes, nature, detail and travel imagery.

 Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.

This evening will be a single activity, and we will be looking at and discussing compositional techniques to help improve your images.

We welcome back our friends from Swinton Photographic Society as we host this annual competition between our two clubs.

Judge: Jane Lines

Judge: Adrian Hendley

This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images.

 The theme for this competition is "Portraiture"

 The judge is Nick Hilton

Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.

This will be a multi activity evening and will include a discussion on Night Time Photography and Audio Visual techniques. 

Our annual auction to raise funds for our President's Charity.

Bring items in on the night to be sold as any item will help raise funds for this worthy cause.

Any item is acceptable, not just those of a photgoraphic nature.

Judge: Rob Hockney

 Ian Whiston: The National Parks of East Africa"

 Gerry Crowther: Fifty Years on the Road

Gerry is a former national newspaper photographer and he will tell of his experiences of working for the national newspapers from the 1950s. He will show prints of the photographs and explain the stories behind the pictures.

 Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.

We will be holding an evening of photgraphic panels, where some members submit a panel of 5 prints harmoniously linked in some way, for example by a story,

Neil Hulme "Moments in Mono"

Based in the north west of England, Neil Hulme is a self-taught black and white photographer often using long exposures to focus on the essential elements of the scene before him. There is a beautiful simplicity in the minimalist approach to his work which produces an air of calm and serenity, allowing the viewer to feel the sense of solitude he is attempting to convey. The subtle and perfectly balanced use of monochrome tones and contrast add much to an other-worldly mood and sense of abstraction in his interpretation of the landscape.

 Judge: Mike Lawrence

 This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images.

 The theme for this competition is "Sports"

 Judge: Alfred Brown

 Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.

We will be discussing mono conversions with presentations from three experts to show different techniques.

 This is a competition for mono prints on the theme of Street Photography.

 This competition is in fond memory of Geoff Davies, who was a former President of this camera club and a highly regarded photographer from Bolton. He specialised in black and white prints on street photography.

 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.

Judge: Alf Myers

 Judge: Brian Law

 We host the second round of this year of the  inter club competition with Bury Photographic Society

 The judge is Christine Widdall

 Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.

Wwe will be discussing the various points that judges often look for, with a view to further improve the quality of your images.

 Dave Mason: "Windows of Opportunity"

Audio Visual Competition No 2

 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.

 This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images.

 The theme for this competition is "After Dark"

 The judge is Colin Douglas

 Learn and develop new skills from our more experienced members.

Critique Evening: A single activity evening .

 Members are invited to bring in some of their prints or PDIs for critique by fellow members, in small groups led by some of our more advanced members.

 A Fun Evening with Tony Redford

Our Annual Quiz night for our members and their partners.

 This quiz is lighthearted and fun, and  is not just about photography!

 We wish our members  a Merry Christmas and a very Happpy New Year

 2019   

       3          January

Welook forward to another full year of photographic fun and enjoyment.

Our Syllabus for 2019 will be published here nearer the time