Syllabus

    Date   

Subject    

                                                  Speaker

14  November

Gerry Crowther: “The Picture Behind The Story”.

Bolton based  Gerry Crowther has spent his life as a press photographer, working for most of  the national daily newspapers, but mainly for the Daily Mirror.

This talk is illustrated with Gerry's prints to reveal “The Picture Behind The Story”.

21  November

Audio  Visual  Competition

28  November

 This competition is for both Prints and Projected Images.

 The theme for this competition is "Water"

 The Judge is Tillman Kleinhans

5    December

 Open   Evening

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.

12  December

 Inter Club   Battle

We host this competition against two local camera clubs, the like of which you have not seen.

 The Judge is Jeremy Malley-Smith 

19  December

Quiz Night

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

26  December

No meeting

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

 No meeting.

Happy New Year to our members and readers

 9   January

Days Out Competition

Our annual competition for images taken on a Club Day Out in 2019

The Judge is Harry Emmett

 16 January

Annual General Meeting

 23 January

Open PDI Competition No 1

 30 January

Trophy Presentation Night

 6 February

Open Night

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members 

13  February 

Lecture

Jemery Malley-Smith delivers his illustrated lecture "Scottish Wildlife"

Jeremy is also a photographic judge within the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union (L&CPU) for quite a number of years, bringing his own distinct style of judging, constructive critique and humour to each event judged. As a judge, he is now an accredited judge within the L&CPU and also currently hold three photographic distinctions: LRPS (Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society), DPAGB (Distinction of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) and BPE2* (British Photographic Exhibition awards)

 20 February

Open Print Competition No 1

The Judge is Gordon Bartley

27 February 

Portrait Session

Graham Currey shows us how to take portrait photographs.

Not only is Graham a qualified L&CPU Judge and Lecturer, but he is a Professional Photographer, Model, Web Designer, and Actor.

Graham will be modelling in the style of "Film Noir"  while teaching us portrait photography skills.

  5     March

Open Night

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members 

   12     March

Lecture

Audio Visual Evening

John Smith and Jill Bunting return to give us advice on creating an audio Visual sequence

19   March 

Open PDI Competition No 2 

26    March

Theme Competition No 1 

The Theme is "The Colour White"

The Judge is Simon Ray

    2      April 

Open Night

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members 

     9    April

Bury Battle

Bury host the first of two rounds of the competition between our two clubs.

For this competition both clubs enter 10 PDI and 10 prints, all by different members 

  16     April

Open Print Competition No 2

Lecture

Andrew Brooks gives us his illustrated lecture "The Constructed Image"

Andrew Brooks 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.

Lecture

Gary Gough presents his illustrated lecture "Regurgitated Photography Nonsense on YouTube, and Photography Myths".

Gary is a profeessional photographer who also has a very popular YouTube channel.

His love for photography continues to grow and that at the end of the day is why he does what he does.

His clients like the uncomplicated approach to his photography. He likes to keep things simple and let the clients tell the story to the camera.

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.

       7         May

Open Night

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members 

      14         May 

Audio Visual Competition No 1

     21       May

Open PDI Competition No 3 

      28         May

Theme Competition No 2  

The Theme is "Abstract"

The Judge is Mike Lawrence

       4        June

Open Night 

      11       June 

Gisela and Craig Philip Szlatoszlovek give us their lecture on "Street Photography" 

     18       June 

Open Print Competition No 3

    25       June 

Melvin Nicholson presents his new lecture "Captures Curated" 

Melvin lives, breathes and sleeps landscape photography and to be able to share his passion, enthusiasm, and knowledge with others is for him, a dream come true.

Since turning professional in early 2014, he has been very fortunate to mix landscape photography with another of his passions, travel.

      2        July

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members  

      9       July

Alison Taylor presents her lecture "My Monochrome World" 

Alison's passion is for coastal photography, and she loves exploring the Yorkshire National Parks, Lake District, and Scotland. She is comfortable working in colour and monochrome as the situation suits, although this talk will showcase her monochrome photographs and the stories behind them.

      16       July

The Judge is Wendy Stowell

      23       July

Swinton  Inter Club Competition

We host this years annual competition between our two clubs

The Judge is Nick Hilton

       30        July

The Theme is "Candid"

The Judge is Joan Gauld

   6    August

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members

 13  August

Charity Auction Evening 

Our Annual Auction to raise funds for our President's Charity, which this year is the Bolton Hospice.

Please bring in items for sale on the night.  They do not have to be of a photographic nature.

This is a fun evening to raise funds for a worthy cause 

 20  August

The Judge is Keith Barber

27   August

We host this competition between Wigan PS, Bolton Digital PS, and ourselves

The Judge is Christine Widdall

 Open Night

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members 

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown give us their lecture on "Underwater Photography" 

Nick and Caroline are a husband and wife team of underwater photographers, photo-journalists and authors.  They both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and has a DipEd in teaching.  Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour. 

They are multiple award winning photographers and along with 3 books published, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press, as well as being the Underwater Photography Editors at Scubaverse.

The Judge is Jane Lines

The Theme is "Song Titles" 

We will also need the name of the artist / group who sung the song

The Judge is Alf Myers

   1    October

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members  

  8    October

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

The Judges are Gisela and Craig Philip Szlatoszlovek

 15 October

The Judge is Nick Berentzen

 22 October

We host the second of two rounds of the competition between our two clubs.

For this competition both clubs enter 10 PDI and 10 prints, all by different members.

The Judge is Rob Hockney 

 29 October

Mike Oates gives us his lecture on "Astrophotography"

Mike’s interest in astronomy stems from his childhood when he was very interested in the Apollo program. He only got actively involved with astronomy in 1985 with the return of Halley' Comet. As Mike was already very interested in photography, to the extent of processing his own photographs, he instinctively turned his camera to the sky. His first astro photographs were of the comet, even they were not much more than faint smudges on the negatives they meant a lot to him. In Jan 2000 he turned his attention to discovering comets, and so far Mike has discovered 144 comets!

 5  November

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members  

12 November

Brian White entertains us with his lillustrated lecture "Wildlife Journeys"

 19 November

The Judge is Sheila Giles

 26 November 

The Theme is "Trees"

The Judge is Adrian Lines

3 December 

Learn and develop new skills from other Club members 

10 December 

We host this annual fun competiton of "Matching Images" with two local clubs

17 December 

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

24 December 

We wish our members and readers a Merry Christmas.

 31 December 

We wish our members and readers a very Happy New Year.

We look forward to another full year of photographic fun and enjoyment.

Our Syllabus for 2021 will be published here nearer the time