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Stafford Photographic Society was founded in1895, making it one of the oldest photographic societies in the Midlands. Sadly, the club’s plans for this momentous occasion have been scuppered. However, the society is conducting its meetings via Zoom, which will continue throughout the summer with competitions and Q&A sessions. It has been another successful year for the society in national competitions. In October 2019, Stafford PS came eighth

in a countrywide competition run by the PAGB. Two of the members achieved personal success: Tessa Bramall’s image of a crested grebe with chick gained maximummarks, and Judi Dicks was awarded the David Lowe Medal for her mono version of A Rainy Day at Kew. The society had further success in April by coming first in the Midland Counties Photographic Federation PDI

Championships by ten points. staffordphotosociety.org.uk

ClactonCC

Since lockdown, North Fylde PS has started producing a monthly newsletter for its members, with the aim of continuing it until September. It was the brainchild of Alison Bonner, with Matt Polke helping. The May newsletter sent to PN had an impressive range of content, frommembers’ images to stories and techniques, including shooting star trails. Well done to the North Fylde PS team for its commitment to its members. northfylde-ps.co.uk North Fylde PS

Clacton CC arranged for online judging for its remaining two main competitions. The Portrait competition, judged by Roger Hance FRPS, was won by Jeff Cranwell with his image, English Rose. It was taken at Mark Coventry’s Studio in Clacton-on-Sea, with model Megan Vickers. The club’s Picture of the Year competition was judged by Ron Tear ARPS, and this was won overall by Martin Leech CPAGB, with his monochrome image entitled Reach For the Sky. The club’s season ended with a competition for members to submit two images they were able to take during their personal locked-down, isolated circumstances. Judging was done by Matt Clarke CPAGB using Zoom, and the winner was Tony Carrotte with his image, entitled Predator. clactoncameraclub.co.uk

Woodford andWansteadPS

Woodford and Wanstead PS has been hosting weekly Zoommeetings since March. Club secretary Chris Saunders says: “The lockdown has had a silver lining for us, because we’ve been able to get presenters and judges who would have been unavailable to us because of cost. Our programme secretary has been getting people from all over the UK. We’ve also

been inviting friends from abroad to attend. One of our members is stuck in India, but is attending despite the time difference. “We also hold a monthly projected image competition. The week after the competition, we show all the pictures again. The authors tell us about their images, and other members provide useful criticism.” woodfordandwansteadphotosoc.co.uk

DronfieldCC Dronfield CC has been keeping active

Thanet CC Thanet CC has been keeping members busy with a series of monthly lockdown challenges set by the club’s chairman, with members sharing their images on Flickr. These images, along with an updated picture gallery, will be on the club’s website in due course. The challenge for May was ‘flatlay’, which gave members plenty of scope for experimentation. Eddie Bradley created this lovely image of a VE Day tea party. isleofthanetphotographicsociety.co.uk

Calling all clubs

during lockdown by moving to weekly Zoom meetings, including lectures. The club has even developed its own interactive online scores submission system for internal club competitions. The image shown is by Ian Smith, who won the club’s shoes and/or feet contest. The club has also established closer ties with Matlock CC, with members invited to attend each other’s virtual meetings. dronfieldcamera.org

We would love to hear from all clubs with your lockdown plans. Please send emails to clubnews@photography-news. co.uk . The deadline for the next issue is 3 July.

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