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Photography News Issue 29 absolutephoto.com
Tell us your club’s latest news, email: clubnews@photography-news.co.uk
Clubs
Camera club news If your club has any news that you want to share with the rest of the world, this is the page for it. Your story might be about your club’s success in a contest, or a member’s personal achievement; it could be about a group outing you had recently or when the annual exhibition is on show. Any news is eligible for inclusion, so club publicity officers please take note of the submission guidelines and get your stories in
How to submit
Deadline for the next issue: 3March 2016
We need words and pictures by 3 March for the next issue of Photography News , which will be available from 14 March. Write your story in a Word document (400 words maximum). Please include contact details of the club, exhibition or event – website, meeting times, opening times, whatever is relevant. Images should be JPEGs, 2000 pixels on the longest dimension, any colour space, and image credits should be included. If the story is an exhibition or event, please send a picture from the exhibition (not the publicity poster) or
one from the event. If it includes people please identify them. Attach the Word document and JPEGs to an email and send to clubnews@photography-news.co.uk.
RawNature
The members of Farnborough Camera Club are very pleased with the result of their annual exhibition, which took place at the end of January in the town’s shopping centre. More than 70 images were on display for the weekend and the visiting public were invited to vote for their favourite images. The 338 votes – more than tripling last year’s number – chose Autumnal Gold by Richard Jenkins as the winning print. Successful exhibition at Farnborough
News in brief
Digital workshop PermaJet lecturer Libby Smith is visiting Wrekin Arts Photographic Club with a one-day digital workshop. It takes place at the Belfrey Arts Centres, Wellington TF1 1JG, on Sunday 13 March. Book your ticket for £25 by emailing tonymthomas5@gmail.com or phoning 01952 617170. wrekinartspc.com Society is staging a Colour Show of images set to music and narration. There will be three performances over 4 and 5 March at Hailsham’s Community Centre. The event is raising funds for the Kipling County Carriage Riding Group for the Disabled. Tickets are £6 from Hailsham’s Camera Centre and the Nodding Cobbler. hailshamphotographic society.co.uk Rotating exhibition Ealing and Hampshire Photographic Society IS exhibiting at the Artisan Café in Ealing. Comprising 30 prints, the display is up now, with prints changing monthly. ehhps.org.uk Annual exhibition Beeston Camera Club’s 61st annual exhibition is at Beeston Library, Nottingham for the month of March. More than 80 prints will be on display. beestoncameraclub.co.uk LED lessons Gateway Camera Club recently enjoyed an evening with Paul Granville, learning how to create light spheres with LEDs. Find out more about the club on their website. gatewaycameraclub.co.uk Colour Show Hailsham Photographic
Nantwich Camera Club is hosting a talk by Oliver Smart. Titled Raw Nature – Images Uncovered, Oliver will reveal the techniques and tricks behind this images. Having studied at the University of Birmingham, Oliver has travelled widely capturing wildlife images. His work has graced magazine
covers, nature and wildlife guides and the pages of the national press. The talk is on 22 March at 7.30pm, in the club’s usual meeting room, Regents Park on Nantwich’s London Road. Entrance is £5 and is payable on the door.
nantwichcameraclub.org.uk
farnboroughcameraclub.org
All in black&white Enjoy a monochrome exhibition from 12 members of the Suffolk Monochrome Group in Colchester’s Mercury Theatre. The exhibition is in the Digby Gallery from 23 February until 6 March.
Charlie Waite is visiting Preston Photographic Society to give his talk, Behind the Photograph. As well as being a prolific and well-respected landscaper himself, Charlie is also the man behind the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition and foundedworkshop and tour company, Light and Land. The talk takes place at 7.30pm on Friday 22 April in the Greenbank Lecture Theatre at the University of Central Lancashire. Tickets priced at £12 are available from the society’s website. Behind the Photograph Renowned landscape photographer Charlie Waite visits Preston
prestonphotographicsociety.org
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