Competition News
NW Federation Competition 2023-24
This is an inter-club competition between the twelve members of the Federation of NW London Photographic Societies. The group stage of the competition sees clubs compete in four groups of three clubs. There [...]
2nd Competition 2023-24 – Peace
The set subject, for both prints and projected digital images (PDIs), was “Peace”. This was further described in the Programme – “we are looking for images that depict ‘Peace’. Examples could include [...]
Location Challenge
This was the first challenge of the season. The location was selected this time by Chris Warby – the winner of last season’s final challenge. His chosen location was “Billington Road”, Leighton [...]
1st Competition 2023-24 – Open 1
As usual, entries displayed a wide variety of subjects, approaches, and styles – including landscapes, seascapes, travel, architecture, candid/street, portraits, wildlife (insects, animals, and birds), abstract, colour, and monochrome, and more. Our [...]
Howard Morris Trophy 2023
This is our biennial competition for monochrome prints originally instigated and sponsored by Howard Morris, one of our now late members whose great love was black and white prints. He also donated the trophy. [...]
Print and Digital Image of the Year Competitions 2023
Our annual Print and Digital Image of the Year competitions took place on Wednesday 14 June. Members were invited to submit their best work of the season. As set out in the competition [...]
Portfolio Competition
This is an open subject competition, in colour or monochrome. But the images must show some link – such as a common colour, subject or shape – identifiable by the judge. Entries [...]
6th Competition 2022-23 – Long Exposure
The set subject, for both prints and projected digital images (PDIs), was “Long Exposure”. “Long Exposure” was further described in the Programme as follows. “As the name implies, Long Exposure is a [...]
5th Competition 2022-23 – Open 3
This was an “open” competition for both prints and digital images. As usual, entries covered an intriguing variety of subjects, approaches, and styles – including landscapes, seascapes, sunsets, silhouettes, portraits, travel, architecture, [...]
Location Challenge #5
The challenge was set this time by Tim Gould – the winner of our last challenge back in October. His chosen location was the Grand Union Canal. This location and the [...]
4th Competition 2022-23 – Negative Space
“Negative Space” was further described in the Programme as follows. “Negative space is the area surrounding the main subject or subjects in a photograph which is left unoccupied. It is this space [...]
3rd Competition 2022-23 – Open 2
As usual, the entries covered a wide variety of subjects, approaches, and styles – including landscapes, seascapes, close ups, portraits, travel, architecture, candid/street, wildlife, still life, flowers, derelict boats, abstract, colour, monochrome, [...]
CACC Rosebowl Competition 2022-23
The Rosebowl is the CACC’s premier inter-club competition. It is a Projected Digital Images competition and consists of a series of three “rounds”, run from October to February, in which random groups of three [...]
Autumn Challenge – 2022
The purpose of the challenge was of course to get us out with our cameras taking new pictures. As usual, we were given only a relatively short time to take, select and process [...]
2nd Competition 2022-23 – Weather
This was further described in the Programme as follows. “Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm [...]
Location Challenge #4
The brief stipulated that this was “an architectural challenge. Images must include a building or buildings (or a part or parts thereof) within the confines of the location as the main subject.” [...]
1st Competition 2022-23 – Open 1
Accordingly, this was an “open” competition for both prints and digital images. And with the normal separate sections for both advanced photographers (Section One) and beginners and improvers (Section Two). As usual, [...]
Digital Image of the Year Competition
As set out in the competition rules, members may enter up to two digital images that have “previously been entered … in one of that season’s six club league competitions”. Our independent [...]
Guest Speakers
Another Year!
Andy is a renowned natural history photographer who has photographed virtually every species of mammal, insect, and bird in the UK. Andy’s life-long interest in natural history eventually developed into a [...]
“How Did You Do That?”
So, on Wednesday 8 November, we had an evening of “How Did You Do That?” sessions from some of our members. Graham Meers presented “The Stag Leighton Buzzard – Then and [...]
AI Photography
On Wednesday 25 October he unravelled some of the mysteries of AI in photography for his fellow members. AI is a complicated subject and Paul set out to explain to us [...]
The Little Print Show
His mission was to offer us an alternative to “mainstream camera club” activity and explain his artistic approach to photography. Jonathan took his first photograph in 2011 and joined a Camera [...]
A Photographic Journey – LRPS with PRPS
On 27 September we began our programme of talks, demonstrations, competitions, and challenges with a splendid presentation from Steven Clennell LRPS. Steven Clennell is a member of the Princes Risborough Photographic [...]
Woodland Ways by Paul Mitchell
Paul is an award-winning professional landscape photographer and specialist book designer. His talk centred on his photographic speciality – woodland photography. Paul has been interested in photography since his school days. [...]
Other News & Announcements
NW Federation Competition 2023-24
This is an inter-club competition between the twelve members of the Federation of NW London Photographic Societies. The group stage of the competition sees clubs compete in four groups of three clubs. There [...]
Photographic Exhibition at All Saints Summer Fete
All Saints was chosen as a location challenge by Roger Turner (as the winner of Location Challenge #1) back in January. He pointed out then that “there is considerable interesting subject matter to [...]
Welcome Back
Last Wednesday (7 September), after a brief introduction from new Chairman Tim Crabb, we kicked off the season with the traditional informal welcome back show of “what we did on our holidays” [...]
Photographic Exhibition
Back in February, many club members visited All Saints church to take pictures in and around the church. This was our second “location challenge” and the brief for the challenge was again [...]
Annual General Meeting 2022 – News Headlines
In the meantime, here are “the news headlines”. Election of Club Officers The following Club Officers were elected for 2022-23: Chairman – Tim Crabb Vice Chairman – Paul Needham Treasurer – Graham [...]
Photographic Exhibition: MK Open Market Saturday 9 April
This was our first ever “location challenge” and the brief for the challenge was to photograph a set location during a specified period – any style, any processing, any time of day. [...]