Competition News
League: Something Weird Competition Results
The set subject was “Something Weird”. This was further described in the Programme as follows – “For this competition, we are looking for something that’s unique, strange, crazy, out of the ordinary [...]
League: Open 2 Competition Results
This was an “open” competition for digital images. As usual, entries displayed a wide variety of subjects, approaches, and styles – landscapes, travel, close ups, motor racing, candid/street, animals, birds, insects, flowers, [...]
Location Challenge #1 – MK Market
The location, chosen by David Bolam, was Milton Keynes Outdoor Market. 51 images were submitted. And Alan Taberer of ImageZ Camera Club in Weston Turville, a CACC judge and a regular visitor to [...]
League: Intimate Landscape Competition Results
The set subject was “Intimate Landscape”. This was further described in the Programme as follows. “An intimate landscape is one in which you’re selecting and isolating one small part of a scene [...]
Chairman’s Challenge – Colour Challenge #1
For the challenge, Carol and Tricia were looking for “images with mainly Complementary Colours – ie, opposite colours on the colour wheel; ie, Yellow and Purple, Red and Green, Blue and Orange.” [...]
League: Open 1 Competition Results
So this was an “open” competition for digital images. As usual, entries displayed a wide variety of subjects, approaches, and styles – landscapes, travel, close ups, motor racing, candid/street, animals, birds, insects, [...]
Chairman’s Challenge – Art and Artists Part Two
So this was an “open” competition for digital images. As usual, entries displayed a wide variety of subjects, approaches, and styles – including landscape, seascape, cityscape, candid/street, animals, flowers, colour, and monochrome, [...]
PDI of the Year Competition Results – May 2021
As set out in the competition rules on the club website, members could enter up to two digital images that have “previously been entered … in one of that season’s six club [...]
Howard Morris Memorial Trophy – May 2021
The competition was judged this year by Colin Westgate FRPS MPAGB FFIAP, Zooming in from Mersea Island in Essex. Colin has been taking photographs for over 60 years. He is a Member [...]
Portfolio Competition – April 2021
Entries consist of three to five pictures to be judged as a panel. For digital images, this means combining the pictures (sized and positioned as required) into a single projectable image. This [...]
Chairman’s Challenge – Art and Artist Part Two
This Chairman’s Challenge was, therefore 'Art and Artists Part 2' as we were again asked to recreate the style of an artist or art movement photographically. And this also followed on [...]
League: Theme Reflections Competition Results – March 2021
The set subject was “Reflection” – with the added briefing “Any photograph in which the predominant/focal interest of the image is a ‘Reflection’. Example: Reflection in a puddle, glass or mirror, lake, [...]
Two Hemispheres: 2021 Results
Each club enters 30 PDIs and these are judged both in the UK and in Australia. Each entry is scored out of twenty and all the scores (from both the UK and the [...]
League: Open 3 Competition Results – February 2021
So this was an “open” competition for digital images. As usual, entries covered a wide range of subjects and approaches, as well as many photographic genres including landscape, seascape, architecture, nature, travel, [...]
League: Open 2 Competition Results – November 2020
So this was an “open” competition for digital images. As usual, entries covered a wide range of subjects and approaches, as well as many photographic genres including landscape, seascape, nature, still life, creative, [...]
Chairman’s Challenge – Arts & Artists
The subject of the Challenge was “Art and Artists” and we were required to photographically replicate the style of an art movement and/or artist. As explained in the Programme, “This challenge is to [...]
PDI Knockout Competition – October 2020
The DI Knockout is, as the Programme puts it, “a sophisticated, utterly unfair and usually pretty chaotic competition. Contestants submit up to 6 images each, which are anonymously and randomly selected for projection [...]
League: Themed Competition Results ‘At Home or Garden’ – October 2020
As print handling is impracticable in current circumstances, the Committee has suspended all print competitions until further notice. Accordingly, our competitions are being confined to digital images. The set subject was “At [...]
Guest Speakers
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. [...]
Double Bill
First, John Curd with pictures of dragonflies and damselflies. Then former club Chairman Bernie Raffe with some historical images. Our very own John Curd, a self-confessed “dragonfly obsessive”, provided a delightfully [...]
Colour, Tones and Textures
Ruth is exclusively a landscape (including seascapes and some urban) photographer and she began her talk by outlining the kit she uses. She has a Nikon D850 plus (the more lightweight) [...]
The Art of Wildlife Photography
Bob Brind-Surch has been a keen naturalist from a very young age and a photographer from his late teens. Nowadays, as a professional photographer, he considers himself foremost a naturalist who [...]
Videography
Bernie has been passionate about photography ever since his parents bought him his first camera when he was just 11 years old. He is a (now retired) portrait and wedding photographer. [...]
Photographing Motion
He gave us a fascinating presentation on the lives and photographic achievements of “A Pair of Pioneers” – Eadweard Muybridge and Harold “Doc” Edgerton. First Eadweard Muybridge, born Edward Muggeridge, 1830 [...]
Other News & Announcements
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. [...]
Members Evening: David Manning Prints
The meeting was also recorded for those members who were unable to attend in person. We began our return with a print evening as our very own David Manning ARPS entertained [...]
Member’s Evening – Royal Photographic Society (RPS)
This was a Members Evening and was all about the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) and, in particular, the RPS Distinctions. Full details of these Distinctions can be found on the RPS website [...]
Club Etiquette
Your Content Goes Here Face to Face meetings Look out for new members and guests; introduce yourself and help them feel comfortable. Chairman to Introduce any new members to the club and [...]
Shooting Horses – Yeguada Inspirada Stud
The event was run by Elizabeth Jane Lazenby BA(Hons) Fine Art QTFE2 LRPS ASEA DPAGB BPE4 EFIAP LMPA, the professional equine and fine art photographer from Barnsley. Jane has previously “visited” [...]
Odonata (Dragonflies & Damselflies) – John Curd
During “lockdown”, and thanks to Zoom conferencing, we have enjoyed a selection of fascinating speakers from places too far distant to visit us in person. But sometimes you don’t need to look [...]