Competition News
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 [...]
Mobile Phone Competition 2022
This was an “open” competition (with no set subject) for digital images. Accordingly, the images entered covered all sorts of subjects and styles (including landscape, seascape, travel, sunsets, street/candid, close-up, nature, [...]
Location Challenge 3 – Woburn Village
The location was selected this time by John Curd – the winner of our last challenge in February. His chosen location was Woburn Village Centre. The brief added “Woburn Village is a [...]
Biennial Landscape Competition 2021-22
As usual there was a great variety of excellent images, from landscapes to cityscapes and seascapes (although the rules dictated that these must contain a large proportion of land). Our Judge for [...]
League Competition – Minimalism
The set subject was “Minimalism”. To this the Club Programme added – “Minimalist photography is a form of photography that is distinguished by extreme, austere simplicity. It emphasises spareness and focuses solely [...]
Location Challenge 1 – MK Open Market Exhibition
MK Open Market was originally chosen for our first ever location challenge by David Bolam. And the resulting images were critiqued by Alan Taberer, from ImageZ Camera Club, on 24 November [...]
Portfolio Competition 2021-22
Entries for this competition must 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 [...]
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. [...]
Colour Challenge 2 – Analogous Colour Scheme
Using the RYB (Red, Yellow, Blue) colour wheel, first described by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666, we were asked to produce images featuring “analogous” colours. These are groups of three colours – [...]
League: Open 3 Competition
So this was an “open” competition for digital images. As usual, the entries displayed a great variety of subjects, approaches, and styles – including landscapes, seascapes, travel, natural history, portraits, motorbike racing, [...]
Rosebowl Competition 2022 – 3rd Round
For each match, each club submits 15 images. The images are marked out of 20 and, after all the images have been marked, points are allocated to each of the clubs according [...]
Location Challenge 2 – All Saints Church
The brief provided “Images can be taken anywhere within the confines of the churchyard, including the church building, both inside and out. Photographs may also be taken from outside the churchyard. Notably, [...]
Match-A-Slide Competition 2022
The rules for this event were that each club in turn puts up an image from their pool of 36 images and the other clubs try to match it as close [...]
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 [...]
Guest Speakers
Historical Linslade
He brought 300 wonderful old photographs of Linslade and the surrounding area (even including a few of Leighton Buzzard). Richard Page was born in 4 Canal Terrace, Wing Road, Linslade in July [...]
Intimate Landscape Critique
Our guest reviewer was the winner of the 2023 competition – Stuart Fuertado LRPS from Princes Risborough Photographic Society. There is no single definition of “Intimate Landscape. For the purposes of [...]
Audio-Visual Presentations
On Wednesday 24 January, as one of this season’s members evenings, we enjoyed a selection of marvellous AVs produced by some of the AV enthusiasts among our members. AVs can be documentaries, travelogues, [...]
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 [...]
Other News & Announcements
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 [...]
Members Talk – Goodwood Revival by Roger Gage
The Goodwood Revival is an annual three-day festival of motor racing at the Goodwood Circuit in Sussex. Introducing his talk, Roger explained that, because of the large scale of the festival, the [...]