Competition News
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 [...]
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 [...]
Guest Speakers
Photographing Apollo – The Birth of Space Photography
Members enjoyed a riveting presentation, “Photographing Apollo – The Birth of Space Photography”, about the development of photography during the NASA Apollo space programme. Famously, the Apollo project from 1961 to 1972 succeeded in [...]
The Stories Behind My Favourite Images
Steve suggested that a lot of images in clubs are “similar”. But he likes to use creative digital techniques to produce visually distinctive images. Steve is a member (since 1983) and [...]
World War One
His presentation again covered many events throughout the European element of this global conflict. This is a huge subject and Tim wanted to “cover it all”! He therefore took us from [...]
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, [...]
Other News & Announcements
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]