Competition News
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 [...]
Chairman’s Challenge – 2020 Vision
As explained in the Programme, this meant: “Your interpretation of the phrase 2020 Vision. What does the year 2020 mean to you? Has Covid affected your lifestyle? Or the urban slang term for [...]
League: Open 1 Competition Results – September 2020
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, [...]
Photo Edit Challenge (Round 2) – June 2020
Back on 6 May, we ran the original Photo Edit Challenge. SEE HERE for a full report. Such was the enthusiastic response that we were unable to show all the submitted images. So on [...]
Print and PDI of the Year Competition Results – June 2020
As set out in the competition rules on the club website, they could enter up to two prints or digital images that have “previously been entered … in one of that season’s six [...]
Guest Speakers
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. [...]
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 [...]
Other News & Announcements
Members Evening – How I Did It (Post Processing)
Several members explained how they had developed certain of their images (sometimes from unpromising beginnings) using Lightroom, Photoshop and other post-processing software. Last Wednesday (9 January 2019), following on from our own [...]
Members Evening – Table Top Photography
Wednesday (5 December 2018) members were encouraged to develop their photographic skills at a still life workshop – “Table Top Photography” – run by Damon Guy. With the aim of introducing people to the “ins and outs” of working on a table top at home, this was an interactive evening with Damon demonstrating lighting angles, light modification, and various techniques pertaining to still life photography.
Members Evening – Straight Pictures Night
On Wednesday 7th November 2018, as a Members Evening, we held an informal internal competition with a bit of a twist – no post-processing.
