Past Events

AGM, Awards and Plate Competition

Event Date: 25/06/2026

The Annual General Meeting will be held, as is required by our constitution. It is likely to be brief.

After the AGM, there will be a short Awards evening where 1st, 2nd and 3rd place certificates will be given to the ‘Photographers of the Year’ (POTY) in the Colour and Mono categories of Prints and DPIs. 

All members, other than winners of POTY, are invited to bring to the AGM evening a maximum of one Colour Print, one Mono Print and one DPI (colour or mono).  There is no restriction on whether any or all of these images have been previously submitted to a Club competition. This ‘Plate’ comp is run in the same way as previous competitions this year.
We also will be displaying members’ prints, submitted to the 2026 Welsh Salon, which has now finished.

Competition 3

Event Date: 11/06/2026

This will be our final competition.

Members may submit up to one colour print and one monochrome print. These should be sturdily mounted in a mount not exceeding 500x400mm, and labelled with the image title, membership number (not name) and number of the Competition. They should be handed in on the evening of the competition.

Members may also submit one colour digital image (DPI) as a jpeg file, AND one monochrome DPI. They should be sized to be no greater than 1920 pixels along the horizontal edge and no greater than 1080 pixels along the vertical edge. The file name should be allocated in the format:
title -membership number – competition number, (e.g. Sand castle_17_Comp1).

Please send DPIs to geoffpoolephotography@gmail.com and put “Comp 1” in the subject title of the email. Although your membership number should always be in the file name, it’s helpful if you sign the email with your name, so that I can sort through them more quickly. Your name will not be seen by other members.

 

The Way Forward – EGM

Event Date: 14/05/2026

The Club’s position will be outlined in this Emergency General Meeting.

Work in Progress 3

Event Date: 30/04/2026

This will be our final WIP session.

Members are asked to select two prints that they consider to be “works in progress” and, in case numbers are smaller than anticipated, up to three “spares” to be used if time permits i.e. up to five prints altogether. The prints do not need to be mounted and can be any size up to A3. Members who do not have a printer – please contact  [email protected].

At the hall, tables will be laid out for 3 groups. Before the tea break, each group will discuss one print, before moving on to the next. After the tea break, each photographer will have the opportunity to show each of their prints to the members present, and provide a commentary on their own thoughts and any suggestions received.

Steve le Prevost – Zoom meeting

Event Date: 16/04/2026

This will be a Zoom meeting given by the UK’s very popular Steve Prevost. See https://www.stevenleprevost.com/

Steve’s presentation is called “A Feeling of Impressionism” and covers work from 2015 to the present day. His goal is to create artwork that portrays mood, atmosphere and emotion but with occasional surrealism and impressionism included. Achieving this may involve purposely removing the clinical sharpness that is generally associated with a photograph or possibly working on the colour palette to allow the colours to bleed and become more fluid. Steve will explain his approach in detail during the Zoom meeting,

Zoom presentation by Robert Canis

Event Date: 19/03/2026

Robert Canis is a Kent-based photographer specialising in wildlife and landscapes. See https://www.robertcanis.com/galleries

His talk is entitled Passion Projects: In Nature and the Landscape?
“From a walk on the beach to a year in a local woodland, projects – whether long or short – are a great means of focusing one’s attention on a specific species, habitat or technique.

Western Australia

Event Date: 19/02/2026

Our very own Mike Baker will be giving the second part of his talk on Western Australia. Expect a great commentary with some superb images!

 

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