Beeston Camera Club

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2010/11 Season

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Sep 9	AN EVENING WITH THE MILLWARDS A print lecture from talented Midlands photographers Dr Anne Sutcliffe FRPS EFIAP & Alan Millward FRPS MPAGB HonPAGB from Solihull. They have recently married hence their title. An excellent start to our new season. Sponsored by Fotospeed Lecture Service. See www.annesutcliffe.com

Sep 16	WHAT DOES THE MOUNTAIN CARE by Tim Hudson A digital presentation in which Tim takes us on a trek to Mt Everest before it became a tourist trail – a chance to see some of the highest mountains in the world and the wonderful mountain peoples of Nepal. See www.photrek.co.uk

Sep 23	1st MEMBERS’ EVENING A non-competitive evening when we endeavour to create an informal atmosphere in which members both new and old can show a selection of their recent work. Prints or digital can be shown along with Audi Visuals (although don’t forget the Audio Visual night in December) so bring along some of your own images – perhaps a maximum of 12 – and spend a few minutes entertaining us. Ideas are welcomed for the format of future members evenings and we shall be canvassing members’ opinions during the season.

Sep 30	PICTURES TO EXE DEMOS – HOW TO PRODUCE AV SEQUENCES by Rod Gunn LRPS Many of our members have been asking about producing AV shows (ie images set to music) so Rod is traveling down from Doncaster to show us how using Pictures To Exe software. Good groundwork for our AV Evening in December. See www.wnsoft.com for more information on Pictures To Exe.

Oct 7	DOUBLE EXPOSURE by Guy & Paula Davies FRPS EFIAP PPSA from Stokesley nr Middlesborough A print lecture from this well known couple who are sponsored by Permajet and their images are printed on a variety of Permajet papers to illustrate their qualities. Paula & Guy go on photographic holidays around the world and often stand close together when taking photographs but they rarely produce similar images. Guy tends to show the broad view whilst Paula concentrates on closer details. See their images at www.pixelfoto.co.uk and www.gdpix.co.uk Reminder - don’t forget to hand-in your print titles or e-mail your digital entry to the Competition Secretary for next week’s Competition

Oct 14	1st CLUB COMPETITION judged by Gary Langley from Bestwood Park (See new competition rules)

Oct 21	PHOTOGRAPHING MOROCCO by Gillian Jones DPAGB EFIAP In the first half Gillian will show us slides of various Moroccan locations followed in the second half by her nationally and internationally acclaimed prints produced from slides. A winning combination.

Oct 28	A DIGITAL LANE by Mike Lane FRPS A top nature photographer from Solihull, Mike's presentation shows us images taken from his first two years with a digital camera, photographing wildlife in various places around the globe. Starting with black grouse in Scotland, the show moves into Finland for brown bears and diving ospreys and then to some amazing drinking pools for birds in Hungary. Reminder – don’t forget to hand-in your print titles or e-mail your digital entry to the Competition Secretary for next week’s competition

Nov 4	2nd CLUB COMPETITION Judged by Erica Oram from Sheffield

Nov 11	2nd MEMBERS’ EVENING Another chance for members to show their own work or to have a demonstration evening. More details nearer the time.

Nov 18	NIGHT & LOW LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY by Tony Worobiec FRPS Originally from the North East but now based in Dorset, this well-known and popular lecturer is visiting several Clubs in the area and we are lucky enough to be one of them. See some of the images from his book of the same title at www.arenaphotographers.com. An inspirational evening when you will be able to see that lowlight photography offers wonderful rewards and the opportunity to obtain stunningly beautiful images. Reminder – don’t forget to hand-in your print titles or e-mail your digital entry to the competition secretary for next week’s competition

Nov 25	3rd CLUB COMPETITION Judged by Susie Wilson from Newark Audio visuals must be handed to the Competition Secretary for next week’s competition judged by the audience Don’t forget –anonymous and 5 minute maximum

Dec 2	AUDIO VISUAL COMPETITION – Judged by the audience This competition has become very popular over the past couple of years so this is your chance to submit a short sequence of digital images either set to music or with voice-over or sound effects. All we ask is that the entry be anonymous and lasts as an absolute maximum 5 minutes. 3 or 4 minutes is preferable. 2 entries are allowed but owing to the popularity of this evening please indicate which show is your first choice as it may be that there will only be time to show one. All entries must be with the Competition Secretary by the end of the weekend so that a scoresheet can be prepared. There’s no prize, it’s just for fun.

Dec 9	IMAGINATIONS by Graham Heywood EFIAP/g ABPE DPAGB Graham is well known locally and nationally both for his creative images and for his sporting photographs. This digital presentation aims to contain something for everyone, even unusual suggestions for days out. It includes many of the images from Graham’s EFIAP gold award as well as ways of covering the cost of image taking. A decidedly different combination from this entertaining local speaker. See www.grahamheywood.co.uk. Reminder – don’t forget to hand-in your print titles or e-mail your digital entry to the Competition Secretary for next week’s competition

Dec 16	*4th CLUB COMPETITION Judged by Bill Hall AFIAP DPAGB BPE5 of Rolls Royce**

Dec 23	A BIT OF A DO A fun evening when we hold our Christmas buffet – Iris & Eunice will be circulating amongst you asking you to contribute to the food – after we’ve held the digital image matching competition. Hopefully you will remember the idea from last year and provide some images in plenty of time.

Dec 30	NO MEETING – CHRISTMAS

Jan 6	AN EVENING WITH DEREK AND IRIS MARTIN A presentation by our competition secretary and his wife. Derek is determined to show us that he can take good photographs so he’s got nearly a year to try and find some. Iris of course will spend the year deciding which ones to leave out. A fun evening of mainly digital images but they will bring along some prints as well.

Jan 13	PRINTS WITH DIGITAL DEMONSTRATION by Malcolm Sales ARPS from Bingham As well as showing us some of his excellent prints, Malcolm will take us through the digital workflow from shooting the image to producing the actual print. An educational evening from this well known local photographer. See www.buttercrossphotography.co.uk. Reminder – don’t forget to hand-in your print titles or e-mail your digital entry to the Competition Secretary for next week’s Competition

Jan 20	5th CLUB COMPETITION Judged by Ian Pinn of Nottingham Outlaws

Jan 27	NEMPF PROJECTED IMAGE SHOW The annual first class presentation in Audio Visual format of the North East Midland Federation accepted digital images in their Exhibition. Beeston normally does very well in this Exhibition so let us hope that this year is no exception. Entries have to be made earlier in the season so do make sure you get your images ready in plenty of time.

Feb 3	3rd MEMBERS’ EVENING By now you’ve got the idea. Do you want to show some images or do you want to do some photography. David Gibbins has kindly offered his expertise so we shall take him up on his offer. Quite how we’ll tell you nearer the time.

Feb 10	THE LAST SLIDE SHOW by Club member Julian Barker An ironic title from one of our last slide workers to go digital. Sure to be some good images on view. Reminder – don’t forget to hand-in your print titles or e-mail your digital entry to the Competition secretary for next week’s Competition

Feb 17	6th CLUB COMPETITION Judged Ian Daisley of Bakewell PS

Feb 24	THE JAPAN EXPERIENCE by Colin Brenchley Colin lists his interests as travel and landscapes and tonight he is going to show us a series of Digital Audio Visuals showing the people and places of Japan. A lovely trip to the exotic Orient in the depths of the English Winter. See www.brenchleyphotography.co.uk.

Mar 3	3 WAY INTER CLUB COMPETITION WITH DERBY CITY AND ROLLS ROYCE - Judged by Ray Brammall of Doncaster

Mar 10	4th MEMBERS’ EVENING Another chance to show us some of your recent images in a non-competitive situation. Another occasion on which David Gibbins has offered us his expertise. More details nearer the time. Reminder – don’t forget to e-mail your digital entries for next week’s Best of Beeston to the Competition Secretary.

Mar 17	BEST OF BEESTON COMPETITION - Judged by Peter Yeo from Gainsborough Digital images only - enter 4 out of the following themes: Dereliction Outdoor Fun Backlit Beginnings Blue Belonging

Mar 24	MEMBERS FROM THE MIDDLE We had the noisy boys at the back, then the quiet boys at the front so this year we’ve gone for gentle people in the middle. We’ve asked Lewis Stainer and Simon Wilkinson to show us some of their images along with Celia Clayton so it will make for a varied and entertaining evening. Reminder – don’t forget to make sure that the Competition Secretary has you print titles and projected image entry for next week’s final themed Competition the theme being ¼ of a second

Mar 31	7th & FINAL COMPETITION – THEME ¼ Second Exposure Yes that means all the images have to be at the same exposure. An encouragement to be creative (so the Committee tell me). Judged by Bob Rowe of Nottm & Notts

Apr 7	IN MY VIEW by Christine Widdall DPAGB AFIAP BPE3 Colour prints and conversation from the President of the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic Union whom we have persuaded to travel down from Oldham to delight us with her images and talk. She was also one of the judges at NEMPF in 2009. See www.christinewiddall.co.uk.

Apr 14	TO BE ARRANGED Don’t forget to make sure your title for next week’s competition is with the Competition Secretary.

Apr 21	THE HILDA THURMAN PRINT COMPETITION A competition for prints only (mono or colour) which is judged by you the audience. All we ask is that you produce a new print that has not been shown in competition previously, the only other proviso being that it should not have been digitally manipulated beyond basic levels and curves - so no composites please. This competition is in memory of much loved member Hilda whose daughter Glenis remains a member. The Thurman family are responsible for donating to the Club the wonderful glass trophy which is presented to the winner. After the Competition there will be a buffet to end the season with food provided by members.

Apr 28	ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Your chance to have your say in Club affairs. Don’t forget we need a Committee that is representational of Club members so that means some of you younger members coming forward as well as females. We want to continue to be a successful Club and can only do this by meeting the needs of our members.

Past Events...

Sep 2

THE PRESIDENT'S EVENING
Unfortunately our new President Jamie MacArthur can’t be with us on the opening night for which he apologises but we have asked Dave Severn to organize an hour of entertainment for us so we can be sure that we shall be in safe hands. Following the presentation there will be a buffet organized as usual by Eunice and Iris so you can re-aquaint with old friends or speak to new ones.