As the evenings draw in and light turns to darkness, out come the light painters! 

A practical evening of light painting fun, we will aim to do a bit more tuition than last year but hopefully we can all have fun creating images, planned and unplanned. 

Look out for more details nearer the time.

Details tbc.

This is your second chance this season to get a qualified judge insight into your images - perhaps "try out" some of your images you're considering for competition entry later in the season, or maybe just get a judges view of images you've taken recently. You will be able to upload 2 images each through the usual competition portal for this night, please load images before midnight on Sunday January 4th.

We would love to see more prints at Imagez!

This will be a night dedicated to helping you better understand approaches to first printing and then mounting your images for club competitions and exhibitions.  

More details to follow.

Third round of the annual club challenge. This round is for PDI only, maximum two images per member.  

One image for the theme "Abandoned".
One image for the open category.

Following on from the meeting back in November where you critiqued and scored a set of images, this night will be all about how you can use software tools and features to address some of that critique to enhance images and improve their reception from judges in competitions.

Back by very popular demand, one of the most popular nights from the 2024-2025 season.

We'd like members to share your photography story using just 5 images. This might be your favorite 5 images ever, your most “successful” 5 images or perhaps 5 images that represent the biggest milestones in your photography journey. We would like you to say a few words  about the images, why you picked them, where/when/what or who we're seeing in those images. This isn’t about judging or critique, this is more about your passion for photography, maybe what you love the most (as subjects) or what made you the photographer you are today.

We're hopeful this will make for a fun and interesting evening (is was last time) where we all get to learn a little bit more about each other and why we enjoy photography.

The competition software will be setup for you to submit your five images and we will need at least 10 of you to step up so we know we've got a good evening of images to see.

Details tbc.

Guest speaker Tigz Rice - Tigz Rice | Empowerment Photographer & Videographer | Herts UK

This is the third winner on the night competition. This is a mixed fomat competition, PDI and print, maximum two images per member (one print, one PDI).

One PDI image for the theme "CONNECTION"
One PRINT for the open category.

Details tbc.

Are you anxious about aperture? Frustrated with focal length? Stumped about sensors? In this talk we'll be getting lost in lenses as we explore the effects of aperture, focal lengths on our photography. We'll look at different types of lenses including wide angle, telephoto, macro, tilt & shift and special effects lenses. Covering the differences that sensor size has on our choice of lens, and the implications of switching from crop sensor to full frame.

Details tbc.

Fourth round of the annual club challenge. This round is mixed format, PDI and PRINT, maximum two images per member (one PDI, one PRINT). 

One PDI image for the theme "ENTRANCES AND EXITS"
One PRINT for the open category.

An evening of practical instruction and knowledge sharing on the use of hardware photography filters and their use in long exposure photography lead by Chris Andrews. Chris will talk through some of the myriad of hardware filters options (with example hardware that can be examined in the break period) and then a session on long exposure and how filters are a critical element in that process.

We all end up with far more gear than we probably need if we're honest. Maybe it is too easily giving into the temptation of a "bargain" or a show special, maybe you've had a change of direction with your photography and don't need something that was bought for a specific purpose. Perhaps you've upgraded or changed camera systems. Or maybe you've just got too many books or magazines. If you fall into any of these categories this is night for you. Your chance to sell, exchange or give away surplus equipment or related photography paraphernalia.

Details to be confirmed.

Fifth and final round of the annual club challenge. This round is for PDI only, maximum two images per member. 

One image for the theme "MONOCHROME"
One image for the open category.

Weather permitting, we will meet in the hall car park at 7pm and then group together to see what we can find to shoot in the area around Weston Turville before returning for a cup of tea and perhaps a chat about what we found. 

Wet weather alternative tbc.

All the best scoring images from this season's competitions go head to head. The judge will whittle down the pool before members vote for their winners.

Deatils tbc.