Welcome to the start of the new season at Imagez for members old and new.

Our first meeting of the season is a chance to preview this seasons program, to catch up with everyone and what they been up to over the summer whilst we also see some images from members taken during the summer program of events.

This is your unique chance 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 over the summer. 

You will be able to upload 2 images each through the usual competition portal for this night, please load images before midnight on Sunday September 13th.

Chenxi has very kindly offered to run an evening where he will share (and demonstrate) his experience with printing images and more.

Our first competition of the season!

This will be a competition for projected images, members can enter two images each, there is no theme so enter any images you chose (although they must have been taken after 1st September 2024). Entries will need to entered by midnight on 20th September.

Full competition rules and regulations are here together with the link to enter the competition Competitions - ImageZ

A night for members to present to members. We're looking for volunteers, a few of you to stand up and walk us through your 5 milestone photos from across your photography journey. 

This is all about your images. We want you to select your 5 milestone images so think
- images you've taken you are most pleased with
- breakthrough images when you finally mastered a technique
- images that have been your most liked by others
- images that have been your most successful (competitions or sales for instance)
- images you've gone the extra miles to capture 

They don't need to be competition images, they just need to be your personal milestones.

We expect these to come from across your year(s) of photography, not from the past 6 months! Some of you will have longer archives than others of course.

We will be looking for volunteers in advance to ensure we have a good night. We don't expect anyone to be a professional presenter.

Guest speaker Polina Plotnikova will share her skills and knowledge on both flower and still life photography.

Round 1 of our Club Challenge competition.

This will be a competition for projected images, members can enter one image for the theme which is "Motion" and one image in the open category.

Remember, all entered images must have been taken on or after 5th April 2026 when the competition themes were announced. Entries will need to entered by midnight on 11th October. 

Full competition rules and regulations are here together with the link to enter the competition Competitions - ImageZ

Opening round of the CACC Rosebowl Competition. ImageZ is the host and will be battling against images from Northfields CC, Oxford PS & Woodley PC

This competition will be live on Zoom for the members of the other clubs who may be unable to travel to Weston Turville.

Judge appointed by CACC

A night of two halves, commercial printer Mia Babb will talk about her commercial printing service in the first half covering subjects including picking papers.

In the second half, our own David Cobb will talk to us under the title ‘Inside the Hermit Kingdom: the challenges of photography in North Korea - the world’s most dangerous state ‘

The first practical night of the season. The aim of this night will be to get you all in the hall with your cameras, trying out some of the techniques, tips and tricks we all learnt about from Polina Plotnikova's talk back in October.

We will be joined by a few members from Leighton Buzzard Photographic Club who will present some of their work/projects/special interests.

Round 2 of our Club Challenge competition.

This will be a competition for projected images, members can enter one image for the theme which is "Curves" and one image in the open category.

Remember, all entered images must have been taken on or after 5th April 2026 when the competition themes were announced. Entries will need to entered by midnight on 15th November. 

Full competition rules and regulations are here together with the link to enter the competition Competitions - ImageZ

Details tbc.

This is a members night, your opportunity to talk about your passion for photography and within that, what really excites and delights you. That may be specific subject matter or genre, it may be certain locations or it could be a particular technique. We all have niche areas of interest so we'd love some of you to share yours. 

We will be looking for volunteers in advance to ensure we have a good night. Presentations can be made in whatever form suits you, we don't expect anyone to be a professional presenter.

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 3rd.

Guest speaker Andy Sand will join us to talk about macro photography, gear, techniques and of course a chance to see and hear about Andy's excellent images.

Round 3 of our Club Challenge competition.

This will be a competition for projected images, members can enter one image for the theme which is "Pairs" and one image in the open category.

Remember, all entered images must have been taken on or after 5th April 2026 when the competition themes were announced. Entries will need to entered by midnight on 10th January. 

Full competition rules and regulations are here together with the link to enter the competition Competitions - ImageZ

A practical night so please bring your cameras! We will build on what we all learnt from Andy Sands talk earlier in January and see what we can put into practice. Morte details nearer the time.

Being on the street with nothing but a camera, a few ideas, and an open mind.

No better way to spend a day!

But many people are wary of street photography, worrying about confrontations, technique, and the law… and that’s before you even stop to consider the ethics!

Don’t worry, with a little thought and consideration, it can be great fun.

We will look at how street photography has developed, where it might be going next, and how best to approach the street with your camera.

http://www.petermerry.co.uk

This will be a competition for projected images or prints, members can enter two images each, one of each format, a print and a digital image or two digital images, there is no theme so enter any images you chose (although they must have been taken after 1st September 2024). You will need to enter digital versions of any print entries and then bring the mounted print on the night. Entries will need to entered by midnight on 31st January.

Full competition rules and regulations are here together with the link to enter the competition Competitions - ImageZ

Nick Wilcox‑Brown, known as “The Wild Photographer”, built his career working with explorer John Blashford‑Snell on elephant projects in the early 1990s before photographing for major brands such as Land Rover, Morgan, and Aston Martin, and magazines including Country Life, Country Living, and Hello!. In parallel, he contributed to Canon’s Professional Network website, worked on the development of Canon DSLRs and Sony movie cameras, and helped shape product strategy and training for Capture One and Adobe Lightroom. 

Nick continues to run wildlife photography holidays and training, and is an ambassador for OM System cameras and Calibrite colour.

Club AGM.

Round 4 of our Club Challenge competition.

This will be a competition for projected images AND prints, members can enter one image for the theme which is "Worm's Eye View" and one print image in the open category. You will need to submit a digital version of your print entry to the deadline below and bring your mounted print on the night.

Remember, all entered images must have been taken on or after 5th April 2026 when the competition themes were announced. Entries will need to entered by midnight on 28th February. 

Full competition rules and regulations are here together with the link to enter the competition Competitions - ImageZ

The CACC Championship Day includes the following competitions
 
1. CACC Print Championship - for clubs, 15 prints per club
2. CACC PDI Championship - for clubs, 15 PDIs per club
3. Chiltern Hundred Members Exhibition - for club members individually 1 x PDI each

An inter-club competition for PDIs

This will be a competition for projected images and prints. The print competition is open to any subjects, the digital images must be for the theme of "Human Made Patterns", members can enter two images each, one of each format, a print and a theme digital image or two digital theme images. Open category print  images must have been taken after 1st September 2024, themed digital images must have been taken on or after 5th April 2026. You will need to enter digital versions of any print entries and then bring the mounted print on the night. Entries will need to entered by midnight on 28th March.

Full competition rules and regulations are here together with the link to enter the competition Competitions - ImageZ

A practical evening of studio portrait photography, full details tbc.

The CACC Rosebowl Day includes the following competitions
 
1. CACC Rosebowl Final - for clubs, 8x PDIs per club
2. Phone Photography Competition - for club members individually, 1x PDI each

Round 5, the final round of our Club Challenge competition.

This will be a competition for projected images, members can enter one image for the theme which is "New Life" and one image in the open category.

Remember, all entered images must have been taken on or after 5th April 2026 when the competition themes were announced. Entries will need to entered by midnight on 25th April. 

Full competition rules and regulations are here together with the link to enter the competition Competitions - ImageZ

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.

Details tbc.