And so, the time had arrived to bid farewell to this season. I think it fair to say it was once again, all a bit different but, happily, by the last few weeks, those members who were happy to return to the hall were doing so and it was very good to be back. Our AGM...
The waiting was over, the entries were in - so, what would be reckoned to be the very best print and PDI of this season? Mostly people had entered their winning entries from previous competitions, though some seemed to want a second opinion on their favourite but...
My, how things have changed. When I first joined the camera club, the top scoring wildlife shots were often a close-up portrait of a bird of prey with a piercing gaze and pin-sharp feathers taken of some hapless raptor tied to a post. Even now a good photo of a bird...
Our judge for this, our final monochrome print competition of the club year, was Lawrence Homewood. Lawrence also gave us a talk in October 2021 entitled ‘Access to Photography, My Photographic journey’. We had 24 prints entered for this competition in a...
Tonight, we had a photo walk with a difference. To take advantage of the beautiful summer evening light, we met at Beddington Park earlier than our usual meeting time, at 7pm. The objective of the walk was to go around photographing, as near or far away...
In our club talk on Wednesday 25th May, we tried to demystify and explain some of those throwaway technical terms that can often lead to head-scratching and looks of confusion. This was coupled with some members sharing an item from their camera bag that they consider to be useful, if not essential.
Our final Open Print competition of the season, the night when those jostling for position near the top of the leader board learn their fate. It had all been pretty close and anything could happen. Our judge for the night was Pat Couder CPAGB, BPE1*, QPSA, a member of...
For this evening we gathered both online and in the hall to watch some of our members undertake image editing , taking a RAW image to final picture ready for display. Each image was provided by another photographer. The members volunteering for this task...
Guildford House Gallery is a 17th century Grade 1 Listed town house in Guildford High Street. It has been home of the SPA Biennial Exhibition for as long as I can remember and every 2 years, Photocraft members looked forward to competing for space on its walls against...
He’s not only a master of portrait photography, he also relishes doing street photography. Tonight, Photocraft member, Joe Franklin, shared what he looks for when he is out and about on the street with his camera. How does he engage with his subject? What catches his...
Our club evening of 6th April was all about triptychs. We had several members contribute to the evening, by both providing and/or demonstrating how to create these eye-catching images as well as discussions on what type of image(s) work best and what to think about...
This week was our final Open PDI competition of the club year, which was judged for us by David Smith. We had 6 entries in Standard Class, and 28 entries in the Advanced Class. In Standard Class our judge commented about the quality of the light captured in a number...