For the first time ever at Photocraft we had a new category of competition entry - advisory class. This was so that members who are not competitive or new members who are fresh to camera clubs can enter images (anonymously, if they wish) to receive positive, impartial...
And we're off! A warm welcome back to everyone and thanks to all who joined on Wednesday for our opening night. I hope all members managed to get out a bit more over summer and take a few images. We begin with our meetings still online but with the prospect of being...
To take us through to the new season in September we have organised a summer programme of informal get-togethers, where members can continue to meet up and enjoy some photography together. Anyone is welcome to join us on these informal get-togethers. Please note that...
What a year. A time of global threat and upheaval that has seen businesses go to the wall, live entertainment savagely curtailed, and socialising kept at a distance. So what has happened to the camera club scene? Well, I think it’s fair to say that we have adapted to...
Our AGM summed up another very successful, albeit pandemically-challenged, year for Photocraft. In his Chair’s report (circulated to members beforehand), Brian C said: ‘I am so delighted to say that our membership levels have grown over this season. That is quite an...
And so to our last speaker of the season and it is fair to say we had someone who seems to be creative on a 24/7 basis! We were delighted to welcome Barbie Lindsay MPAGB FBPE EFIAPs AWPF and it was clear from the outset that this lady was extremely adept at making her...
A group of members gathered on the evening of 2 June, to take advantage of the anticipated sunset visible across the ponds in Carshalton, and to celebrate the easing of lockdown restrictions that have limited our ability to meet this year. Whilst our group arrived for...
Love it or loathe it the PDI of the Year Competition is the culmination of the year’s round of club competitions. The level playing field where those in the Standard section can pit their best efforts against the Advanced and show them what they’re made of. And so it...
It was an ambitious title – ‘On Photography’! Whole books, whole courses and whole careers have been devoted to uncovering the different facets of photography. Tonight’s speaker, Mike Farley LRPS, drew on a lifetime of engagement with photography as a hobby and his...
We welcomed Dr. Eddie Hyde to the club on 12th May for his presentation on the use of shutter speed. Speed was certainly the main subject for Eddie when he began his talk with motorsports. I know I have struggled many times when trying to capture the action at any...
As a blogger you will have access to the Admin tool bar when logged-in to the website. The thin tool bar across the top of the page. To start a new blog, on the tool bar click on new and select post. Setting up your post environment The first time the post editor...
Judge Marcus Scott-Taggart This week our competition was held via Zoom once again due to the ongoing lockdown rules. Our judge was Marcus Scott-Taggart, returning to the club as a judge rather than providing a talk as he has done previously. We had 15 images submitted...