In tonight’s presentation, Paul gave us a very personal account of his progress in wildlife photography over the last 25 years. His interest started with a 2 day safari in Kenya to celebrate a wedding anniversary with a Canon EOS 500 film camera (and presumably his...
What a difference good lighting makes to portrait photography! This week St Elphege’s hall was transformed into a photographic studio, thanks to Joe F and his sidekick model, Vince. The lighting was controlled for us and all we had to do was to relax into the evening,...
As the season speeds towards a conclusion, we held our 2nd Monochrome PDI competition on Wednesday 9th March and welcomed a judge new to Photocraft in Steve Peel.
A talk by Elizabeth Jane Lazenby, BA(Hons) Fine Art LRPS DPAGB EFIAP BPE4* AMPA Our talk this week was delivered by Jane Lazenby, on a welcome return visit to the Club. The talk was delivered via Zoom. Jane has won many awards...
This evening we welcomed Darren Pullman CPAGB BPE3* EFIAP, an old friend from Carshalton CC, to judge our penultimate print competition. Another hybrid meeting, this time with more members venturing back to the hall than were watching on Zoom. Long may that continue....
It was awesome, though a trifle terrifying, to be staring right into the lion’s eyes. Thankfully, it all happened safely, via my computer screen. It was the photographer, Glyn Edmunds, who was taking the risks. He was just 10 feet from the lion, but taking his images...
Well, finally, some 22 months, 3 weeks later, after that nasty bug arrived and stopped us all in our tracks, Photocraft was able to welcome Chris Palmer FRPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB to our hall! As the name of his talk hints, this is not one for a screen and it was a...
A talk about night time photography, given by Peter Benson
Who would want to be a camera club judge? It must take some bottle to stand up in front of a roomful of people evaluating their work in the full knowledge that each one of them is quietly evaluating your competence as a judge. Ugh! Wouldn’t be for me. But without the...
It’s not very often that a Photocraft talk begins with words from a saint. Tonight’s speaker, John Nathan, started with a quote attributed to St Augustine: ‘The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.’ It was fascinating tonight to, as it were,...
Our first visit to the hall in 2022 saw us hold our first Open Monochrome Print competition of the season. With the current way of the world, it was a pleasant surprise to have a good number of members coming along and two guests. We welcomed a new judge to Photocraft...
A talk by Harry Wheeler-Brand on 5 January 2022 This week our club talk was delivered via Zoom by Harry Wheeler-Brand, titled “Special Scenes across the UK”. Harry is based in East Anglia so his home territory includes Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. He is a...