Salt Flat (ICM) © Mark B
This week we welcomed Rob Bonfield back to Photocraft for the first Open PDI Competition of the club year. Rob is an SPA judge and a member of the Woking Photographic Society, and has visited us to judge several times before. This is his first trip to our new home...
Judged by club members Our meeting this week was held via Zoom, and involved members’ images that had been both taken and then edited on either a Smartphone or a tablet. No more powerful or spacious laptop or desktop computers allowed (apart from a final...
After Alfred cordially invited members back, Brian gave us a quick run through of the programme of events that have been prepared for us to enjoy in our new season at Photocraft. Having been programme secretary for a number of years in the past, I know how much time...
We had a chap call at the door the other day selling fish. He had the gift of the gab. He started asking me what some of the plants were in the porch as he was into house plants himself. I get a head-rush from plants, fascinated by the seamless beauty of the...
And so to the last of our Monochrome themed evenings for this season. Having enjoyed a guest speaker, put up with a rather disjointed editing session and shown off our PDI work, tonight it was all about the prints. David A was our entertaining host, channelling his...
This is the fourth open print competition of the year, and the final round of our season. With the results to date finely balanced the marks awarded tonight will decide the overall winners and runners up in this class for the club year. Images can be...
Well, whilst nobody brought along lashing of ginger beer, five club members did enjoy an excellent time in the London Bridge/Tower Bridge area on Wednesday 27th March. Chris R, Roshan, David M, Geoff and I met up and made the most of a cold but pleasant evening...
A fine day of photography was enjoyed by club members who ventured to Brighton by train and car for a wander around the many varied areas of this fine city. In no particular order, we had Chris R, Mark B, Roshan, Paul, David A, David M and your blogger all present and...
Open PDI Competition No. 4 was judged by David Lloyd LRPS. David travelled to us from the Dorking area and is a member of the United Postfolios of Great Britain organisation. He explained that this is a postal / online photographic organisation that...
Last week we enjoyed our third critique evening of the season, this time with the optional theme of “movement”. As with similar evenings, members were encouraged to introduce their images (for example, describing where the image was taken, what attracted them to...
This represented a different style of members’ evening that included a competition and an opportunity to discuss those photos that were most highly rated by fellow members. Members could enter up to three monochrome PDIs which went through a two-stage voting system...
Tonight we welcomed award-winning garden photographer Dave Jordan FRPS. As well as keeping his own photography running, Dave is an assessor on the RPS Distinctions panel and involved in the Norwich & District Photographic Society. Before and After - Dave Jordan...