So I need to kick this week’s blog off with an apology: ironically for someone whose profession is within IT, I seem to have lost all of the (copious) notes that I took on Wednesday .. oops .. I’ll blame my iPad I think! The downside of this situation for...
Brian C opened this club meeting by introducing us to various ‘critique factories’ available online, each offering to pass comment on photographs or other artwork. Brian used images from club members galleries or used in past competitions as his image, and submitted...
This evening was an in-house meeting looking at some of the software programmes used by members in the post processing of their images, with particular emphasis on the recent changes to the more commonly used applications. Our evening began with Mark B showing us some...
Two blogs for the price of one this week you lucky people, so bear with..What a marvellous evening it was too, entertained as we were by two of our most experienced members. And what a contrast in styles!First up was Brian who went over in detail what he had to go...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We had 27 prints submitted for the open print competition this week. Entries were received from nine members each submitting multiple prints. The competition was judged by Ann Healey, the current events and exhibitions chair from the Surrey Photographic Association....
Brian took the reins for this one and a fast and furious evening it was too. If you were familiar with the latest versions of Lightroom (LR) and Photoshop (PS) you most probably went away having learnt a lot, but newcomers would have found it a struggle, as indeed I...