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Arctic Adventures Number 3– Svalbard                        A talk by Mark B

Arctic Adventures Number 3– Svalbard A talk by Mark B

Our talk this week was Part 3 the pursuit of sea ice in all its forms by Mark B.  He travelled from London to Longyearbyen in Svalbard, via Oslo and Tromsø.  This takes you about 2000 miles to the north.  The arctic circle is about halfway between London and...

“I mean, the point is, that’s not the issue…”

“I mean, the point is, that’s not the issue…”

… I contemplate this blog with the judge’s unscheduled sound loop still ringing in my ears (a Max Headroom moment?). But this was just a minor technical hitch that interrupted this evening’s ‘Fast and Furious’ themed Photography Challenge.The club committee have been...

Anyone for a mince pie?

Anyone for a mince pie?

Pre-Christmas busyness is obviously kicking in, as we had an unusually low number of members entering this week’s Smartphone evening, and a lower than usual turnout on Wednesday evening.  I am also suffering from that same pre-Christmas busyness so my Christmas gift...

Now where did my notes go .. ?!?!?

Now where did my notes go .. ?!?!?

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...

Open PDI Competition No 1,  judged by Rob Bonfield

Open PDI Competition No 1,  judged by Rob Bonfield

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...

Smartphone Photography Challenge No 1

Smartphone Photography Challenge No 1

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...

A FAR FROM MONOTONOUS MONOCHROME EVENING

A FAR FROM MONOTONOUS MONOCHROME EVENING

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...

Open Print Competition No 4                                    Judged by Graham Mansfield

Open Print Competition No 4 Judged by Graham Mansfield

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...

SEVEN SNAP BRIGHTON – CLUB DAY OUT SATURDAY 2nd MARCH 2024

SEVEN SNAP BRIGHTON – CLUB DAY OUT SATURDAY 2nd MARCH 2024

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...

On the move!

On the move!

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...

Better late than never?!

Better late than never?!

Well it seemed like an OK idea at the time when I agreed to take a turn on the blog rota two days before going away on holiday, but with hindsight that probably wasn’t so wise as I completely forgot I needed to write something until this morning! Oops! Sorry for...

Open Print Competition No 2,  judged by Simon Bedwell  LRPS

Open Print Competition No 2,  judged by Simon Bedwell  LRPS

This week the club welcomed judge Simon Bedwell LRPS to the St Patrick’s Centre to judge our Open Print Competition No.2.  Simon is a member of the Tandridge Photographic Society, and visits us for the first time this week. The entry of 26 images were all to be...

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