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...
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...
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...
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...
The meeting this evening, held online, was our third open projected digital image competition of the 2023/24 season, critiqued and judged by Royston Williamson. Royston last judged at the club in April of this year, and is on the SPA judges panel. We had...
To many, a camera club/photographic society should be named after its locality. But many are not and Photocraft is one of them. It was time, then, to “Celebrate” our area and this Wednesday evening was all about Wallington and the local area…where we have spent many a...
So this week we tried something a bit different, with Chris R “volunteering” Brian C and Mark B (your blog author this week) to facilitate an evening of feedback on images submitted by members. Both Brian and I were somewhat nervous about this as we are not...
Tonight saw the first of this season’s Open Print competitions and we welcomed Gerald Kitiyakara back, visiting Photocraft as our judge for the evening. It was his first visit to our new home but he’s been passing judgment on our work for many years. He is the...
As you may well have read in Mark B’s excellent blog from a couple of weeks ago, several members went walkabout (and on the buses) in the wilds of Wallington and beyond on 13th September. It was a pleasant evening and we started in good light but it always disappears...