Time and Place
Our meeting place is the North Chadderton Conservative Club (The Blue Club), Victoria Street, Chadderton, OL9 0HH.
Map to North Chadderton Conservative Club.
Parking: there is free parking in the evenings in Victoria Street in the car park opposite the club.
Meetings are at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start. Doors open from 7 pm. A few meetings will offer streaming by Zoom.
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Programme
| Date | Event | How Presented | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Sept | Annual Competitions (entries now closed) | Judged by Steve Proctor | New Format this year – please read the rules carefully |
| 10 Sept | Street and Urban and Travel | Presented by Gavin Taylor | A selection of Prints showing different types of street and urban locations and travelling with your phone |
| 17 Sept | Presidents Evening – a 40 year Retrospective in Prints | Plus buffet supper | |
| 24 Sept | AGM – and Presentation of Awards and Trophies | ||
| 01 Oct | A Feeling of Impressionism by Steven Le Prevost’ | Steven Le Prevost MPAGB FRPS FIPF AFIAP BPE5 | Zoom |
| 08 Oct | Appraisal PDI / Prints | ||
| 15 Oct | Gallery Close Up and Macro and Table Top and Bugs | Member Evening – Upload to Portal | |
| 22 Oct | Evolve Battle | Our Annual Battle against Evolve | |
| 29 Oct | Halloween Shoot | Time to dress up and model as scary as you like | |
| 05 Nov | 1st Quarterly | Closing Date: 22nd October | Yes, it’s competition time again! |
| 12 Nov | Halloween – Photoshoot Aftermath | Show your images from the recent Halloween shoot. | |
| 19 Nov | Wildlife For All Seasons | Robert Harvey BA ARPS EFIAP CEnv CSci MCIWEM | Exciting wildlife photographs do not require overseas travel! Featuring owls, kingfishers, puffins, hares, otters, seals and deer, this talk shows how, when and where to make striking images of iconic British species in the wild. |
| 26 Nov | Members “10 of the best” | ||
| 3 Dec | Folios from L&CPU | ||
| 10 Dec | Gallery – Sports Photography | UPload to Portal | |
| 17 Dec | Christmas Party – Social Night / Quiz | (Don’t ask Chris) | |
| 24 Dec | Christmas Holiday | Happy Holidays everyone! | |
| 31 Dec | Christmas Holiday | Happy Holidays everyone! | |
| 2027 | |||
| 07 Jan | Appraisal PDI / Prints | Member Evening – Upload to Portal | |
| 14 Jan | Battle with Rochdale & District CC & IOM – | Annual 3 way battle held at OPS | |
| 21 Jan | People with Portraits | (Also by Zoom) John Lewis | Showing the ‘personality’ of the sitter is now endemic in the photography media. This presentation looks at how you might go about showing a sitter’s personality in a portrait and how effective other artists and photographers have been over the years in achieving this. The presentation draws from the author’s own work, the art world and a selection of the photographic ‘masters’ both historical and contemporary. |
| 28 Jan | Folios from L&CPU | ||
| 04 Feb | 2nd quarterly | Judge: Paul Statter | |
| 11 Feb | Street and Urban and Travel – Aftermath Gallery | Member Evening – Upload to Portal | |
| 18 Feb | Judging for you | Our annual judging experience for all members | |
| 25 Feb | Salon Images | ||
| 04 March | Model Shoot – Headshots | Bring Camera | |
| 11 March | Appraisal Focused on L&CPU Individual Comp | Member Evening – Upload to Portal | |
| 18 March | Where I Photograph British Wildlife | (also by Zoom) Malcolm Hupman | For those new to wildlife photography, location, time of year and the weather will all influence what you are likely to see. So, as well as the location, equipment and settings I have included the date taken on each image. |
| 25 March | TBC |