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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7th Aug | Working with Light with Gary Waidson | Gary will be covering how to manage light in your images. | |
| 14th Aug | Camera Craft Mike Lawrence | Mike will be covering the aspects of your camera that you might not know about and will be a great evening of discovery and for you to ask all the questions. | |
| 21st Aug Note – Change of Programme | Playing the rules “The Image” Christine Widdall | Exploring Visual Communication, from simple graphic controls, via phi and Gestalt to narrative and post processing. | |
| 28th Aug Note – Change of Programme | Lenses with Mike Lawrence | Mike will be talking about lenses, so will be a very interesting evening. | |
| 4th Sept | Annual Club Competition part 1 | Judged by Keith Richardson – LCPU President | |
| 11th Sept | Annual Club Competition part 2 | ||
| 18th Sept | President’s Evening | With a very special guest speaker and refreshements to follow | |
| 25th Sept | AGM plus Presentation of Awards and Trophies | After the Awards Presentation will be a preview of our 2025 online exhibition and of course a celebration cake. | |
| 2nd Oct | Urban and Street Photography by Alistair How LRPS G.APS T.IAAP | By Zoom | This talk will unpack how you can best use your time to capture great Urban and Street photographs. How to approach the scene, what gear, tools, tips and techniques. If you are a budding urban photographer, new to street or just interested in another take on how to get better urban and street photographs this is for you. Using examples from London, Manchester, Leeds and beyond this should boost your confidence and provide you with new ideas. |
| 9th Oct | Appraisal PDI / Prints | Upload to portal | |
| 16th Oct | Battle with Evolve | Away at Wigan | This is at the Evolve meeting room in Wigan – details to be announced |
| 23rd Oct | Speaker David Clapp arranged as a shared meeting by Ashton PS (Also folio due from LCPU) | By Zoom | A Zoom evening, programme arranged by Ashton Photographic Society – detail to be announced |
| 30th Oct | Halloween Shoot with Models | ||
| 6th Nov | 1st Quartely Competitions | ||
| 13th Nov | Finding my Photographic Style – How my journey helped me cope – with our own member Ann Nissen | I will take you through my experience of my Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, starting with my licentiate distinction then my associate distinction. I will elaborate on the benefits of having a project to work on and I will include where I got inspiration and how I used my experiences to help me with the aim to accept my challenges | |
| 20th Nov | Minimalism in Photography – Neil Scott FRPS | By Zoom | This is my latest. It explains my own approach to simplicity in photographic images and also my passion for the abstract or the surreal or sometimes the absurd! Suitable for all levels. |
| 27th Nov | Triptych Panel Competition | ||
| 4th Dec | Folios from L&CPU | ||
| 11th Dec | Self Portrait – Challenge – A night of self portrait examples with different lighting and backgrounds to inspire you to take your own | The “aftermath” meeting will be in February | |
| 18th Dec | Christmas Party | ||
| 25th Dec | Closed for Christmas Holiday | Season’s Greetings to all our members | |
| 1st Jan 2026 | Closed for Christmas Holiday | Happy New Year ! | |
| 8th Jan | Salon Images | A selection of successful salon images to view and discuss | |
| 15th Jan | Battle with IOMPS and RDCC – TBC | By Zoom | Our annual three-way-battle, arranged by OPS |
| 22nd Jan | Print and PDI Appraisal | Upload to Portal | |
| 29th Jan | Folios from L&CPU | ||
| 5th Feb | Quarterly Competition | Upload to Portal | |
| 12th Feb | Wildlife Photography with Tracy Lund | By Zoom | A welcome second visit from this brilliant nature photographer. Showcasing a selection of images from Alaska, Canada, Yellowstone, India and UK hides as well as some stories and experiences encountered along the way |
| 19th Feb | Self Portrait – Challenge Aftermath | This is when you show us your self – portrait images based on the challenge set in December | |
| 26th Feb | Appraisal Focused on the L&CPU Individual Competition | You can have any image appraised but the focus will be on the images you intend to enter for the LCPU Individuals Competition |