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 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd April | Appraisal PDI / Prints | Upload to Portal |
| 10th April | Kevin Pigney by Zoom | Shared meeting with OCC and Ashton |
| 17th April | Black And White Gallery | Upload to Portal |
| 24th April | Model Shoot – Headshots | This will an opportunity for some practial headshots with a couple of models on the night – if you wish to bring any props for the models please do |
| 1st May | 3rd quarterly competitions | |
| 8th May | Speaker: People, Places and Faces by Lilliana Alani | This presentation will take you to inspiring journey around 5 continents in one evening. It is a medley of over 180 images, many of them award winning. It is a combination of different subjects, styles, and techniques. From people in their natural environment, still life, decisive moments and many moreâ |
| 15th May | Members Evening “10 of the best”. | Looking at Members 10 of the best Members to be Confirmed |
| 22nd May | Warwick Style Fun Competition | |
| 29th May | An Evening with Graham Currey | How Graham works with the charactors and a bit of “Session Days” |
| 5th June | John Widdall Trophy | A competition based on the summer schools last year , Close Up and Macro, Architecture, Stitched Panaromic and Montage |
| 12 June | Salon images | This evening gives an insight into salons by looking at and commenting on some of the best accepted salon images. This also allow us to appreciate the standard of work from other parts of the country. |
| 19th June | It’s all about prints | An evening to show and discuss prints (including A3 mounted prints for selection for Blackburn bank) |
| 26th June | Appraisal PDI / Prints | Upload entries for PDI and prints to portal, plus bring A4 unmounted prints for appraisal |
| 3rd July | Just Prints by Erica Oram CPAGB AFIAP BPE3′ | This talk is print-based as a good print generally beats its digital image counterpart and there is nothing better than seeing a new print emerge from the printer looking great and then mounting it as the final finished article |
| 10 July | Interclub battle against Daisy Nook | |
| 17th July | Landscapes etc – Club outing to Dovestones | |
| 24th July | 4th Quarterly Competitions | Upload to portal |
| 31st July | Gary Jones – Wildlife Talk | Much of my wildlife photography is out in the Wild, but as a Professional Guide and Workshop host I will use Commercial hides for my Clients and some of my own Photography. I am very selective as to which hide owners I work with, a lot of time is taken in checking out the hide operation, and the care and attention paid to the Wildlife visiting the hides. |
| 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 | Lenses with Mike Lawrence | Mike will be talking about lenses, so will be interesting evening. |
| 28th Aug | Playing the rules “The Image” Christine Widdall | Exploring Visual Communication, from simple graphic controls, via phi and Gestalt to narrative and post processing. |
| 4th Sept | Annual Club Competition part 1 | |
| 11th Sept | Annual Club Competition part 2 | Exploring Visual Communication , From Simple Graphic Controls, via Phi and Gestalt to Narrative and Post Processing |
| 18th Sept | President’s Evening | With a very special guest speaker and refreshements to follow |
| 25th Sept | AGM plus Presentation of Awards and Trophies | |
| 2nd October | Urban and Street Photography by Alistair How LRPS G.APS T.IAAP | 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 October | Appraisal PDI / Prints | |
| 16th October | Battle with Evolve | |
| 23rd October | Folios / Speaker with OCC / TBA | |
| 30th October | Night Time Photography Gallery | |
| 6th November | 1st Quartely Competitions |