Time and Place
Meetings are at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start. Our normal meeting place is the North Chadderton Conservative Club (The Blue Club), Victoria Street, Chadderton OL9 0HH. At present, due to Covid-19 restrictions, we are only meeting online. See programme of meetings below.
[Map here]
See “How to Join” for charges.
Month | Day | ZOOM MEETING details - will be emailed to all members in time for the meeting. |
Apr | 9 | Trial of Zoom and Online OPS Meetings |
16 | Macro, Hand in for Appraisal | |
23 | On-line Q&A | |
30 | Appraisal | |
May | 7 | On-line Q&A |
14 | Spring Flowers & Garden Birds Gallery, Hand in for 1st Quarterly | |
21 | David Keep ARPS CPAGB BPE4 PROJECT BASED APPROACH TO PHOTOGRAPHY - producing images with the Wow factor | |
28 | First Quarterly Judging - by Nigel Plant - with Zoom | |
June | 4 | Photography Talk with Mike Lawrence DPAGB AFIAP |
11 | Colour Red Gallery | |
18 | What's in your Bag - Member Talk | |
25 | Appraisal PDI | |
July | 2 | "Architecture" Les Forrester BA Hons photo, ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3 |
9 | "Passion for Photography" - Chris Upton ARPS | |
16 | 2nd Quarterly - Judged by Keith Barber FIScT CPAGB LRPS | |
23 | "Lighting the Subject" with Gavin Taylor | |
30 | Appraisal - Documentary photographs only (please see the OPS Annual Competitions Rules for definition) | |
Aug | 6 | Summerschool: Better Macro Photography - with Christine Widdall MPAGB EFIAP FBPE APAGB HonLCPU |
13 | Summerschool: Photoshop Composites - with Eddie Leach CPAGB | |
20 | Summerschool: Photoshop - cutting out without cutting out - with Mike Lawrence DPAGB AFIAP | |
27 | Appraisal | |
Sept | 3 | "Mono Moods" Colin Jarvis MA Photo, FD Photo, PGCE ARPS |
10 | An Evening with Barbie and Russell Lyndsay MPAGB EFIAP FBPE | |
17 | President's Evening - Speaker - Steve Proctor DPAGB BPE5* | |
24 | AGM - by Zoom Meeting - Followed by presentation of awards from this year's annual competitions (Christine will hold them up to the camera and everyone will applaud) - followed by a slide show of the awarded images from the event presented by Mike Lawrence. | |
Oct | 1 | Presentation of latest folios from L&CPU |
8 | Texture Aftermath - Pictures using a texture on them - upload your images to the portal | |
15 | Mike Martin AFIAP AWPF - "It is not what you make it is what you see". | |
22 | Appraisal | |
29 | Photoshop Composite Challenge Aftermath - upload your images to the portal | |
Nov | 5 | 3rd Quarterly Results - Judged by James Hardy CPAGB LRPS |
12 | Jenny Hibbert MPAGB, EFIAP AWPF- "Wildlife photography essentials". | |
19 | Appraisal | |
26 | High Speed Flash Photography - Mike Lawrence DPAGB AFIAP | |
Dec | 3 | Tony North BPE3 CPAGB The art of Macro |
10 | The Square Crop - trying to make things in a square - Gallery | |
17 | Christmas Party - Social Night / Quiz | |
24 | Closed Christmas Holidays | |
31 | Closed Christmas Holidays | |
Jan 2021 | 7 | Night Photography |
14 | Critique Night with a judge - Peter Jones ARPS DPAGB BPE3 Nature | |
21 | High Speed Flash photography - aftermath | |
28 | Appraisals Landscapes & Open | |
Feb | 4 | Battle with Rochdale CC & IOM - Zoom |
11 | 4th Quarterly Competition - Jeremy Malley-Smith LRPS DPAGB BPE2 | |
18 | Alan Saunders - Wildlife Talk | |
25 | Mono reflections - Gallery aftermath - Colin Jarvis MA Photo, FD Photo, PGCE, ARPS | |
March | 4 | Annual Club Competition part 1 - Judged by Marilyn Roberts DPAGB BPE2 |
11 | Annual Club Competition part 2 - Judged by Marilyn Roberts DPAGB BPE2 | |
18 | Scottish Wildlife - Jeremy Malley-Smith LRPS DPAGB BPE2 | |
25 | TBC (possibly Adrian Deaville competition) | |
Updated 10th Dec 2020 |