There has been a slight mis-match with an updated programme, so here is a correction to the previous post about the club meeting on the 12th March.

Members were all sent an email on 31st January about the following still life challenge:

The idea was to take photographs, at home, of the same items, using our own creativity and ideas.  The aim of the evening is to see how we all interpret photographing the same items.  The digital images will then be shared and discussed on 12th March. Each person can show up to four images.

The items to be used are:

3 Lemons

1 Teacup and saucer

1 Teaspoon

1 piece of cloth or a serviette.

The teacup can have liquid in it and one or more lemons can be cut up.

Please do not add or take away any items from the list. It’s our task for the evening to photograph the same.

You can choose whatever base and backdrop you would like to use.

If you are doing more than one image, they can be different on each.

It is not a competition. It’s an evening of sharing, taking part and having a bit of fun. The more images we have, the more successful the evening will be.

Submissions are due for the next DPI Competition, the subject of which is “Leading lines/Patterns”.

Non-members are welcome to attend and can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. We do ask that you pay the £2 entrance fee for those 3 evenings. We meet at St Thomas church hall, Trowbridge at 7:30pm (see map).

This Thursday will be having another technical evening on Photoshop. Our very own Wendy Evans will talk about Actions, Overlays and LUTs. Free digital goodies for those that turn up.

Submissions are due for the next DPI Competition, the subject of which is “Leading lines/Patterns”.

Non-members are welcome to attend and can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. We do ask that you pay the £2 entrance fee for those 3 evenings. We meet at St Thomas church hall, Trowbridge at 7:30pm (see map).

There will be no meeting in the Church Hall this week (Thursday 5th March as there is a Club outing to The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) in Yeovilton during the day.  If you’re able to come along, we intend to meet up there at 10.00am (that’s opening time) and can then agree a time to meet up again for a tea/coffee break.

Meetings will continue again on 12th March.

This Thursday we have our second print competition – the topic is “Portrait”. Our judge for the competition will be Alistair Richie.

Non-members are welcome to attend and can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. We do ask that you pay the £2 entrance fee for those 3 evenings. We meet at St Thomas church hall, Trowbridge at 7:30pm

For those members not present last Thursday here are the images that made it into the last 4 of the “It’s a knockout” digital competition:

The overall winner was the Highland cow by Della Cook, with Jeff Barber’s orange rendered building a close second.

This Thursday we have a members evening where we will be holding another ‘It’s a knockout’ image competition. Two images will go head-to-head each time and members vote for the best one. This repeats until there are just two left. The final vote will determine the best image of the evening.

The competition will be DPIs this time. Members can put forward up to 4 DPIs on any subject, colour or mono, which must be submitted to the Projection Secretary (Jeff) by the end of Tuesday. The usual DPI competition rules apply.

Non-members are welcome to attend and can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. We do ask that you pay the £2 entrance fee for those 3 evenings. We meet at St Thomas church hall, Trowbridge at 7:30pm (see map).

This Thursday Kim Bünermann will give a talk on the topic of Architecture. Kim is the ex-Technical Editor of Digital Photographer magazine and has a Masters degree in Photography and Media. Her presentation will be about modern architecture and using ICM in the city.

Submissions are due for our second Print Competition for the category of “Portrait”. The subject is limited to humans – animal portraits will not not meet the acceptance criteria.

Non-members are welcome to attend and can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. We do ask that you pay the £2 entrance fee for those 3 evenings. We meet at St Thomas church hall, Trowbridge at 7:30pm (see map).

This Thursday is another members evening. For the first part of the evening Rob Dyer will hold a session on Mounting prints for competitions. This will be a practical evening on how to cut and mount prints for club and external competitions.

The second half of the evening will be a presentation of images by Jeff Barber from his road trip in the American Southwest.

Non-members are welcome to attend and can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. We do ask that you pay the £2 entrance fee for those 3 evenings. We meet at St Thomas church hall, Trowbridge at 7:30pm (see map).

This Thursday is another DPI competition on the subject of Action. Our judge for the evening will be Ralph Snook.

As always non-members are welcome to attend and can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. We do ask that you pay the £2 entrance fee for those 3 evenings. We meet at St Thomas church hall, Trowbridge at 7:30pm (see map).

This Thursday we will be holding a Grand Auction Night. All of us have photographic gear lying around that we no longer need, especially if you upgraded at Christmas!

This is an opportunity to pass it onto your fellow club members. Not limited to cameras and lenses, items for auction can include small accessories, mounts, books, camera bags, tripods etc. In fact, anything photography related. There will also be an entirely optional opportunity to donate a % of any sale to club funds.

Non-members are welcome and can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. We do ask that you pay the £2 entrance fee for those 3 evenings. We meet at St Thomas church hall at 7:30pm (see map).