For the club meeting this Thursday (29th October) we are in the capable hands of two of our own very experienced club members, Andrew Leach & Jane Wiltshire who will be sharing their tips and technical expertise.

Andrew will present a Technical Workshop on the subject of Lightroom and Jane will provide us with an insight into her wonderful world of Still Life Photography.

Nick Krainc our Programme Secretary is keen to get other members involved in this way during the rest of the season by having regular “Members Nights” maybe every couple of months. So please have a think about anything you would like to share with the Club. It doesn’t need to last for 1 or 2 hours but just a “slot” for you to show your work, talk about a photographic topic or a photographer you enjoy. The stage is yours…..

This Thursday (22nd October) we welcome David Lewis-Baker to speak at our club meeting via Zoom. Delayed from last season, David is going to share with us his quite extraordinary ” Radical Street Photography” presentation.

David has a wry, witty and knowledgeable take on things , photography being no exception. Here is an excerpt from his bio:

“I am a retired professor living and working as a writer, street photographer and digital artist in the beautiful Roman and Georgian city of Bath. I have been painting and drawing most of my life and after a period of ill health I retired from Warwick University in 2006 to become a professional new media digital fine artist and fine art photographer in Bath. I am a painterly digital artist and my work ranges widely from portraits and landscape pieces, to abstract, surrealist and also conceptual works. My art and photographic works are in private collections around the world and have been used in various publications. I am also an experienced street photographer centring my practice on the streets of Bath, but also working in Bristol, London, the USA and Europe.”

So members, sign on and strap in … this might get a little weird!!!

Our speaker on Thursday 15th October will be Benedict Brain who will present his talk “The Art Of Seeing” based on a regular column he writes for Digital Camera magazine. Ben is a UK based photographer and journalist. He graduated with a degree in photography from the Derby School of Art in 1991 (now University of Derby), where he was tutored and inspired by photographers John Blakemore and Olivier Richon, amongst others. He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and also sits on the society’s Distinctions Advisory Panel. Yet another fantastic evening is guaranteed, so not to be missed!

This  week (8th October) is our first competition of the season –  Projection Competition 1, which is an Open category on this occasion. We have a good selection of entries and Peter Weaver is Zooming in to do the judging.

Our Speaker this week will be the extremely talented Mike Martin, AFIAP, AWPF. Originally intended for last season, we are very fortunate to have been able to book Mike again to deliver his presentation “Shooting People and Other Stuff”

From Mike’s website;-
Photography is a love, passion, joy… obsession – long may it continue. I am a hobbyist photographer and keen club member; competitive and sometimes creative, but always hungry to learn or to help others.

I’ve been interested in photography for too long to say…I don’t really have the patience for landscape (doesn’t stop me trying though) but love urban photos, architecture, plants, beasts and bugs, trees, infrared, night, creative, manipulated images – basically anything.

Another Zoom session not to be missed.

Usual Zoom recurring meeting.
Topic: Trowbridge Camera Club
Time: Every week on Thu, until Dec 17, 2020, 19:30
Link: https://zoom.us/j/98403616170…
Meeting ID: 984 0361 6170
Passcode: 976471

If you are not yet a member and would like to join the session as a free taster, send our Chairman Kevin Crosbie an email in advance (chairman@trowbridgecc.uk), so that he can admit you to the meeting.

This weeks’ presentation for members is from Clive Greenland who is another good friend of the club. Clive presents an evening taken from over the last 30 years of photography. The talk covers the UK, Europe and as far afield as Florida, The Bahamas, and The Turks and Caicos Islands.

Usual Zoom recurring meeting.
Topic: Trowbridge Camera Club
Time: Sep 24, 2020 19:30 Greenwich Mean Time
Every week on Thu, until Dec 17, 2020
Link: https://zoom.us/j/98403616170…
Meeting ID: 984 0361 6170
Passcode: 976471

If you are not a member and wish to join us to see if you like what we do, it is best to drop our Chairman Kevin Crosbie an email in advance (chairman@trowbridgecc.uk), so that he can admit you to the meeting. We usually allow a couple of free meetings before you commit to joining.

We are very pleased to confirm that our judge for the first projection competition on 8th October (subject – Open) will be Peter Weaver LRPS,CPAGB, APAGB.

Peter has been to our club before and he is very happy to be paying us a return visit. With 20 years experience and broad approach to photography , Peter is ideal to judge this open competition.

From the PAGB handbook Peter says ;-
” I photograph anything I see, mainly in the UK, especially Landscapes, People and Events. I employ a positive approach to photography & encourage and coach rather than just criticise.”

Competition entries are due by next Thursday 24th September. Please send entries to the projectionsecretary@trowbridgecc.uk

The entry rules are here: https://croscom.co.uk/wp/members-area/competition-rules/

A welcome return this week to Rob Auckland with a Zoom Meeting on Basic Photographic Technique – 7.30-9.30pm Thursday 17 Sep. The content will include (subject to change as the evening progresses):

A tour of your camera bags – to see what gear we all use to take photos how to use it better and some other gear tips
A quick quiz – to see what members know and identify some areas to spend time on
What a camera is and how it works – comparing pinhole camera to an SLR
How a camera controls exposure using Shutter and Aperture and ISO
When to use each of the different camera modes
Exposure compensation
Simple flash techniques

Zoom Session
Link: https://zoom.us/j/98403616170...
Meeting ID: 984 0361 6170
Passcode: 976471


For any members that missed this presentation, or would simply like to see it again the recording is now available. Please request it from chairman@trowbridgecc.uk and you will be sent a link. The link will expire in 30 days.

We kick off our new season in fine form on Thursday 10th September at 7:30pm with a presentation by the very talented photographer, Graham Harries.

If there are any members who haven’t re-joined and might just be still thinking about, there’s another week’s grace. Come along this evening, details below.

For anyone unfamiliar with Zoom, you can download the application for your device for free just go to https://zoom.us/ but you can also join the meeting through a normal web browser (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge etc) without needing to download anything to your PC or device.

We will be operating a waiting room – members will be admitted just before the meeting.

Details for joining the Trowbridge Camera Club Meetings:

Time: Sep 10, 2020 19:30 Greenwich Mean Time
Every week on Thu, until Dec 17, 2020
Link: https://zoom.us/j/98403616170?pwd=MWNDU0lBcStjZWZYTFh0VEZYT01idz09
Meeting ID: 984 0361 6170
Passcode: 976471

Join by Phone (Audio Only)  +44 203 481 5237, +44 203 481 5240  or  +44 203 901 7895

This is a recurring meeting, the link will work every week. Looking forward to seeing you all. 


For any members that missed this presentation, or would simply like to see it again the recording is now available. Please request it from chairman@trowbridgecc.uk and you will be sent a link. The link will expire in 30 days.

posted 6 hours ago by Trowbridge Camera Club

The Welcome Zoom Meeting on 3rd September was recorded for those who might have missed it. The recording has been clipped to remove the pre-meeting chat. The link is here : TCC Camera Club Zoom Meeting 3 September 2020. There was also a request to view the AV of members winning pictures. The link to the AV as a stand alone presentation is here: AV of Members Winning Pictures. Also for those of you who have Microsoft Power Point here is a link to the presentation, so that you can view the pictures as individual slides: AV of Members Winning Pictures Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.