This Thursday will be the Club’s AGM where members get the chance to vote for key committee positions or volunteer your services on the committee. Come along and have your say in the running of your club and be a part of any important decisions.

Submissions are due for the next DPI Competition on the category of “Action”.

Members can submit DPI images depicting subjects in fast-paced motion, freezing split-second moments of energy and excitement in sports, wildlife, events, or any high-speed activity, using techniques like fast shutter speeds and continuous autofocus to convey the subject’s movement, energy, and story.

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).

Happy New Year to all our members and followers.

For the first meeting of the new year on Thursday we have Doug Lodge to judge our Old & Vintage DPI competition. Hopefully we will have entered images that sufficiently satisfy the Old and Vintage subject and are pleasing to the judge.  

On a sadder note, we have been informed that Joe McNeilage has passed away over the Christmas/New year. Joe was a former member of the club for several years and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

This Thursday members have the opportunity to show their images from the portrait photo shoot a few weeks ago. You can bring along your images on a memory stick or in mounted print format if you prefer.

Submissions are due for the next DPI Competition – “Old and vintage”.

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).

This Thursday we have a presentation by Mike Harris ex-Deputy Editor of N-Photo magazine on the topic of Motorsports. Mike is an expert on motorsport photography. Discover how to take stunning action and panning shots, like this one taken by Kevin Crosbie.

As always, we welcome non-members, who can come along for up to 3 meetings before joining. All we ask is 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 our second DPI competition of the season on the category of Landscapes. This category also includes seascapes and cityscapes.

Our judge for this competition is Peter Ottley LRPS. Peter is based in Weston-Super-Mare and has had his work exhibited in international exhibitions and salons. His images reflect his love of the West Country and wildlife.

Here are the two images scoring 15 in last season’s competition:

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).

This Thursday will be another technical evening when our very own Jeff Barber will hold another session enlightening members with more tips, tricks and techniques for Lightroom.

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

Following Wendy’s presentation last week on Portraits, we are holding a Portraits Photoshoot this week.

Two models (one male, one female) will be available in the hall for the evening for members to practice their portrait shots. We will split into two groups, each working with one model, everyone will get their turn to ask for lighting, expressions or posing etc.

Submissions are due for our second DPI Competition on the subject of “Landscapes”. This category also includes seascapes and cityscapes.

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

Aside from being your Programme Secretary this year, Wendy Evans is also the Technique Editor for Digital Camera magazine. This Thursday Wendy will give a presentation on Portraits, covering focal lengths, common mistakes, portrait lengths, lighting and posing.

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

This Thursday is our first print competition of the season, the category being Open i.e. any subject, any genre.

Our judge for this competition is Martin Cooper LRPS. This will be a welcome return to landscape specialist Martin, who inspired us last season with his Landscape images.

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

Members please bring up to 6 images either prints or DPIs on a memory stick.

It’s a great opportunity to get constructive criticism from each other without the “sometimes interesting” views of a judge.

It’s not a competition so don’t be afraid to show image you are not happy with. I have found that’s often a good way to improve.

It’s all about learning from each other and developing your own expertise.