Programme Notes 2023/24
07-SEPTEMBER-2023
'Cityscape & Night Photography'
Steve Hedges
This talk covers all aspects of architectural and cityscape photography from the use of light, colour and composition to the technical aspects of this type of photography. Included in this talk will be the technical considerations of taking photographs on a night shoot.
14-SEPTEMBER-2023
'Land, Sea and Air'
Dave Peck
The talk looks at my landscapes and seascapes in the first half and aerial shots with a drone in the second. I will bring one of my drones along and talk your members through how and why you should use one.
21-SEPTEMBER-2023
PDI Competition 1
Dave Hall LRPS
The Club has a print league and a projected digital image (PDI) league. There are six competitions that count towards each league every year. The league competitions are divided into three categories, Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. Movement from one level to another is a matter of competition results; when they join the Club, beginners will start in Level 3 and more experienced photographers will start in Level 2. Subsequently, the most accomplished photographers can be promoted to Level 1. In a single competition, although you may submit two or three images, only the image with the highest score counts towards your total. Marks are accumulated through the year and the five best marks are used, allowing for members missing a competition or getting a bad mark but not suffering as a result. The judge, Dave Hall, is a regular visitor to CCC.
28-SEPTEMBER-2023
'Close-up Photography'
Peter Warne
Peter covers camera choice, lens choice, depth of field, filters and extension tubes and also looks at modern smart phones. Focussing is key to successful macro shots and occasionally subjects move, so he covers how to cope with this. Focus stacking, in-camera and in post-processing, is also covered, plus lighting and composition. All this is accompanied by some excellent images to illustrate the techniques. A detailed booklet will be issued before the talk.
05-OCTOBER-2023
Print Competition 1
Ken Payne
Marks count towards Print League trophies at the end of the season. Ken is a regular visitor to CCC.
07-OCTOBER-2023
4Cs Panel of 6 Interclub Competition
Barbie Lindsay MPAGB EFIAP/s FBPE AWPF
This is an inter-club competition to find the best panels of six prints, and the club submitting the winning panel is awarded the Chelmsford Camera Club Challenge (4Cs) Shield. Clubs in the East Anglian region are invited to submit two panels each and there is a limit of 15 clubs to ensure that there is enough time to give each panel a good critique. Our own panel of six competition is used to select our entries. Barbie Lindsay is a national judge and has judged this competition and others for us before.
12-OCTOBER-2023
'An East Anglian Wildlife Photographer's Year'
Kevin Sawford
This is a photographic journey showing the diverse fauna and flora around East Anglia illustrated with many of Kevin's published and award winning images and some of the stories behind these images. Kevin is a full time professional wildlife photographer and runs an array of photographic courses for the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. He has won multiple awards in national and international competitions including the Bird photographer of the year and the British Wildlife Photography Awards. He is one of the RSPB images agency photographers whose work is regularly seen in the RSPB magazine and other RSPB literature and merchandise.
19-OCTOBER-2023
Mono Print Trophy Competition
Julie Hutson ARPS DPAGB
Separate from the league is a mono print competition. This is to encourage Members to have a go at mono printing and to boost the number of mono prints available to the External Competitions Secretary to use in competitions against other Clubs. It is a single competition with no levels and the judge selects a First, Second, Third and a number of Highly Commended prints. The winner is awarded the Dennis Clarke Memorial Trophy which is held for a year. Julie often judges at CCC.
26-OCTOBER-2023
Members' Evening
This is not planned too far in advance but gives members the opportunity to show their work or can be used to address topics of particular interest.
02-NOVEMBER-2023
Print Competition 2
Naomi Saul ARPS DPAGB APAGB EFIAP ASINWP
Marks count towards Print League trophies at the end of the season. Naomi is a regular visitor to CCC.
09-NOVEMBER-2023
'Towards PAGB Distinctions'
Vic Hainsworth ARPS DPAGB APAGB
Vic Hainsworth is EAF President and PAGB Awards Secretary on the EAF Executive. His talk gives everyone an idea of the image quality necessary to achieve the various awards with lots of examples of successful sets of images. He will also describe the application and assessment process. In the second half, Camera Club members will talk about equivalent but different awards given by the RPS, FIAP and BPE, again with examples of successful entries.
16-NOVEMBER-2023
PDI Competition 2
Jim Bennett
Marks count towards PDI league trophies at the end of the season. This is Jim Bennett's first visit to CCC.
23-NOVEMBER-2023
'Judge the Winners'
Members are asked to judge some high quality images and compare their results with the judgements made by national judges.
30-NOVEMBER-2023
Benfleet Battle
Chrissie Hart ARPS DPAGB
An annual print competition between Chelmsford and Benfleet, this year hosted by Chelmsford. Each club enters 10 colour and 10 mono prints and each print is judged without the judge knowing to which club it belongs. Scores are added up to determine the colour winner and mono winner, and the club with the most marks overall wins the trophy. The judge also nominates the best colour and best mono prints.Chrissie Hart has judged for us several times recently.
07-DECEMBER-2023
Print Competition 3
Pauline Martindale
Marks count towards Print League trophies at the end of the season. Pauline is a regular visitor to CCC.
14-DECEMBER-2023
Christmas Social
The Club provides food and there is a bar at the venue. Some entertainment will be organised, a quiz, maybe, and it's always an opportunity to have a chat.
04-JANUARY-2024
PDI Competition 3
Nicholas Bowman
Marks count towards PDI League trophies at the end of the season. This is Nicholas Bowman's first visit to CCC.
11-JANUARY-2024
'A Sports Photographer's Guide to Safaris'
Ray Lawrence
Our Chairman, Ray, usually gives presentations on sports photography but this is a departure from what he is most familiar with. So after his Pitchside to Paper, The Sequel and Bassett's, this is something a bit different, and perhaps not what you might expect.
18-JANUARY-2024
Themed Print Competition (4)
David Steel DPAGB
As part of the league there are themed print and digital competitions. Themes are chosen at the start of the season and each image is judged against the additional criterion of meeting the theme. To enter, each member must provide three prints, one for each theme, and on the night there will be three sub-competitions; there are no separate competitions for the different levels of experience, so everyone is in it together. The winner of the trophy is the member with the highest combined score, with the judge arbitrating in the case of a tie. The themed competition marks are also included in the league totals, so the league rules also apply. This year's print themes are 1- Cold, 2 - Reflections in Water and 3 - Tattoos. David is a regular visitor to CCC.
25-JANUARY-2024
'Street Photography & Photography in the Street?'
Roy Essery MPAGB
The ?street? is an interesting place to engage in photography. For the purest it demands a quick ?seeing eye? and truthfulness in its representation. For others it is a place to explore in the hunt for interesting and engaging images. Every day, every second is different. It demands a certain mind-set and approach, all of which will hopefully be explained.
01-FEBRUARY-2024
PDI Competition 4
Graham Parry
Marks count towards PDI League trophies at the end of the season. Graham is a regular visitor to CCC.
08-FEBRUARY-2024
Wood and Woods
Daniel Bridge
My love of woodland prompted the writing of this talk, based around the plants and animals found within them, but also the wood itself, either in its natural state, or used as a building material.
15-FEBRUARY-2024
'Photography on the Darkside - London Nights' (zoom)
Peter Benson FRPS MCrGP AWPF CPAGB BPE3*
During this presentation I will first take you back into the early days of photography and the start of??Urban?Night Photography. Then I will take you on a tour around some of my favourite places for night photography in and around Central London. During this journey I'll be giving some hints and tips sprinkled with a bit of history about some of the places, so there is something for everyone. Peter achieved his RPS Fellowship with a panel on night photography in London.
22-FEBRUARY-2024
Print Competition 5
Caroline Preece LRPS
Marks count towards Print League trophies at the end of the season. Caroline is a regular visitor to CCC.
29-FEBRUARY-2024
Practical Evening
This is a mixture of demonstrations, discussions, etc. on techniques, equipment and software and maybe a 'Bring and Buy' sale.
07-MARCH-2024
Panel of 3 Prints
Andy Smith LRPS CPAGB
Panels are a useful way of presenting images. This is a competition for the best panel of three prints that hang together as a set. This means that they will have a common theme, maybe similar post-processing, and they complement each other such that they look as if they belong together. This adds an extra dimension to the photography and makes for an interesting evening. The winner is awarded the Burley Cup. The judge, Andy Smith, is a regular visitor to the Club.
14-MARCH-2024
'My Type of Photography'
David Steel DPAGB
Previous talks have concentrated on specific genres like people or travel, and David didn't have a talk covering the whole range of his photographic interests. The pandemic provided an opportunity to put such a talk together and, being based on projected digital images, it was easy to give over Zoom when clubs were not meeting face-to-face. With clubs now meeting together, this talk can now be supported with prints to view during the break. It brings together elements of existing talks as well as work not seen outside of his own club.
21-MARCH-2024
Themed PDI Competition (5)
Harold Mousley LRPS AFIAP
As part of the league there are themed print and digital competitions. Themes are chosen at the start of the season and each image is judged against the additional criterion of meeting the theme. To enter, each member must provide three PDIs, one for each theme, and on the night there will be three sub-competitions; there are no separate competitions for the different levels of experience, so everyone is in it together. The winner of the trophy is the member with the highest combined score, with the judge arbitrating in the case of a tie. The themed competition marks are also included in the league totals, so the league rules also apply. This year's PDI themes are 1- Textures, 2 - Triptych and 3 - Trees. Harold hasn't judged at CCC for a while so it's good to see him back.
28-MARCH-2024
'Passion for Wildlife' (Zoom)
Kevin Pigney ARPS DPAGB ASINWP
Kevin is an award-winning wildlife photographer who gives presentations nationally on the subject he is passionate about. In this presentation, he shares some of his favourite images, but more importantly, the story behind them including locations, camera settings, how he sets up a project, fieldcraft, etc. He also has a 130-page e-book available to complement this talk.
04-APRIL-2024
Print Competition 6
Colin Strong ARPS CPAGB
Marks count towards Print League trophies at the end of the season. Colin is a regular visitor to CCC.
11-APRIL-2024
PDI Competition 6
Ian Ryall CPAGB
Marks count towards PDI League trophies at the end of the season. This is Ian Ryall's first visit to CCC.
18-APRIL-2024
'Architectural Photography'
Tom Peck LRPS CPAGB
Images of buildings, particularly black & white, long exposure, ?fine art' photographs of modern architecture, have become very popular recently. This talk will take us through image-making techniques and processing tips to create spectacular photographs of buildings, with examples from London, Paris, Venice & York, whether using a high end DSLR or just a mobile phone.
25-APRIL-2024
Panel of 2 & 6 Prints Competitions
Roy Essery MPAGB
These two panel competitions are in the same vein as the Panel of Three. The Panel of Two is a new competition so we will have to see how popular it is. Each member can enter up to two panels and the judge will choose a first, second and third, plus a small number of Highly Commended. A more demanding competition is held for the best panel of six prints. This is for the Cyril Chorley Memorial Trophy and also helps to choose entries for the external 'Panel of Six' competition held each year. Roy Essery judges at CCC regularly.
02-MAY-2024
'People and Places (Part 2)'
Colin Westgate FRPS MPAGB APAGB MFIAP
Colin is part of the Fotospeed Photographers lecture team and gives talks at Camera Clubs and other organisations anywhere in the country. He is widely experienced ?and has been a regular speaker for some 45 years. This is a follow-on from Part 1 of the same title and covers some of the people and places he has been privileged to photograph over the years.
09-MAY-2024
AV Trophy Competition
Vic Hainsworth ARPS DPAGB APAGB
For something slightly different there is an annual Audio Visual competition for the AV Trophy. This involves putting together a sequence of images and video with an accompanying soundtrack and may use a proportion of the images from other sources such as the internet. The most popular package used to create an AV is Pictures to Exe which will take jpgs, video clips and soundtracks and combine them together to produce a single executable file. Vic Hainsworth, this year's judge, has had many years of experience with AVs and is a regular visitor to the Club.
16-MAY-2024
'Jack of All Trades'
Colin Birch LRPS DPAGB CPAGB/AV BPE3*
I'll have a go at almost anything, with varying degrees of success, so this is an evening looking at a variety of genres and what I managed to achieve. This is a PDI presentation augmented by plenty of prints to have a close look at.
23-MAY-2024
Annual Awards
Daphne Hanson DPAGB HonPAGB
At the end of each season the Annual Awards look to recognising some of the best work of the year. Members enter their best images in the different classes and a judge is invited to pick out the best ones in each class. The only limitation to entering an image is that it hasn't been used in the Annual Awards before. Across the board the judge then nominates the best print and the best PDI, and finally, the Image of the Year is chosen by the members from these two images. We normally get several hundred entries so the judge assesses them all ahead of the Annual Awards evening. The ones shown on the evening are the best from each class and trophies are presented to the winners. Daphne Hanson is the President of the PAGB and a member of the EAF Executive. She is also a regular visitor to CCC.
30-MAY-2024
Annual General Meeting
Members can voice their opinions, choose the Committee and decide on the future. Presentations will also be made to winners of the leagues, Photographer of the Year competition and the Nice Cup which is presented to the member who has made a particular contribution to the Club this season.