2024/25 Indoor Season commences
September 3rd:
New season welcome evening, with a preview of our Programme by the Chairman,
followed by a selection of images/knowledge from your committee.
September 10th:
Panels review plus Summer photo challenge imagesn.
(Entry for Monthly Competition required)
September 17th:
Live Lecture with Alastair Chalmers - "Here today. Gone tomorrow?".
A Svalbard Voyage. Ice, Snow and Wildlife.
September 24th:
Monthly Competition 1, Judge - Steve Hallam LRPS.
Print - Open, DPI - Natural History.
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October 1st:
Critique evening Review of last weeks competition results.
October 8th:
Live Lecture with David Burnett - “Not all beer and wurst”.
The Rhinegua, Nurnberg, Bamberg, Rothenburg etc.
(Entry for our second Monthly Competition required)
October 15th:
Dorset Independent Photographers A selection of images from some of Dorset’s finest photographers.
October 22nd:
First Portrait Night. Half the club will do portrait night and the other half can do outside photography, then vice versa on the second Portrait Night.
October 29th:
Monthly Competition 2, Judge - John Taylor.
Print - Two, Double, Twin, DPI - Open
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November 5th:
Lets Learn post processing or printing skills. Please tell us what you want to know.
(Entry for our third monthly competition required)
November 12th:
Live Lecture with Dawn Eagleton - "Candid portraiture in Street Photography."
November 19th:
Second Portrait night. As explained previously.
November 26th:
Monthly Competition 3, Judge - Lee Spencer-Fleet BA(Hons).
Print - Open, DPI - Solitude
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December 2nd:
Sedgemoor Battle. This year’s hosts are Yeovil CC.
December 3rd:
WCPF 2024 Members Exhibition DPI images.
December 10th
Xmas Meal venue to be confirmed
December 17th
Pre-Christmas snacks and social evening.
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2025
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January 7th
Camera night. Bring along some objects for Still Life or some Experimental photography
(Entry for our fourth monthly competition required)
January 14th
Live Lecture-Bill Ward
In search of……. As well as being an actor Bill is a renowned photographer- Landscape, ICM etc.
January 21st
The Seventh Masters of Print -Salon des Refuse.
January 28th
Monthly Competition 4, Judge - Marija Lees LRPS.
Print - Monochrome, DPI - Open
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February 4th
Live Lecture with Andy Beavis
A mixture of Wildlife and Landscape.
(Entry for our fifth monthly competition required)
February 11th
Members AV competition and internal panel competition.
February 18th TBA
February 25th
Monthly Competition 5, Judge - Grete Howard ARPS
Print - Open, DPI - Still Life
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March 3rd
Taunton Battle. This year’s battle is to be held at Taunton.
March 4th
Live Lecture with John Perriam ARPS, DPAGB, AFIAP
An evening with John.
A variety of places and creative images with emphasis being “photography for fun”
(Entry for our sixth monthly competition required)
March 11th
WCPF Travelling Exhibition
We will see first-hand a selection including the winning prints from the WCPF Members Exhibition.
March 18th
Live Lecture with Peter Weaver APAGB, CPAGB, LRPS
Welcome to the show. A look at event photography.
March 25th
Monthly Competition 6, Judge - Jane Kearney
Print - Landscape/Seascapes, DPI - Open
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Apr 1st
(Eligible print entries for winners’ competition reqd. We already have the DPIs
Apr 8th TBA
Apr 15th
Live Lecture with Martin Cooper LRPS
Now you see it, now you don’t.
A mixture of colour, monochrome and abstract images.
Apr 22nd
Winners Competition, Judge - John Tilsley APAGB, DPAGB, ARPS
John gives his appraisal on the top images from all our monthly competitions and advises on his final favorites.
Apr 29th TBA
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May 6th
2nd Chance Competition, Judge - John Scaife.
The popularity of our competitions means many excellent images just miss the winning podium, tonight they get a second airing and appraisal.
May 13th TBA
May 20th
Annual General Meeting Followed by Buffet and Awards
An important evening where you can question what we do and offer to help us run your society.
May 27th
Our traditional end of season evening out with our cameras
Let’s get outside with our cameras at the start of our Summer Outings.
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