September – December 2023

Most talks are held via Zoom. Meetings, workshops and competition evenings take place at the United Reformed Church, Vicars Cross unless stated otherwise.

You do not have to be a member to attend our events. If you are not a member you are welcome to sign up to any Zoom talk via Eventbrite. As a guest we ask you to make a small contribution of £3.99 towards our costs. You can buy your tickets for each event directly from this page. Find the event you want and use the box underneath it.

For events at the church hall – guests please pay £4 in cash only on the door.

Overview of the Programme

Tuesday 5 September

Meeting – Share Some Images

A chance for members to bring along a small portfolio of 3 images, either DPI or prints, to show to other members and discuss. There is no theme – bring any images you want to share.

We will organise into small groups on an informal basis, with each group using a laptop to display digital images.

Tuesday 12 September

Graham Dean – Why? (Including manipulation in Elements)

http://www.grahams-gallery.co.uk/

Graham is a life long photographer who has gathered many acceptances in international exhibitions as well as having solo exhibitions around Lancashire.  The first part of the talk will look at what motivates us to take images and then in the second half we will see how Graham manipulates his images using Photoshop Elements.

Tuesday 19 September

Workshop – Photoshop

A hands-on workshop for members to learn some basic skills in Photoshop.

Members have until 19 June to suggest topics to be covered. More information will be shared here once the agenda has been fixed.

Tonight is the closing date for submission of images for the Open competition

Tuesday 26 September

David Keep – Using Lightroom

David has presented to us twice before, covering his sport photography and then his stunning underwater photography. This talk is a basic introduction to the features of Lightroom (LR) and real-world examples of how he uses it in his workflow. He uses it for 95% of his editing and will explain why all photographers could benefit from using it.

Tuesday 3 October

Competition – Open

With two classes, Prints and Digitally Projected Images (DPI), the competition will take place at the United Reformed Church, Vicars Cross.

Guests £4 – Pay on the door.

Tuesday 10 October

Ian Butterfield – Confessions of A Wedding Photographer

https://www.ians-studio.co.uk/

Ian has worked full-time as a professional photographer since 2003. He has focused on two key areas over the years, Theatre Photography and Travel Photography. He is the official photographer for three local theatres in the Stockport area and has photographed hundreds of shows. In 2011, Ian opened “Ian’s Studio” as a base for his training activities training and mentoring both amateur and professional photographers.

In 2020 Ian started a weekly live stream on YouTube – where he talks about different photography topics, provides feedback on viewer’s images and does live Q&A sessions.

Tuesday 17 October

Workshop – Lightroom Follow-UP

A hands-on workshop following on from David Keep’s talk on 26 September.

More information will be shared here once the agenda has been fixed.

Tonight is the closing date for submission of images for the Landscape competition

Tuesday 24 October

Ann Healey FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/s BPE4* – Capturing Magical World of Insects

annhealeyphotography.com

Multi award-winning photographer Ann Healey has spent the last 15 years gaining her distinctions and accreditations, in an attempt to achieve excellence, and is renowned for her nature photography. She had two images shortlisted in the 2021 Close-up Photographer of the Year and in 2022, was shortlisted in the British Wildlife Photography Awards.

This talk will be focused on the practical aspects of photographing insects, ie equipment settings and methods used to capture the image, through to the final result. A wide variety of insects, varying in size from less than 1mm to around 63mm in size, will be on display, to amaze and inspire.

Tuesday 31 October

Competition – Landscape

With two classes, Prints and Digitally Projected Images (DPI), the competition will take place at the United Reformed Church, Vicars Cross.

Guests £4 – Pay on the door.

Tuesday 7 November

Tracey Lund – Wildlife Photography – My Month in the Falklands

Tracey has given us two very popular talks in the last couple of seasons and returns with her newest talk.

Tracey is a Hull-based photographer who specialises in wildlife. Her love of wildlife photography began on an Africa trip in 2004 and has since taken her around the world. She loves the experience of watching and photographing wildlife, and considers it a privilege to be able to do so. She says she as not yet been everywhere, but it is on her list to do so!

Tuesday 14 November

Workshop – Macro

A hands-on workshop for members to learn some basic skills in macro photography.

Members have until 19 June to suggest topics to be covered. More information will be shared here once the agenda has been fixed

Tonight is the closing date for submission of images for the Nature/ Natural History competition

Tuesday 21 November

Eddie Hyde – Motion Capture

https://eddiehydephotography.zenfolio.com/

More information to follow.

Tuesday 28 November

Competition – Natural History/ Nature

With two classes, Prints and Digitally Projected Images (DPI), the competition will take place at the United Reformed Church, Vicars Cross.

Guests £4 – Pay on the door.

Tuesday 5 December

Jane Lazenby – Inspired by the Old Masters

https://www.ejlazenbyphotography.co.uk/

More information to follow.

Tuesday 12 December

Meeting – Share Some Images

A chance for members to bring along a small portfolio of 3 images, either DPI or prints, to show to other members and discuss. The theme for this evening will be decided at the meeting on 5 September.

We will organise into small groups on an informal basis, with each group using a laptop to display digital images.

Tonight is the closing date for submission of images for the Monochrome competition in January

Tuesday 19 December

To be confirmed.