Keyworth Camera Club took part in the recent 2023 N&EMPF Interclub Print Championships where we finished in a creditable fifth place, which we thought wasn’t bad as this was our first time entering this competition.
Congratulations go to club member Rob Inglis whose photograph Takes Five was not only our highest scoring image but was also chosen by judge Stephen Dean for his selectors award.
The latest round of our just for fun Lockdown competitions has come to an end. The theme was ‘summer’. Voting was fairly close to begin with and then one image began to edge ahead. Could it be caught? During the last couple of hours of voting two photographs began to snap at the early leaders’…
Thursday 23rd April saw us hold our first talk via Zoom. Many of our members attended this online presentation by Polina Plotnikova FRPS EFIAP about creative flower portraiture and still life work. Polina started by showing some artwork by well-known artists whose paintings had been the stimulus for her photography. Polina explained how she studied…
Robert and Sharon Prenton Jones visited Keyworth Camera Club on Thursday, February 11th, via Zoom to give us their presentation The Art of Composite Photography. This proved to be a very popular event, bringing in one of our highest attendances with over 60 people signing in to view this talk. What a terrific night this…
December’s first talk was given by Lesley Grand-Scrutton, a highly-regarded local photographer who has mounted a number of public exhibitions over the years. Her subject was ‘Some of My Favourite Things’ and her talk was presented as prints. Lesley’s images were grouped into panels covering a wide range of subject matter. Lesley told the stories…
On January 20th, Keyworth Camera Club was visited by Graham Dunn, a professional photographer since 2006, who gave us his presentation The Peak District – A Landscaper’s Guide. Graham photographs interiors and people, but his passion is for landscapes and we were treated to some superb examples of the latter as he took us on…
On November 26th we held a member’s night that saw four volunteers from Keyworth Camera Club give us how-to presentations. These were either live demonstrations or sequences of photographs that included behind-the-scenes images. Their commentaries were both revealing and educational and allowed plenty of time for questions. First was Pete who explored the free open…