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.
January 23rd saw Keyworth Camera Club visited by Alex Hyde who gave us a presentation called ‘Close Encounters’. Alex specializes in macro photography, especially of the natural world. Even today he is still struck by the wonders of discovery when viewing insects or spiders through his macro lens as details are revealed that would otherwise…
January 30th was the night of our 3rd internal competition. This time it was for dpi’s (Digital projected images) only. There were three categories: Monochrome, Nature and the theme of Long Exposures that had to have a shutter speed of two seconds or more. Our judge for the evening was Ken Wade who tackled the…
Thursday 28th May, we were able to return to our pre-pandemic programme, although the planned night had to be held via Zoom. It was the last meeting of our 2019/2020 season which of course was our A.G.M. All reports and information relating to this meeting had been sent to our membership beforehand. Acceptance of reports…
Keyworth Camera Club and guests witnessed a fascinating presentation on October 1st called ‘How to Cheat at Photography’ given to us by Steven Galvin LRPS. We were challenged numerous times to question if it’s ok to cheat, and if so, how far should you change a photograph before it becomes unacceptable – if indeed it…
Our annual battle against Lincoln Camera Club was held via Zoom on April 7th. This competition saw 30 images entered by both clubs, no-more than four per photographer. Our judge, Vin Scothern DPAGB EFIAP BPE5* PPSA, was asked to score each of the 60 photographs out of 20 and he was asked to choose his…
Congratulations to Keyworth Camera Club member Malcolm Sales for being awarded 1st Place in Reportage/Photojournalism for his picture “Climate Protest” in the British Institute of Professional Photography (Midland Region) Annual Print Awards.