Congratulations to Keyworth Camera Club member Gavin Brand for gaining the distinction of BPE3 Crown Award.
To achieve this, Gavin had to gain 100 acceptances in a number of national exhibitions that together make up the British Photographic Exhibitions group. They currently have 15 member exhibitions across the UK under their umbrella.
The first Thursday of October saw us hold the first round of our 2024-5 season. A wealth of entries showed various styles and perspectives. It was eye-opening to see the impressive range of images being displayed in both print and pdi sections making our judge Phil Peat’s task of deciding the winners very challenging. The…
The fifth round of Keyworth Camera Club’s internal competition took place on Thursday 24th March. There were three sections: Monochrome, Nature, and the theme of Product Photography. 51 images were submitted across the categories. Carol McNiven Young FRPS EFIAP/b DPAGB BPE5 made a welcome return to judge our images. Carol’s assessments were very positive, always…
Success for three Keyworth Camera Club members. Congratulations to three of our newer members, Michael Barke, Geoff Foster and Trevor McHugh, for gaining 38 acceptances between them across both the print and dpi sections in the recent Leicester & Leicestershire P.S. Annual Exhibition. Not only did they achieve this impressive number of acceptances, seven of…
Keyworth Camera Club’s November meetings began with ‘The Full Monty’ – not quite what you might think…! It was the title of a very interesting and comprehensive talk by photographer and graphic designer, Steven Fairbrother, referring to the full range of areas covered by his work: landscape; wildlife; architecture; still life and transport. It was…
The theme of our latest weekly fun competition was purple and images came in representing various shades of this colour. Hues from the natural world dominating the entry. As the first votes came in it could have been anyone’s victory as a few photographs were tied in first place, until the very last day when…
Tonight we welcomed Rob Cuss back to the club to give his talk on Secrets of Photography. This was a digital presentation which was split into three sections and was aimed at providing us the hints and tips that we would be unlikely to read in standard photography books and magazines. The first half of…