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 2024-5 season began in early September with an enjoyable Members’ Evening, welcoming existing and new members to our flourishing club. Trophies were presented to last year’s overall competition winners, and looking forward, members took part in lively discussion groups which looked at what each person wanted to improve or achieve in their photography over…
We are proud to announce that two Keyworth Camera Club members have achieved further FIAP (The International Federation of Photographic Art) distinctions. These are awarded for achieving various targets by gaining acceptances in exhibitions run worldwide with FIAP patronage. Congratulations to Paul Burrows and David Kissman for gaining their EFIAP distinction (Excellence FIAP). Each level…
Season 2023/24 ends with a cliff-hanger. On May 2nd we showed the N&EMPF audio visual of the print sections of the 2024 Exhibition. As expected, this selection of quality photographs covered a wide range of subject matter that provided limitless inspiration for our members. This really was a night not to be missed. May 9th…
On April 4th, KCC held one of its ever-popular critique nights. This time, we tried a new format. Members were divided into small groups of five or six per table, and they discussed projected images. After each photograph was shown, a spokesperson for each table voiced the opinions of their group on how the image…
On Saturday 27th April, a small group of Keyworth Camera Club members visited the Beltane Pagan Festival held in Nottingham’s Sneinton market. This provided a wonderful chance for some street photography, as did the skateboarders doing tricks on the edge of the market. On the same day, in Nottingham’s Old Market Square, the Ay-Up Market…
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…
March saw Keyworth Camera Club return to the hall after two months of Zoom meetings. On the 7th we held the 5th round of our internal competition. This was for prints only and it had four categories; Colour, Monochrome, Nature, and the theme of Sacred Places and Places of Reverence. The competition brought in a…
Our February meetings were held entirely on Zoom, and due to the bad weather conditions we’ve had during this month it proved to be an inspired choice, as poor weather on club nights usually means fewer members turn up to the club room and by being able to take part from home meant we had…
Keyworth Camera Club are pleased to announce that three of our members gained awards in the recent PAGB GB Cup. The three photographs accompanying this post are the successful images. Congratulations to David Kissman for being awarded a silver medal by judge Neil Smith, for his picture ‘All Arms and Legs’. Geoff Foster’s photograph ‘Six…