We had another Summer club outing on Sunday 31st July and although numbers were down on the previous event, we were still able to enjoy a varied and challenging few hours visiting the churches of Widmerpool, Willoughby and Wysall. First stop was Widmerpool where one of our members, Trevor, made prior arrangements and we were…
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.
Thursday May 26th was Keyworth Camera Club’s final meeting of the season. This was the presentation night of the awards won in our internal competitions during this club year, followed by a look at the images taken during last week’s practical. As we were on Zoom, we couldn’t present the awards to the victors in…
On the evening of May 19th, Keyworth Camera Club headed out onto the streets of West Bridgford for a practical session. We had an amazing turn out for this event with 23 members taking part – you can see 20 of them in the accompanying photos. The brief was as follows: Working pairs, identify your…
On Thursday May 12th, Keyworth Camera Club hosted its final visiting speaker for the season. David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5 CPAGB/AV was that guest and he gave us a presentation simply titled My Photography. David’s talk was split into two halves. The first taking us back to the days of slide film and bringing…
During the last few months, a couple of Keyworth Camera Club members have decided to try for FIAP accreditations. This is done by entering competitions/exhibitions worldwide and having to reach certain targets to gain different distinctions. First results have begun to come in with Paul Burrows and Steve Myall gaining seven acceptances each in the…
On May 5th Keyworth Camera Club held its final heat of its internal competitions. There were three categories, Colour, Monochrome, and Nature. Each section attracted a decent number of entries and a wide variety of subject matter. Judge Gary Beaton, from Newark, had access to the images a few days before the competition so he’d…
On April 21st Keyworth Camera Club held a member’s night via Zoom. The theme was Pictures You’d Hang on Your Wall. Our members were asked to submit up to five images each that they could live with on the walls of their house – but the question was in which room would the rest of…
Internationally acclaimed wildlife and nature photographer Gianpiero Ferrari FRPS DPAGB FBPE AFIAP entertained and informed members of the club with a stunning display of images via Zoom from his 2017 trip to the Falklands Islands on April 14th. He titles his talk “W.W.W. Falklands” and explained that the three “Ws” stand for Wild, Windy and…
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…