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.
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…
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…
Our latest fun Lockdown competition has ended. These are voted on by the membership. This time around the theme was food. Many of the entries come from photographers’ files but some people do take images specifically for the competitions. Watching the votes come in proved to be exciting as two images vied for top position…
Our Thursday night Zoom meeting this week took the form of a members evening and we invited a number of colleagues to share some images with the club members. The images were not necessarily to be of competition quality. There would be no judging or critique. We simply asked them to tell us why the…
On Thursday September 17th Chris Upton ARPS visited Keyworth Camera Club via Zoom to give us his presentation ‘Passion for Pictures’. This talk had been billed as having something for everyone, and this certainly proved to be true. Chris showed pictures from many different countries which included a handful taken right on our doorstep. Chris…
On Thursday January 13th, Keyworth Camera Club were honoured to welcome Britta Jaschinski to give her presentation ‘Photography – A Catalyst for Change’. Britta is a photojournalist and her powerful, sometimes disturbing, images have helped make a change to how animals are treated within the world and have had an impact on the illegal trade…