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…
Jim Hartje ARPS EFIAP APAGB DPAGB BPE5 has visited Keyworth Camera Club quite a few times over the years as both a judge or speaker, and on March 31st we welcomed him back, via Zoom, to give us a presentation called How to Improve Your Photography. Jim began by saying you really need to understand…
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…
Matthew Cattell visited Keyworth Camera Club via Zoom on Thursday 17th of March to give us a talk on outdoor photography that covered the natural world in all its beauty, from landscapes to wildlife. Most of Matthew’s photographs are taken in locations local to him and usually involved getting up during the very early hours…
Keyworth Camera Club entered this competition for the second successive year having come a very creditable 9th equal out of the 25 clubs that entered in 2021. This year there were 23 clubs entered. The judging was conducted earlier in the month by Barbara Jenkin, Roy Lambeth and Clive Tanner and then a slide show…