Members Evening with Richard Powers and Julian Taylor
2025-09-25 19:45 - 22:00 UTC
Two of our club members will be keeping you entertained for the evening

First Competition Night
2025-10-02 19:45 - 22:00
All six competition nights this season will comprise of three sections, Colour, Monochrome and Nature. There will be a split between Digitally Projected Images and Prints on each Evening.

Please see the attachment for a breakdown of each competition night.

KCC Competition StructureDownload

Still life with Wendy Irwin ARPS EFIAP CPAGB BPE3
2025-10-09 19:45 - 22:00
When I started taking photography a bit more seriously, I wanted to develop a style and creating my own painted textures and using these with blending modes in PhotoShop helped me achieve my goal.

I will bring a range of sketch books, paint and sponges to do a demo of how to create a painted texture.

Practical Evening - Still Life
2025-10-16 19:45 - 22:00
Following the talk from Wendy Irwin on Still Life, tonight you will have the chance to put what you learnt into practice at this members night.

My World of Monochrome with a dash of colour with Roger Fountain
2025-10-23 19:45 - 22:00
In the PRINT talk I show a few portraits, some high key stairwells, some dramatic heavy snowfalls in The Roaches, scenes of the Seine in Paris, then into long exposures and finally my present passion of Fine Art Architectural images of buildings from around UK, which will include some before and after images. Some having received acceptances along the journey. Around 90% will be monochrome and the rest with a dash of colour.

British Wildlife in Macro with Nigel Spencer ARPS EFIAP
2025-10-30 19:45 - 22:00
Nigel Spencer is a local photographer and wildlife guide, who has travelled widely across the globe, he is also very happy in Britain looking for our small, fascinating macro wildlife. This talk looks at a wide variety of habitats, photographing fungi, dragonflies, orchids, etc. it also contains many hints tips, and ideas about how to photograph these tiny subjects. Nigel also discusses his attempt to photograph all of the British butterfly species.

Second Competition Night
2025-11-13 19:45 - 22:00

100 Prints with Phil Newman ARPS AFIAP BPE4
2025-11-20 19:45 - 22:00
The talk is a collection of my recent images together with stories and details of how they are achieved.

The prints will be in sets and comprise:

Sports, Nature, Creative portraits, Street photography, Landscape and a variety of others to provide as wide a selection as possible.

The talk is always evolving with new prints added on a near weekly basis

My journey into photography with Charley Valentine
2025-11-27 19:45 - 22:00
A look at my photographic journey—from student to amateur, professional, and eventually teacher. The talk centres on the observation and exploration of everyday life, featuring a diverse selection of images captured over the past decade.

Third Competition Night
2025-12-04 19:45 - 22:00

Social Evening and Favourite Pics
2025-12-11 19:45 - 22:00
An opportunity for members to let their hair down (those that have some) and enjoy a fun evening before the festive break.

People, Portraits and photojournalism with Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP DPAGB BPE5 (Zoom)
2026-01-08 19:30 - 22:00
In this talk I show a range of ‘People Pictures’. The images will cover candid’s, photojournalism, documentary, as well as studio and available light portraits. I show what I consider to be some of the best places in the UK to go for ‘people pictures’: Speakers Corner, Brick Lane, Tate Modern, Blist Hill Victorian Village, The Black Country Museum, The Beamish Museum, 1940’s weekends, Tough Guy event, and the Victory Show.

Architectural Photography with Rick Hulbert (Zoom)
2026-01-15 19:30 - 22:00
Four perceptual challenges will be presented that will enhance your understanding of photographing both contemporary and historic environments that were designed and constructed.

You will learn about key compositional principles that will guide your portrayal of enhanced photographic “realism” in the documentation of building exteriors and interior volumetric spaces

Street Photography Through a Creative Eye with Lisa Rendall (The Rebel of the Art of Photography ) (Zoom)
2026-01-22 19:30 - 22:00
In her younger years, Lisa had a very successful career in TV and Stage as a former UK National Breakdance Champion in front of the camera, and she was also a Graffiti artist.

But now she enjoys being a Rebel with the camera, exploring & expressing her own imagination, mixing different styles and genres, especially in ICM.

She is a self taught Freestyle Creative photographer and has won a number of different awards, both UK & International. She has been awarded UK & International Digital Artist of the Year 2023 & UK & International speaker of the Year 2023, and in 2020 won Snowdrop photographer of the Year.

Her journey with Freestyle Photography has taken her on many different paths and she now co-hosts for local radio station talking about Creative photography.

Beautiful Bugs, Discovering a Hidden World with Annie Healey FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/g BPE5(Zoom)
2026-01-29 19:30 - 22:00
Annie is renowned for her nature photography and will be treating members to a plethora of photographs, showing numerous different species, including many insects they will not have seen before.

This presentation is a feast of bugs, although unlike ‘I’m a Celebrity…’, this is a feast for the eyes, not for the stomach!

Landscape Photography, My Passion - My Therapy with Nigel Thomas(Zoom)
2026-02-05 19:30 - 22:00
In a change to our previously advertised event, with honesty and vulnerability, Nigel shares the underlying reasons that drew him to landscape photography in the first place. He uncovers how this art form became his therapeutic escape, providing solace and rejuvenation amidst life’s challenges. The talk offers a glimpse into the power of photography as a form of self-expression and healing, illustrating how a simple photograph can capture the essence of a moment and evoke positive emotions.

Theatre Photography: from Edinburgh Fringe to Sunset Boulevard with Cat Cross (Zoom)
2026-02-12 19:30 - 22:00
From documenting young performers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the 1990s to shooting vintage Hollywood portraits for Sunset Boulevard in 2019, in this camera club talk Cat will take us on a trip through my adventures in theatre photography. Including the equipment she uses and images from publicity shoots, rehearsals and performances.

Critique Night - Back in the Hall
2026-02-19 19:45 - 22:00
Another opportunity for members to receive critique on their images, whether it is in advance of the upcoming competitions, or just to improve their own skills.

Fourth Competition Night
2026-02-26 19:45 - 22:00

2025 Challenge review
2026-03-05 19:45 - 22:00
An evening where we look back at the 2025 Challenge where members were tasked with taking images that reflected the seasons

Rolls Royce Presentation
2026-03-12 19:45 - 22:00
Some of our friends at Rolls Royce will coming along to show a selection of their images. Sure to be an excellent evenings entertainment

N&EMPF Video
2026-03-19 19:45 - 22:00
Once again it is time to see all the accepted DPI images from the annual N&EMPF Exhibition and as always we hope to see a good number of our own members work on display.

Fifth Competition Night
2026-03-26 19:45 - 22:00

Battle with Lincoln
2026-04-02 19:45 - 22:00
The home leg of our annual battle with our friends at Lincoln. Last year, whilst we won the home leg, Lincoln took the honours, so I’m surer we will be keen to get back to winning ways this year.

Cuba with Mandy Sherrington
2026-04-09 19:45 - 22:00
The talk is images of a trip we made to Cuba in December 2017. With Obama lifting some of the sanctions on Cuba we were keen to visit before the Americans arrived and changed everything. With Covid, American attitudes hardening and a change in government in Venezuela the situation in Cuba is now worse than it was then. The images show the places we visited in all their dilapidated glory

Pictures what I like..with stories
2026-04-16 19:45 - 22:00

My Photography with Ian Pinn
2026-04-23 19:45 - 22:00
This talk is all about me and what I get up to when out and about with my camera, it will consist of many different images from lots of different locations

Sixth Competition Night
2026-04-30 19:45 - 22:00

Penguins to Polar Bears with Peter Jones ARPS DPAGB BPE3 and Sue Wilson DPAGB BPE3
2026-05-07 19:45 - 22:00
Both Susan and I have spent seven weeks all together in Antarctica over four trips, and over eight trips to the Arctic. Always in there summer and during the day time the temperature is only minus five. The wildlife is fantastic, both north and south are the two best places in the world one could visit.

Post Processing Considerations and Myths with Ian Sharp LRPS
2026-05-14 19:45 - 22:00
Ian will start the evening by leading a non-technical discussion about post-processing; less “How do I?” and more “Should I?”. We will then continue in a similar vein exploring misconceptions and alternative views in photography
