Dare to be Different with Charles Ashton – ZOOM PRESENTATION
Most of us like success in competitions but often successful images lead to a degree of imitation and many photographers get into a comfortable rut. In this talk I will take you through my own approach to using different techniques in street and travel photography that can make your photographic practice more satisfying but have...
Chasing Seasons with Polina Plotnikova – ZOOM PRESENTATION
This talk is all about Polina’s floral outdoor photography. It features plants, trees, foliage, and flowers in their natural habitat, focusing on the range of angles from close ups to classical seasonal landscapes. In this talk she is exploring floral shapes and colours throughout seasons and make points talking about planning, pre-visualising what you are...
Fourth Competition Night – Back in the Hall
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.
Critique Evening
Back in the hall and we shall be looking at images submitted by members for critique. We will use the now popular approach by asking all members to express an opinion at round table discussions.
N&EMPF Digital Image video
Hopefully we will see many images that were submitted and accepted in the 2025 N&EMPF Exhibition. Always a good opportunity to see what the standard is like across our federation.
Fifth Competition Night
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.
More Shared Moments with Derek Doar
This print lecture consists of images in both colour, B&W, Infra-Red and some Panoramic images taken on Derek’s photographic outings. He will share many decisive moments with us that have inspired him to press the shutter button. He will also share some stories of the moments and some of the technical details of how he...
Get Creative with your Photography with Heather Burns
The evening will revolve around getting creative with your photography, from a simple composite edit to something a little more complex, tiny tweaks that can transform your photographs from ordinary to extraordinary. The talk will be packed with a ‘lot’ of images from live gigs to PR, location and studio portraits, landscapes and composites, plus...
Battle with Lincoln Camera Club
Our annual head to head with our friends from Lincoln. Although we have been quite successful in recent years the results have been quite close and so there is no room for complacency in this year’s competition.
Review of goals and a fun event
This will be an opportunity for members to disclose how well they have performed against the goals set at the start of the year. There may also be a fun event that will run alongside.