Tue 25 Mar 2025 - Mark Bradshaw: There are pictures everywhere in the wide open air
We rarely ask guest speakers to come back the following season but we all enjoyed Mark's minimalist imagery last year that I have booked him in again. This time he will be presenting his talk "There are pictures everywhere in the wide open air"
Intrigued? So am I. Come to the pub and see what we should be looking for.
NB: Submit entries for Triptych Panel
Tue 18 Mar 2025 - Competition Results Mono prints Round two
Judge: Alan Wilson ARPS, AFIAP
Please come to the club to get a close up view of the prints. Who is topping the table in the competitions now? What change in the ratings will this round make?
Tue 11 Mar 2025 - Larry Bedigan: Astrophotography/ Landscapes
Larry is local photographer and friend to many members of Gosforth Camera Club. He will join us in the pub to show his fabulous images of Astrophotography just one of the many genres that Larry excels in. He will cover Landscapes in all it's various forms.
NB: Submit entries for Portrait and Outings Competititons (both PDI competitions this year, 2 entries per member in each competition)
Tue 4 Mar 2025 - Ian Hill: Narrative, place and photography
Ian Hill is based in Cumbria and works in Black and White 35mm film
He takes photographs in the landscape, not of the landscape. Creating narratives about place, about human interactions with the land, about our emotional responses to landscape.
Where he lives the hills of the Lake District decline westwards towards the sea. It is a place of weather and wide skies, of stones and bog and low hills of heather and bilberry.
His photography is very firmly rooted in this landscape.
https://printedland.weebly.com/
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Tue 25 Feb 2025 - Competition Results: Colour Print Round 2
Judge: Stephen Fowler
Another evening best suited in the pub to examine the prints at close quarters. Please come if you can.
NB: Submit entries for Mono Print Round 2
Tue 18 Feb 2025 - Pecha Kucha
Which Members will volunteer (Be Press Ganged) into this evenings entertainment.....
Pecha Kucha
A story telling format originating in Japan. The presenter shares 20 images each displayed for 20 seconds while providing a commentary. The slides advance automatically giving the presenter a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds to convey their message.
This evening provides a wide range of topics and gives a lot of insight to members and their hobbies.
Tue 11 Feb 2025 - Review our best images
Something new for the club. Working in small groups we will review our best images. Getting a feel what the judges see when reviewing images. How can we improve on those images that have already been chosen as a high standard.
More information will follow.
Tue 4 Feb 2025 - Competition Results: PDI 3
Judging: Martin Patten DPAGB,EFIAP, BPE5* QPSA
NB: Submit entries for colour print round two.
Tue 28 Jan 2025 - Nick Lambert: Fifty years of travel in France
A welcome return from our very own member Nick Lambert. This time he provides us with an evening of entertainment showing images taken over fifty years in France. A fabulous presentation last season can he maintain that standard?
Tue 21 Jan 2025 - Competition Results: Mono Print 1
Judge: Gerald Chamberlain DPAGB, EFIAP
Please attend the pub to see the real beauty of the prints. Gerald's comments will be fully understood when viewing the actual prints and not the PDI images.
Tue 14 Jan 2025 - Stephanie Johnson: The Art and Beauty of Intentional Camera Movement
Stephanie joins us from the US Midwest
She has been solely devoted to Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) work since 2017. She has a strong desire to build a larger community around ICM photography...one that will also help give exposure to other photographers who have been dedicated to perfecting their own ICM techniques, whether that be strictly in-camera work, in-camera work coupled with traditional post-processing techniques, or ICMs in combination with creative post processing, such as textures, creative filters, and impressionistic renderings.
She is self-taught with...
Tue 7 Jan 2025 - Homages and Influencers: Please note change of Venue
More information will be given at the start of the year to allow you to consider who influences your photography. In Summer School last year some members were given the names of photographers to research. Did they emulate them or put their own spin on the style.
Please see Arjun's Bulletin of 19th December providing more information regarding this evenings session.
Please note the change of venue to The Northumbrian Piper
Tue 10 Dec 2024 - Christmas Party: Change of Venue
Come along to the Party you know you will have fun. I'm sure there will be a quiz, games, a buffet. A choir????
Please note the change of venue:-
1st Floor
Northumbrian Piper 6 Fawdon Close
NE3 2AH
Tue 3 Dec 2024 - Competition Results: PDI Round Two
Keith SNELL EFIAP, MPSA,LRPS Judging
Judging of Round Two PDI, Who is winning so far this season? What difference will Keith's judging have on the points?
NB: Submit entries for Mono Print Round 1
Tue 26 Nov 2024 - NCPF North Tyne Area Prints Competition
We have the honour to host the Northern Counties Photographic Federation (NCPF) North Tyne Area Prints Competition. Judging by David ORD
We hope to welcome guests from our North Tyne Group:
Cramlington Camera Club
North Shields Photographic Society (PS)
Ponteland PS
Tynemouth PS
Whitley Bay PS
Tue 19 Nov 2024 - Workshop: Small group review of our Landscape images
We will work in small groups to review and critique our Landscape images. Arjun will provide additional information in his Presidents night
Tue 12 Nov 2024 - Stu Patterson: North East Sunrise and Seascapes
Note this is a change to the original programme.
Stu Patterson is a local photographer with a passion for seascapes. Living near the sea gives him inspiration and the opportunity for those early morning starts. He has an array of stunning images of sunrises from the local area. He will join us in the pub so join us for another wonderful entertaing evening.
NB: Submit entries for PDI Round two
Tue 5 Nov 2024 - Competition Results: Colour Print Round One
Judging by Bill Broadley.
To get the best of judging get yourself to the pub to see the prints. The PDI image shown can be so different and the judging is on the quality of the prints.
Tue 29 Oct 2024 - Competition Results: Knockout and Newcomers
Judges: Peter Maguire will be the judge for the Newcomers competition (arrangments will be in place to ensure that this is judged anonymously!), the members will judge the Knockout as usual.
Another fun evening choosing your favourite in the knockouts; yes you can vote for your own image…..
What happens when two of your favourites are randomly shown together. Sorry One has to go…
Who will be our Star Newcomer???
Tue 22 Oct 2024 - Competition Results: Nature
Judging our Nature Competition we have Richard Spiers DPAGB. BPE2*. APAGB
Always beautiful images in the Nature Competition who will come out on top for this one?
Tue 15 Oct 2024 - Adrian McGarry ARPS: The Potential of Modern Phones
Born and raised in Manchester, now enjoying life in North Wales. UK-based photographer, artist, speaker, workshop leader, and a respected authority in iPhone photography. Adrian has dedicated over twelve years to capturing images with an iPhone and have been engaged in creating digital art for more than thirty years.
Over ten years ago, Adrian embarked on a significant shift in his photography approach, transitioning from a Canon DSLR and multiple lenses to an iPhone. Smartphone photography quickly becoming his passion, and the iPhone became my preferred camera.
NB:...
Tue 8 Oct 2024 - Competition Results: PDI Round 1
Our first evening of judging for the new season. Who will be judged as First, Second and Third, and also Highly Commended/ Commended for their submissions. A new season of competition starts.
Our judge for this evening is David Woodthorpe CPAGB PPSA.
NB: Submit images for Knockout (up to 3 PDI, email directly to Peter Maguire by 28th October) and Newcomers (via website as usual)
Tue 1 Oct 2024 - Alan Brown : More than meets the eye
Local photographer Alan will join us in the pub to present More Than Meets The Eye
Using Street photography to discuss a range of topics and ideas about photography. Alan looks forward to club members who are willing/keen to engage in discussion on the topics he raises.
https://www.reversingmirror.co.uk/
NB: Entries for Nature Competition to be submitted
Tue 24 Sep 2024 - Emma Finch: Portraits with Impact
Emma has been a Professional Portrait Photographer for over 10 years. She has won multiple awards including twice being named in the Top 5 International Portrait Photographer, had over 55 international publications including front covers and 4 times been a finalist in Portrait of the Year.
Portraits with Impact
Elevate your portrait skills... Covering all aspects of portrait photography from posing, lighting, styling and editing, through to how to put people at ease and shooting more creative, conceptual...
Tue 17 Sep 2024 - John Gravett FRPS: Landscape Photography My Way
Professional Landscape Photographer and Author, John has run photography workshops for 20 years in the Lake District and round the world.
He will join us in the pub to present to us on the subject of Landscapes. Covering equipment, lenses, seasons, time of day, filters, weather, composition and examples of processing.
NB: Submit entries for PDI Round 1
Tue 10 Sep 2024 - Paul KIDD: My dream trip to Africa
Local photographer Paul Kidd will join us at the pub to provide an evening discussing his Dream Trip to Africa.
Showcasing the best, the worst and also the sad side of wildlife, with a wide variety of animals that Kenya has to offer, in a no holds barred presentation.
Note that this evening is dedicated to Roy Cole a member who kindly donated money to the club in his will.
Tue 3 Sep 2024 - Presidents Night
Our President Arjun Nambiar LRPS will introduce the new season. We have an ongoing theme for Landscapes this season and some challenges set by Arjun.