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July 2026: Prees Heath
Another chance to visit the Prees Heath reserve, haven for the silver studded blue. Were were joined by local expert Nigel Ball to guide us through the best techniques for capturing these rare beauties. Sized at only 10 - 15m, and with low light and a steady breeze, these were tricky captures.
Finding a suitable plane of focus is key to getting anything like a sharp image. Shot of the day goes to Ian Pickles (again) for finding and capturing a super conjugal pair. Essex skipper and small heath also on show.
June 2026: Going Outdoors
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LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE
Our summer programme kicked off with a Chairman's challenge to take landscapes with layers of depth. Our location, at the top of Burway Hill, set the scene for finding compositions with a foreground, mid layer, and background.
Experimenting with vertical (portrait) format and specifically including a close foreground element was the criteria for success, but fine evening light also drew out some conventional landscapes too.
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Best group of 3 compositions meeting the challenge goes to: Ian Pickles
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Contributors so far: Ian Pickles, David Kennedy, Rick Greswell, Geoff Hall, Chris Johnston, Elaine Henshaw, Piers Allott, Mike France and
Ron Parnell
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Season Finale May 2026
Our final meeting of the year was an opportunity to review some of the best work of the season and to present the annual achievement awards. Awards went to:
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Elaine Henshaw: winner of the print competition
Rick Greswell and Jill Ming: joint winners of the projected image category, and overall winner ..
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Photographer of the Year - Rick Greswell
January 2026: Tripping the Light Fantastic
We welcomed Rob Willdigg who provided us with a super evening of ligth bending fun. Armed with an array of light wands and death rays Rob, and assistant Chris demonstrated a range of techniques for getting creative with light painting. with everyone totally engrossed in the process these are some of the results achieved.
