All meetings start at 19.30hrs - unless specified otherwise

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3rd SEPTEMBER 2025

Season starter:  Peer Review

We are elevating what has been a mid season favourite to our season opener.  Everyone is invited to bring along a selection of prints for round the table peer review and discussion.  Prints are not marked or scored; we want you to try new things, push the boundaries and breaking the rules – then we will discuss what makes for an interesting image.

This activity is designed with new or potential members in mind - it will be social and informal.  See 'What's On' for guidance.

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17th SEPTEMBER

Speaker: Steve Dawes

​Kenya – “African Adventure” which details his quest to find African wild dogs and the Black Leopard .  “Laikipia because it provided me the opportunity to get up close and personal not only with the wild dogs which I had tried numerous times before to see but also the amazing Black Leopard”

 

1st OCTOBER

Competition No.1         Subject theme - CURVES: and, open prints

Curves are everywhere: in the landscape, architecture, nature, sport, food, people and man made objects. It could be large like a bend in the river, the edge of a delicate petal, a coiled spring, or a rainbow to give just a few examples. Make the curve the primary focus of your image and think about the best angle and shooting position to emphasise the composition.

Judge: Gary Groucott

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15th OCTOBER

Skills Workshop

There will be a selection of work stations offering a range of opportunities to practise your technical and creativity ability.  Various lighting arrangements and subject material - will test your skills (and patience): oil/water; droplets; subject movement; product shoot; and, chrome and rust.

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​29th OCTOBER

Speaker: John Hayward

​"A Shropshire Lad"   An entertaining and informative presentation drawing on imagery from across the county, ranging from towns, villages and landscapes to history, traditions and folklore.

                

12th NOVEMBER

Club Competition No.2     Subject theme LEADING LINES:  and, open prints

​The key point about leading lines is that they take the viewer into your image to the place where you want their eye to rest. Typically, leading lines come into the frame from an edge or corner and could be a single element such as a winding stream, the two banisters of a rising staircase, or multiple objects pointing to a subject. Getting down low or up high may help to make the leading lines more pronounced. You could create a connection between the leading lines and your subject to tell a story.

Judge: Kate Maxwell

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26th NOVEMBER

Part 1: Skills Seminar - Rick Greswell will lead you through the minefield that is paper and ink.  We will consider the best way get the most from printing at home or commercially.  There will be examples of how best to match imagery with the print paper, as well as the vagaries of printing in black and white.

Part 2: There will be a special member presentation from Elaine Henshaw detailing her trip to Svalbaard

 

​10th DECEMBER

Christmas Social. 

Supporting our 'Bring and Share' buffet-fest will be some short presentations by selected members.

 

​                  CHRISTMAS PAUSE

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7th JANUARY 2026

​Club Competition No.3        Subject theme FILL THE FRAME:  and, open prints

This challenge is about creating impact by making your subject take up the entire frame of the image and removing any distractions or unnecessary details around the edges. It could be a close-up of a single subject such as a face, or a wider shot of multiple but similar elements perhaps with one standing out from the rest such as a striking figure in a crowd. The subject should be clear and defined. Think about how you can use lighting, colour and texture to highlight key features.

Judge: Mike Glyde

 

 

21st JANUARY

Workshop ..... tbc

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4th FEBRUARY

Members ..... A selection of member presentations - details to follow

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18th FEBRUARY

Speaker:   Sam Davis

​Travel portraiture - a hints and tips talk about how to get the best travel portraits while on the road. Guidance on etiquette, whether to pay for photos, posing, distractions in images, and more.  A great topic with lots to talk about, and it leads nicely onto travel photography as an overall genre.

 

 4th MARCH

​Club Competition No.4         Subject theme MINIMALISM: and, open prints

Minimalism is all about simplicity and using negative space to highlight the shape and form of the subject: a distant figure on an empty beach, an insect on a petal, or a single bubble to give a few examples. This is about shape and form, texture and light, removing every element that is a distraction from the subject.

Judge: Nigel Ball

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18th MARCH

​Members gallery

Once again we invite members to showcase a small selection of their favourite work by setting up their own mini-display.  You may show FOUR mounted prints.  The prints should be mounted uniformly on 500 x 400mm (or 400 x 300mm) mountboard, and ideally represent a collected body of work.

 

1st APRIL

Speaker: Colin Walls

​Observational Photography -Like most photographers, Colin started out shooting anything that came to hand. Over years of dabbling in a number of genres, looking for his 'niche' he is begining to feel that he has found it: Observational Photography - defined by Colin as: “Seeking and finding images in unexpected places”. This talk is a tour through his more recent work in the genre. "Photography is about showing what you see, not just illustrating what is there".

 

15th APRIL

AGM - the usual business matters

AND a viewing of the best of the Shropshire Inter Club competition.

 

29th APRIL

Club Competition No.5         Subject theme  BOOK/FILM TITLE:  and, open prints

​With countless examples to choose from, use your imagination to capture three images that illustrate the title of a book or film.

It might be literal (Three Men in a Boat) or subtle (Great Expectations), funny (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) or serious (Unforgiven) – the possibilities are endless. Try to tell a story (but not the whole book or film!). Use the book or film title should be the caption/title of your image.   Your three images should represent three different book or film titles.

Judge: Peter Gennard

 

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13th MAY

Club Awards/Review of the Year

Highlights from the season and annual awards with our customary social buffet.

 

 

 

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