Chichester Hall Sandgate Thursday 22nd November 7.30 pm
Two lovely models and a wind machine, all we now need is you and your camera!
See lots of you tomorrow, only £3 including tea and coffee and even a biscuit!
Ideal...
I know not all of you are on Facebook so thought I would share this here too. More so as we are going through a slightly difficult time with the Club, the drop in numbers and disatisfaction with aspects of the Programme and Competitions, it is therefore cheering when we get some...
Ian, Simon, Nick and Michael represented the Club at Ditton for the showing of the images and to hear the results of the Ross Cup. Thirty Six Clubs competed and Folkestone were awarded 140 points which found us in 7th place alongside two other Clubs. Congratulations to Simon who...
This is run by Eastbourne PS on 24th November AT 1400 in the Kings Centre, Eastbourne. He is a great landscape photographer and worth the £15 entrance fee
More details and booking on https://goo.gl/Psy7G7
Please tell people about this forthcoming speaker. We need a good audience for this prestigious speaker. I will be posting it on FB pages but do please share it if possible, the more coverage the better.
At last evenings practical session we discussed the importance of using a good tripod to improve your photography. Wex have an offer on for any of you thinking of upgrading your tripod, see attached. We also had a little fun photographing a variety of items......
On the 10th December we have Steve Hedges coming to talk to us at the Club. But during the day he has agreed to run a Landscape Worshop based around the St Margaret's Bay and Deal area from 9am to 3pm. The cost will be £75 per person and there are 5 places up...
Well last night was the third Practical Session of the season so far and we are only in the 1st week of October!
Here is an opportunity to attend a workshop with Alex Hare.You will re-call Alex's talk on Secret places in Kent last season.
https://www.alexharephotography.com/photography-workshops...
You might have missed us telling you about this printable info about the Programme. It is available under the CLUB heading, near the top, but also linked here. Our new Chairman, John the Spreadsheet" has...
As always, groups of maximum 6 photographers, 5 hours on location, cost £60 per person.
More details about these sessions as well as 1-1 workshops and image editing lessons on my...
Damian Demolder Street Photography: Light and Life on the Streets
Just enjoyed an hour in the company of our three Judges choosing their favourite images in The Folkestone Camera Club Annual Exhibition. Tracy Varndell of Hoard Gallery, Albane McGuinness of Albane Photography and John Lane of Orchard Lane Coffee House all trading in Sandgate had agreed to...
Please see the poster for the Print Exhibition in the Sandgate Library next week. You are invited to the announcement of the Winners on Saturday 7th July at 4pm, come and see the images and who got the 'gongs'! Breaking with tradition you will see it is being judged by, three...
Check out the Galleries website.
Recived this from David Noble re Aspects of Folkestone Calendar,
"I would appreciate it if you could let your members know that we are once again going to produce the Aspects... calendar for next year and would appreciate any submissions from anyone who is interested. As you know we...
Many congratulations to Frances & Steve on their wedding today in Gretna Green...
How is it possible to be Last, First and Third all in one night? Quite easily it would seem taking into account the vagaries of Judges!
Alex has requested me to inform you all of his workshops. Please follow the link:-
More workshops for you to consider. With Slawek Staszczuk
The results have now been checked and verified and I am now directing you to where they are published. I have created seperate Themed Galleries of all the Titled and Named images entered as well as the Winner's Galleries....
Attached is a provisional end of season league table for all divisions. It is provisional because of the problems with the web site earlier in the season which forced us to export all the results to a spreadsheet. I am pretty confident it is correct, but If you spot any possible errors...
Due to a shortcoming in the web site it has been unable to put together league tables on the web site this year. I have therefore copied all the results to a spreadsheet and produced the attached PDF. Sorry it's a bit small, but I will post something more readable later on.
It is ...
A fun evening, segregation, noisy girls and poor addition.
Just to clarify the rules for this upcoming Competition Final entry upload Monday 16th April.
View a short film showing the 2018 Festival here:
Even with the arctic temperatures outside, 16 people enjoyed practising Macro Photography in the warm at the Chichester Hall last night. We were able to make use of the new LED lights we have just purchased. We were very lucky to recieve some generous funding from our local Councillor, Jan...
A limited audience, who braved the weather, and hopefully all got home with no snow, enjoyed an informative and thought provoking evening watching and listening to the judging of the Panel Competition. Our original Judge, Alex Hare, was delayed at a photoshoot in London, so thankfully our friend...
Melanie “Tom as you know it’s the Cheriton Light Festival next weekend, I am interested in going to get some images, what lenses should I take”
Photography workshops in March and April with www.photoss.net
Some changes to the number of entries one can enter, and reduced prices too. Check it out if you’re interested in putting some entries for possible selection you could win a Gold Medal!
For the composite photographers and music, without technical problems, mentioned last night please visit:
I am writing to make you aware that the Programme for our New Season has been posted on the website, there are just a few things to confirm, and Judges to add, as they confirm dates, but its almost there. When complete we will...
You will probably be aware that NikSoft is in decline if not dead...mine is still working however not everyone is so lucky apparently. I aslo use On1 Phot Raw and have used On1 for some time.
You may find the link below useful.
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For those of you that have not found this e-mag
You may be interested in the following:-
Just a few more weeks to the end of the season and here is some information to keep you updated.
- Proposals for AGM from members needed by 30th April.
- No meeting on Monday 1st May, Bank Holiday.
- ...
To quote the KCPA website,'The KCPA had a bumper number of prints entered this year, in total 984.
279 prints have been accepted into the exhibition and will be on show at the exhibition venues.
893 PDI’s were entered, and 254 were accepted into the exhibition'
It...
Club members have acheived success over the last few weeks.
Marie-Laure Stone & Ian Stone gained 3 acceptances in the Vale of Evesham National Photographic Exhibition, with Simon Newlyn having 2 aceptances in the same event. These acceptances go towards a BPE recognition. Marie-...
Quite a useful link to Broncolor. It may give you an idea of hoe to go about taking a variety of pictures. Obviuosly you can substitue othe gear rather than the expensive Broncolor Kit.
"Appi Snappin"
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IWM will be 100 years old on Sunday and is preparing for an exceptional week. For those interested in the story, here it is. On 5 March 1917 (as German forces were retreating to the Hindenburg Line), the British War Cabinet authorised the establishment of a national museum to record, study...
You will recall the excellent presentaion by Landscape Photographer Alex Hare.
Alex is proposing to run 3 x 3 Hour Post Processing workshops for Beginners, Intermedite and Advanced photographers.
Any interested members please contact Alex directly.
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Kevin Harvey has had some great success in the UK Stereoscopic Society annual competition. A Commended in the Man Made objects section, Runner up in the Creative and Winner of the Photojournalism Panel section. Congratulations Kevin, do lets see them at the Club, perhaps the Member's...
Something I found in my Inbox, quite an interesting article about competing in Photographic Competitions, following on from the previous article about Critising Images. Some pertinent points and this great statement,
"Lurking deep in the sub-conscious of modern man is a strange burning...
New online Magazine Living the Photo Artistic Life
An interesting article.
I am sure many of you will be aware of this web site for Dungeness, If not you may wish to read the page in regard to photography and filming.
Details of this years Panel Competition
- This year the PDI panel will take the form of a triptych
- The Print panel competition remains the same
- The PDI entry needs to be entered no later than midnight on Monday 13/2/2017
- The Print panels may be entered on the...
Great evening painting with light in Enbrook Park, think everyone had some success, but that is not really the point, its learning the process that is the important thing. Tom and Andy work so hard to teach us with their great visual presentations, giving helpful hints on f'stops and speeds....
I subscribe to Landscape Magazine and there are always some excellent photographs in it and some very good articles. Have a look at the free version.
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Any members interested in entering???
https://zc1.campaign-view.com/ua/viewinbrowser?od=11287eca616714&rd=...
Proposed Margate Photo walk with Ady Kerry Thursday 29th December 12 to 4 pm
£10 per photographer, secure a place asap. More details in PDF
You may have herad of the B & W Spider Awards. It is an international competition and is an annual event, very much worth viewing for mono enthusiasts. This years has taken place and the results in all categories can be viewed on the Spider website.
Very happy to say Ady Kerry QEP has...
Peter Hickman our resident PS expert has very kindly written a document for Resizing in Lightroom. see the PDF There will be hard copies available at Club and Peter is happy to help anyone with PS or LR problems.
Alex asked me to see if anyone would be interested in attending either of these two workshops.
http://www.alexharephotography.com/workshops/margate-coast-old-town-phot... (January)
...A free show for you to visit, especially all you Canon users.
Let's see who's the first to see the News in its different position!
A great result from the Ross Cup for our Club, and congratulations to those whose images represented us, Andy, Pete, Kevin, and Marie Laure and Sue who both gained a 20. Marie Laure getting a comment and Sue a Merit Award...
I have been following Nick Rains for some time now ,but only online unfortunately. Club members that enjoy Travel and Landscape my find this interesting.
Bev Saunders is a local Framer who makes bespoke frames, if you have a special image that needs a special frame she will be able to help you. I believe she can also cut custom mounts for your prints for Camera Club competitions. Fellow Member, Julian Saunders can tell you all about her, he...
Smoothie of the Year photographic competition is a real photogrphic competition and for those of you who might like to enter here is the link
100 photographs without PhotoShop.
https://brightside.me/article/100-best-photographs-without-photoshop-46555/
Here's a couple for you competitive members of the club.
If you weren't able to be at the Welcome Evening you might like to see the results, Read on....
Summer News
Here is some Summer photographic news. Enjoy or otherwise.
The Great and The Good
gathered at Somerset House during Photo London and talked , talked and talked. Here are the videos of those talks for us to sample.
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An opportunity to try something a little different. A limited number of 10 photographers will be given exclusive access to the Fan Bay Deep Shelter. Please read the attached pdf for a little more detail. or contact me Tom Lloyd.
Summer News
Here is some Summer photographic news. Enjoy or otherwise.
The Great and The Good
gathered at Somerset House during Photo London and talked , talked and talked. Here are the videos of those talks for us to sample.
...
Here is the Poster for the FCC forthcoming Exhibition at the Sandgate Library over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Check out my new aquisition, a lensbaby! Click HERE
Just went to watch some LR tutorials by Juilliene Kost and she was showing how to make a Spark Page. Watched the vid. made one, easy peasy! Did it on my iPad sitting in the...
I found this to be quite interesting. BTW I agree with Froknow.
I personally have a Chillblast PC Tower for sale with the following spec:
Just contacting you to draw attention to the following under News items on the website:
PAGB Inter Fed Results, success for Marie Laure and Simon.
and For Sale items which may be of interest to you or your friends.
The theme for the Gallery challenge is "Colour Galore" please...
I have a friend who has the following Canon camera gear for sale, please contact me melaniechalk@gmail.com and I can put you in touch.
Well Done to Marie Laure and Simon for good marks in the Inter Fed results, great for two FCC members to get a mention.
http://www.kcpa.co.uk/2016/06/pagb-inter-federation-2016-results/
...Sony Alpha ILCE-7 K + standard 28-70mm zoom = £850
Sony SEL 55210 55-210mm - E mount zoom lens ...
Opening of Exhibition for Festival of the Brain in the Lome Bar Tontine Street.
Monica's image Abstract in Nature was chosen by John Gomm as the winner of the fun Gallery Competition. Monica your prize will be available next season but please choose a new theme for the next exercise.
Pleased to have confirmed that Marie Laure and Ian Stone and Sue Chapman, all members at FCC, have been promoted to Accredited Judges on the KCPA circuit. Well done, the Club are proud of your achievement and your commitment to Judging. Also to Robin Harmsworth, also promoted, well...
Colleen Willis impressed the judge with her panel with images taken in Cuba, depicting all the various modes of transport. She had given them a sepia treatment and the judge was very impressed with her layout and presentation.
The results are in!!!
Just five of our members put entries into the recent KCPA Exhibition and had some success, details of which can be found in the PDF. Ian Stone gained a Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit and Simon Newlyn a Ribbon and Certificate of Merit, and they both received...
Hello Folks, The Annual General Meeting is nearly upon us. This is your chance to put forward any proposals you may have concerning the club, The club needs the members contributions and suggestions to improve and provide a true representation of its members wishes. Please put forward your...
Ten went, saw but didn't conquer!!! Just returned from Canterbury and total annihilation in the East Kent Trophy battle. Well not total but we did come in fifth out of five clubs but not many points in it really and only one judges' choice, another night a different winner. The best part...
Two items of interest:
This event is organised and run by Glyn Bareham
BRANDS HATCH FUN-DAY / PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
9th year !
SUNDAY 29TH MAY 2016 9 AM start
Hi All,
Please note this years event details
You...
We have the following items for sale for a former member of the club who is moving. A percentage from the sales will go to FCC.
Logitech X-210 subwoofer with 2 powered speakers. £20 ovno.
Computer desk wooden various shelves and two drawers offers £40...
So we now have a News Page and here the first report We had a little fun photography challenge to post a snowdrop image in your gallery by 14th February. Not many took up the challenge but my favourite and the winner of five pounds is Happy Snowdrop by Sue Dixon. Well done Sue and,...