Tue 28 Nov 2023 - 15 in 12 Member Presentation Competition
Present 15 images on your chosen theme and talk about them for no more than 12 minutes.
- Images on USB stick, please.
- Remember to number them by putting 01, 02, etc at the beginning of the file name, to be sure they appear in the right order.
- Judging is by secret ballot.
Venue: Sandgate library, no Zoom.
Mon 20 Nov 2023 - Competition N° 2
Competition Evening, with two categories
Venue: This meeting will be available over zoom only. Judge: Zoe Garnham-Archer (Invicta P.C.)
Mon 13 Nov 2023 - Reg Walker Competition
Your four chosen images from last season's monthly competitions, pre-judged and presented as an AV.
Judge: Alan Lomakin CPAGB BPE4* AFIAP.
Final hand-in for next week's competition. Deadline is midnight.
Venue: This meeting will be available over zoom only.
Tue 7 Nov 2023 - Photograph Miniatures and Scale Models
Bring your own small things (miniatures, scale models, etc) and photograph them with live compositing against a digital background. Bring your backgrounds on a USB stick, if you'd like to try compositing.
Venue: Sandgate library, no Zoom.
Tue 31 Oct 2023 - A Miscellany
We will enjoy a Miscellany on this occasion, a variety of Photographic exercises with audience participation.
1. Quails and photography
Simon will give us a surprise presentation which is nothing to do with AI.
Quails and photography is a completely new area for Simon and he will recount
his experiences as to how he has got along!
2. Show and Tell: A Chosen Photographer and Their Work
Choose a photographer and bring copies of their work, on a USB stick, to tell us about...
Mon 16 Oct 2023 - Competition N° 1
Competition Evening, with two categories
Venue: This meeting will be available over zoom only. Judge: Nick Ryan, Hailsham P.S.
Tue 10 Oct 2023 - UP UP and away with a drone quick flight and Q and A
We will meet at Lympne Village Hall on the playing field next to the free car park at 14.00. If weather OK - it should be - I will demonstrate and answer questions about the dji mini 3 drone. After this there will be an opportunity to photograph the entrance to Lympne Castle and visit the Romney Marsh viewpoint nearby.
Satnav and parking at LVHall Aldington Rd, Lympne. CT21 4LE
Tue 3 Oct 2023 - Masters Of Print discussion and selection
All members are invited to submit up to 3pdi's ( please send to Michael ) for consideration as an entry into the Masters Of Print competition. This is especially important for members who have never entered a competion before...... to ....Have a Go
Venue: Sandgate library, no Zoom.
Tue 26 Sep 2023 - Member presentation: Melanie and Blue
Melanie will show us examples of her cyanotype images and explain how they're made. Next meeting: cyanotype workshop!
Venue: Sandgate library, no Zoom.
Tue 19 Sep 2023 - Show & Tell: AI-ised photograph
Artificial intelligence imaging isn't going away, so let's see what it can do with (or to) a photograph. Come and be amazed or outraged on this lively afternoon of revelation and discussion. To show your own creations or enhancements, please bring a USB stick with:
- Two original photographs of your own
- Two resulting images after using AI on them
- Up to two screenshots to show us what you did (but none is fine if you prefer)
Venue: Sandgate library, no Zoom.
Tue 12 Sep 2023 - First Meeting of new season
This is a social get-together to start the new season, at the library only, no Zoom.
Bring nibbles or other goodies.
Tue 22 Aug 2023 - Committee Planning Meeting
This is a committee meeting for planning the 2023-24 season. Amongst the topics will be deciding the distribution of competitions, what the themes should be and what should go in between.
Please let me know, if you can, in the comments whether you can attend.
The committee meeting will be available over zoom only and will start earlier than our regular meetings, at 7:00 instead of 7:30.
Wed 31 May 2023 - Mono and Print competition
This is the mono PDI and open print competition for the year.
Venue Sandgate library only.
Judge Rachel Cox, teacher of art and photography, KS3 - KS5, the Canterbury Academy.
Sun 12 Feb 2023 - Phone and Creative Photography Competitions
Two competitions in one evening, two entries allowed in each
- Phone
- All images must have been taken and edited (if required) on a phone.
- Resizing for entry (but not cropping) may be performed on a computer or other device.
- Creative
- All images must have an obviously creative aspect, either at the taking stage or in post editing.
Sun 12 Feb 2023 - Phone and Creative Photography Competitions
Two competitions in one evening, two entries allowed in each
- Phone
- All images must have been taken and edited (if required) on a phone.
- Resizing for entry (but not cropping) may be performed on a computer or other device.
- Creative
- All images must have an obviously creative aspect, either at the taking stage or in post editing.