Programme 2019/20

Due to the ongoing Coronavirus situation, the club committee have taken the decision to suspended all in-person meetings until further notice. The club is currently holding a programme of online meetings.

Online Meeting Programme
Thurs 30th April Janey Lazenby – Working with textures
Thurs 07th May Challenge 3 – Macro & Close-up
Thurs 14th May 3-Way Interclub Competition – Farnborough v Conway v Penwith
Thurs 21th May AGM + Challenge 4 – Still Life
Thurs 28th May Tony North – Art of Macro
Thurs 04th June Glyn Dewis
Thurs 11th June International Competition with Oberursel
Thurs 18th June Challenge 5 – Triptych
Thurs 25th June Photographing Yellowstone talk by Paul Whitbread
Thurs 2nd July Kenya safari talk by Lesley Taylor, Lightroom Demo by Kathryn Graham
Thur 9th July
Informal Evening. Photo discussion
Thur 16th July
Talk – Jeanette Lendon – Smartphone Photography
Thur 23rd July
Informal
Thur 30th July
Julian Elliot – Mongolia. The evening will begin earlier than usual at 7.15PM
Thur 6th Aug
Challenge 6 – Phone Photography
Thur 13th Aug
Interclub competition against Ringwood Camera Club

All Club meetings are held on Thursday evenings at the Cody Sports and Social Club at 7:30pm for a 7:45 start, unless otherwise stated.

The club also maintains an online calendar that can be imported to to phones, Outlook, etc

JUNE 2020
Tue 14 Committee Meeting, 7:30pm (Webex)
SEPTEMBER 2020
Thu 03 Welcome Back for the 2020/21 season…
Previous Meetings
SEPTEMBER 2019
Thu05Welcome Back Evening – Informal 10s competition,
Thu 12Critique Evening
Sat14Exhibition – Princess Mead, 9:30-16:30
Tue17Committee meeting
Thu19 Winter photography – Robert Harvey
Thu26 Getting to know your camera Photowalk or pub gathering
OCTOBER 2019
Thu 03 Club Trophy PDI Competition Round 1 (2 × Open PDIs). Judge: Tony Oliver ARPS CPAGB BPE3*
Thu 10 Club Member Talks 
Mon 14 Nature Special Interest Group – 7:45pm
Thu 17 Annual General Meeting followed by Practical (TBC)
Thu 24  Club Trophy Print Competition Round 1 (2 × Open Prints). Judge: David Mendus.
President’s Challenge Round 1 (PDIs: 2 × Open)
Thu 31  Informal image critique 
NOVEMBER 2019
Thu 07 Annual Set Subject PDI Competition ‘Flower(s)’ (2 × PDIs) Judge: Caroline Colegate ARPS APAGB
Mon 11 Nature Special Interest Group – 7:45pm
Wed 13 Spectrum & Heywood Trophies (Spectrum subject is ”Action Photography”, Heywood is “Any Subject”). Judge: Glyn Edmonds ABIPP AMPA ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/s EPSA APAGB Venue: Yateley CC
Thu 14 Natural History Photography – Pete Whieldon
Mon 18 Interclub Friendly with Ludshott PC. At Ludshott PC, Headley Village Hall GU35 8LJ.
Tue 19 Committee meeting
Thu 21 SCPF PDI League Division 1 Judge: Roger Reynolds Hon. FRPS APAGB FBPE
Thu 28 Christmas Lights Photowalk Guildford. Details TBA
DECEMBER 2019
Thu 05 Landscape Photography is Simple – Slawek Staszczuk
Sat 07 Christmas Dinner at the Army Golf Club (7pm)
Mon 09 Nature Special Interest Group – 7:45pm Cancelled due to room availability
Thu 12 Club Trophy PDI Competition Round 2 (2 × Open). Judge: Roger Weightman
+President’s Challenge Round 2 (PDIs: 1 × Open & 1 × TBC)
Thu 19 Interclub Digital Image Challenge Cup FCC competes with five local clubs for it’s own cup. Judge: Gordon Brown ARPS. Please note this is being held at Heatherside Community Centre, Martindale Avenue, Heatherside, Camberley GU15 1BB
Thu 26 Christmas – no meeting.
JANUARY 2020
Thu 02 Practical evening – TBC
Thu 09 Club Trophy Print Competition Round 2 (1 × Open & 1 × Monochrome) Judge: Niall Furguson LRPS
+President’s Challenge Round 3 (PDIs: 1 × Open & 1 × TBC)
Mon 13 Nature Special Interest Group – 7:45pm
Thu 16 Portrait Photography – Steve Hedges
Mon 20 Committee meeting
Thu 23 Club Trophy PDI Competition Round 3 (2 × Open) Judge: Zaid Merherali
Sat 25 Exhibition – Princess Mead, 9.30am – 5:30pm
Sun 26 Exhibition – Princess Mead, 9.30am – 3:30pm
Thu 30 Informal image critique in pub
FEBRUARY 2020
Thu 06 A Special Evening : You don’t need expensive equipment to produce interesting images – Margaret (Flo) McEwen
Mon 10 Nature Special Interest Group – 7:45pm
Thu 13 Club Trophy Print Competition Round 3 (2 × Open) Judge: Mark Buckley-Sharp ARPS CPAGB APAGB
+President’s Challenge Round 4 (PDIs: 1 × Open & 1 × TBC)
Mon 17 Albany Cup. 8 clubs competing. Hosts: Guildford PS, Burpham Village Hall, GU4 7LP.  Judge: Glyn Edmunds APSA EPSA EFIAP/g ABIPP APAGB ARPS
Thu 20 SCPF Print League Division 2. Judge: Alan Copeland LRPS APAGB.
Thu 27 Informal – latest camera kit discussion
MARCH 2020
Mon 02 W J Fry Trophy. FCC vs Oakley vs Andover Photographic Society. Print competition. Hosts: Oakley.  Judge: Graeme Sleeman.
Mon 02 Bracknell Nines Competition. Bracknell host nine clubs, each entering 5 PDIs. Judge: Glyn Edmunds APSA EPSA EFAP/g ABIPP APAGB ARPS.
Thu 05 Annual Print Panel Competition. Two 3 print panels. Judge: David Smith LRPS CPAGB.
Mon 09 Nature Special Interest Group. 7:45pm
Thu 12 Writing My Book – Astrid McGechan
Thu 19 Rainbow Trophy and Molesworth Cup. Rainbow: colour prints, Molesworth: mono prints. Either two in the rainbow, or two in Molesworth or one in each. Judge: Darren Mullman AFIAP.
Thu 26 Photowalk or informal pub gathering
APRIL 2020
Thu 02 Annual PDI Competition. 2 × Open, or 2 × Creative, or one in each.
Tue 07 Committee meeting
Thu 09 Annual PDI Competition. 2 × Open, or 2 × Creative, or one in each.  Judge: Peter Merry
ONLINE – details to be sent out on email
Mon 13 Nature Special Interest Group
Thu 16 Annual Print Competition.  2 × Open, 2 × Portraits, or one in each. Judge: Chris Palmer FRPS DPAGB EFIAP DPAGB APAGB
Tue 21 Woking Silver Jubilee Competition for prints. At Guildford PS, Burpham Village Hall, 54 Burpham Ln, Guildford GU4 7LP, UK
Thu 23 Practical Evening. TBC
Thu 30 Photowalk
MAY 2020
Thu 07 Photo Challenge – Out of the mould
Mon 11 Nature Special Interest Group
Thu 14 The Art of Monochrome – Micki Aston
Thu 21 Awards Evening