Our Programme

Our club programme runs from September through to April. Details are listed below and are also available as a PDF document here.

September 2011

5th Welcome back - with a glass of wine ! An Informal Evening looking at how selections for External Competitions are performed. Bring along any prints you think may be good enough.

11th-18th SAPA Annual Photographic Exhibition, Dolphin Centre, Poole

12th Club Comp. - PRINTS 1 – OPEN – (2 colour or B&W max. per member) Judge: Martin Edge

19th ‘A Bird’s Eye View of Famous Landmarks’ Aerial Photography presented by Heather Hook

26th Basic Photoshop using Adobe Elements. Instruction by Keith Smith.

October 2011

3rd New Members’ Prints and Projected Images. Bring along your work for appraisal, instruction and gentle critique. Work will be assessed in small groups.

3rd SAPA All v All PRINT Competition at Bournemouth Electric Club, Broadway Lane

10th Club Comp. - DPI 1 - OPEN - (2 max. per member) Judge: Roy Lambeth CPAGB BPE1

17th ‘On the Road - Photography across Continents’ Illustrated Talk by Ben Pipe

24th Four Corners Forum - Information Evening Bring your Cameras; How to use your Camera settings; Print Mounting; ‘Ask the Panel’ - Questions & Answers

31st NEW* One-off Comp. Black & White. Infra-red is acceptable but no colour allowed - no Toned Prints or Sepia allowed. (2 Prints max. per Member) Judge: Brian Winkle

November 2011

7th ‘Wessex through the Lens’ - Illustrated Talk by John Lewis

9th SAPA - Slide Competition. Rules to be published later. At Bournemouth Electric Club, Broadway Lane

14th Club Comp. - PRINTS 2 – OPEN – (2 colour or B&W max. per member) Judge: Barry Senior Hon FRPS, APAGB

21st Studio PortraitureDemonstration by MDO Studios - with a model. Presented by Chris Bearman (no opportunities for taking images)

28th Members’ A-V Evening co-ordinated by Kay Browning

December 2011

5th ‘Images from around the World’ - an illustrated Talk by John Chamberlin, FRPS

12th Club Comp. - DPI 2 - OPEN - (2 max. per member) Judge: Anne Mahany, APAGB

19th Club Comp. - ‘On a Theme’ - Five Prints and/or Five DPI’s - plus Wine will be provided & the Buffet will be brought by Members

26th BOXING DAY - No Meeting

January 2012

2nd BANK HOLIDAY - NO MEETING

9th An Evening in Two Parts Part I : ‘Undiscovered Scotland’ by John Whitfield Part II : ‘Les Plus Beaux Villages de France’ by Mike Middleton

16th Club Comp. - PRINTS 3 - OPEN – (2 colour or B&W max. per member) Judge: Alison Cawley, ARPS

23rd ‘Wedding & Portrait Photography’ presented by Jim Pascoe

30th SAPA League Battle - Wimborne v Blandford Judge: George Walsh APAGB

February 2012

6th Members’ A-V Evening (Novices) co-ordinated by Kay Browning

13th Club Comp. - DPI 3 – OPEN -(2 max. per member) Judge: John Tilsley, APRS, DPAGB,APAGB

20th “A Wet Night In” Illustrated Talk by Penny & Spike Piddock

27th Table Top Photography. By popular demand, we are going to run a Workshop for this subject - bring your cameras, tripods and flash equipment as there will be ‘sets’ to photograph

March 2012

1st SAPA All v All - DPI competition at Fordingbridge

5th Workshop - A-V ‘Teach In’ Keith Smith will demonstrate Pro Show techniques for us and then show some published Shows.

12th ‘LUCKY DIP’ Please bring your DPI’s on a ‘stick’ either jpg or PSD for Members’ discussion. There will be no guarantee that your image will be chosen hence ‘lucky dip’!

19th Club Comp. - PRINTS 4 - OPEN - (2 max. per member) Judge: Janet Haines ARPS CPAGB

26th ‘A Mountaineer’s Eye View of the South of England’Illustrated talk by Chris Hutchinson showing some of his slides

28th SAPA League Final at Parkstone Camera Club

April 2012

2nd Club Comp. - DPI 4 - Open - (2 max. per member) Judge: Barrie Day (Possible change of v enue - TBC)

9th NO MEETING - Easter Monday

9th SAPA Best of Year - Prints & DPI’s at Bournemouth Photographic Society Judge: TBA (Subject to change)

16th Club Comp. - DPI OF THE YEAR - (2 max. per member) Judge: Chris Neill-Griffin

23rd Club Comp. - PRINT OF THE YEAR - (2 max. per member) Judge: Rosie Armes, ARPS, DPAGB, BPE1

30th AGM Followed by Wine and Members’ Buffet

Portland Pulpit Rock © Roger Holman, ARPS