Vocal Points

Hi all I hope you are keeping well. It’s a difficult time for everyone and the pressure on family life, jobs and finances is enormous. It really is a time to put community before self, with the knowledge that things will eventually get better. On top of everything else I have the sad news to […]

Hi all  Another week and the world seems to be just a little bit crazier. We are very mindful that what is happening at the minute has the potential to affect our daily lives – and that includes our society. Currently, we intend to carry on with our meetings as normal, whilst taking sensible precautions.

Hi all So we had another excellent competition night last week with our interpretation of Architecture. It was good to see a wide range of subject matter from many authors. Once again, the standard was very high and the honours were spread across a range of award winners. We followed this on Thursday with the Five

Hi all The studio night went well last week. Liliana and Ashleigh were excellent models – experienced and very helpful with their poses. As requested by Colin – please send them some images from the night. It’s not asking a lot to forward a few images. Like me, you may not have downloaded them from your

Hi all One item that I forgot to announce last night concerns the next Interclub competition. We are taking part in the 5 a Side competition at Stourbridge on Thursday 5 March – next week. This consists of 5 clubs, 5 prints, 5 PDIs. To date we have done exceptionally well in recent competitions –

Hi all The weeks seem to pass quickly. (It must be my age). Just to remind you all that entries for the Set Subject PDI’s – Architecture will close a midnight tomorrow. I will be interested to see how we choose to interpret this subject. Tomorrow evening we have a studio night. As this requires

Hi all Last Tuesday we saw another toughly fought competition with really high standards of entry in all the classifications. We really do give the judges a tough time (not that we feel sorry for them) – picking the top three is a challenge. It’s good to see the images competing for the top spot

Good morning everyone. What a stormy weekend, I hope none of you has been affected by the extreme weather. Perhaps some of you went storm chasing for images of crashing waves. For anyone into landscape photography, or anyone that appreciates stunning images, then have a look at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51386024 Some great work, and plenty of inspiration

Hi all Before I get on to other matters, could you please note that I have attached a new copy of the Tea Rota. This rota is new for this season and up until Christmas it seemed to run without a hitch. Since then we have had 3 occasions where members have not been aware

Hi all It will be good to get back to the serious side of photography this week. The New Year Party and the Knockout Competition were a lot of fun and gave us a chance to enjoy the social side of our hobby. This Tuesday night we have our 3rd PDI competition (Mono and Nature