Holmfirth Camera Club

2012 - 2013 Syllabus

September 2012• 3rd Welcome Back Meeting

Cheese and Wine / Club Images• 10th SPEAKER: JAMES RUSSELL

An Introduction to Flash PhotographyImages (prints) required for: Themed Set of 3 Prints

• 17th COMPETITION Themed set of 3 (Prints)Judged by membersImages (digital) required for: Special Subject Competition (Doors and Windows)

• 24th WORKSHOP 1 See web site

SPEAKER: James Russell• An Introduction to Flash

Photography• 10th September• A prolific, award-winning,

commercial photographer and member of the British Institute of Professional Photography.

• His Talk: about the principles of flash and the different creative effects which can be produced, illustrated by photographs from his professional work.

http://www.russell-photo.com/pages/awards_gallery.html

October 2012• 1st COMPETITION

Special Subject; Doors and Windows (Digital)• 8th SPEAKER: JOHN GARDNER

Another Day at the OfficeImages (digital) required for:Applied Competition

• 15th WORKSHOP 2 See web site• 22nd COMPETITION

Applied (Natural History / Record / Architecture) (Digital)• 29th WORKSHOP 3 See web site

SPEAKER: John Gardner ARPS• Another Day at the Office• 8th October• A professional photographer

specialising in wildlife photography all over the world.

• His talk: a collection of recent images taken as part of my day to day photographic commissions as a professional commercial photographer along with some of his wildlife images that he still shoots as a passionate hobby

http://www.wildscenes.com/layout/lectures.htm

November 2012• 5th WORKSHOP 4 See web site• 12th SPEAKER: ANN MILES

Monochrome and a bit of ColourImages (prints) required for:Creative/Still Life Competition

• 19th COMPETITIONCreative/Still Life (Prints)judged by members; 2 images per memberImages (prints) required for:First Open Print Competition

• 26th WORKSHOP 5 See web site

SPEAKER: Ann Miles• Monochrome and a Bit of Colour• 12th November• My photography, sometimes combined with watercolour

painting, depicts the interactions of people, architecture, nature and landscape. I am drawn to scenes that include people and where trees or other landscape elements form strong and often symmetrical patterns.

• Her Talk: the theory and practice behind producing good monochrome images from colour originals. And a feast ofmonochrome images.

http://www.pin-sharp.co.uk/

December 2012• 3rd COMPETITION

First Open Print • 10th SPEAKER: CHRIS NORTH

Good Luck in Bad Places• 17th Christmas Party

North Light Gallery• 24th No meeting• 31st No meeting

SPEAKER: Chris North• Good Luck in Bad Places• 10th December• Chris North (now a freelance photographer) went to sea with

the Fleet Air Arm, the aviation branch of the Royal Navy in 1976. Four years later he qualified as a Naval Airman Photographer, a small elite branch of the Fleet Air Arm. He has had a 22 year career taking him to many unique and sometimes dangerous places. He has won the prestigious Peregrine Trophytwice and winning second place with the World Press Foundation.

• His Talk: The title says it all!http://www.chrisnorth-photography.co.uk/

January 2013• 7th WORKSHOP 6 See web site

Images (digital) required for:Monochrome Competition

• 14th SPEAKER: STEVE GOSLINGExploding the Myths

• 21st COMPETITIONMonochrome (Digital)Images (digital) required for:Open Digital Competition

• 28th WORKSHOP 7 See web site

SPEAKER: Steve Gosling• Exploding the Myths• 14th January• A professional photographer who specialises in producing

creative & contemporary landscape and nature images.• His Talk: to encourage photographic anarchy:

– To urge all photographers to break the rules and ignore all the ‘shoulds/should nots’.

– To dispel what he refers to as the ‘myths of landscape photography’ such as … • Myth ‘You should set out to take

photographs that will win competitions’• Myth ‘You need to be in a great location

to take a great landscape photograph’

http://www.stevegoslingphotography.co.uk/

February 2013• 4th COMPETITION

Open (Digital)• 11th SPEAKER: ANDREW SANDERSON

Title to be announcedImages (digital) required for:Portrait Competition

• 18th FORUMSyllabus Meeting

• 25th COMPETITIONPortrait (Digital)

SPEAKER: Andrew Sanderson• To be Announced• 11th February• One of the UK’s leading Photographers and a master printer,

Andrew has written the definitive book on Night Photography: A Practical Manual; the highly acclaimed Home Photography: Inspiration on Your Doorstep and; is a regular contributor to photographic magazines in the U.K.

http://www.andrewsanderson.com/

March 2013• 4th WORKSHOP 8 See web site

Images (prints) required for:Second Open Print Competition

• 11th SPEAKER: KAREN FRENKELPeak Landscape and Light

• 18th COMPETITIONSecond Open PrintImages (digital) required for:Restricted Entry Competition

• 25th COMPETITIONRestricted Entry (Digital)Images (prints) required for:Annual Exhibition

SPEAKER: Karen Frenkel• Peak Landscape and Light• 11th March• A published, professional landscape

photographer living and working in the Peak District National Park.

• She uses the subtlety of changing light and landscape around her, to capture images evocative of a hidden Derbyshire often missed by visitors and residents alike.

http://www.derwentgallery.com/karenfrenkel.htm

April 2013• 1st Easter - No Meeting• 8th ANNUAL EXHIBITION• 15th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING• 22nd No Meeting• 29th No Meeting

Workshops• 24 September Know Your Camera / How I did it! • 15 October Layers and Masks / Colour Balance/Management • 29 October Coastal Conversations or Still Life Photography

(still life comp 19th Nov) BRING YOUR CAMERA - HANDS ON

• 05 November Still Life Photography (still life comp 19th Nov) or Outdoor Shoot – Bonfire Night BRING YOUR CAMERA - HANDS ON

• 26 November Image Clinic / Judging Images • 07 January Open Forum / International Exhibition Images

or Towards the CAPGB • 28 January Portrait Photography (portrait comp 25th Feb)

BRING YOUR CAMERA - HANDS ON• 04 March Creating an Audio Visual / Creative Photography

SEE UPCOMING EVENTSFOR FINAL DETAILS

Have a Good Season