January Dates

January is when we welcome a lot of new members so if you are looking to come along (you’ll receive a great welcome), here are the details of our January sessions for your diary.

January 2nd Creative Vision with John Chamberlin FRPS MFIAP

John has a career background in education and his interest in photography began partly as an antidote to the pressures of managing a school. Although interested in photography prior to studying at university, it was not till the end of the late nineteen seventies that he had a real opportunity to further this interest.

His photography, perhaps against current trends, is extremely wide ranging. Entirely self-taught, he relishes having broad photographic interests and works in a variety of mediums. As a consequence he has no wish to be ‘pigeonholed’. His motivation comes from a desire to tackle a variety of subject matter and put his own stamp on it, whilst at the same time making it accessible to a wide viewing public. He works in both monochrome and colour with a preference for the initial image to be captured in colour. From a colour capture he now produces both monochrome and colour prints. After many years using film material he now works entirely using digital capture. More …

January 9th Print Discussion Evening and Handing in for the 1st Quarterly Competition!

January 16th A Female in Fleet Street with Deborah Brady

Deborah Brady is a self taught photographer who went from local news agency work in the Bristol area to positions on national newspapers including Today, the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Express and finally working as assistant to the picture editor of the Times. Not satisfied with that career she gained a degree in countryside management and has worked in that field for some years. In addition she runs photographic workshops and lectures to camera clubs and other organisations all over the country.

January 23rd My Kind Of Photography with George Reekie BPE*3

January 30th Exposed with Jack Bates FRPS MPAGB

As usual, all club nights start at 7.30 p.m. at St Barnabas Church Hall, Church Avenue in Warmley (see map below)