We're looking forward to welcoming you to the new season at Croxley Green Community Club from 8pm TONIGHT.
It may have been the summer holidays but our committee have been working hard to plan an exciting season of photographic talks, workshops and events for the next few months.
Tonight is our first meeting of the season and a great opportunity to find out what's coming up, and to get to know your fellow club members as we launch our inaugural Welcome Evening Quiz - aka Pointless Photographers, Who Want's to Be a Photographer? or Who's Camera is it Anyway? (suggestions for better names on a postcard please!).
Before the Quiz starts, our Chairman Steve Bailey will be introducing the season, letting you know what's coming up and how you can get involved. The rest of the committee will also tell you about the exciting camera club projects that we've been working on over the summer.
We'll also be asking you to Show Us Your Summer - so bring along your favourite 3 images and tell us why you like them. They could be pictures from your holidays, or you could get creative and tell us a story through your images. Your images can be on a USB memory stick, or printed. They don't need to be competition standard size or quality, just some pictures you've enjoyed taking over the summer break.
We also want to display some images on the night, so bring along some prints and we'll put them up around the hall.
Get Ready for Our Competitions!
The new version of the competition handbook has just been published. We'll now be accepting entries through our new Photo Entry web portal so make sure you read the guide on how to upload your entries!
13th September Feel the Land - Landscape Photography & Emotion with Astrid McGechan LRPS
We're very pleased to welcome freelance photographer and author Astrid McGechan to Croxley. You can find out more about Astrid on her website.
20th September
Workshop Evening
Ant will be doing a demonstration on portrait re-touching and stacking images.
Cat will be demonstrating the new Photo Entry web site for our competition images.
There will also be a beginners group session to support you as you take your first steps into developing your photography skills.
PDI Competition
Open & Travel
Entry Deadline: 23:59 on Saturday 22nd September
Members can submit up to 3 images in each competition.
Entries should be made through our new Photo Entry web portal - full details are in the updated competition handbook and a demonstration will be at the workshop on 20th September.
27th September
PDI Competition: Open & Travel
We look forward to seeing your images as a visiting judge gives their critique and awards scores to each image.
Images in the open competition can be in any style or on any theme.
Images in the set subject competition should be on the theme of Travel.
4th October
The Law and Photography
with Cliff Hide
Professional press photographer Cliff Hide returns to Croxley to update us on how the law affects our photography - one not to miss!
Archi will be leading a photowalk around Croxley as part of Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photowalk on 6th October. Find out more and sign up for the walk here.
Thank you to everyone who came along to our photowalk on Croxley Moor last month.
Our photographers could be seen snapping away at Croxley Common Moor Lock in the morning, and then they followed their walk with a cuppa and a well-earned piece of cake at The Kitchen.
Thanks to Rod Lacey for sending us these lovely images of the moor.
A huge thanks to everyone who attended our latest portrait social with fitness & beauty model, Eliza Watson.
The sessions are a great way to improve your portrait photography skills and to get to know other members of the club. We're be planning some more portrait socials in September and October.
Club meetings are held at 7:45pm each Thursday (except August)
at Croxley Green Community Centre, which is at the end of Community Way
(entrance behind the New Road library). For satnavs, use postcode WD3 3SU.
