Ellie Cooper + Phil Hill
An evening with our own members Ellie Cooper + Phil Hill, hosted by Martin Henfield
Bruce Kendrick "From a nature writer to a nature photographer."
Bruce is a life long wildlife enthusiast and more recently a published author and photographer. Last year he became the editor of the journal of the Nature Group of the Royal Photographic Society.
Practical evening
Continuous lighting, small varied objects. Bring lights, objects (smooth-rough, matt-shiny) and some means to modify the light.
We can also have small groups around laptops if anyone has any questions about editing.
Or just come for the craic.
Annual Hand In Night
Bring your prints and entry forms. Digital images can be sent beforehand or brought tonight on a USB stick.
Stay on to socialise, or have an early night.
To be confirmed
Details coming later. Ideas, particularly for practical evenings, are always welcome.
Tony North, Abstract Photography
Tony’s excellent images appear in many places and he is also an excellent speaker. Tonight his subject will be Abstraction.
To Be confirmed
Details coming later. Ideas, particularly for practical evenings, are always welcome.
To Be confirmed
Details coming later. Ideas, particularly for practical evenings, are always welcome.
To Be confirmed
Details coming later. Ideas, particularly for practical evenings, are always welcome.
Annual Print Judging
Our judge is Christine Widdall FBPE MPAGB EFIAP APAGB Hon LCPU
This is a Sunday daytime event. Check the start time nearer the date.
Annual Digital Projected Image Competition
Judged by Sheila Giles DPAGB AV-AFIAP
Sheila will have judged the images beforehand and tonight she will give us her comments on the images that merit Commendation, High Commendation, Very High Commendation and one Winner in each section.
Projected Image Competition
Miles Turnbull CPAGB, BPE1 will judge Round 1 of our year long competition for digital images.
Irene Amiet, Wildlife and Habitat
Irene will be showing us wildlife and habitats from Africa, the Arctic as well as local wildlife. Bring cash or card to buy the book for Irene’s charity, Wilder Britain (a collaboration of over 60 UK wildlife photographers).
The photography of Irene Amiet and Duncan Phillips can be seen at Knowle Top Studios, a fine art gallery located in Clitheroe.
Sheila Giles, images from her BPE 2 Crown award and award winning AVs
Sheila Giles DPAGB AV-AFIAP recently judged our annual DPI competition. Tonight she will show us images from her BPE 2 Crown award and award winning AVs.
Print Competition
Robert Millin MFIAP, FBPE, EFIAP/d3, MPSA, DPAGB, SPSA, GPU Zeus, AWPF, LRPS will judge Round 1 of our year long competition for printed images.
Battle with Bolton
The home leg of our traditional inter-club competition, judged by Steve Proctor EPAGB, BPE5* PPSA
Mark Gilligan - Landscape Photographer AT BOLTON
Tonight we visit Bolton for a joint meeting.
Mark Gilligan is regularly published in National and Regional magazines, He covers all areas of the Lake District and Snowdonia (Eryri) not just on his Landscape Photography courses and workshops but for his own projects too. He has favourite locations around Eskdale and Wast Water up north and the Ogwen Valley and Dinorwig Quarries in Eryri (Snowdonia).
Projected Image Competition
Nick Hilton EFIAP DPAGB BPE5* will judge Round 2 of our year long competition for digital images.
Team battle judged by Bury Art Society
An informal competition between two teams . Two members of Bury Art Society will judge the competition.
Print Competition
Adrian Hendley CPAGB will judge Round 2 of our year long competition for prints.
Projected Image Competition
John Riley will judge Round 3 of our year long competition for digital images.
Print Competition
Michael Whittaker DPAGB, BPE5* will judge Round 3 of our year long competition for prints.
Andy Phillips, “More Than Meets The Eye”
Andy Phillips is well-known as a professional Photographer, Teacher & Lecturer.
He specialises in Landscape and Smallscape photography and Adobe Photoshop.
He & his wife Nancy also have a Wedding & Commercial Photography company in Chorley, Lancashire.
Projected Image Competition
Jeremy Roussak ARPS CPAGB BPE3* AFIAP will judge Round 4 of our year long competition for digital images.
Print Competition
Barry Dickinson MPSA EFIAP DPAGB BPE5* GPU CR3 L.APS/g will judge Round 4 of our year long competition for prints.
Battle with Bolton, AT BOLTON
The AWAY leg of this regular fixture, judged by Graham Currey. THERE IS NO MEETING AT FISHPOOL THIS WEEK.
Projected Image Competition
Tillman Kleinhans ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB BPE5* Hon LCPU will judge Round 5 of our year long competition for digital images.
Print Competition
Keith Barber CPAGB LRPS FIScT will judge Round 5 of our year long competition for prints.
Print Competition
Graham Currey will judge Round 5 of our year long competition for prints.
Members’ photos
A change from the previous plan. Several members have contributed groups of photos. Locations from just around the corner at Gigg Lane via Ramsbottom and Radcliffe to Egypt and the USA.. Not necessarily in that order.
Nick Snape "Kenya, Namibia & Botswana. Safari & a little bit more"
Nick is one of our members. He is well known for the quality of his nature photography. This is not to be missed.
Projected Image Competition
Adrian Hendley CPAGB will judge Round 5 of our year long competition for digital images.
Ken Morris, Lighthouses
Ken Morris has travelled the world visiting and photographing lighthouses. His illustrated talk has been highly recommended.
Battle with Bolton AT BOLTON CAMERA CLUB
The away leg of this regular fixture. There is no meeting in Bury this week.
Winners evening
We will revisit some of the winning images from this year’s monthly competitions and give the authors a chance to tell us about their creation.
Andrew Collier Practical evening
Andrew is a professional photographer with a wide range of skills and experience. Tonight he will lead a practical evening with the emphasis on photographing people and keeping the lighting simple but effective. We will photograph each other but feel free to bring along any friends or relatives who would like to be photographed. Bring your camera! Ideally also bring a flash on which you can reduce the power and/or swivel it away from the subject. This will then trigger Andrew’s lighting. Andrew will also have a radio trigger and this will work with most camera brands. Continuous light will also be available for those with no flash or using a phone.
Print Competition
Nick Berentzen CPAGB BPE3 will judge Round 4 of our year long competition for prints.
Ian Beesley
Photographers may already know that Ian was persuaded out of retirement to put on “one last exhibition” at Salts Mill.
https://www.redeye.org.uk/exhibitions/ian-beesley-life-goes-salts-mill
The exhibition will be open for the rest of 2025 (despite what the above web page says). This may be a last chance to see the great man in person.
This will be a joint meeting with Bolton Camera Club, Held in Bury.
Maurice Wilson "Photographing Insects"
Maurice is one of our own members and tonight he will show us how he photographs and edits his insect images.
George Steele “Elements of Judging”
George is a longstanding member of BPS and also a judge on the club competition circuit. He will give us insights into the workings of a judge’s mind that will inspire our own future entries.
Projected Image Competition
Ian Whiston DPAGB EFIAP/d1 FBPE EPSA Hon LCPU will judge Round 4 of our year long competition for digital images.
Lightroom by Graeme Broadhurst
Graeme, one of our own members, will share his experience and expertise in Lightroom.
Image Appraisal and Improvement
To our members: Please send problematic images or ones you're not sure about, not competition worthy ones. Those who haven't previously entered any club competitions send any images you like, that worked as you hoped - or not. Send the original file from camera or phone, and your edited version if you have one.
Print Competition
Lynda Haney FBPE EPAGB EFIAP will judge Round 3 of our year long competition for prints.
Follow up to the Summer Walk
A non-competitive Image Appraisal Evening to share our images from the walk.
Projected Image competition
Martin Pickles will judge Round 3 of our year long competition for digital images.
Informal Competition
The theme has been chosen by the winner of the last of these competitions who has also picked two members to join them on the judging panel. A chance to see some different images that we may not enter into externally judged competitions.
Steve Hoyle, President’s Evening
Steve Hoyle, this year’s president, is one of our more accomplished members and his evenings are not to be missed.
Summer Walk
An outdoor evening. More details nearer the time. There is no indoor meeting this week.
Print Competition
John Riley will judge Round 2 of our year long competition for prints.
Jenny Stock, Underwater Photographer
Jenny Stock is an award winning underwater photographer as well as being a professional diver and television director and camera operator above and below the water surface.. Her web site is packed with stunning images and this will be a great evening.
The Other Side of the Lens
Martin Henfield, one of our members, will reflect on his time as a television journalist and presenter.
Suzanne Powell "Pictorialism"
Suzanne Powell has a Post Graduate Diploma with Merit from British Academy of Photography. She has made a study of the Pictorialist movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and has done a great deal of research, particularly into what happened after 1915,
Team Competition
Our annual informal competition between two teams of our members. This will be judged by members of Bury Art Society to give us a different perspective on our photography.