Our judge is Christine Widdall FBPE MPAGB EFIAP APAGB Hon LCPU
This is a Sunday daytime event. Please help to set up from 10am, we will be started by 10.30am There will be a break for lunch and the day is usually finished by about 4pm.

Sheila Giles DPAGB AV-AFIAP BPE2* recently judged our annual DPI competition. Tonight she will show us images from her BPE 2 Crown award and some award winning AVs.

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.

Miles Turnbull CPAGB, BPE1 will judge Round 1 of our year long competition for digital images.

This is a MONDAY at 6.45pm at the Blackburne Hall, 5 The Wylde, Bury BL9 0LA behind Bury Parish Church.

Bury Art Society have produced artworks based on a selection of photographs from our team “battle” that they judged for us last year.

Come and see how some of our images look through the eyes of different artists.

Judged by Sheila Giles DPAGB AV-AFIAP BPE2*
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.

We all have photographs that are interesting but not planned as competition entries. Tonight is a chance to see some images that we may not otherwise see. Including some from our recent practical evening.

And who knows? Maybe they will end up in a future competition after all.

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.

Paul is a professional photographer based in Whitefield.

His images of Manchester, Peak District, Lake District, Yorkshire and beyond are shaped by his experience in graphic design.
Read about him here https://www.paulgroganphotography.com/about/ and read about his recent appearance as an interviewee in Outdoor Photography magazine here https://www.paulgroganphotography.com/photography-blog/reflections-on-my-outdoor-photography-magazine-interview/

Tony’s excellent images appear in many places and he is also an excellent speaker. Tonight his subject will be Abstraction.

David is one of our own members. Tonight he will show us about fifty prints and tell us about their stories.

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.

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.

Some evenings in January and February may be swapped around or changed depending on the availability of some internal and external speakers.

Bruce was unable to be with us tonight and as heavy snow is forecast this evening we have cancelled the meeting.

Next meeting 8th January at 7.30pm

Next meeting 8th January at 7.30pm

There is no meeting at Fishpool this week.

An evening with our own members Ellie Cooper + Phil Hill, hosted by Martin Henfield

Graham Currey will judge Round 5 of our year long competition for prints.

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 is one of our members. He is well known for the quality of his nature photography. This is not to be missed.

Adrian Hendley CPAGB will judge Round 5 of our year long competition for digital images.

Ken Morris has travelled the world visiting and photographing lighthouses. His illustrated talk has been highly recommended.

The away leg of this regular fixture. There is no meeting in Bury this week.

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 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.

Nick Berentzen CPAGB BPE3 will judge Round 4 of our year long competition for prints.

www.ianbeesley.com

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 is one of our own members and tonight he will show us how he photographs and edits his insect images.

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.