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Club Programme December 2025 to May 2026

December 2025

2nd     2nd Bi-Monthly competition: Judge Dave Stewart.

PhotoEntry Deadline: Mobile phone competition.

9th      Mobile phone competition.

16th    Social evening and Christmas Buffet.

23rd   Closed for Christmas.

30th   Closed for Christmas.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 3rd and 4th Monthly Challenge. 

January 2026

 6th      Welcome back, Viewing 3rd and 4th Monthly Challenges, and naming the 5th.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 3rd Appraisal Evening.

13th  3rd Appraisal Evening comments by Mike Armstrong and Trevor Costello.

20th Lecture by Graham Dunkin, subject to be confirmed.

27th Naming the 6th Monthly Challenge.

Bring 3 images on a memory stick that you think would be interesting to the members.

Brief description on where taken and camera settings used.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 3rd Bi-Monthly.

February 2026

 3rd      3rd Bi-Monthly Competition: Judge Ian Pinn.

10th     Macro set-up and demonstrating by David Ward.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 4th Appraisal Evening.

17th     4th Appraisal evening comments by Mike Armstrong and Trevor Costello.

24th    Presentation by Jorg Malinkowsky, subject “Competitions why Bother”.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 5th and 6th Monthly Challenge.

March 2026

3rd       Viewing 3rd and 4th Monthly Challenges.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 4th Bi-Monthly.

10th     4th Bi-Monthly Competition: Judge Sue Wilson.

17th     Lecture by Kevin Pigney, subject “Passion for scapes”.

PhotoEntry Deadline: Annual Competition (Digital and Print).

24th    Annual Digital Competition: Judge Steffan Nicholson.

  Deadline: Prints for Annual Competion to be brought in.

31st Annual Print Competition: Judge Steffan Nicholson.

April 2026

7th       Presentation by Ian Sharp, subject to be confirmed.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 2nd Appraisal evening.

14th     End Of Season Digital Competition: Judge Mike Armstrong, subject to be confirmed.

21st     End Of Season Print Competition: Judge Mike Armstrong, subject to be confirmed.

28th    Portrait Night with a model.

May 2026

5th     Presentation evening, by Graham Dunkin.

Programme subject to change – please review for latest updates.

Club Programme this season until November 2025

 August 2025

 26th      PhotoEntry Deadline: Summer challenge on Street Photography.

 

September 2025

 2nd      Welcome Back. Viewing Summer Challenge Subject "Street Photography".

 9th       Portrait Night with model “Alice The Fabulous”; please bring your cameras, no speedlights etc required, focal length primes or zooms typically 35-85mm.

            Naming of the 1st Monthly Challenge.

            PhotoEntry Deadline: 1st Appraisal evening.

16th     1st Appraisal evening comments by Mike Armstrong and Trevor Costello.

23rd    Meet in town split into groups and take photos any subject. Weather permitting.

30th    Macro photography; please bring your cameras, tripods etc.

Naming of the 2nd Monthly Challenge.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 1st Bi-Monthly Competition.

 

October 2025

7th       1st Bi-Monthly Competition: Judge Grahame Dunkin.

            PhotoEntry Deadline: Town photoshoot images.

14th     Viewing images taken on town photoshoot.

21st     Zoom presentation – Subject: Dartmore, by Brian Northmore.

28th    Print mounting event - bring a print in for print mounting practice.

 

November 2025

4th       Monthly Challenge viewing the first two and naming the 3rd one.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 2nd Appraisal evening.

11th      Appraisal evening comments by Mike Armstrong and Trevor Costello.

18th     AV presentation – Subject: China, by Lois Webb.

25th    Presentation by Ian Sharp: “And now for something completely different”.

            Naming of the 4th monthly challenge.

PhotoEntry Deadline: 2nd Bi-Monthly competition.