Author name: David Jellie

Another fun model night on Tuesday – the addition of a smoke machine and a black background made for slightly more challenging exposure settings than previous sessions, but also gave us a chance to get some photographs that were a little bit different. This coming Tuesday we have our Annual Novices competition, with our very own

I hope everyone is enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend and having a happy Easter. What a great night we had last Tuesday – Jan’s email said it all really, but I will say again, huge thanks to all the volunteers for a most enjoyable evening. Kay’s creative travel photography, Mark’s superb motorsports images, Helen’s fascinating

A short one this week as I am away on holiday. I’ll be back in time for Tuesday’s session. An “interesting” evening on Tuesday at the annual open awards. Some fine pictures on display but I didn’t especially enjoy the judge’s style. Hopefully people found the early session more enjoyable – if anyone wants to

Something a little bit different for model night last week – a male model. Gary was very photogenic and an experienced model who knew exactly how to pose! I hope you all got some good shots – remember to send a few to Gary at the email address that Colin provided. An excellent result at

As I predicted, it sounds like I missed another great session last Tuesday from Bob Goode. Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining with a great range of images presented, according to the feedback from members. This week we have a model night, with a male model for a change. Colin has circulated details – no early session but

Another exciting week at the club last week, with Jenny’s discussion on photographic distinctions followed by the MCPF travelling portfolio. There were some brilling images included, and some thoughtful commentary (and some weird sound effects). Not forgetting of course the highlight of the evening – the fire drill! Thanks everyone for your cooperation on this. It

Unfortunately I missed last week’s meeting due to illness – I hope it went well and everyone enjoyed it. I expect to see lots of pictures of horses in next year’s competitions! This week we have another early session from Jenny, this time on how to gain photographic distinctions. In case any newer members are