Club meetings are on Thursday evenings unless otherwise specified.
The majority of our speakers will be travelling to West Charleton Village Hall to give their talks to us face-to-face (F2F), while others will be delivering via Zoom. Zoom talks will only be available at home (there will be no meetings in the hall those evenings). We would like members to join us in the hall for all other meetings.
Date | Details |
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Sun 1 Sep | Club Summer Social. Members and immediate family welcome. |
5 Sep | Welcome back! Updates and then Show and Tell – sharing the Summer Postcard Challenge prints (vertical strings of ten 6” x 4” prints on set themes launched at the AGM). Then two short presentations from members followed by all sharing images and stories from the summer. Up to three images per person to be submitted via PhotoEntry by midnight Mon 2 Sep. |
12 Sep | Guest Speaker: Matt Curtin, 'Iconic Local Landscapes'. Will include prints. See https://www.mjc-photography.com |
Tues 17 Sep | Estuary Photoshoot: Lady Mary cruise (exclusive charter). Provisional details only as we need good weather as well as high tides. Depart from Steamer Steps, Kingsbridge at 17.00 (HW 18.30, sunset 19.19). Partners welcome. £20 per head in advance to KDCC. Bring your own picnic/drinks. No meeting in the village hall on Thur 19 Sep. |
26 Sep | Photo Challenge: 'Found Things', plus images from Agricultural Shows. Up to three images per person, per challenge/shoot, to be submitted via PhotoEntry by midnight Mon 23 Sep. ENTRY DEADLINE FOR 1st OPEN. |
3 Oct | Photoshoot and meal out. Details tbc. |
10 Oct | 1st Open Competition. |
17 Oct | The Langford Lecture: Adrian Beasley, on his approach to B&W shooting, editing and printing. See https://www.abeasley.org |
Fri 18 Oct | Mono workshop with Adrian Beasley: cost £50 per head, other details tbc. |
24 Oct | Photo Challenge: 'Water in any Form', plus images from recent photoshoots including the Lady Mary cruise. Up to three images per person, per challenge/shoot, to be submitted to PhotoEntry by midnight Mon 21 Oct. |
31 Oct | Club evening: presentations from our sponsors and a number of club members, with possibly a workshop on a specific technique. |
Tues 5 Nov | Challenge Shield Four-Way Battle – KDCC, Newton Abbot, Ivybridge and Plymouth Camera Clubs. This year we’re at Newton Abbot. No meeting in the village hall on Thur 7 Nov. |
14 Nov | Photoshoot and meal out: details tbc. |
21 Nov | WCPF Travelling Print Exhibition. ENTRY DEADLINE FOR 2nd OPEN. |
28 Nov | Guest Speaker: Linda Wevill, 'Creative Photography'. See https://www.lindawevillphotography.com |
5 Dec | 2nd Open Competition. |
12 Dec | Club evening: member presentations, including the 366 projects and possibly a Christmas themed workshop. There will be mince pies! ENTRY DEADLINE FOR 3rd OPEN - note the early deadline. |
19 Dec | Guest Speaker: Roger Hance, 'Photographing Wildlife in your Garden'. ZOOM ONLY - NO MEETING IN THE HALL. See https://rogerhancefrps.com/ |
26 Dec-2 Jan | Christmas and New Year - no meetings. |
9 Jan 2025 | Tony North (International Garden Photographer of the Year 2023), 'Flora 1 – Outdoors'. ZOOM ONLY - NO MEETING IN THE HALL. See https://www.artofmacro.com |
16 Jan | Club evening: Member presentations, plus a workshop session on how to make the ordinary extraordinary (see April Photo Challenge). |
23 Jan | 3rd Open Competition |
30 Jan | Club Winter Social. Details tbc. |
6 Feb | Guest Speaker: Rod Armstrong, 'Astrophotography'. Members are then invited to share images of the night sky - prints or PDIs. Up to 3 images per person to be submitted to PhotoEntry by midnight Mon 3 Feb. |
13 Feb | Photo Challenge: 'Wildlife in my Garden/Neighbourhood". The emphasis is on the wildlife, not on the quality of the image. Footage (stills or video) from trail cameras welcome, as well as snaps taken in your garden or on local walks. Tell us about the wildlife, where you found it, and how you captured the image(s). No limit on age of images. Also images from recent photoshoots. Up to three images per person, per challenge/shoot, to be submitted to PhotoEntry by midnight Mon 10 Feb. |
20 Feb | Guest Speaker: Colin Winstanley, 'How to Edit your Photos'. How to get the most out of LR, PS and other editing programs. See www.colinwinstanley.com. ENTRY DEADLINE FOR THE BRITISH WILDLIFE COMPETITION (PDIs only). |
Sat 1 Mar | Dartmoor Walk and Photoshoot with Moorland Guide Nigel Grist. Details tbc. No meeting in the village hall on Thur 27 Feb. |
6 Mar | British Wildlife Competition. |
Tues 10 Mar | Paignton Battle: Hosted by Paignton. An external judge will assess and score PDI images submitted by Paignton Photographic Club and KDCC. No meeting in the village hall on Thur 13 Mar. |
20 Mar | Photoshoot and meal out: Details tbc. |
27 Mar | The Alliance: Members from Ivybridge and Plymstock Camera Clubs will join us, bringing an agreed number of prints We will discuss the images in mixed groups, prior to hearing a judge’s view of all the images. The intention is to encourage members to think critically about images, their content and presentation. |
3 Apr | Photo Challenge: 'Worm’s eye View', or 'From a Different Perspective'. Think of looking for a different point of view, or macro/close-up shots, or in some other way making the ordinary extraordinary. Also images from recent photoshoots. Up to three images per person, per challenge/shoot, to be submitted to PhotoEntry by midnight Mon 31 Mar. |
10 Apr | Guest Speaker: Paul Sansome, 'The Art of Travel Photography'. See https://www.paulsansome.com/The-Photos. ENTRY DEADLINE FOR 4th OPEN. |
17 Apr | No meeting - Easter. |
24 Apr | 4th Open Competition. |
1 May | AGM, and Club evening: sharing the Long View images (panels of four images taken over the year, printed A4 size). Setting a new Summer Challenge. Sets of four images per person, plus one of the whole panel, to be submitted to PhotoEntry by midnight Mon 28 Apr. |
May to July | Informal photoshoots. |
14-19 July | KDCC Photographic Exhibition in Kingsbridge Market Hall. |