Wrekin Arts Photographic Club Newsletter 8 2024/25 17 December 2024

This Friday, 20 December, will be the last meeting of the calendar year. The club room will be open for a Christmas get together. Please bring nibbles and drinks. Tea and coffee will be served as usual.

The first meeting in 2025 will be the 2nd Merit PDI competition judged by Van Greaves on Friday 10 January. Don’t forget to submit your entries by 3 January. The online entry system is open now and full details of the rules, guide to the online system plus a video on preparing images for the PDI competition can be found at https://wrekinartspc.com/competition-links-organisations-and-club-guides

If you pay your weekly club fee online, Norman will send out an invoice to you over the holidays to cover the period up to Easter.

You can see some stunning Landscapes on Landscape Photographer of the year 2024 https://www.internationallandscapephotographer.com There’s a Flipbook of the Top 101 entries at the bottom of the home page. You can find the top 202 entries at https://www.internationallandscapephotographer.com/index.php/previous-years/2024-top-202-entries

Finally, be cautious when you park your car at the club room. A member of the Theatre had a purse stolen from her unlocked car last Wednesday. CCTV footage clearly shows a person trying a number of car doors that night. Not sure whether it was an opportunist thief or whether the person operates regularly in the area.

Wrekin Arts Photographic Club Newsletter 23 2023/24 17 July 2024

This Friday, 19 July, Calvin will lead a workshop about using layers in Photoshop. The workshop will be informal and interactive with demonstrations, explanations and discussions. You might find it useful to take a pen and notebook to jot down information to use later. 

Then on 26 July there will a second Photoshop on masks.

Both these workshops will be free to members and Tea and biscuits will be available to buy. This is your chance to get to grips with basic concepts of Photoshop and become a more proficient user. There are a number of tutorials on the club website https://wrekinartspc.com/useful-tutorials covering a wide range of photography topics that you may find useful.

The season will finish after the Photoshop Workshop on 26 July. The club room will be closed over the summer but there might be practical workshops arranged. I will send out information when available or you can keep an eye on the website.

The 2024/25 Season will open on Friday 20 September with an Open Evening and Exhibition of members prints.

Membership fees were increased at the AGM on 5 July for the 2024/25 season. The new fees are: Single Membership £40; Joint Membership £60; OAP £35; Joint OAP £55. The weekly fee will be £4 or £5 for a non member but this will include a hot drink. 

Finally, if you have any ideas about a subject or a speaker for the club programme then let me know.