Wrekin Arts Photographic Club Newsletter 1 2025/26 2 September 2025

Welcome back to Club Newsletters!

The new season starts on Friday 12 September with an exhibition of Club Member’s prints opened by Cllr Reg Snell, Mayor of Wellington. Reg will also present trophies to award winners of the 2024/25 season.You can see the award winning images for the finals competition on our website https://wrekinartspc.com together with the new logo. Thanks to Jayne for the design https://jaynemapp.wixsite.com/fabnewdesign The League standings for the 2024/25 season can be found on the “Competition Results” tab on the website.

There will be nibbles and drinks provided. Norman will arrange the drinks. Please bring a plate of nibbles of your choice. To ensure we get a selection, please post your choice on the club’s WhatsApp group.

The next meeting will be on 19 September which is also the hand in night for the first Merit PDI competition.You can find competition rules, a guide to the online entry system and a useful video produced by Calvin on preparing Images for club competitions which includes a demonstration on adding a key line around the image https://wrekinartspc.com/competition-links-organisations-and-club-guides

Just a reminder that membership fees are now due https://wrekinartspc.com/fees Norman sent out a reminder to the WhatsApp group on 31 August. The bank details are the same as last year. Please reply to this email if your’e unsure of the club’s bank account.

Finally, the club room will be open on 5 September from 7.30pm for the usual chat and cuppa. Please bring your images for the Opening Night Exhibition with you. It will be a big help for Norman and Steve.

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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.