CLUB AGM
Attend and have your say on future aspects of the Club .. and to volunteer for Committee roles that may arise.
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Attend and have your say on future aspects of the Club .. and to volunteer for Committee roles that may arise.
Max 3 entries per person
TBD
Max 3 entries per category (mono & Col)
The Club will have a pitch. We usually get gazeebo etc loaded at the club from 0800-0830 for setup at Wellington around 0930. Pleasse give any assistance you can to set-up and take-down and during the day. If you have prints you wish to display, please bring to the club on the 13th or on the day. If the print is available to sell you MUST place a sticker on front or back to show author and cost. The Club takes a 10% commission on all sales.
See website here - https://wellingtonsoup.org/events/wellington-midsummer-fayre/
Max 3 entries in each category (Mono & Colour)
This night is to encourage people to use the Club Printer to produce prints.
It will be a guided night for both printing and Mounting, led by Norman and Steve.
Max 3 images per entrant.
Tonight’s talk will focus on Travel & Transport and will delve into Lee’s approach to travel photography.
Up to 3 panels per entrant and 3 Triptychs per entrant.
Members please bring one or two images on a USB to be printed on the night.
I would suggest these be in JPG format and be 300DPI and at least A4 format e.g. 2976*4209 px - I think they will print on A4 paper but see details as there is possible A3 options time allowing.
A return to the Club for Peter.
This is to be their ‘Swan Song’ talk. They are retiring from the talk circuit after this one.
Let’s make sure we give them a warm welcome and thanks for the talk and all they have done for the club over many many years …. I think they were members when Wrekin Arts first started back in the last Century!
All entries must have been taken with a digital mobile device e.g. Phone or tablet, not a Digital Camera.
Specific rules apply to these two genres. See rules HERE
Landscape - PDIs up to 3 images per entrant
Nature - PRINTS up to 3 per entrant.
Judy will be giving us a talk on Photographing People and give us some insights and guidance on how to take successful images of people. Judy will show us the different styles of this genre including, street, candid, studio and portraiture
Entrants allowed to enter up to 3 prints in each Category (Mono & Colour).
My passion is to create beautiful images.
Guide and advice on producing Tryptychs and Panels with examples.
This presentation is to inspire members to release stress to be their self and have courage to show their images , Every picture tell a story and doesn't have to be perfect .
Visitors welcome. Tickets £4.00 via Eventbrite from 22/2/25 HERE
The new closing date (for your digital registrations) is 27/2/25 (2nd merit PRINT)
As photographers we often wish we were in some exotic location with the best possible equipment. In this talk, I detail my fight with locational Myopia and ways to overcome it as well as a personal journey to become a landscape photographer.
Visitors welcome. Tickets £4.00 via Eventbrite from 7/2/25 HERE
The evening comprises of both colour and monochrome prints. There are various genres including travel, street, portraiture, architecture and documentary. There are a lot of panels on various subjects.
My Close-up and Macro Photography talk covers the equipment required, techniques, issues that arise – and how to solve them, and lighting for macro.
Visitors welcome. Tickets £4.00 via Eventbrite from 18/1/25 HERE
Welcome back to Mike.
Another talk by Mike in which we will see his prints.
A welcome back to former members Russell & Audrey.
You can expect some stunning pictures of African wildlife ranging from the ‘Big five’ through to birds and landscapes.
Answering all the what and how questions, I go through sourcing and creating textures , how to use blend modes and then 3 different methods of how to apply textures to an image.
With a 'hands on - how to' 2nd half.
Visitors welcome. Tickets £4.00 via Eventbrite from 3/1/25 HERE
Up to 3 images per entrant allowed
HAND IN FOR 2nd MERIT PDI
xmas break - no meeting
Bring some drinks / nibbles and your dancing shoes.
A talk on creativity, looking at ways in which you can develop your own 'voice' in what can seem like a crowded photography world.
My style in photography is quite distinctive and i will talk through my successful Frps travel panel which was gained through trips to Romania right through to the process of my printed work.
Norman will show the images accepted and awarded in the 2024 Shrewsbury BPE competition.