Blandford Forum Camera Club

Annual Exhibition Judging 2023
2023-04-15
Annual Exhibition Judging. 2023
This Day Annual Exhibition Entries : Prints and PDI’s will be Judged by yet to be announced .

Points Cup No7 Prints/Mono/Colour/PDI's
2023-04-11 07:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Points Cup No7 Prints/Mono/Colour/PDI’s.
Judge for this evening Roy Lambeth DPAGB/AFIAP/BPE*2

Annual General Meeting
2023-04-04 19:30 - 21:00
Annual General Meeting.
Election of Officers and Committee Members

Annual General Meeting
2023-04-04 19:30 - 21:00
Annual General Meeting
Please all try to Attend.
Furter details to follow

Inter Club Competition
2023-03-28 19:30 - 22:00
Inter Club Competition
Weymouth CC V Blandford CC.
Judge
Malcolm McNaughton.
This Competition to be held at Weymouth CC

Studio Evening 27th march 2023
2023-03-27 19:00 - 22:00
Studio Evening 27th March The next studio group will be on Monday March 27.
There will be a model who will change outfits during the course of the evening. There maybe a charge towards the hire of the model.
The lighting will be set up for you so you can concentrate on taking photos, ideally one photographer at a time. The plan is for two different lighting setups:
• 1st part of evening: three light (main, hair and background with reflector for fill, for variation could put gels on background light)
• second part of evening: two light clamshell (main, reflector and separation light)
You will need to bring your camera with a standard zoom lens or short telephoto. Don’t forget a charged battery and empty card and you may find a tripod useful.
The club will provide flash triggers.
Help will be available on the night with getting the best from the model (posing), best angle and the lighting.
If you need assistance with your camera please bring the manual. We will try to help but without the manual that may not be possible.
Please let me know if you are interested in attending and which date works best for you.
This is a practical evening with limited room for watching. If more than 15 members are interested then we may need to split over two evenings.
Best regards
Cris
Put on the Calendar on Behalf of Cris Ablett

Guest Speaker Don Bishop
2023-03-21 19:30 - 22:00
Guest Speaker Don Don Bishop has been a keen enthusiast photographer for over 35 years, initially concentrating for the majority of that time on photographing his other great passion – steam trains.
He went full time professional in 2006 and increased the time spent on landscape subjects and now has a comprehensive collection of fine art prints available of coast, country and mountain areas of the UK and these can be seen on the Landscape prints section of this site.

Committee Meeting Via Zoom
2023-03-20 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-01-16 19:30 - 21:00

Photography Support Group
2023-03-16 19:00 - 22:00
Photography Support Group
Led By Ian Ferris and members of the club

IN HOUSE SPEAKER
2023-03-14 19:30 - 22:00
IN HOUSE SPEAKER.
This Evening we have our CLUB PRESIDENT MRs MARYLIN PEDDLE LRPS.
Speaking about Photography in General and her Brilliant Work she does for the club.

Points Cup No6 Prints/Mono/Colour/ PDI's
2023-03-07 19:30 - 22:00
Points Cup No6 Prints/Mono/Colour/PDI’s
This Evenings Judge SARA HARPLEY

Exhibition Prints and PDI's
2023-02-28 19:00 - 22:00
Exhibition Prints and PDI’s .
To Be handed in This evening for the Annual Exhibition on the 27th May 2023 till 28th May 2023.
Further details to follow

This Evening" We are Treated to An Entertaining Evening "
2023-02-21 19:30 - 22:00
This Evening” We are Treated to An Entertaining Evening ”
By one of our Senior Members and his Name is Colin Cross he is a Brilliant WildLife Photographer in his own right.
With his knowledge of Photographic Topics we should have an entertaining evening.

Committee Meeting At The Club
2023-02-20 19:30
Committee Meeting At The Club House.
If there is a change in the Weather Meeting will be held Via Zoom

Photography Support Group
2023-02-16 19:30 - 22:00
Photography Support Group.
Held at the Club House on the third Thursday of the Month.

Inter Club Print Competition
2023-02-14 19:30 - 22:00
All v All
Inter-Club Competition
Judge : Trevor Prince

Studio Group
2023-02-13 19:00 - 22:00
Studio Group.
This will be a refresher evening for some an introduction for others and Studio lighting for Portraits.

Demystifying Printing - Tim Jones from Fotospeed
2023-02-09 19:30 - 22:00
Demystifying Printing with Tim Jones
Tim will take you through the basics of printing your own photographs at home starting with an introduction on colour management and the steps you will need in place to achieve great prints. Tim will also take you through proofing ideas for your prints on screen via Soft proofing and also Tims preferred technique of printing test print. The evening finishes with a talk on choosing the right paper for your pictures and what to look out for when choosing a paper.
There will be discounts available on all Fotospeed papers.

Points Cup No5 Prints/Mono/Colour/PDI's
2023-02-07 19:00 - 22:00
Points Cup No5 Prints/Mono/Colour/PDI’s
JUDGE TBA
PS.This Just a Mention Prints that being Judged for Points cup these are to be in one week before the Competition please !!

Guest Speaker " Tony North"DPAGB/BPE*4
2023-01-31 19:00 - 22:00
Guest Speaker ” Tony North”DPAGB/BPE*4 The Talk he will be giving this evening is on “FLORA/FLOWERS/PLANTS/and FUNGI.
I am an avid macro photographer, especially of insects like butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies,
as well as flowers and fungi. I work handheld in the field with a Nikon D500, a Nikon 105mm lens and
a 1.4X teleconverter for a little extra magnification. I am a member of South Manchester Camera club
as well as Butterfly Conservation. My goal is to create beautiful works of art which represent the
natural world at its best.
I teach primary school workshops on ancient history and science topics, including evolution and
fossils. My academic background includes Masters degrees in Education and Psychology. With
regard to photography, I have achieved the BPE4 award by entering UK salons, and hold the DPAGB
award for photography.
Professional roles: Photographer, Teacher
Location: United Kingdom

"WESSEX CUP " " LADIES V GENTS"
2023-01-24 19:30 - 22:00
WESSEX CUP ” LADIES V GENTS ”
THIS IS AN INTERNAL CLUB BATTLE BETWEEN THE LADIES AND GENTS OF THE CLUB.
A WELCOME RETURN TO A VERY POPULAR JUDGE ROB BARRON

Photography Support Group
2023-01-19 19:30 - 21:30
Members and Non-Members Welcome
Please bring your problems and questions

Southern Counties Photographic Federation
2023-01-17 19:30 - 22:00
Southern Counties Photographic Federation.
This is a PDI competition Blandford Forum Camera Club V All in Div 3,
Judge Ashley Francis CPAGB

Guest Speaker Amanda Miller LRPS/CPAGB/QGP.
2023-01-10 19:30
Guest Speaker Amanda Miller LRPS/CPAGB/QGP.
Will Present a talk on “ICELAND ”

Points Cup No 4 Prints/Mono/Colour/PDI's
2023-01-03 19:30 - 22:00
Points Cup No 4 Prints/Mono/Colour/PDI’s
Judge TO Be Advised
PS Please try to get your Images in prior to the 3rd Jan 2023

Photography Support Group
2022-12-20 19:30 - 22:00
Photography Support group – Tuesday, 20 December 2022
Please bring along your images from the field trip if you would like help with post processing, or just wish to share your images with others.
Please bring your camera, laptop, phone and let us know anything you would like us to cover.
Any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Rachel, Debbie or me regarding the field trip, or Ian or one of us regarding the support group evenings.
We look forward to seeing you at the clubhouse in the meantime.
Kind regards
Denise, Rachel and Debbie
All the Field Events Published on the Website Club Calendar by Eric Langley Programme Secretary Blandford Forum Camera Club

Photography Support Group
2022-12-20 19:30 - 22:00
Photography Support Group.
Hi All This is the last one of the Photography supportgroup for this year2022 .
It will restart on the 19th January 2023 or Sooner which ever the case may be.

Christmas Break From 20/12/2022/ 27/12/2022
2022-12-20
Christmas Break From 20/12/2022/ 27/12/2022
Return on the 3rd January 2023.

Photography Support Group " Field Trip"
2022-12-15 18:00 - 22:00
Photography Support Group
Field Trip – Thursday, 15 December. Leaving Blandford at 6.30 pm to photograph the Poole Christmas Maritime Light Festival. There is a light trail with light installations in various locations. The quay will also be lit up. Further information at https://www.poole-christmas-maritime-light-festival.co.uk
Also please see attached trail map.
We would suggest car sharing as previously and we will set up a WhatsApp group for this event. Please let Rachel, Debbie or me know if you would like to attend and if you would like a lift.
Please note, this field trip will be instead of the support group which is normally run on the third Thursday of the month, but our backup plan, in case of bad weather on the night, will be to utilise the club house.
We hope to find somewhere to pop into afterwards for a hot beverage, or something stronger for those not driving, and a bit of a natter. We hope you will be able to come along.
