Blandford Forum Camera Club

20/03/2025 Practical Support Group And Social Evening
2025-03-20 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London)

18/03/2025 " Match an Image"
2025-03-18 19:30 - 22:00
18/03/2025 ” Match an Image”
Blandford/cc Shaftesbury CC Only Two Clubs Participating this Time
Judge Malcolm McNaughton.

17/03/2025 Committee Meeting
2025-03-17 19:30 - 22:00

11/03/2025 Practical Photography Evening Close up And Macro Photography
2025-03-11 19:30 - 22:00
11/03/2025 Practical Photography Evening Close up And Macro Photography.
What you Need { Camera /Remote /Tripod/and Manual if needed.

Tuesday 11th March 2025
2025-03-11 19:30 - 22:00
Tuesday 11th March 2025.
RE: This evening would be handing in Images for the 2025 Annual Exhibition,but if the Corne Exchange work is not finished .
The substitute is what i have put on the Website Calendar
I previous years it has always been customary to collect the prints on or around the second Tuesday in March.
This year, due to planned renovation works planned for the Corn Exchange, we have had to cancel the exhibition which leaves an open evening in our programme.
We are therefore going to have a practical evening so bring your cameras and laptops etc. We also intend to investigate how to create a diptych PDI in photoshop.
Whatever you decide to do will be your choice whether table top, still life or macro, venture into the town for low light photography or just enjoy a social evening with good company and chat about anything. Including, possibly, any photographic problems you may be experiencing.
If you require any props please bring them with you.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Best regards
Ian, Cris & Rachel
Entered by Eric Langley
Programme Secretary

04/03/2025 Points Cup No6 Prints/Mono/Colour/Digital Images
2025-03-04 19:30 - 22:00
04/03/2025 Points Cup No6 Prints/Mono/Colour/Digital Images
Judge Norman Wiles LRPS/CPAGB

Thursday 27th FEBRUARY 2025 LRCB 2
2025-02-27 19:30 - 22:00
Thursday 27th FEBRUARY 2025
THIS EVENING IS SOLELY ON Lightroom Classic Basic 2
Added by Eric Langley on behalf of Cris Ablett.
Keywords and Metadata
Create a collection
proposed Photo Library Folder structure
Edit Night Sky(From Photoshop Basics) in Lightroom
Classics and sync edits to Similar Photos
Remove Photos from Lightroom Classic.

25/02/2025 Guest Speaker Via Zoom
2025-02-25 19:30 - 22:00
25/02/2025 Guest Speaker Via Zoom
Glyn Will be Giving a Lecture on the ” Oi Pejeta
Although I am a wildlife photographer at heart, I am also a generalist, rather than a pure specialist, and my favourite is African wildlife, which this site is dedicated to. I shoot a wide range of styles and genres.
I put the emphasis on quality with my images, but quality is a big word and can mean many different things, although it always comes from the skill and technical knowledge of the photographer. People sometimes ask, “what is quality?” It is very hard to describe quality, as it includes sharpness, contrast, composition, colour and depth of field, to name just a few, but however you measure it, it is always visible and makes the image stand out!
With over 25 years of photographing and observing African Wildlife, I consider myself to be an amateur Naturalist, this along with my love and care of all wildlife also makes me a Conservationist.
Talk Version 4

20/02/2025 Practical support Group and Social Evening
2025-02-20 19:30 - 22:00

Guest Speaker Via Zoom 18/02/2025
2025-02-18 19:30 - 22:00
Guest Speaker Barbie Lind MI am a Photographic obsessive. I take pictures every day, I can’t help it. I have to. I would get withdrawal symptoms if I didn’t. My camera comes with me everywhere, even on a shopping trip to Tesco.
I gained my FBPE in 2009, for me this is the greatest award to hold. I resigned from the RPS, 9 years ago after gaining my FRPS & then having it withdrawn because of the controversial nature of its content. Thanks to BW!
I love taking pictures, if it moves I’ll photograph it, if it doesn’t move I’ll photograph it. I love working on pictures via my CS6, printing pictures, I love looking at other peoples pictures……., It’s just the best medium in the universe. I don’t just see pictures, I feel them.PAGB/EFIAP/s/FBPE. Via Zoom 18/02/2025

17/02/2025 Committee Meeting
2025-02-17 19:30 - 22:30

Guest Speaker Tony North ABPE/MPAGB 11/02/2025
2025-02-11 19:30 - 22:00
Guest Speaker Tony North ABPE/MPAGB 11/02/2025
Presents an AV Zoom presentation Entitled ” Rural/Coastal/ Astro Photography.
Although my main focus is macro, I spend a lot of time taking landscape shots. This includes natural landscapes such as the Peak District, Snowdonia or the Lakes, as well as cityscapes and other artificial environments. I am especially passionate about astrophotography – a very challenging genre which I am attempting to learn.
Landscape photography is not just about finding beautiful scenery – it’s also about the quest for magical light, which often means getting up early for dawn or waiting till sunset. Astro of course means working at night, but it’s essential to find areas with little light pollution, as well as some foreground interest. Stars alone aren’t enough!
Cities come alive at golden hour too, as well as blue hour – the hour after sunset, when the lights are turned on. With long exposures you can get light trails from cars, as well as pleasing effects with water in natural environments.
Another interest of mine is abstract photography and creative landscapes (sometimes quite close in on a person): by using techniques like multiple exposure, collage and ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) you can create something uniquely beautiful. My biggest inspirations are Sandra Bartocha, Pep Ventosa, and Lam Makmak

Guest Speaker Tony North 11/02/2025
2025-02-11 19:30 - 22:00
Guest Speaker Tony North ABPE/MPAGB/ 11/02/2025
Presents a Zoom Lecture Entitled ” Rural/Coastal/Astro Photography.{“SLSFrameType”:”Composite”,”Description”:”Made from 10 light frames. Algorithm: Min Horizon Noise”}

Points Cup No5 Prints/Mono/Colour/Digital Images
2025-02-04 19:30 - 22:00
Points Cup No5 Prints/Mono/Colour/Digital Images o4/02/2025
Judge Eric Kennedy

28/01/2025/ Wessex Cup Ladies V Gents
2025-01-28 19:30 - 22:00
28/01/2025/ Wessex Cup Ladies V Gents
Judge John Tilsley ARPS/DPAGB/APAGB

21/01/2025/SCPF Digital Image Competition
2025-01-21 19:30 - 22:00
21/01/2025/SCPF Digital Image Competition.
Blandford Forum CC V All in Division 1
Judge AMANDA MILLER/LRPS/CPAGB/QGP

20/01/2025 Committee Meeting
2025-01-20 19:30 - 22:00

16/01/2025 Support Group
2025-01-16 19:30 - 22:00
16/01/2025 Practical Support Group and Social Evening.

14/01/2025 /Guest Speaker Steve Kirkby CPAGB/AV
2025-01-14 19:30 - 22:00
Guest Speaker Steve Kirkby CPAGB/AV
Presents an Audio Visual Evening And Tutorial.

Tuesday January 14th 2025
2025-01-14 19:30 - 22:00
Tuesday January 14th 2025
Good to hear from you and I can do that evening. The talk is a tutorial but interspersed with many varied and entertaining sequences so that members who aren’t particularly interested in the techniques will still enjoy the talk. The timings will fit whatever your usual arrangements are. I’ll need to use your projector and speakers, if you have them (I have my own speakers that I bring as spares anyway). I usually charge £20+mileage but usually charge no more than £50 total – please let me know if that’s OK.
All the best,
Steve

07/01/2025 Points Cup No4 / Prints/Mono/Colour/Digital Images
2025-01-07 19:30 - 22:00
07/01/2025 Points Cup No4
Prints/Mono/Colour/ Dogital Images.
Judge Trevor Prince

Tuesday December 17th 2024
2024-12-17 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday December 17th 2024
No Event Booked or this evening it is to be discussed at the march Committee Meeting.

!7/12/2024 This evening will be a social get together,
2024-12-17 07:30 - 22:00
!7/12/2024 This Evening on the Week before Christmas tonight will be a Social evening .

Christmas Social TBA
2024-12-10 19:00 - 22:00
Christmas Social TBA
See Rachel Cooper for details Venue to be Arranged

Points Cup No3PrINTS/MONO/COLOUR/DIGITAL IMAGES.
2024-12-03 19:30 - 22:00
Points Cup No3PrINTS/MONO/COLOUR/DIGITAL IMAGES. 03/12/2024.
Judge Peter Woodhouse.

PHOTOSHOP BASICS NOVEMBER 28TH 2024
2024-11-28 19:30 - 22:00
PHOTOSHOP BASICS NOVEMBER 28TH 2024
THIS EVENING HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE 14TH NOVEMBER 2024.
THIS HAS BEE REQUESDED BY CHRIS ABLETT

SCPF Print Competition Blandford CC V All in Div 3
2024-11-26 19:30 - 22:00
SCPF Print Competition Blandford CC V All in Div 3.
Judge
Ashley Francis CPAGB

Photography Support and Social Evening
2024-11-21 19:30 - 22:00

TWO Set Subjects/Prints/&Digital Images Tuesday 19thNovember 2024
2024-11-19 19:30 - 22:00
TWO Set Subjects/Prints/&Digital Images.
Two Digital Diptych Images to be related.
Two Prints ie: Two Diptych’s To be related.
Judge Malcolm McNaughton

Committee Meeting
2024-11-18 19:30 - 21:30
