Programme
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All Meetings are at the Carleton Community Centre on THURSDAY commencing at 19:30 unless otherwise stated

Club Members (and any companions) taking part in any Trip organised by the Club are responsible
for bringing their own suitable clothing and equipment and participate entirely at their own risk.

Welcome 2012
Pontefract Camera Club was founded in March 1920
which makes 2012 our 92st Year.

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January

January 5th
The YPU Digital Image Folio 2011
Images from the Doncaster Exhibition

January 12th
Studio Portrait Night (Hand in for the Medley Rnd 1)
Bring along your cameras

January 19th
Images from the East Anglian Photo Federation
We see the work of our friends from Norfolk
and Suffolk.

January 26th
Medley competition Round 1
Can you become photographer of the year

February

February 2nd
Competition with Leeds Co-Op Photographic Society.
First visit to Pontefract of this famous club.

February 9th
Visit to the Astronomical Observatory
To the stars - we look to where no man has gone before.

February 16th
‘Turn left at London’
A slide lecture with Andrew Foley (YPU)
(Hand in for the Ann. Projected Image Competition)

February 23rd
Photoshop and Adobe Elements Tutorial

March

March 1st
‘An Urban Odyssey’
Erica Oram provides a slide presentation (YPU)

March 8th
Annual Projected Image Competition
Open and Set subject (Sport) (Hand in for the Medley Rnd 2)

March 15th
Annual General Meeting

March 22nd
Medley Competition Round 2

March 29th
Studio Portrait Night
Bring along your cameras

April

April 5th                                                                                                              Critique Night Bring along your recent images No more than 3 prints and 3 projected Images please

April 12th                                                                                                           Practical Night – Flowers and Nature in the Studio
Using ariticial and natural light Bring cameras

April 19th
Serendipity - An evening with Dave Burgess (YPU)
Dave presents some important photographic
talking points.

April 26th
‘Another day at the Oce’
Local professional photographer John Gardner
shows us his work.

 

May

May 3rd
Equipment Auction Night
Bring along unwanted equipment or pick up a bargain

May 10th
Three Clubs competition
We welcome the Wakeeld and Normanton clubs.
(Hand in for the Annual Monochrome print Competition)

May 17th
Studio Night portraits/ Natural light
Bring along cameras

May 24th
The Annual Monochrome Print Competition
Open and Set subject (Sport)

May 31st
Critique night
Bring along your recent images
No more than 3 prints and 3 projected Images please

June

June 7th
Tutorial night
Camera settings, Flash photography and Sensor cleaning

June 14th
My Favourite Yorkshire Landscapes Members invited to bring in their past work

June 21st
Tutorial night
Exposure and Depth of eld

June 28th
Medley competition Round 3
Should be getting exciting

July

July 5th
Photoshop night
Topics causing concern to members problems solved.

July 12th
Ken Colley’s Image night
Plus Tutorial night review

July 19th
Studio Portrait night
Bring cameras

July 26th
Practical night
Planning an Image sequence

August

Summer break
2nd to 30th August
Club open for social meetings and informal tutorials.

September

September 6th
Welcome back Critique night
Bring along your recent images
(No more than 3 prints and 3 projected Images please)

September 13th
Photoshop Night
Some more problems solved! (Hand in entries for the Medley R4)

 

NOTE

35mm slides will not be included in any competition from Jan 2010
 

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September 20th
‘Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands’
Colin New brings along his prints of this
remarkable region (YPU).

September 27th
Medley Competition Round 4
Enter those images taken over the summer

October

October 4th
Studio Portrait night / or Night Photography Tutorial
Bring cameras and entries for the Annual Colour
print competition.

October 11th
The Self Portrait
Members invited to bring along 3 ‘self- portraits’
using their creative talents.

October 18th
The Annual Colour Print Competition.
Open and Set subject (Sport)

October 25th
‘Photography – A passion’
A digital image lecture and rst visit to Pontefract
for Alisa Yates (YPU)

November

November 1st
The YPU Print portfolio of 2012.
We look at the prints of this year’s exhibition. (TBC)

November 8th
Critique Night
Bring along your autumn images
No more than 3 prints and 3 projected Images please

November 15th
Studio Portrait night
Bring cameras

November 22nd
‘My way Four’
Keaton Roebuck returns with more memorable images.

November 29th
Medley Competition Round 5
Who have made it to the winning post?

December (Subscriptions due)

December 6th
A selection of projected Images
Images from the RPS and the Continent

December 11th (Tuesday)
Competition with Batley Camera Club
at Batley

December 13th
Christmas Celebration

December 20th
Informal Critique night for Image Sequence
wind up the year with images and music

 (YPU - Lecturer from the Yorkshire Photographic Union)

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