syllabus / programme
Programme of Meetings 2020-2021 season
Meetings are held at 8:00pm on Friday evenings at St John's Hall, Churchfields, Hertford SG13 8AF (near All Saints Church: approach from London Road) unless otherwise stated.
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Due to Covid-19 all of this season’s meetings were held online. Planned meetings that were replaced are shown greyed-out in this archived syllabus. |
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| September 2020 | |
18 |
The Malcolm Unwin PDI Trophy Knockout competition for last year’s best projected images. Plus the results from last season's battle v Køge Fotoclub in Denmark. d |
25 |
assignment #1 We know what you did during lockdown! Show your photos taken during the Summer break, and tell us how and why you took them. d |
| October 2020 | |
2 |
Club competition No 1: open projected images¹ Judge: Ron Tear ARPS MPAGB PSA3* BPE4* |
9 |
2019-20 AGM / Chairman's Evening followed by “What’s in your camera bag?”, an illustrated discussion about our favourite gizmos, widgets, lenses, cards… and bags. |
16 |
lecture My Restless Lens Dr Keith Snell EFIAP EPSA LRPS An active photographer based in Cumbria, Keith will introduce us to a broad range of photography including wildlife, figurative, abstract, impressionist and landscape. d |
23 |
practical evening New Images from Old, Before and After An opportunity to discuss images and techniques for Assignment #2, with some demonstrations and a chance to learn new skills. |
30 |
lecture Wildlife Photography Around the UK Alison Jenkins ARPS DPAGB BPE1* Alison takes us to some fantastic yet not-expensive-to-get-to UK locations to capture stunning wildlife shots, explaining her shooting techniques and camera settings, and showing us the equipment she uses. d |
| November 2020 | |
3 |
tuesday inter-club competition 4-way PDI battle v Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth and Stevenage; hosted by WGC. Judge: Peter Norris |
6 |
Brains Trust Please submit your questions in advance for answers by selected experts from the club. |
13 |
lecture Northern Winter – Survival in the Snow Sarah Kelman ARPS DPAGB The northern taiga is the largest land biome on the planet, but also one of the harshest for the animals that live there. When the winter snows arrive, many species migrate south. This is the story of those animals that remain to overwinter in these harsh conditions. d |
20 |
Club competition No 2: open projected images¹ Judge: Ben Pike |
27 |
lecture PAGB recorded lectures programme change People, Portraits and Pachyderms Adrian Lines A Selection of creative images, showing transitions from original photo to finished image. GB Cup (for small clubs) 2020 All Categories (including Nature). A presentation of images from clubs across Great Britain. |
| December 2020 | |
4 |
assignment #2 New Images from Old, Before and After Show and discuss your creative images, especially work inspired by the 23 October Practical Evening. d |
11 |
lecture The Dragon in Monochrome Margaret Salisbury FRPS MFIAP FIPF FSITTP How and why Margaret chooses monochrome for landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes; for creative work, pictorial, natural history and travel; and in particular for people and their way of life. Known as "the Welsh Dragon" because of her dragon signature on the back of her prints she has for many years been the go-to person for advice on obtaining photographic distinctions and qualifications. d |
18 |
Christmas Social Evening |
25 |
no meeting |
| January 2021 | |
1 |
no meeting |
8 |
Mini Set-Subject Competition: ‘Angles and Curves’, plus open Triptych competition Judge: Naomi Saul ARPS DPAGB APAGB EFIAP d |
15 |
Club competition No 2: open prints¹ Judge: David Steel DPAGB |
15 |
inter-club competition 2-way PDI battle v H2 PS programme change Judge: David Steel DPAGB |
20 |
wednesday inter-club competition 3-way ‘Match-a-DPI’ battle v Ware and Hoddesdon; hosted by Ware Judge: Ron Tear ARPS MPAGB PSA3* BPE4* |
22 |
lecture The Best Camera is the One You Have With You Dr Thomas Peck How to get the best from your smartphone's camera, and how to process the images aftwerwards. Bring some images! d |
22 |
Club competition No 3: open projected images¹ programme change Judge: Tom Peck |
29 |
lecture It’s a Small World Andy Sands Macro and extreme macro images taken during lockdown. An outstanding wildlife photographer with a special interest in close-ups of insects and fungi, Andy hasn’t been put off by not being able to travel. Instead he’s looked for small things to photograph closer to home. d |
| February 2021 | |
5 |
Club competition No 4: open prints¹ Judge: Lloyd Moore CPAGB BPE3 (CACC) |
5 |
inter-club competition 2-way PDI battle v Southgate programme change Judge: Lloyd Moore CPAGB BPE3 (CACC) |
12 |
practical evening Night Photography in Hertford Create images for assignment #3. Bring cameras and tripods. |
12 |
lecture Themes and Journeys – Traditional & Urban Landscapes programme change An overview of the photography that Stephen enjoys the most: Landscape and Urban Landscape Photography, from across Northern England and Scotland. Images from the Pennines and the Lake District are a mixture of colour and monochrome, while his urban landscapes from Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Sheffield and York are mostly in monochrome. D |
19 |
lecture Making the Connection Colin Southgate FRPS Colin explores the connection between art and photography, as the rush of creativity unleashed by digital imaging blurs the lines between the two disciplines. |
26 |
lecture The Elsden Archive Cllr Peter Ruffles MBE Arthur Elsden and his son were photographers in Hertford between 1859 and 1926, and some 250 of their glass slides were given to the Club, early in its life, for safe keeping. Peter knows them well, and will be talking about his favourites. |
| March 2021 | |
5 |
lecture The Nik Collection Phil Janes LRPS Nik Collection is a group of plug-in software packages for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and DxO PhotoLab which allow a range of effects to easily be applied to images, in particular to replicate black and white darkroom effects. D |
12 |
Club competition No 4: open projected images¹ Judge: Daphne Hanson DPAGB APAGB |
19 |
assignment #3 Nighttime Photography Bring your dusk and nighttime images to discuss, especially those taken during the 12 February Practical Evening. d |
19 |
lecture It's Not What You See, It's What You Make programme change Mike is a Bristol-based photographer who organises studio sessions for his club, volunteers with the local Photographer's With Disabilities group and mentors individual photographers. He leads the image editing and studio modules in Bristol PS's annual photography course. His talk will showcase some of his non-portrait photography, with a step-by-step Photoshop walk-through of some of his creative images, and sharing some of his lockdown projects. D |
26 |
Club competition No 6: open prints¹ Judge: Colin Westgate FRPS MPAGB APAGB MFIAP |
26 |
lecture Images of Iceland programme change Colin Westgate FRPS MPAGB APAGB MFIAP Iceland is geologically a very young island, formed less than 20 million years ago through volcanic action as the earth's tectonic plates moved apart. This still takes place today, and has resulted in an amazing landscape of spectacular features, including lava fields, ice caps and glaciers, snow and ice, hot springs and geysers, waterfalls, black beaches, active volcanoes, the 'Northern Lights' and more. |
| April 2021 | |
2 |
Good Friday, no meeting |
6 |
tuesday inter-club competition 6-way PDI battle v Bishop's Stortford, Moulsham Lodge, Royston, Saffron Walden and Great Notley; hosted by Bishop's Stortford Judge: Chris Palmer |
9 |
Set Subject Competition: ‘On the Street’ Judge: Colin Strong LRPS CPAGB D |
16 |
lecture Reality is For People with No Imagination Gary Nicholls Gary will inspire us to try new ideas and ignore convention in creating personal projects, using the camera as a tool to create Fine Art images from imagination to realisation. D |
23 |
lecture Astro Photography Nik Szymanek Nik will explain the process of capturing astronomical images with CCD cameras, a technique he has been using since they were first introduced in the early 1990s. He is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a member of the British Astronomical Association, and his award-winning image-processing techniques have been used in collaborations with professional astronomers. D |
30 |
Small Print Competition: picture area 300 sq cm max Judge: Roger Poyser CPAGB |
30 |
PDI Monochrome Competition programme change Judge: Tony Bramley FRPS |
| May 2021 | |
7 |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING followed by a recorded lecture: Svalbard, Kingdom of the Ice Bear Pam Lane ARPS DPAGB EFIAP and Eddy Lane ARPS DPAGB EFIAP This lecture features images from various trips to Svalbard, concentrating on an extended expedition on the historic icebreaker MV Stockholm. The frozen landscapes, seabirds and walrus of the region are covered, but the major focus is on the iconic polar bear. |
14 |
lecture Landscape in Transition Mike Seaborne Our changing environment as affected by economic and social forces. Over the past 45 years Mike has photographed in the north of England, London, the Upper Lea Valley and across Europe. For more than 30 years he was Curator of Photographs at the Museum of London. D |
21 |
Quiz Night in place of Annual Dinner with presentation of end of season trophies |
¹ Competition entries are due the week before each competition.
² The dates of weekend outings may change if weather conditions dictate.
d Projected Digital Images evening.
p Print evening.
