Mon 13 Oct 2025 - Zoom Lecture- Photography on the Dark Side of London by Peter Benson
The brilliant Peter Benson will present his lecture Photography on the Dark Side of London to the Stevenage Photographic Society via Zoom.
“Photography on the Darkside, London Nights.”
Peter Benson FRPS MCrGP AWPF CPAGB BPE3, is a keen urban nightscape photographer. During this talk Peter takes us back into the history of Night Photography running alongside his family history in Photography and then on a tour around some of his favourite places for night photography in and around London. Here you can join Peter in exploring the magical beauty of the night,...
Mon 20 Oct 2025 - Club night- Studio session - Pet Dog shoot
We will photograph Dogs in various poses on pieces of furniture and also catching (or failing to catch) treats.
Mon 27 Oct 2025 - External Competition: 4 Way Battle & Beds Invitational
We welcome judge Ben Pike to the club to judge the 4 way battle between Stevenage, Letchworth, Welwyn Garden City and H2
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Bedfordshire Invitational, Hosted by Shillington & District Camera Club, Judge: Jonathan Vaines CPAGB. 7:30 for 7.45 p.m. start
Speak to External Comp Sec if wish to attend Beds Invitational
**REMINDER**
Please bring prints for the first Print competition of the year to hand in tonight and upload PDI's to the website by 10pm tonight
Mon 3 Nov 2025 - Round 1 Prints competition
We welcome judge Dave Hipperson back to the club for round one of the internal prints competition.
Mon 10 Nov 2025 - India's Golden Triangle & Tigers of Ranthambore- Robert Snary
Tonight we welcome Robert Snary who will give a lecture on photographing India, including tigers!
Mon 17 Nov 2025 - The Road to the Paralympics by Peter Milsom
Tonight we welcome Pete Milsom to the club to talk about his sports photography journey all the way to photographing the Paralympics.
**REMINDER**
Please upload images to the website for the PDI Nature Image of the Year competition by Midnight tonight.
Mon 24 Nov 2025 - Nature Image of the Year Competition
We welcome judge Alison Jenkins to the Stevenage Photographic Society for the annual PDI Nature Image of the Year competition of the season.
**REMINDER**
Please bring prints for the second Print competition, with a 'Monochrome' theme, to hand in tonight and upload PDI's to the website by 10pm tonight
Mon 1 Dec 2025 - Round 2 Prints Competition, 'Monochrome'
We welcome judge Alison Jenkins back to the club for round two of the internal prints competition.
This has the theme of 'Monochrome'.
Mon 8 Dec 2025 - Christmas Quiz and Fish & Chips
A fun evening on the build up to the Festive Season, enjoy a Fish & Chip supper, followed by the now infamous Barry's Christmas Quiz!
Mon 15 Dec 2025 - Christmas Dinner Social
This evening is set aside for the annual Christmas Dinner at a local pub.
**Please note there will be no meeting at the clubhouse this evening**
Mon 5 Jan 2026 - EAF Annual Exhibition Portfolio
A look at some of the inspiring images from the 2025 EAF Annual Exhibition.
**REMINDER**
Please upload images to the website for the PDI round 2 competition by Midnight tonight
Mon 12 Jan 2026 - Round 2 PDI Competition
We welcome judge Ken Payne to the Stevenage Photographic Society for the second PDI competition of the season.
Mon 19 Jan 2026 - Studio Night
Our second Studio night of the season.
Still Life - TBC
Sat 24 Jan 2026 - External Competition: Cambridge Inter-Club Digital
Ticketed Event @ Whittlesford - please contact External Competition Secretary for further info
Mon 26 Jan 2026 - Club night - AI Judging
An interesting venture into discovering how AI Judging works.
Mon 2 Feb 2026 - Club night - Member's Mini Talks
An evening of mini talks from several club members, covering a variety of subjects.
**REMINDER**
Please bring prints to hand in for the third Print competition of the season and upload PDI's to the website by 10pm tonight.
Mon 9 Feb 2026 - Competition - Print Round 3
Print competition, monthly Round 3 - the final round for prints.
We welcome Jim Bennett to judge the competition.
Sun 15 Feb 2026 - External Competition: EAF PDI Championship
Ticketed Event @ Fulbourn - please contact External Competition Secretary for further information
Mon 16 Feb 2026 - Club night - 'How I Got My 20'
An evening of short talks from some of our members achieving a score of 20 in this season's competitions.
They will give a short description on how/where they took the image and how it was processed.
Mon 23 Feb 2026 - External Competition: The Border Skirmish
We have the pleasure of hosting the Border Skirmish competition v Ware and Harpenden.
We also welcome our judge for the evening, Mark Buckley-Sharp.
**REMINDER**
Please upload images to the website for the PDI round 3 competition by Midnight tonight
Sat 28 Feb 2026 - External Competition: St Ives Interprint
Ticketed Event @ St Ives - Contact External Competition Secretary for further info
Mon 2 Mar 2026 - Competition - PDI Round 3 - Themes
This is our final monthly PDI competition, entering 1 image for each of 3 themes: Motion / Circles / Three.
We welcome our judge Ian Ryall for his first visit to our club.
Mon 9 Mar 2026 - Lecture: M.E., Myself & Eye - Jonathan Vaines
We welcome Jonathan Vaines to show us some of his fabulous visual art prints.
His talk will cover his Multiple Exposure techniques, vision and creativity, in what will be a stimulating and inspiring evening.
Thu 12 Mar 2026 - External Competition: 3 Way Battle vs Biggleswade & Kempston
Hosted by Biggleswade
Sun 15 Mar 2026 - External Competition: EAF Print Championship
Ticketed Event @ Fulbourn - please contact External Competition Secretary for further information
Mon 16 Mar 2026 - Studio Night 3
Our third studio night of the season.
This will be a chance to use the studio lights and get experience of photographing a model.
**REMINDER**
Next week is the Print Panel competition - please upload PDI's to the website by 10pm tonight but bring prints on the competition night.
Mon 23 Mar 2026 - Competition - Four Print Panel
Annual Print Panel competition: to make a cohesive panel of 4 prints.
We welcome our judge for the evening, the fabulous Daphne Hanson.
Mon 30 Mar 2026 - Club night - TBC
A workshop night, which may be an outing - TBC nearer the time.
Mon 6 Apr 2026 - No meeting - Easter Bank Holiday
No meeting tonight but
**REMINDER**
Please upload images to the website for the Portrait Photographer of the Year PDI competition (4 images) and for the Print Chris Pike Composites comp by Midnight tonight.
Mon 13 Apr 2026 - Competition: Portrait Photographer of the Year and Chris Pike Memorial
We have two competitions tonight:
Portrait Photographer of the Year ( 4 x PDIs) and
Chris Pike Memorial Trophy (this year is Composite images, Prints)
We welcome Naomi Saul as our judge.
Mon 20 Apr 2026 - Club Night - TBC
Club Night - details to follow nearer the time.
**REMINDER**
Please upload images to the website for the PDI of the Year competition by Midnight tonight
Mon 27 Apr 2026 - Competition: PDI of the Year
Annual PDI of the Year competition.
We welcome Peter Prosser as our judge.
Mon 4 May 2026 - No meeting - Early May Bank Holiday
No meeting this week as it's a Bank Holiday.
**REMINDER**
Please upload entries for the Photographer of the Year competition to the website by midnight tonight and bring Prints on the night.
Mon 11 May 2026 - Competition: Photographer of the Year & Jim Lucas Trophy
The final competition of the year:
Photographer of the Year (portfolio of 6 prints) and
Jim Lucas Trophy award for the best image.
We welcome our judge Martin Patten.
Mon 18 May 2026 - Club Night: The AGM
Please join us for the Annual General Meeting, at which your thoughts and input is valued to shape the future of the club.
Mon 25 May 2026 - No meeting - Bank Holiday
No meeting tonight as it is the Spring Bank Holiday.
Mon 1 Jun 2026 - Presentation Evening
We end our season of meetings in the hall with our Gala Presentation evening.
A lovely evening reminding us of all the great images we've seen from club members throughout the season and present the trophies and awards.