Mon 20 May 2024 - AGM and Prize Giving
AGM meeting with Prize giving also to finish off the season.
Mon 13 May 2024 - Challenge #2 The Colour Wheel Challenge
Tonight we will review and discuss the Challenge#2 The Colour Wheel Challenge images taken or re-edited over the last few months as part of the final photographic challenge the season. This is your chance to see share your sucesses/failures/learning/frustrations and seek valuable insights from other club members.
Mon 29 Apr 2024 - Photographer of the Year (including Jim Lucas Award for Best Print)
Pauline Martindale will be our judge for tonights Photographer of the Year competition, we've enjoyed Pauline's reviews of our images previously and sure tonight will be no exception.
!!! Reminder !!!
Please remember to bring your 6 prints along tonight.
A winner will be picked along with Jim Lucas Award for Print of the Year.
Mon 22 Apr 2024 - Studio Night: Still Life
Always a popular night - bring your still life items, backdrops and creativity. Oh and your camera!
!!! Reminder !!!
Please upload your 6 images by midnight Saturday 27th April and bring your 6 prints on competition night
Wed 17 Apr 2024 - External Competition: 3-Way Battle (Kempston, Stevenage, Biggleswade)
Hosted by Kempston
Mon 15 Apr 2024 - PDI of the Year
We're thrilled to welcome Colin Southgate FRPS as our judge for the evening. Colin has visited on many occasions as speaker and lecturer and we welcome his insightful and balanced critique of our images.
Mon 8 Apr 2024 - Portrait Photographer of the Year
This evening we welcome back Naomi Saul ARPS DPAGB ASINWP EFIAP APAGB BPE4. Naomi is a regular visitor to the club, both as a judge and speaker and we look forward to hear thoughts on tonights portraits.
!!! Reminder !!!
Please submit images for PDI of the Year competition by Midnight on Wednesday 10th April 2024.
Mon 1 Apr 2024 - Bank Holiday: No Meeting
Honestly not an April fools there really is no meeting! Enjoy the bank holiday!
!!! Reminder !!!
Competition Deadline: Please upload images for next weeks competitions Portrait Photograpger of The Year no later than today!
Mon 25 Mar 2024 - Theme PDI Competition (Round 3): Seasons / Something in the Kitchen / Red
Tonight we welcome back our good friend and most excellent judge Dave Hipperson to review our theme images: Red / Something in the Kitchen / Seasons. A regular visitor to the club we enjoy Dave's positive and constructive feedback on our images.
Mon 18 Mar 2024 - How I Post Process My Nature Images with Kevin Pigney
This Lecture will be via Zoom, do not come to the club!
We are thrilled to welcome back Kevin Pigney ARPS DPAGB as our speaker tonight. Following on from his from his previous visit to the club where he showcased his passion for nature/wildlife, he will give an in depth talk explaining in detail every post-processing technique in his armoury.
Mon 11 Mar 2024 - The Dales, Limestone Country with Hemant Jariwala
Our speaker tonight is Hemant Jariwala ARPS presenting his talk "The Dales, Limestone Country’"
Hemant will take us through a journey showing the beauty of The Dales through his colour images and monochrome IR images of ‘iconic’ waterfalls in the Dales. From previous visits to the club we know we will be in for a fantastic evening of imagery and entertainment from Hemant.
Sun 10 Mar 2024 - External Competition: EAF Print Championships
EAF Print Championship
Ticketed Event
Judges: Peter Jones ARPS DPAGB, Peter Prosser APAGB and Sue Wilson DPAGB BPE3*.
Mon 4 Mar 2024 - Club Night: Critique Evening
Critique on memebrs images. Our chance to setp into the shoes of a judge and appreciate the challenge of providing concise feedback on a selection of images, score against others entered and somehow also be witty and entertaining.
Mon 26 Feb 2024 - EAF 2023 Exhibition Images
Celebrating club members acceptances in the 2023 EAF exhibition and review of digital catalogue
!! Reminder !!!
Please submit images for the Theme PDI competition next week by Midnight Wednesday 28th February. Remember this is one image per theme- Seasons/ Something in the kitchen/ Red.
Mon 19 Feb 2024 - Open Print Competition (Round 3)
Our judge for this evening is Caroline Preece LRPS. As well as being an EAF judge, she is also part of the judges advisory team for the Southern Counties Photographic Federation. We always welcome her some helpful and constructive critique on our images.
Wed 14 Feb 2024 - External Competition: Three Way Border Skirmish (Ware, Harpenden, Stevenage)
Hosted by Ware
Mon 12 Feb 2024 - An Evening with Andy Who?- Now still life studio night
Urgent for tonight!!
Change of plan. Andy Hanson is unable to make it tonight so we are having an Impromptu still life studio night. Bring your cameras and anything to photograph.
See you tonight!
Tonight we have An Evening with Andy Hanson ARPS MPAGB APAGB FIPF AWPF
!!! Reminder !!!
Competition Deadline: Print (Open) entries need to be handed in to Internal Competition Secretary tonight and upload PDI's by midnight tonight
Sun 11 Feb 2024 - External Competition: EAF PDI Championships & AGM
PDI Championships will be held after the AGM but not before 11.30 am
Ticketed event
Judges: Gianpiero Ferrari FRPS DPAGB FBPE EFIAP, Mike Sharples MPAGB ARPS EFIAP FBPE and Anne Sutcliffe FRPS EFIAP PPSA.
Mon 5 Feb 2024 - Panel Competition
Judging for us tonight is the one and only Ken Payne! A regular visitor to the club we enjoy his positive and constructive feedback on our images.
!! Reminder !!!
Please bring panel competiton images tonight.
Mon 29 Jan 2024 - Open PDI Competition (Round 2)
We welcome back Ben Pike as our judge this evening. Ben is a regular judge for us at Stevenage as we enjoy his critiques of our images.
!!Reminder!!
Please upload PDI's for panel competition by Saturday 3rd February 2024 and bring prints on the night
Mon 22 Jan 2024 - Chris Pike Memorial: Creative Composite Print Competition
Tonights Chris Pike Memorial Trophy will be judged by Lloyd Moore DPAGB BPE4* EFIAP, who himself is an award winning creative photographer. Lloyd has entertained us in the past both as a speaker and a competition judge so we look forward to his critique of our images tonight.
!!! Reminder !!!
Please submit images for Open PDI competition that is next Monday by Midnight Wednesday 24th January
Sat 20 Jan 2024 - External Competition: Cambridge Digital
Hosted by Cambridge Camera Club
Ticket only event
Mon 15 Jan 2024 - My Camera with Chris Shepherd
Tonight our guest speaker will be Chris Shepherd taking us on an odyssey through the journeys my camera has taken me on including: Time Travel, Wet Pants, Drunk Mothers and a Tidy Shed! From previous visits to the club we know we will be in for a fantastic evening of imagery from Chris.
!!! Reminder !!!
Please bring prints ready for the Chris Pike Memorial- Creative Composite competition next week. Please also make sure that PDI's are uploaded to the website by midnight tonight (Mon 15th Jan).
Mon 8 Jan 2024 - Challenge #1 Golden / Blue Hour
Tonight we will review and discuss the Golden / Blue Hour images taken over the last 3 months as part of the first photographic challenge the season. This is your chance to see share your sucesses/failures/learning/frustrations and seek valuable insights from other club members.
Mon 18 Dec 2023 - Christmas Break and Members Christmas meal
Seasons Greetings!
We have our members Christmas meal. Please speak to Ruth Haynes for details.
We'll then be taking our Christmas Break, we wish you all a very happy holidays and see you in the New Year.
!!!Reminder !!!
We'll return in January with the Challenge Night to review our Golden / Blue Hour images.
Mon 11 Dec 2023 - The Big Fat Christmas Quiz
A quiz and Fish and Chips supper ran by the lovely Barry.
Quiz Master's decision is final!
Mon 4 Dec 2023 - Monochrome Print Competition (Round 2)
Monochrome print competition will be judged by Colin Strong ARPS CPAGB AFIAP. This is Colin's first visit to the club, and I'm sure we will give him a very warm welcome.
Dont forget Barry is collecting for the Fish n Chip Supper on Monday 11th Dec, £6
Mon 27 Nov 2023 - The Little Print Show with Jonathan Vaines
Jonathan Vaines AFIAP CPAGB LRPS returns tonight give his "The Little Print Show". Jonathan frequently works with images in groups, sets or panels and describes his eye as Visual Art and my product Wall Art, often abstracts or a twist on real life. We're guaranteed an enlightening evening!
!!! Reminder !!!
Please bring print entries for the Monochrome print competition next week. Please also have PDI's of images uploaded by midnight tonight (Mon 27th Nov).
Dont forget Barry is collecting for...
Mon 20 Nov 2023 - Tech Rehearsal at Stevenage Lytton Players
This meeting will be taking pictures at the tech rehearsal of the Lytton players in their next production of murdered to death.
We will need to be there by 7:15pm at the latest. As before find a seat and get set up ready to take pictures as events unfold around you. There may not be a break so bring a drink with you if you think you'll need one.
Any questions please ask.
Mon 13 Nov 2023 - Studio Night - Still Life and Light Painting
We have changed this night to a studio night.
Bring your still life objects, camera and tripod along for a still life studio night and also some light painting outside weather permitting.
Tue 7 Nov 2023 - External Competition: 4-Way Battle (Welwyn, Letchworth, Stevenage and Hertford)
Hosted by Welwyn Garden City
Mon 6 Nov 2023 - Print Competition (Round 1)
We're thrilled to welcome back Jonathan Vaines AFIAP CPAGB LRPS as our judge for the evening. Jonathan is a current EAF Committee Member. He has judged a number of competitions for us before and we enjoy his insightful and balanced critique of our images.
Mon 30 Oct 2023 - Nature Night: Club PDI Competition
A just for fun club competition.
!!! Reminder !!!
Competition Deadline: Print (Open) entries need to be handed in to Internal Competition Secretary tonight and upload PDI's by midnight tonight.
Thu 26 Oct 2023 - External Competition: Landscape
Zoom Meeting, Hosted by Park Street PS
Tue 24 Oct 2023 - External Competition: Beds Invitational
Zoom Meeting, Hosted by Harpenden PS
Mon 23 Oct 2023 - Selecting and Preparing Images for Competitions
Tonight we will review what to consider when selecting image for competitions, and how to prepare PDIs and prints. We will follow up with an opportunity to explore what makes a picture score well.
!!! Reminder !!!
Club Night Deadline: Nature Night entries (PDI's) need to be in no later than midnight on Wed 25th Oct.
Mon 9 Oct 2023 - Hugh and I with Hugh Milsom and Leigh Preston
Recorded Lecture
"Hugh Milsom, a photographer and friend. I've known him since 1980 and It's a privilege to offer an appreciation of his pictures. 50 Years of Hugh's emotionally intelligent landscape work. I'll do my best to reveal something of that journey over the next 90 minutes or so, using Hugh's pictures, but adding in some relevant ones of my own" Leigh Preston
Mon 2 Oct 2023 - PDI Round 1 (Open)
Our judge for the first Competition of the new season is Mark Buckley-Sharp ARPS CPAGB HonPAGB HonMemRPS.
Mark has been a member of Harrow Camera Club (HCC) for many years, is a current CACC (Chilterns Assoication Camera Clubs) Committee Member.
Mon 25 Sep 2023 - Editing Evening
Review Images from One Light Set-up
!!! Reminder !!!
Competition Deadline: PDI (Open) entries need to be in no later than midnight on Wed 27th Sept.
Mon 18 Sep 2023 - Studio Night
One Light Set-Up
We will demo and practise studio images taken with just one light.
Bring your cameras.
Also, after the fun we had previously with this, please bring your outfits and accessories ready to take studio portraits of your fellow members!
This was a great success last season.
Get ready to get creative with your photography and also have fun on the other side of the camera, modelling!
Mon 11 Sep 2023 - Opening Night
Welcome Back!
We have an exciting programme planned for the year, and we'll run through this again for those new to the club.
We'll also introduce this seasons first photographic challenge, which we encourage you to take part in. Images will be reviewed later in the year.
Images from the SPS Exhibition will be also be on display, dont forget to collect your prints at the end of the evening.
We'll also show 'We Know What You Did Last Summer' images.
Fri 24 Feb 2023 - External Competition: St Ives Interprint
The Annual Interprint Competition is hosted by St Ives Photographic Club and is open by invitation to up to a maximum of 30 clubs.
Judge: Erica Oram CPAGP AFIAP BPE3*.