Buckingham Camera Club
2012 Programme
January 2012
Wednesday 4th January
Casual evening: - Christmas presents review - look at the new programme - plan
for the future.
The casual evening each month has a theme.
We can accept or ignore this theme depending on what else we find
interesting to discuss but there will at least be a table, demo or short
lecture on the theme to ensure the evening has a focal point.
Tonight's theme is 'Aperture' & 'How to make a digital image (PDI)
for competition entry (JDC)
Wednesday 11th January
The John Harding Trophy for the Audio Visual of the year - judged by the
members and we can pick the top three AVs for the Felicity Bickley
Trophy against other clubs later in the year...
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and
guidelines before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
16th January to
11th February - PhotoImages 2012
exhibition at the Queen's Park Centre Gallery, Aylesbury, HP21 8LF
hosted by the Aylesbury CC.
The gallery is open Monday to Thursday 10am to 9.30pm and on Saturdays
10am to 1pm
Wednesday 18th January
Practical: soap films: Clive, Colin and Peter have volunteered to lead us
in this one. Bring your camera, tripod and wear your old trousers.
Wednesday 25th January
Speakers: Judy and Mark Buckley-Sharp L/ARPS CPAGB APAGB
(Harrow CC) with their latest PDI travel talk: LYCIA - LAND OF MOUNTAINS
Historic sites and modern villages in SW Turkey, combined to emphasise
the mountains of Lycia rising steeply from the sea.
February 2012
Wednesday 1st February
Competition #1: PRINTS. Places and Open.
Places - landscapes, buildings, both. Taken at the right time of
day/month/year, and the weather helping to create the mood. Show me the
spirit of the place with clever lighting, the golden hour and/or post
production.
Your judge tonight: Gerry Coles from Duston CC (MCPF)
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 8th February
PRACTICAL: intentional camera movement. Forget the tripod; come and wave
it about in the hall....
Wednesday 15th February
SPEAKER: Don Byatt, ARPS, EFIAP, MPAGB, BPE4* from the Oxford
PS: 'Creative Photography' presented as PDI.
Following Don's
prints & PDI lecture in November last year, we have booked him again for
a digital talk showing how to be creative in the camera and in
post-production on the computer.
Also on on 15th February 2012 we are drawn away to Whitchurch Hill
Camera Club for the third round of the Rose Bowl 2012.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 22nd February
The 'Triple 15' contest with ImageZ Camera Club (Aylesbury) and Princes
Risborough Photographic Society. Just 15 PDIs on each side and the
winners gain a pack of beers! Plenty of time for chatting with two of
our neighbouring CACC clubs!
Our judge tonight is ROGER TAPP (Abington CC - MCPF)
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and
guidelines before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 29th February 2012
Speaker: Roger Crocombe LRPS: High Dynamic Range (HDR)
photography. This 2-hour lecture discusses how to capture HDR images
with the modern dSLR camera and then demonstrates how to process them
using three different software packages: PhotoMatix, FDRTools and Adobe
PhotoShop CS5, comparing the features and results along the way.
March 2012
Sunday to Wednesday 4th to 7th
March
Focus on Imaging at the NEC, Birmingham 10am - 6pm Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday. 10am - 5pm Wednesday. There will be casual arrangements to
share cars and tickets.
Wednesday 7th March
Competition #2: PDI. ICM and
Open. ICM = Intentional Camera
Movement - panning at a motorsport event - following the action of a
flying aeroplane or bird or just using the technique to create your own
work of art jumping up and down in bluebell wood?
The judge is Peter Mylchreest.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 14th March
PRACTICAL: Rain Forest (bring old towels, tripod and camera and be
prepared to go home a little damp) and combined Casual evening:
Tonight's theme is Shutter Speed.
The casual evening each month has a theme.
We can accept or ignore this theme depending on what else we find
interesting to discuss but there will at least be a table, demo or short
lecture on the theme to ensure the evening has a focal point.
Thursday March 15th
Central Club Challenge. Hosted by New City PS at Tickford Centre
in Newport Pagnell, 5 digitally projected images from each club. Our
entry has to be in some weeks ahead of time so please ensure that Jim
Waddington has your best PI images at 1400x1050 well before the event.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 21st March
Casual evening: Tonight's theme is ISO
setting.
The casual evening each month has a theme.
We can accept or ignore this theme depending on what else we find
interesting to discuss but there will at least be a table, demo or short
lecture on the theme to ensure the evening has a focal point.
Wednesday 28th March
SPEAKER: Colin Harrison FRPS 'I did it my
way' - A 'how to' by the master - PDI.
Thursday 29th March
Felicity Bickley AV Trophy.
Hosted by Ampthill & DCC at Millbrook Village Hall, MK45 2JD An
interclub competition for short AV's - less than 5 minutes - for local
clubs. The 2 winning AVs from the
BCC competition on January 11th will be submitted.
Please ensure you have read ALL the
competition rules and guidelines before submitting any work for a
competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
April 2012
Wednesday 4th April
Competition #3: PRINTS. In The Rain and Open.
In the Rain = Taking images during or after a rain shower is the key, a
strong pavement reflection or a
refracted raindrop image, the overall subject matter can be broadly
interpreted. in any case pack your mac
and umbrella and get shooting.
The judge tonight is Chris King
from Stoke Poges PS.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 11th April
PRACTICAL: Time Keeping. I think this will be macro lenses photographing
watches whilst their
second hands are moving. The Sermon Timer will be out with the skull and
cobweb spray. Come
prepared for table top.
Sunday 15th April
CACC Championships Day at Amersham: The Interclub print championship,
the Interclub PDI and
the Chiltern Hundred PDI members exhibition selection. Titles and images
to the organisers by the
19th March for the PDIs, print titles by the 19th March but prints on the day.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 18th April
Casual evening: Exposure Compensation.
The casual evening each month has a theme.
We can accept or ignore this theme depending on what else we find
interesting to discuss but there will at least be a table, demo or short
lecture on the theme to ensure the evening has a focal point.
Wednesday 25th April
SPEAKER: Brian Worley: Ex-Canon UK
demonstrator and digital camera expert. Here to give you some hints and
tips on camera use, going deeper into those menus and custom functions
then you have ever dared reach on your own. Although Canon
predominates tonight, the techniques are applicable to all camera
brands. Get in early if you need a seat.
http://www.p4pictures.com
May 2012
Wednesday 2nd May
Competition #4. PDI. Keeping Time and Open.
Keeping Time - Images for this subject should include a time piece as
the main feature. Any kind of time
keeping device including sundials, calendars, hour glasses etc.
The judge tonight is Brian Pere from Duston CC (MCPF)
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 9th May
SPEAKER: Alan Colgrave ARPS (Harrow CC). Television to the Photographic
Studio. Illustrated
with prints, this talk follows Alan's career from being a freelance TV
cameraman to running a
photographic studio in Central London.
http://www.theboutiquestudio.co.uk/
The main subject is portraiture and photographing people and displays
some of Alan's recent 'green
screen' work.
also on Wednesday 9th May
DEADLINE
! This is
the month for our entry to be with our twin town of Mouvaux, France -
this year’s theme is ‘Fantastic’ or ‘Fantastic Scenery’ The CD of
selected images needs to be in France by May 25th we are thus making a
closing date of May 9th to give the selection committee the benefit of
two weeks to select, copy to CD and post the Jiffy Bag ™ to France !!!
Sunday 13th May
CACC Finals day (The Rose Bowl) at Amersham: Best Panel of Prints, Audio
Visual individuals'
trophy, Rose Bowl final. Print titles by the 19th March, prints by
the 15th April at
the Championships day, AV
titles and entries to Ian Bateman by the 19th April.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 16th May
PRACTICAL: Architecture would be a tricky one in the hall so we will have
a practical portraits skills
share session with models from Adrian Davies' contacts book. We should
all be full of tips from Alan Colgrave's talk last week.
Monday 21st May
The Three Bs Contest: Three way print battle for the Rosewood Award:
Banbury are hosting Buckingham
and Badby. It will be held at Banbury's normal venue, Chenderit School,
Archery Road, Middleton Cheney
starting at 7.30pm. The judge is Colin Southgate FRPS DPAGB
from Harpenden PS. Each club enters 16 prints, with a maximum of three
prints from any photographer.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 23rd May
Casual evening: Tonight's theme is
Composition and Subject Selection.
The casual evening each month has a theme.
We can accept or ignore this theme depending on what else we find
interesting to discuss but there will at least be a table, demo or short
lecture on the theme to ensure the evening has a focal point.
Wednesday 30th May
Fun Competition - MACRO - returns for the second year by popular demand.
Take a weird and wonderful close up image of an inanimate object and let
the audience try and guess what it
is. The member guessing the most correct objects will be the winner.
Image requirement guidelines will be supplied beforehand.
June 2012
Please be careful when planning in early June. The late May Bank Holiday
is on the first Monday in
June (4th) and the following day is a Tuesday Bank Holiday for the
Queen's Diamond Jubilee ... and it's
half-term!
Wednesday 6th June
Competition #5. PRINTS. Architecture and Open.
Architecture = Images of the exterior or interior of buildings of all
types. Images should not be taken to
represent a building in a pictorial fashion i.e. verticals should be
vertical and crazy angles are not acceptable.
The judge tonight is is Paul
Mitchell ARPS from Amersham PS
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 13th June
Farm walk Rectory Farm, Tingewick, led by Jeff Wright. (pending)
An early
start to catch the light and
the weather. Meeting at dusk moves to the Royal Oak in Tingewick's Main
Street.
Wednesday 20th June
Stroll or casual evening out of doors,
details tba. Keep an eye on the notice board and the website.
Wednesday 27th June
RAMBLE with Bernie. The Thornborough Mounds and finish at the Two
Brewers. Details on the
notice Board and on the website nearer the time. 7PM start.
July 2012
Wednesday 4th July
WADAS PRINTS EXHIBITION. We meet tonight with the Winslow and District
Art Society
(WADAS) and compare the painters' interpretation of our themes with our
photographic works. The titles this year are from our competition
list for prints: Places, In the Rain, Architecture and Silhouettes.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 11th July
GARDEN PARTY at the home of Mike
and Christine Kirby in Finmere. Details nearer the time but we
usually assemble at 7pm, food is at 8-ish and there is a small charge.
Bring your partner.way!
Wednesday 18th July
WALK TO THE PUB. We had such good evenings last year in and around Stony
Stratford that we
intend to repeat it. Riverside Walk - Stony Stratford and surrounding
area. Meet up in the parking area on
the bridge between Stony and Old Stratford for a leisurely walk along
the River Ouse - around a wetland
nature reserve and through the lovely historic town. Finishing with a
well-deserved drink in a town pub.
7pm prompt start or you might go the wrong way!
There will also be an announcement of the titles for the Versatility
Challenge contest in two weeks time.
Wednesday 25th July
Speaker: Talk by three members, with PDI images,
from the top three from last
year's contest, they were:
Paul Raynor, John Goldsworthy and Pete Silver
August 2012
Be careful when planning in August. London 2012 Olympics = 27th July to
12th August (29th August to 9th
September is the Paralympics)
Wednesday 1st August
Versatility Challenge - the judge is Colin Kitchen. Last year's winner
Adrian Davies passed on the
responsibility to Colin, who will announce the titles two weeks before.
Digital projection (PDI) only. Entries must be from stock and not
taken for the contest.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 8th August
The Royal Photographic Society's 2011 PDI Exhibition displayed on
the big screen.
Wednesday 15th August
Casual evening: Tonight's theme is 'Fixing the Shadows' - a little
photographic history.
Also we will perform a dummy run for next week's event, calibrating the
three projectors and checking
the screens and techniques....
The casual evening each month has a theme.
We can accept or ignore this theme depending on what else we find
interesting to discuss but there will at least be a table, demo or short
lecture on the theme to ensure the evening has a focal point.
Wednesday 22nd August
New competition format:
Extra event is the Tryptych and trio competitions. PDI onto three
screens. An idea stolen from Wantage
CC, the first session before the break is for three images, making a panel,
projected on three screens. After the
break we have one screen with each image composed of three pictures
blended, collaged or 'joined'. Full
details and layout suggestions are on a separate sheet on the Notice
Board and available from your comp sec.
The judge is Kevin Day, Stoke Poges CC (CACC)
Wednesday 29th August
SPEAKER: Talk by three members, with prints,
from last year's leaders who are
invited to share their
techniques: John Credland, Mike Kirby, Peter Silver.
September 2012
Wednesday 5th September
Competition # 6. PDI. Worm's Eye View and Open.
Worm's eye view - show something ordinary which becomes spectacular
when taken from a very low
angle. Trees, skyscrapers, cathedrals, anything. Imagination required!
The judge tonight is Alan Goldby
from Kempston CC.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 12th September
PRACTICAL: Silhouettes. Victorian profile photography could be a good
idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silhouette and the Javanese shadow play
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayang. We have some ideas for Photograms on a light-box etc. None of these
needs sophisticated lighting and
yet will exercise the imagination.
Wednesday 19th September
Speaker: Clive Jones from Oxford PS It's All Out There. Images that have
caught my eye over the last
twelve months or so. See 'The Oxonian' on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clivejonesoxford/5262638279/in/photostream/
Wednesday 26th September
Michaelmas. A casual evening, bring and buy sale ending with an auction. Bring along those items you
don't use: gadgets, lenses, old cameras, filters, books and magazines,
bits and bobs. Put them on the
table for sale/swap/exchange and at the end we will auction those (with
your permission) that really
HAVE to go!
October 2012
Wednesday 3rd October
Competition #7 PRINTS. Silhouettes and Open.
The main subject should be
lit in such a way that it
appears in silhouette (no detail seen) but it should also be
recognisable. Lighting can be natural or otherwise
but try to avoid burn out.
The judge is Stan McCartin LRPS,
CPAGB, APAGB
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 10th October
Speaker: Colin Southgate FRPS DPAGB
(Harpenden PS) Infra-Red and other diversions
-'a look at the wonderful world of Infra Red photography with diversions
into one or two of my other favourite techniques'.
Wednesday 17th October
Speaker: Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB Audio Visual My Way - hints and tips. Ian
is the CACC's AV
expert and will show some good ways of using Pictures2exe to make a
simple AV and after the break will
delight us with his own, complex, award winning creations.
We are advertising this evening to other clubs and AV workers in the
area so get in early if you want a good
seat!
Wednesday 24th October
Casual evening: Casual skills-share
evening: Open Laptop night - plug in and show us your stuff?
Tonight's theme is Convergence-moving Pictures ( Is
it proper? Will it catch
on?)
The casual evening each month has a theme.
We can accept or ignore this theme depending on what else we find
interesting to discuss but there will at least be a table, demo or short
lecture on the theme to ensure the evening has a focal point.
Wednesday 31st October
Practical: Studio evening: table top
pumpkin, candles, wine, cider, torchlight, harvest festival, etc AND, in
the corner, magnetic fields on a lightbox, with iron filings. In
colour!
November 2012
Tuesday 6th November
Three of our speakers are going to talk at Duston CC (Northampton). Come
with us and support the
team: John Credland, Adrian Davies and A N Other. A reciprocal event
early next year (16th January
2013) will give us 3 of their speakers in return...
On the same night:
CACC Rose Bowl 2012/13 round one
against Wantage CC, Pinner CC and Princes Risborough. To be hosted
by Wantage CC starting at 1930 hrs.
Our entry has to be in two weeks ahead of time so please ensure
that Jim Waddington has your best PDI images at 1400x1050 before
mid-October.
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 7th November
Competition #8 PDI. Fields and Open
Fields = As the title suggests this image must contain depictions of
fields, either a rolling view of fields of
summer corn, a sporting field, field of play or for the adventurous an
electrical / magnetic field; ingenuity is
expected and encouraged.
The judge is Micki Aston from Gerrards Cross
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 14th November
Casual/Practical evening: Tonight's theme is Strobism and is led by member
Adrian Davies. Bring your own
kit and practice/share the techniques.
The casual evening each month has a theme.
We can accept or ignore this theme depending on what else we find
interesting to discuss but there will at least be a table, demo or short
lecture on the theme to ensure the evening has a focal point.
Wednesday 21st November
Black and White and the Best Use of Colour trophies - PRINTS only
The judge is Steve Smith FRPS,
MPAGB from Amersham PS
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Monday ?? November (date tba)
Entry lists, and delivery of the prints (unless attending Visions2012)
must be in for the Aylesbury PS
PhotoImages 2012 print exhibition, 4 images each per member and there is
an entry fee: contact is Chrissie
Leggett (C.leggett@sky.com)
Please ensure you have read ALL the competition rules and guidelines
before submitting any work for a competition.
Please contact any of the committee members who are fully conversant
with the presentation needs of the print easel, the projector and the
audio visual system.
Wednesday 28th November
This Year's Projected Images:
A review of the year's PDI work and the Best of the Best competition to
win the place on the front cover of
the 2013 programme
December 2012