PAGB Group
2024-05-13 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-10-07 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-11-04 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-12-02 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-01-13 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-03 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

Print Group - Note: Print Group not meeting on 14 May 2024
2024-05-14 19:30 - 21:30
Print Group

RPS Group
2024-05-21 19:30 - 21:30
We will end this season on a high with the excellent news that Brian Muir achieved his Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society this month with a submission in the Contemporary category. The group members have been watching Brian’s panel come to fruition over this season and we aren’t surprised the assessors were unanimous in their praise for Brian’s photographic skills. We can celebrate with him on Tuesday 21st May, see his successful panel and hear more about the assessment process, in this case the particular objectives of a Contemporary submission and the importance of the Statement of Intent.

It’s been a good season for the the group, with group member, Peter Jones achieving his LRPS earlier this year. For anyone thinking about starting RPS distinctions, this last meeting of the current programme will be a good opportunity to see some successful panels and give you food for thought over the summer.

No need to bring work along, you are welcome to come and observe to find out more.

Tuesday 21st May at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start in the small hall at tangmere Village Centre. £3 for Club members and £4 for visitors.

The featured image is one (in an edited form) from Brian’s successful ARPS submission

Developers' Group
2024-09-16 19:30 - 21:30
Developer’s Group

RPS Group
2024-09-17 19:30 - 21:30
The Club’s Special Interest group for those interested in exploring the distinctions awarded by the Royal Photographic Society meets for the first time this season on Tuesday 17th September in the small hall at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 start. The focus this month will be on the first level distinctions – the Licentiate, with recent successful panels to see and an update on the recently revised guidelines.

The group is led by Lorna Brown, with Janey Devine and John Bradshaw offering invaluable support. All three are Fellows of the RPS, Janey and Lorna both currently Assessors and members of the Travel, Documentary, Contemporary (Janey) and Visual Art (Lorna) panels , while John was for many years an active member of the Contemporary panel. In additional Janey is a Licentiate assessor so there is plenty of support and experience on hand.

There’s no need to bring any work along, you can just come to find out more, but if you do want to bring images, small prints are fine, but simply stuck to some backing card (ideally white or cream) will help show the work off.

The meeting is also open to non Club members, at a cost of £4 or just £3 for members.

The featured image is from Peter Jones’s recent successful LRPS submission.

Digital Group
2024-09-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-29 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-25 19:30 - 21:30

Print Group
2024-10-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-12 19:30 - 21:30

Developers' Group
2024-10-21 19:30 - 21:30
The next Developers’ Group is Monday 21 October at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.15 for 7.30pm prompt start.
Please send in your images to share at the meeting! They are starting to come in already. Please send no more than 3 images by WeTransfer to developers@chichestercameraclub.org.uk – it gets round the problem that some email services degrade the image quality. Please send them by this Saturday 19 October.
The photo-challenge this month was ‘Woodland Images’, so if you have been out into the woods, please share your results; but we want to see your favourites images of whatever genre. Don’t forget that it is a good idea to give your images an outing at the Developers’ Group before you put them into competitions or exhibitions … whatever you show to us is not counted as an ‘official Club entry’!
Next Monday, our magazine programme will also include: thinking about exposure, choosing memory cards and reasons to enter competitions. We continue our series ‘seeing and handling light’ through the eyes of another classic painter, and Giles Smith will take us on his journey through Iceland. After the break, Ann Macdonald will reveal her secrets for photographing fungi – a presentation not to be missed.
It will be another evening packed with ideas and tips to engage and inspire photographers at all stages. Do bring a handy notebook/device to jot down the things that grab your attention.

RPS Group
2024-10-22 19:30 - 21:30
The October RPS group meeting slips a week and is on the 22nd October, rather than the 15th. Otherwise all as normal – come along to find out more about the Royal Photographic Society distinctions, bring work if you’d like to but it’s not necessary. We’ve a number starting to think about the Licentiate, the first level, and a couple of Associate projects in development too.
There’s lots of advice on hand from experienced photographers who’ve been through the system, as well as knowledge of the assessment process from Lorna and Janey who are both current assessors with the RPS and between them cover a number of the higher distinction category areas, such as Visual Art, Documentary and Contemporary.
We meet at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start, in the small hall at Tangmere Village Centre with a cost of £3 for Club members and £4 for visitors.

Developers' Group
2024-11-18 19:30 - 21:30
The next Developers’ Group is Monday 18 November at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.15 for a prompt start at 7.30pm.
As usual, we start with appreciating your photographs. They are already starting to arrive. Please send me 3 JPG images by WeTransfer (to developers@chichestercameraclub.org.uk) – it gets round the problem that some of the email services degrade the image quality. Please send them by this Saturday 16 November at the latest.
The photo-challenge this month was, ‘Something small in context’. Perhaps you have made a photograph captured during the Photowalk in Fittleworth Woods, but we want to see your best recent images of whatever subject or genre. It is a good idea to try out your images at the Developers’ Group before you put them into competitions … whatever you show to us is not counted as an ‘official Club entry’!
Next Monday, our magazine programme will also include: ‘thinking about exposure and settings’, ‘seeing and handling light’ through the eyes of another classic painter, and Brian Muir will show us how he prepared for his DPAGB distinction, giving us an insight into how Lightroom-only processing has transformed his 15 original captures into photographs with big impact. After the break, Julia Wainwright and Ian Roberts will illustrate more of their voyage of discovery into photographing motorsport. Two super inspirational presentations!
It will be another evening packed with ideas and tips for photographers at all stages. Do bring a handy notebook/device to jot down the things that grab your attention; and please remember the £3 cash to help us pay for the hire of the hall.
Image by Peter Jones (PJ)

RPS Group
2024-11-19 19:30 - 21:30
There are mixed views on the recent changes the RPS has introduced to the Licentiate distinction but they do offer a considerable benefit to anyone looking to develop their photographic skills, whether or not they wish to pursue the distinction. The new guidance is very comprehensive, with the criteria (which are really unchanged) falling under the straightforward headings of Technical: Camera Work; Artistic: Visual Awareness and Communication: Visual Narrative and Presentation.
Digging into these, guidance on Technical covers aspects such as the ‘Exposure triangle’, ‘Compression’ and ‘Post processing’, while Artistic includes ‘Viewpoint’, ‘Colour’ and ‘Monochrome’ and ‘Gestalt’. As such, working with these within our Special Interest Group offers quite a photographic development course. As the RPS puts it, an LRPS serves as a benchmark to a photographer’s commitment to their own development, so even if the actual award doesn’t appeal coming along to our meetings will enhance your photographic skills and understanding.
The Licentiate Guidance is published here, https://rps.org/qualifications/licentiate/ although as the publication runs to 32 pages it could be quite overwhelming, but it does give an extremely clear and detailed breakdown of the many, many facets that we all engage with whenever we take and present a photograph. I should emphasise that no submission is expected to meet every area described in the guidance, point 7.10 for instance explains the benefits and disadvantages of increasing the resolution of an image, a submission would not need to demonstrate this.
Join us to find out more, at 7.15pm for a 7.30 start in the small all at Tangmere Village Centre.
£3 for Club members, £4 for visitors.
The featured image is from Peter Jones recent successful LRPS submission.

Print and Presentation Group
2024-12-10 19:30 - 21:30
Small Print Competition – the 4th round of this will be judged on Tuesday 10th December
Please bring any prints you would like some feedback on with regards to the print and presentation. – We are offering those who wanted their PRINTs critiquing (not the PDIs) from the 1st Club and Intermediate competition to bing them along. Clearly we cant go through all the prints that were submitted but if you would like some help with any that you would like to enter the Spring or Summer Exhibition then bring them along on the 10th of December or indeed, any future print and presentation group evenings.

Developers' Group
2024-12-16 19:30 - 21:30
This meeting is cancelled. The next Developers’ Group will be on January 27 2025.

RPS Group
2024-12-17 19:30 - 21:30
There will not be an RPS Group meeting in December – we meet next on Tuesday 21st January

Print and Presentation Group
2025-01-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-11 19:30 - 21:30

RPS Group
2025-01-21 19:30 - 21:30
The RPS Group meets for the first time in 2025 on Tuesday 21st January, offering opportunities to find out more about the distinctions offered by the Royal Photographic Society. The Club has a considerable number of members with these awards, including seven at Fellowship level, the majority of whom have benefitted from the support of the group over the years.

The entry level award – the Licentiate – offers a really sound photographic development route, even without the award itself. It requires a submission of 10 images that demonstrate a good awareness of photographic and processing understanding and it set against clearly defined criteria.

Come along to find out more, we start at 7.15pm for 7.30pm and now meet in the large hall rather than the small hall we’ve previously used. The charge is £3 for members and £5 for visitors.

The image is from Richard Paterson’s successful LRPS

RPS Group

Developers' Group
2025-01-27 19:30 - 21:30
Developer’s Group
The next Developers’ Group meeting of Chichester Camera Club is this coming Monday, 27 January at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.15 for 7.30pm prompt start.
Please send in your images to share at the meeting! They are already starting to arrive. The photo-challenge over December was ‘Photograph the light’. Perhaps you have made an image of the many festive lights, or night time shots around the streets. Anyway, but really do we want to see your best recent images of whatever subject or genre. It is a good idea to try out your images at the Developers’ Group before you put them into competitions … whatever you show to us is not counted as an ‘official Club entry’!
Please send 3 JPG images by WeTransfer (to developers@chichestercameraclub.org.uk) – it gets round the problem that some of the email services degrade the image quality. Please send them by this Saturday 18 January.
Next Monday, our magazine programme will also include: ‘How to re-think exposure and settings’, ‘Seeing and handling light’ through the eyes of another classic painter, and important recommendations for improving your cameracraft. After the break, Andy Bracey will give us an illustrated tour “From where I was and how I got to where I am”. His presentation will be fascinating, and we will be able to identify with his photographic journey – picking up a load of great hints and tips along the way!
It will be another evening packed with ideas and tips for photographers at all stages. Do bring a handy notebook/device to jot down the things that grab your attention.
We very much look forward to receiving your images no later than midnight this Saturday, and seeing you next Monday, 27 January; and please remember the £3 cash to help us pay for the hire of the hall (if you are bringing a non-member then it is £5 for them).

Developers' Group
2025-02-17 19:30 - 21:30
The next Developers’ Group meeting is this coming Monday, 17 February, at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.15 for 7.30pm prompt start. Although only half of the car park is available, there is plenty of kerbside space on the road outside the venue.
It is now time to send in your images to share at next week’s meeting! They are already starting to arrive. The photo-challenge over January was ‘Shoot from a low viewpoint’. Despite the miserable weather, we hope that some have experimented. Anyway, we really do we want to see your best images of whatever subject or genre. As you know, those who try out their images at the Developers’ Group, before putting them into competitions and exhibitions, often do quite well!
Please send 3 JPG images by WeTransfer (to developers@chichestercameraclub.org.uk) by this Saturday 15 February.

Next Monday, our magazine programme will also include: understanding aperture with its f/numbers and significance for depth of field, key questions for good composition, filters and how to use them … along with another classic painter (clue: misty landscapes with perspective).
And we will explain how to enter and present photographs for the Spring Exhibition on 5/6 April this year (this will be really important for all Club and Intermediate workers),
We very much look forward to receiving your images no later than midnight this Saturday 15 February, and seeing you next Monday, 17 February. Please remember the £3 cash to help us pay for the hire of the hall (if you are bringing a non-member then it is £5 for them).
Featured image by Peter Farrelly

RPS Group
2025-02-18 19:30 - 21:30
The February RPS Group meets at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. You are welcome to attend to find out more about the Royal Photographic Society distinctions, that run from the Licentiate which requires a set of images that demonstrate clear camera and technical skills against a set of published criteria, to the Fellowship, which calls for a ‘submission that demonstrates a distinctive and distinguished body of work’. The group offers a friendly and informative meeting and is supported by Club members who are Fellows and who also are experienced advisors and assessors with the RPS.
Come along and find out more!
Club Members £3, Visitors £5
The featured image is from Michael Palmer’s recent successful Fellowship submission
