Chichester Camera Club

Not just the Developers Group
2021-09-20 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
============== Open to Intermediates too! ==============
This first session outlines the programme content for the entire year, and sets the scene for both the Small Print Competition and, well, everyone else too (forget those pesky Advanced members …). It also outlines the five or so Photowalks (or more!) we will do in the area. Do be there – it will be your opportunity to influence the content of what happens throughout the year, including the number and dates of the Photowalks (so far I’ve entered five dates, all of which will have to be moved for various reasons).
It will be really good to get as many Intermediates in the room – to give some guidance as to what content you really want to see during the year.
The Agenda (still and since Mike Harris’ note) will look something like this;

Structure of the sessions – Small Print Competition – Developers and Intermediates Topics – Clinics
Small Print Competition – how it will work over the five rounds
Overview of Group Educational Topics over eight sessions
Dates and days of five Photowalks
Use of media to manage Photowalks and to share images
Just what is our name???
Clinic (?)

RPS Group
2021-09-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
I’m pleased to say the RPS group has chosen to meet at our usual venue again in September after a period of virtual meetings.

Our first meeting of the new season will offer an introduction to the various distinctions made by the Royal Photographic Society so if you are interested in finding out more about how to put together a portfolio of images that meet the RPS’s criteria do come along.

A number of recent successful panels will be on show along with an overview of the requirements. It will also be a particular pleasure to see some of the work in progress that so far we have only seen online and hear from those developing submissions.

If you already have some ideas about work to enter, you are also very welcome to bring that along. There’s is no need to mount that and small prints are perfectly suitable to begin with. it is however helpful if you do stick prints to a card of some kind as this will keep them upright on the display boards we use.

Mindful of Covid precautions, there will be sanitiser available, we will keep the room ventilated and please bring the correct change (£3) to avoid handing money. I regret that although these sessions are usually open to none members, to keep our number low that is not possible just now.

We meet at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start in the small hall at Tangmere Village Centre.

The featured image is from Sarah Nichol’s successful LRPS Panel

RPS Group

Digital Group
2021-09-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
We will kick off this year with a basic overview of what Digital Processing is all about. Looking at why we need to process our images, file formats and what software is available.
We will then cover the basics of preparing images for our competitions and how to upload them to PhotoComp. Also covering how to change images, set the title correctly etc.
I would like feedback from attendees as to what topics they would like to see covered for further sessions in the year.
This will be a Zoom meeting, the details are:
Time: Sep 28, 2021 19:30 London
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PAGB Group
2021-10-04 19:00 - 21:30, 2021-11-01 19:00 - 21:30, 2021-12-06 19:00 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
PAGB Group
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Portrait Group Studio Shoot and kick off
2021-10-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Welcome to the Portrait Group Kick off Meeting where we will set up studio flash lights and all have a chance to take some portraits of each other. Bring your camera. Also bring any portrait images from the street or party in Chichester or Rainbow 🌈 Party in Priory Park.

Print Group
2021-10-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
The next Print Group meeting will take place at the Tangmere Village Centre small hall on Tuesday 12 October 2021 starting at 7.30pm. An opportunity for you to bring your prints whether they be work in progress or the finished article for sharing, discussion and feedback.
It would be helpful if one or two of you could arrive early to help setup the display boards and set out the chairs.

Development Group (Club and Intermediate)
2021-10-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Planned Agenda for Development Group on Monday 18th October
This Session is going to be informative and as much fun as Linda and I can inject …… it centres around two major topics – Filters and Mounting images. The Filters bit is the serious bit – and there is a lot to get through. The Mounting bit could be a lot of fun – Linda will do a demo on how to measure, cut and assemble your prints in a mount, and then we will both follow by getting maybe a half dozen people to bring prints and frames and then cut mounts to suit during the session.
For now the Agenda will look something like this
. Small Print Competition
. Filters
. Printing (might get dropped depending on time)
. Mounting demo and practice
. Preparation for next Photowalk – West Wittering

See you there!
Andy 🙂

RPS Group
2021-10-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
We had a really enjoyable RPS Group meeting on Tuesday 21st September – the first time we have met in person for 18 months. It was a particular pleasure to see a number of recent successful panels at Licentiate and Associate levels, and thanks to Sarah Nichol, Lynne and Jeff Owen for bringing those along.

At last we were also able to see work in progress in print form after our months looking online. Thanks especially to Janey Devine who is currently an RPS Assessor on the L panel as well as both Travel and Documentary and so is very well placed to advise on the recent changes to the assessment criteria. With John Bradshaw’s eagle eye on technical matters and his and Graham Sargent’s long experience as assessment panel members too, the group is very well served to support those looking to pursue the RPS Distinction routes.

Your can find notes from the meeting here https://www.dropbox.com/s/ga0tk5peinfm9az/RPS%20group%20introduction.pdf?dl=0 offering a general introduction to the different levels, and here https://www.dropbox.com/s/4zsgo2rff2tgfmr/RPS%20Distinctions%20Associateship.pdf?dl=0 more about the ARPS. The RPS has considerable information online, which you can find here https://rps.org/qualifications/.

We meet again on Tuesday 18th October, in the small hall at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. You are welcome to come along and observe or bring work in progress and there will be further opportunities to see recent successful panels.

Digital Group
2021-10-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

Print Group
2021-11-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
At this month’s Print Group Lorna Brown will be showing how various papers can make a fundamental difference to the effect and look of an image. Allied to this the choice of mount to set off the image is also crucial.
Do also bring along you own prints for review.
As usual we will meet in the small hall at Tangmere.

Development Group
2021-11-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Agenda – Planned but not promised 🙂

. Small Print Competition
. How to make your images pop – the inside track from three photographers
. Paul’s Techy Corner
. Crash course in Night Photography
. === For last years Developers only === problem corner and The Exposure Triangle ===

I will be asking you to bring laptops and raw images to edit live. More in an email in due course 🙂

RPS Group
2021-11-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
We meet again on Tuesday 16th November – and again at Tangmere Village centre in the small hall. We’ll be able to see Nick Hepworth’s very recent successful L Panel, along with Tony Baverstock’s successful A panel.

I signed in to observe the RPS Licentiate assessments this week and will be able to report back. It’s very clear that the criteria for success are being equitably applied – variety of images, a range of techniques, visual understanding and a cohesive set of images – while the reasons panels are not successful are also very clear. These are as ever technical faults (over sharpening, overblown highlights, poor print quality for instance) coupled with repetition (or lack of variety) and panel collections that don’t sit well together. Come along and find out more and bring work for discussion if you are ready or simply join us to explore if the RPS distinctions are for you.

7.15pm for a 7.30pm start – £3 for Club members. We regret we are not able to offer the RPS Group to non-members for now.

The featured image is from Nick Hepworth’s successful L Panel

Lightroom zoom workshop
2021-11-18 09:30 - 23:00 | Zoom Online Club Meeting
I thought it would be useful to look at the latest Lightroom update where they have vastly improved the mask tools. There are various videos on Youtube which are well worth looking at beforehand – I followed Dave Abbott’s suggestion of “Photoshop Cafe”.
If you would like any comment / help with any of you images either send the file to me at digitalgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk by Wednesday or be prepared to share your screen in Lightroom.
Chichester Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Lightroom workshop
Time: Nov 18, 2021 09:30 London
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Digital Group
2021-11-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Digital Group in this Zoom meeting Lynne Owen and Lorna Brown will be showing us they get creative:
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Topic: Digital group
Time: Nov 23, 2021 19:30 London
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Print Group
2021-12-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual Group via Zoom,, United Kingdom
CHANGE OF VENUE – NOW ONLINE

The next Print Group meeting will take place online on Tuesday 14 December 2021 starting at 7.30pm. An opportunity for you to share your prints whether they be work in progress or the finished article for sharing, discussion and feedback.

The group meets to consider how to get the best out of your digital files. You are welcome to submit a maximum of three images for sharing and discussion, following the guidance below, but you are welcome to join us if you don’t wish to send images in too.

Please note that you should now use printgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk for mailing all images not the personal email addresses you used before.

Please submit images by 5pm on Tuesday 14th December by email attachment to printgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk.

Resize images to 1600 x 1200 pixels, maximum 2MB. You can find resizing guidance on the Club website at https://chichestercameraclub.org.uk/pdi-image-re-sizing/

Please title your images (embedded in the file please, not as an email list) with your name then either the title or other identifier, such as file number ie Joe Bloggs On the Way Up or Joe Bloggs no1. (Titles aren’t necessary for either print Group or the RPS Group meetings.)

My grateful thanks to MAC users who have worked out how to attach rather than embed images. If you are sending for the first time and unsure how to do this, please let us know via the printgroup email address and simple instructions will follow.

Chichester Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Print Group
Time: Dec 14, 2021 19:30 London

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RPS Group
2021-12-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
There is no RPS group this week – we meet again on Tuesday 18th January 2022

Print Group
2022-01-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual Group via Zoom,, United Kingdom
CHANGE OF VENUE – NOW ONLINE The next Print Group meeting will take place online on Tuesday 11 January 2022 starting at 7.30pm. An opportunity for you to share your prints whether they be work in progress or the finished article for sharing, discussion and feedback.
The group meets to consider how to get the best out of your digital files. You are welcome to submit a maximum of three images for sharing and discussion, following the guidance below, but you are welcome to join us if you don’t wish to send images in too.
Please note that you should now use printgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk for mailing all images not the personal email addresses you used before.
Please submit images by 5pm on Tuesday 11th January by email attachment to printgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk.
Resize images to 1600 x 1200 pixels, maximum 2MB. You can find resizing guidance on the Club website at https://chichestercameraclub.org.uk/pdi-image-re-sizing/
Please title your images (embedded in the file please, not as an email list) with your name then either the title or other identifier, such as file number ie Joe Bloggs On the Way Up or Joe Bloggs no1. (Titles aren’t necessary for either print Group or the RPS Group meetings.)
Chichester Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Print Group Meeting
Time: Jan 11, 2022 19:30 London
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PAGB Group
2022-01-17 19:00 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
The next meeting of the PAGB Group will be on Monday 17th January.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic this will be a virtual meeting once again. All club members are welcome. Please log on at 7.15 so that we may make a prompt start to the meeting at 7.30 sharp. Please join using the link below.
If you would like to submit an image for critique please email the image to me, Ann McDonald, at pagbgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk
Images should be sized a maximum of 1920 pixels wide and 1200 pixels high, SRGB colour space. Please send the images by 6.00pm Sunday.

The image featured above is ‘High Plateau Ladakh‘ © Ann McDonald
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Development Group - CANCELLED
2022-01-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
CANCELLED – POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 21

Developer's Group
2022-01-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Developer’s Group

RPS Group CANCELLED
2022-01-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
RPS Group

Lightroom Zoom workshop Friday 21st January 9.30 am
2022-01-21 09:00 - 11:30 | Zoom Online Club Meeting
For those of us who have just purchased Topaz DeNoise and Sharpen AI Jeff has agreed to have a look at them and particularly using masks within them.
I keep also hoping that some of you will bring along (or send) images that you have got stuck with what to do or how to do it in Lightroom – maybe from this week’s Print Group. If you want to send them rather than share your screen then here’s the email address digitalgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk
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Digital Group
2022-01-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
This month Pete Bamforth is going to show us how he produces his wonderful large images. This promises to be a great evening with a great deal of excellent advice so please do join us on Zoom on the link below.
I have also had one suggestion for a talk on converting an image to Black and White but need other thoughts for the future – this group works best with your ideas. We are very lucky in the club to have a great many members who are only too willing to offer advice if asked so suggestions please!
Chichester Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Digital Imaging Group
Time: Jan 25, 2022 19:30 London
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Multimedia Group Zoom Meeting Friday 28th January 2022 9:30am
2022-01-28 09:30 - 11:30 | Virtual Group via Zoom,, United Kingdom
We will be running the Photobook and AV competitons again this year, with entries being judged and presented on our club night on the 28th of May 2022.

In order to help get things kicked off, Peter Rocchiccioli has kindly agreed to give a talk about what he learnt about book production during his BA Hons course in Photography.

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Peter’s entry in last year’s competition has since been printed and Peter says that the book shop on Hayling Island is displaying and selling the book. (Address: The Hayling Island Bookshop, 34 Mengham Rd, Hayling Island PO11 9BL).

Peter’s book also featured in an article in the Hayling Herald (see images below – click on them to make the larger and easier to read) .

The title of the book is : Coronavirus 2020: The First Lockdown. My Experience! You can view it here with all the other entries

Peter also received a letter from Alan Mac MP for Havant, which shows the local interest in the book. Of the 100 copies printed and more than half have sold.

PAGB Group
2022-02-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual Group via Zoom,, United Kingdom
The next meeting of the PAGB Group will be on Monday 17th January.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic this will be a virtual meeting once again. All club members are welcome. Please log on at 7.15 so that we may make a prompt start to the meeting at 7.30 sharp. Please join using the link below.
If you would like to submit an image for critique please email the image to me, Ann McDonald, at pagbgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk
Images should be sized a maximum of 1920 pixels wide and 1200 pixels high, SRGB colour space. Please send the images by 6.00pm Sunday.

The image featured above is ‘High Plateau Ladakh‘ © Ann McDonald
Here is the link to the Zoom meeting
Chichester Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
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Print Group Meeting - 8 February 2022
2022-02-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
The next Print Group meeting will take place online on Tuesday 8 February 2022 starting at 7.30pm. An opportunity for you to share your prints whether they be work in progress or the finished article for sharing, discussion and feedback.
The group meets to consider how to get the best out of your digital files. You are welcome to submit a maximum of three images for sharing and discussion, following the guidance below, but you are welcome to join us if you don’t wish to send images in too.
Please note that you should now use printgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk for mailing all images not the personal email addresses you used before.
Please submit images by 5pm on Tuesday 11th January by email attachment to printgroup@chichestercameraclub.org.uk.
Resize images to 1600 x 1200 pixels, maximum 2MB. You can find resizing guidance on the Club website at https://chichestercameraclub.org.uk/pdi-image-re-sizing/
Please title your images (embedded in the file please, not as an email list) with your name then either the title or other identifier, such as file number ie Joe Bloggs On the Way Up or Joe Bloggs no1. (Titles aren’t necessary for either print Group or the RPS Group meetings.)
Chichester Camera Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Print Group Meeting
Time: Feb 08, 2022 19:30 London
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RPS Group - Cancelled
2022-02-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
The RPS Group this month is double hit – not enough work this month to share between the group and I’ve brought back a reminder of my Scottish trip in the form of a wretched cold! Nothing worse than a cold I’m pleased to say (thank you negative flow test) but I wouldn’t want to be sharing even this virus.
I’m pleased to say that I’ve promises of work to show next month (Tuesday 15th March) and so I look forward to seeing everyone then.
Lorna

Developer/Intermediate Group
2022-02-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
===== Bring along a dozen of your own recent images. Of any size, of any quality, on any paper. Bring them on a phone or a laptop if thats easier ======
===== Also please ensure that you have taken a Lateral Flow Test on the day itself, and that you are double jabbed and boosted! =======

I’m afraid this one is going to be tough one – for all of you.
I’m going to show you how you can, almost immediately, improve your images significantly. Significantly. Push-you-right-to-the-top-of the-Intermediate-tables-significantly. Unfortunately it also means that after the session you may never look at your own images in the same way again …..

The cornerstone of photography – Composition

I’ll go through the rules of composition, with emphasis ONLY on the ones which you can use practically in the field. I’ve carried out an analysis on my own (because using others’ images probably infringes copyright laws) last 70 keeper images to support my views – and after an exercise or two, I’ll be asking you to evaluate your own images …..
2. Pauls Techy Corner
3. The Exposure Triangle
Primarily for the developers in the group, we will go through probably the most basic principle behind the cameras we use. Its a tricky one, and in my experience you either get it straight away or, well, only much later on. But you dont escape if youre Intermediate – you will become trainers ……
Hope to see you all there – if I havent scared you all off, that is 🙂
