Chichester Camera Club

Steve Smith FRPS MPAGB
2024-05-23 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Eye Witness 2023

Jan Beesley
2024-05-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
An Evening with Jan Beesley

Pre-Exhibition Members' Meeting
2024-07-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

Exhibition Preview Evening
2024-08-02 19:30 - 22:00 | Assembly Rooms, North Street, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Paul Mitchell
2024-09-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Woodland Ways.
This lecture centre’s around some of Paul’s favourite woodland locations including Burnham Beeches, Savernake Forest and various other locations throughout the UK. He will also talk about his influences, equipment and show images throughout the four seasons.
https://www.paulmitchellphotography.co.uk/

Alison Webber
2024-09-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
The Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation.
The “Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation” tells the story of Alison’s relationship with photography and autism and the ways in which her photographic journey has helped her realise that the cloak and the corset have been suffocating her creativity and that by discarding them she can express her true identity.
https://alisonwebber.co.uk/home

Developers' Group
2024-09-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Developer’s Group

RPS Group
2024-09-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
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.

Lawrence Homewood CPAGB BPE2 EFIAP
2024-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
‘Tips, tricks and all things Lightroom’.
An introduction to Lightroom, explaining how it works with examples of Lawrence’s typical work flow.
Given time we may also look at filters and elements of Photoshop to complete the workflow journey.

Digital Group
2024-09-24 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-29 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

Suzie Kirkby CPAGB/AV
2024-09-26 00:00 | West Sussex
1st Advanced PDI Competition

Edward Hyde
2024-10-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
‘Motion Capture’ – A comprehensive guide to the creative use of shutter speed.
Note: a change from the original programme.
Edward’s talk is very much a dive back into one of the fundamentals of photography – a guide to the “creative” use of shutter speed and by “creative” he means answering the question: “what story are you trying to tell” in the image and what shutter speed do you need to do it.
https://eddiehydephotography.zenfolio.com/

PAGB Group
2024-10-07 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-11-04 19:00 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

Print Group
2024-10-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

1st Club / Inter PDI Competition
2024-10-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Judge – Mick Taylor
Note: Change from original programme.

Ian Hunter
2024-10-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
COVID
Ian will present his COVID City Scapes and talk us through his post production techniques.

Developers' Group
2024-10-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
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 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
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.

John Tilsley
2024-10-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
1st Adv Print Competition

Woodland photowalk
2024-10-27 14:00 - 18:00 | West Sussex
Nikki Holden and Clare Gordon-Pullar invite you to join them on a photowalk in Fittleworth Woods on Sunday 27th October, starting at 2pm. Remember that the clocks change that weekend. Note that, as with all photowalks, you do so at your own risk. The Club’s disclaimer and a risk assessment are on the website at Menu>Documents>Important Documents. To register for the photowalk, email to photowalks@chichestercameraclub.org.uk

David Jenner
2024-10-31 19:00 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Night & Day – The panoramic art of capturing time!
Soon after picking up his first camera, David I fell in love with landscape photography and almost immediately developed a passion for wide format panoramas.
https://www.davidjenner.co.uk/

Paul Alistair Collins
2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Life as a Nature Photographer.
Paul is an award-winning professional wildlife photographer, film-maker and tour guide based in London.
His photos have been honoured in major awards including the Scottish Nature Photography Awards, International Wild Bird Photography Awards, and British Wildlife Photography Awards.
https://www.paulalistaircollins.co.uk/

Roger Smith
2024-11-14 19:30 - 22:30 | West Sussex
1st Club / Inter Print Competition

Developers' Group
2024-11-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
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 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
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.

Victoria Hillman
2024-11-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Wild Hidden Bulgaria
