Photo Sprint
2018-05-31 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Eastgate Square, East Gate Square, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1JL, United Kingdom
We are having a Photo Sprint where we have one hour to take pictures of a fixed theme. The theme is not revealed until the meeting time.
Meet up at Eastgate Square at 6:30
We finish up in the Four Chesnuts Pub and download a maximum of three images per photographer which will then be judged.
Prize for the winner.

Summer Photo Walk
2018-06-14 18:30 - 22:30 | West Witterings, PO20 8AJ
The next summer photo walk will be at 6:30pm at West Witterings.
I suggest we meet up in the car park. The car park closes at 20:30, so people wishing to stay later should find parking outside the car park.
All invited. I am still looking for people to organise walks, so if you feel you can do one please email me (mrjeffowen@gmail.com) and we can put it in the programme,

RPS Group
2018-06-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-10-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

Photo Walk Church Norton
2018-06-28 18:30 - 21:30 | St Wilfrid’s Church, Rectory Ln, Selsey, Chichester PO20 9DT, Rectory Lane, Selsey, West Sussex, PO20 8DT, United Kingdom
This week’s photo walk will be at Church Norton, near Selsey at 18:30 on Thursday 28th June.

This will give us an opportunity to explore St Wilfrid’s Chapel, the nearby mound and then walk down to Pagham Harbour nature reserve. The churchyard and gravestones can offer some interesting textures.
Parking is available near the church: Rectory Lane, Church Norton, Selsey, West SussexPO20 9DT

Lordington Lavender
2018-07-11 09:45 - 14:30 | Lordington Lavender
Carmel Lynch is going to Lordington Lavender on Wednesday 11th June. If people wish to join her then meet in car park at 9.45 as the gates open at 10am. Early morning session is the least busy time of the day with the least number of people roaming around.

(Image by Lorna Brown)
Entry cost £6.00 payable at the gate.
Address;
Lordington Farm,
Lordington,
Chichester,
PO189DX
lordingtonlavender.co.uk

Summer Walk East Head
2018-07-12 18:00 - 21:30 | East Head
East Head Thursday 12th July
David Abbott is leading a photo walk at East Head at 18:30 on Thursday 12th July. Dave suggests people park between the two village halls on the main road and start the walk through the church graveyard.

Summer Walk Chichester Allotments
2018-08-09 18:00 - 19:30
Chichester Allotments 9th August 6pm

Looking further ahead Rob Campling is organising a trip to Chichester allotments. Rob has provided the following information:
Place: St Paul’s/Little Breach Allotments. No post code, but PO19 5UA gets you to the turning off St Paul’s Road that leads to Little Breach. The allotment gate is on the left right after the side road (Woodlands Lane) which leads to two schools. It has City Council notices plastered all over the gate.
Parking: On street parking – usually fairly easy at this time.
Meeting: I’ll be waiting at the gate.
Length of stay: An hour or two.
Wrap Up: At the Rainbow Inn from 7.30. A CAMRA pub but no food after c. 7pm
What to see: It’s a large site with upwards of 60 allotments. Everything from the scrupulously tidy to the abandoned, plus hedgerows, trees and a tame fox. Sheds and greenhouses. A couple of chicken runs as well! I’ll make sure the visit is publicised by the City Council so everyone will know the the Club are visting.

Photo Walk Amberley
2018-08-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Amberley School, School Rd, Amberley, West Sussex, BN18 9NB, United Kingdom
Margret Preece will be leading a photo walk around the pretty village of Amberley on Thursday 23rd August. Margret says:
"Walk around Amberley village (the “pearl of Sussex” according to some guide books).

Suggested start: 7pm

Directions from Chichester: A27, A29, B2139. Drive past Amberley railway station and Amberley Museum (on the right). One mile further along the road turn left into Amberley village. Park in road (on right hand side only). Meet outside the school which is on the right hand side.

After the walk I suggest the Sportsman pub in Amberley but it will be easier to drive to it."

PAGB Group
2018-09-03 19:00 - 21:30, 2018-10-01 19:00 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

The Joy of Seeing : Photography My Way Viveca Koh FRPS
2018-09-06 19:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
The Joy of Seeing : Photography My Way Viveca Koh FRPS
Viveca photographed last visit at her talk on smart phone photography is an exciting speaker and welcome back with what will be a very stimulating evening and a range of interesting photos.
Viveca Koh FRPS
I am a self-taught Fine Art photographer, with a special fascination for small details, for lost, abandoned, poignant and generally broken objects, and also for darkness contrasting with light, both in a physical and emotional sense.
Many of my illustrative images simply evolve as I am working on them – I start off with a quite straightforward idea of what I want to achieve but am always willing to venture wherever the photograph wants me to go, as I overlay multiple images together or add textures, scanned documents as new layers, and subtle shading. Two photographs may blend together in a way that I could not have previously imagined, and this is one of the things that I find so exciting and all-consuming when I work, to produce a final image that perhaps a little bit different, that invokes emotion in the viewer and makes them question their sense of the world as they know it.
In June 2014 I was awarded a Fellowship Distinction by the Royal Photographic Society, following on from an Associateship Distinction in June 2011 and a Licentiateship Distinction in 2010.

Print Group
2018-09-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
The Print Group reconvenes for the new season on Tuesday 11th September, meeting as always in the Small Hall at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.30pm.
The group is an ideal way to share your enjoyment in photography and to share views, tips and techniques on printed images. It’s all about the end product, so so while we don’t look specifically at the process of printing itself (see the Digital Group for sessions on printing), we do look at all matters relating to the end image. So we cover composition, cropping, content and also look at the ways different papers will affect the finished picture, as well as touching on mounting.
You can bring along your favourite images to share, work in progress, those images that don’t quite seem to come together on which you’d like different opinions or perhaps images you are thinking about entering for competitions. You’ll also be very welcome to just come along to find out more about the group without bringing work to show.
Images don’t need to be mounted, but please do just stick them onto some firm card so that they will stay on the display stands we use.
The group is open to all photographers, whether new or advanced, and is an easy way in to learn about critique and chat to other Club members about work. The group is also open to non-members, and the charge is £3 for Club members and £4 for visitors.

Tides and Tempests, Coastal Photography: Rachael Talibart, Black and White Photographer of the Year 2018
2018-09-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Tides and Tempests, Coastal Photography: Rachael Talibart
Black and White Photographer of the Year 2018
One of ‘the best outdoor photographers working in the UK today’, a ‘landscape master’ Outdoor Photography Magazine June 2016

Rachael grew up on the south coast of England. Her first career was as a solicitor in the City of London. During the City years, Rachael’s friends and colleagues were used to seeing her return from trips with bags full of exposed film; the developing sometimes cost more than the trip! In 2008, she converted to digital and she says that is when the obsession really set in. In 2000, Rachael left her City career and, after obtaining two more degrees, she now works full-time on her photography.
Much of Rachael’s early childhood was spent at sea. This has left her with a life-long fascination for the ocean in all its forms, but especially in stormy weather. Rachael travels widely for her photographs but retains a special fondness for the South of England and many of her images are created there. For Rachael, nothing beats a day on an empty shore, the wilder the weather the better, and this is reflected in her work.
Rachael’s photographs have been published in books and both print and online magazines, have been exhibited widely in the UK as well as Barcelona and New York, and appear in private collections in the UK and USA. She is owner of f11 Workshops, providing photography day workshops in the South of England and runs residential photography workshops for international, fine art photography business, Ocean Capture. Rachael is in demand as a public speaker and writes for photography magazines. A member of Parhelion Group.
Black and White Photographer of the Year 2018

Developers Group
2018-09-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
THE DEVELOPERS GROUP
The Developers group is provided exclusively for Club class members and provides an opportunity for inexperienced photographers to get to grips with the basics of photography. This is the first meeting of the new season at which we will cover how to take control of your camera through the understanding of shutter speed, aperture and ISO and the inter-relationship between them.
In the second half of the evening there will be tips on taking pictures of landscapes and wildlife with complementary practical exercises to aid learning.

RPS Group
2018-09-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
RPS Group
The first RPS Group meeting of the season on Tuesday 18th September is an ideal opportunity to find out more about the art of creating panels (co-ordinated sets of images) as well as the criteria for achieving the Royal Photographic Society accreditation. These are Licentiate, Associateship and Fellowship, awards now held by a good number of Club members, many of whom who have been supported through this group. Do just come along to observe to find out if this might be something you would like to pursue.

Moments in Nature: Ben Hall
2018-09-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Moments in Nature: Ben Hall
Ben Hall has gained worldwide recognition as one of Britain’s foremost professional wildlife photographers. His images are often surprising, always striking and ever striving to awaken people to the diversity of the natural world. He is described by “Living Edge” magazine as ‘a passionate and experienced wildlife photographer, with a perfectionist’s eye for detail’.
Ben’s personal approach to wildlife photography lies in the creative art of ‘seeing’. His aim is to use his pictures to communicate his personal vision, to generate an emotional response and to excite the viewer’s aesthetic sensitivity. He often pre-visualises a particular image in his mind before setting out to photograph it. To realise this vision by turning it into a photographic image can take weeks or even months, and often sees him returning frequently to the same location to capture the perfect shot.
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Ben is a regular photographic and editorial contributor to clients as diverse as BBC Wildlife, Practical Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photography Monthly, Professional Photographer, Digital Photographer, Digital Camera magazine, Digital SLR User, Birds Illustrated, Birding (USA), Birdwatch, The Grebe (Cheshire Wildlife Trust), Living Edge, Birds (RSPB), The Countryman, Peak District magazine and Cheshire Life.

Digital Group
2018-09-25 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-10-31 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

Multimedia Group
2018-09-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
MultiMedia Group
The Multimedia Group meets during the club season, generally on the last Wednesday of each month. The first meeting is 26th September 2018 at 7:30 Tangmere Centre (for more details please check the website: http://chichestercameraclub.org.uk/category/multimedia/ ).
The idea of the group is to encourage members to present their images in many different formats, such as Books, AVs and perhaps AV with video clips.
The common theme is about creating a coherent collection of images and then presenting them. The images may just sit well together or tell a story. Many of our members are interested in documentary photography and Books and AVs are an idea medium to present such work.
When embarking on such a project there are new tools to learn such as Book authoring software, AV production software such as Pictures2Exe or Video editing software for video clips. The group runs tutorial sessions to get you going and provides a meeting place to discuss projects, ideas and tackle any difficulties you may be having.
Time is available at each meeting for members to bring their work and receive constructive criticism.
The group can also provide guidance on constructing a successful Book or AV. With AVs, the use of sound, the timing and the ordering of the slides can all lift the final product. Books benefit from thinking about the layout, the font, the page colours and many other factors.
We hope to have speakers during the year to discuss their work and provide inspiration or education. The first meeting is usually reserved to setting an agenda for the rest of the year, taking into account the wishes of the group members.
The group is open to all, the cost to Chichester Camera club members is £3 and to others £4.
Look forward to seeing you,
Jeff Owen

A Feeling of Impressionism: Steve Le Prevost FRPS
2018-09-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
A Feeling of Impressionism: Steve Le Prevost FRPS
Where possible my aim is to challenge the fundamentals and boundaries of photography and to strive to be unique in my preferred style of photographic art.
After capturing the initial image with as much sharpness and detail as I can achieve I purposely set out to degrade the image, to reduce that clinical sharpness we generally associate with a more standard record photograph. My goal is to create a picture with mood, feeling and atmosphere. The creative process begins to take shape in my imagination and evolves as the picture takes shape, the end result can and often is completely different to how I had envisaged it initially. Compositional rule breaking is something I enjoy so I try to add this to the mix as often as I feel it appropriate. If the end result gives pleasure to someone and maybe hangs on the walls of their home I have succeeded.
Judging National and International Salons is something I greatly enjoy along with giving presentations of my work. I am enormously grateful to Fotospeed Distribution for sponsoring me, this allows me the opportunity to test drive a large variety of photographic papers.

Negative Space & Photographic Choas - Leigh Preston FRPS MPAGB APAGB
2018-10-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Negative Space & Photographic Chaos – Leigh Preston FRPS MPAGB APAGB
A great friend of the club and always an entertaining speaker with relevant messages to us.
Last seen exhibiting together with the Focus Group and here are some of his images.
http://www.focusgroupphotography.com/gallery_727220.html
I have been taking pictures for over forty years. My work has been mainly thematic, making images as a series. I have a relatively specific approach to what I choose to make pictures of, and I rely heavily on atmospherics, dramatic lighting and strong storylines to convey an individual style. A lot of my personal work is taken either in isolated places or of buildings and landscapes that are well past their ‘sell-by’ date. A lot of my work is monochrome, using both digital and darkroom processes, depending on the ‘feel’ I want from the finished print.
I hold two RPS Fellowships, one for pictorial images taken of the mill towns in Lancashire and Yorkshire and the other for Darkroom printing. I belong to the ARENA group of photographers and am a member of The London Salon. There have been two books of my images published: “Shadows of Change” and “Five Essays”. My work has been exhibited in London, Dublin, Birmingham, Reading, Manchester, Gloucester and Belfast.

1st Small Print Competition
2018-10-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

Print Group
2018-10-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
The Print Group got of to a very lively start this season at our meeting in September and we were pleased to welcome new Club members. Other than one brave soul our new members didn’t bring work this time, which is fine, but they are promising to do so in October. Later in the season we will have meetings that look at specifics of the printed images, but October will be a general meeting to simply share our images – perhaps with an eye on the forthcoming first print competitions this season.
The group is an ideal way to share your enjoyment in photography It’s all about the end product so we cover composition, cropping, content and also look at the ways different papers will affect the finished picture. You’ll pick up lots of tips too, on camera technique and post proccessing.
Just bring along your favourite images to share, or perhaps work in progress. If you’d like to different ideas about images that just aren’t coming together as you’d like, the Print Group is an ideal place for you. You’ll also be very welcome to just come along to find out more about the group without bringing work to show.
The group is open to all photographers, whether new or advanced, and is an easy way in to learn about critique and chat to other Club members about work.
We meet on the second Tuesday of the month in the small hall at Tangmere Village Centre, at 7.30pm. There’s a charge of £3 for Club members and £4 for visitors.

Portrait Group Meeting with opportunity to photograph with studio lights
2018-10-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Introduction meeting for the portrait group to see what the group does and actually take some photographs using studio lights.
The Portrait Group invites all interested members to a meeting where we will set up studio lights and backdrop so all those interested will have the opportunity to take some photographs and learn some basics about Studio Photography.
We can usually resolve any problems connecting to the lights by slave flash or flash trigger that we will bring along.
We will also summarise the dates for shoots for the season and are open to any suggestions to include in the program.

1st Advanced PDI Competition Roy Lambeth DPAGB AFIAP APAGB
2018-10-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
1st Advanced PDI Competition Roy Lambeth DPAGB AFIAP APAGB
Roy’s service spans 41 years at all levels from club committees, to the SCPF and PAGB Councils.

Developers Group
2018-10-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom

30 Years as a Fleet Street Stringer - Andrew Hasson
2018-10-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
30 Years as a Fleet Street Stringer – Andrew Hasson
Self-portrait
The world is full of experts on photography. Some have a faint knowledge of the craft; most merely know what they like, until shown something else.
Being a successful photographer or even just being good at talking about it is not the same as making a living from it.
Listen to Andrew carefully; he knows what he’s talking about.”

1st Club/Int PDI Competition - Leo Rich HonPAGB EFIAP/g
2018-10-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
1st Club/Int PDI Competition – Leo Rich HonPAGB EFIAP/g

He joined his first camera club in the 1970’s and began entering National and International Exhibitions shortly afterwards with reasonable success over the years.

Changing from film to digital was a long process as he endeavours to emulate the success he had with slides by trying to “get it right in the camera” rather than in post computer manipulation. He likes to photograph anything that takes his fancy but has veered towards “people” pictures and natural history following his many travels, particularly in India. He is heavily involved in the administration side of UK photography and has been President of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain which has approximately 1,000 camera clubs affiliated with an estimated 40,000 members. He is in demand for both his judging, both in UK and abroad, and also his humorous talks based on his travels.

Pictures on a Page - Paul Sanders
2018-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Tangmere Village Hall, Malcolm Road, Tangmere, West Sussex, PO20 2HS, United Kingdom
Pictures on a Page – Paul Sanders
I am passionate about landscape photography. I love being outside surrounded by the beauty of the world we live in. It never ceases to amaze me, as I watch the storm clouds blow in over the coast, listen to the waves crashing against the rocky shores or watch sunlight stream through trees on a foggy morning, how blessed and lucky we are to have such beauty on our doorsteps.
Recently my work has been recognised by Fujifilm, who inaugurated me into their exclusive X Series photographers . In addition to this honour I have been awarded Gold medals by the SWPP for my fine art and black and white images.
