Calendar 2021/22
Competition deadlines
Entries for internal monthly competitions and the Graham Brown Memorial Trophy need to be in no later than midnight on the 1st day of the month preceding the competition. The Hollis Trophy deadline this year is 1st October 2021. To see full details of the monthly competitions click here.
Competition Rules
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Monthly
Competitions
Graham Brown Memorial Trophy
Hollis
Trophy
The calendar dates for external competitions are as follows:
Jaguar Cup Competition - Cancelled.
Badby Challenge Cup - Cancelled.
Calendar
Coronavirus Update
Due to the Coronavirus situation we cannot physically meet as a club at Mayfield Sports Club Daventry, however we hope that you will be able to join the Zoom meetings from the Calendar below. All meetings start at 7.30pm on a Tuesday. If you aren't a member and would like to join one of the meetings please email the Chairman on for details.
JANUARY 2021
5th January 2021
Members Speaker: Colin Prickett -"Photographing the past"
12th January
Competition: The Colour Purple, and also the final part of the Graham Brown Memorial Trophy Competition(Round 3) An Open Subject. Judge: Louise Walton (from Nottingham) will be judging and giving feedback during the Zoom meeting. Entries to be in by 1st of January. if you haven't registered contact Colin for a login password.
12th January
External speaker - Justin Garner: 'Macro Photography' 90 mins. His lecture with lots of tips and hints into his approach to Macro Photography and he explains the technique of focus stacking.
FEBRUARY
2nd February
The Fjords of Patagonia - Julian Elliott. Journey to the end of the world and follow Julian on a commissioned trip to the fjords of Patagonia. See the challenges a professional photographer faces with the weather and the imagery that’s created for use by his client. Julian has been a professional landscape and travel photographer for 10 years, currently living in France. Having started writing for a number of British UK photography magazines he started selling his work through the World renowned Getty Images. To date his work has sold in over 40 countries and he has travelled in over 30 countries capturing the world around him.
9th February
Competition: Panel of 3, Judge: Malcolm Sales competition via Zoom. Entries to be in by 1st of Feb. if you haven't registered contact Colin for a login password.
16th February
Members Travelogues: Carole and Judy will share the evening to show some of there travel photos.
23rd February
External speaker: Tim Pile. Nudes in Photography Capturing the beauty of the female form, in man-made and natural environments.
MARCH
2nd March
AGM
9th March
Competition (Digital): Theme 'OPEN' - Guest Judge: Anne Sutcliffe
16th March
Guest Speaker - David Garthwaite: ‘Fine Art - A Workflow’ - David is a fine art photographer based in Leeds. His presentation will walk us through a step-by-step process of creating monochrome fine art images in his style. This will be of special interest to those wishing to understand the technical aspects of creating stunning fine art images.See his website for examples of his images https://dgshot.uk/fine-art-architecture-landscape/
23rd March
5 in 5 Evening: We ask you to share 5 of your own photographs in 5 minutes. Your images may be themed - or not - the choice is entirely yours.
30th March
Guest Speaker - Ross McKelvey - from Belfast: Ross has been awarded over 300 medals in national and international exhibitions since 2010. He will be sharing a presentation of award-winning images across several genres including landscape, studio, creative, nature and fine art, with a live Photoshop editing demonstration at the end. See his website for his images and more information http://www.rossmckelvey.co.uk
APRIL
6th April
Closed for Easter
13th April
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Open Monochrome'. Guest Judge: Kylie Martin
20th April
5 in 5 Evening: We ask you to share 5 of your own photographs in 5 minutes. Your images may be themed - or not - the choice is entirely yours.
27th April
Guest Speaker - Adrian Lines: ‘Creative Differences’ a talk on Creative Images
May
4th May
Informal Critique
11th May
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Three of a Kind’. Guest Judge: Julie Cleaver
20th May
Guest Speaker - Dave Stewart: ‘Faces and Figures’ Outdoor Portraits and Rock Concert Photography
25th May
Evening out: A photographic guided walk around Hellidon village
JUNE
1st June
Guest Speaker - Sue Clark: ‘The camera never lies but photographs can’
8th June
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Creative' (Peter Cosentino Trophy) and Graham Brown Memorial Trophy
(Part 1). Guest Judge: Paul Nickerson
15th June
Member’s Travelogue: John Lewis
22nd June
Guest Speaker - Steve Williams: A talk on Sports photography
29th June
Evening out: A photographic guided walk around Kilsby including the Yarn Bombing installations
JULY
6th July Guest Speaker – Malcolm Hupman: ‘An Australasian Adventure and its Wildlife’
13th July
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Shapes'. Guest Judge: Chris Baldwin
20th July
5 in 5 Evening: We ask you to share 5 of your own photographs in 5 minutes. Your images may be themed - or not - the choice is entirely yours.
27th July
Guest Speaker - David Boag: ‘Photographing Wild Flowers’
AUGUST
3rd August
Summer Social evening.
10th August
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Open Untouched'. Judge: Trevor Rudkin
17th August
Outdoor Practical: Northampton and Lamport Heritige Railway.
24th August
Guest Speaker – Chris Shepherd: ‘My Camera’
31st August
Informal Critique
SEPTEMBER
7th September
Surgery Session - Back to Basics
14th September
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Negative Space' and Graham Brown Memorial Trophy (Part 2).
Guest Judge: Catherine Knee
21st September
DPS: Virtual Exhibition Preview
28th September
Guest Speaker - Tracey Sherwood: Christmas Food Photography - Practical
OCTOBER
5th October
Viewing of MCPF Travelling Portfolio
12th October
Competition (Digital): Theme ‘Industry’. Guest Judge: Peter Gennard
19th October
Hollis Trophy: Annual digital competition with 4 categories. Judges: John Lewis and Graham Walton
26th October
Guest Speaker: Annie Bee Pet and portrait Photographer.
NOVEMBER
2nd November
Internal Competition: Where teams ‘match an image’
9th November
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Music'. Guest Judge: Dave Stewart
16th November
Member’s personal project: Mike Fuller - talk on Female Photographers
23rd November
Guest Speaker - Graham Heywood: A photographic talk titled 'Imaginations'
30th November
5 in 5 Evening: We ask you to share 5 of your own photographs in 5 minutes. Your images may be themed - or not - the choice is entirely yours.
DECEMBER
7th December
Member speaker: 'Using Flash’ by Mike Hemmings
14th December
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Fog and Mist'. Judge: Mike Fuller
Mike Fuller
21st December
Christmas Social
28th December
Closed for Christmas and New Year
JANUARY 2022
4th January
Member speaker: Colin Prickett 'Photographing the Past, Part 2'
11th January
Competition (Digital): Theme 'Flowers' and Graham Brown Memorial Trophy (Part 3)Guest Judge: Graham Heywood
18th January
Guest Speaker - Erica Oram: 'Seeing Opportunities' - making the most of limited time for photography by 'seeing' opportunity and by being a little creative
25th January
Informal Critique
FEBRUARY
1st February
Guest speakers from Banbury Camera Club
8th February
Competition (Digital): ‘Panel of 3' Prints – OPEN theme’ - Guest Judge - JOHN HAINES
15th February
Member speaker - Bob Holt: 'Alternative photography'
22nd February
Guest Speaker - Dave Mason: ‘Street Photography’