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Calendar 2024-25

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. To see full details of the monthly competitions click here.

Competition Rules

Please click on the

PDFs to see the rules

for the competitions.

Monthly

Competitions

Graham Brown Memorial Trophy

Hollis

Trophy

The calendar dates for external competitions are as follows: 

Jaguar Cup Competition - TBC

Badby Challenge Cup - TBC

Season Calendar

The Daventry Photographic Society season runs from the 1st March to the 28th February the following year.

2024-25 Season

 

March 2024

5th March
DPS AGM

12th March

2023 My Photographic Year

Speaker: Linda Wilson

A photographic ramble through Namibia, France and other exotic locations!

 

19th March
Competition (Digital): Open
Guest Judge: Dawn Stobbart (Zoom)

 

26th March
10 in 10

 

April 2024

 

2nd April
‘An Evening With’ Ady Kerry

We welcome back the popular Ady who will be taking us through his fascinating career as a professional photographer.

 

9th April
Competition (Print): Open Monochrome

Guest Judge: Mike Fuller

 

16th April
10 in 10

 

23rd April
Introduce Summer Challenge/Theme Night plus ‘Name that Face’

Led by: Bob Holt

 

30th April
Macro Photography

Led by: Mike Fuller and Bee Jackson
Mike and Bee will be giving us insight into their brilliant insect and other wildlife macrophotography.

 

May 2024

 

7th May
Post Production of Nature Photographs

Guest speaker Kevin Pigney (Zoom)
We welcome back Kevin Pigney telling us how to improve our Nature images using Lightroom and Photoshop.

 

14th May
Competition (Digital): Two Colours

Guest Judge: Dave Belton

 

15th May
Jaguar Photo Competition

 

21st May
10 in 10

 

28th May
Creative Tabletop Photography

Led by: Mike Fuller

 

June 2024

 

4th June
You are the judge for the night

Led by: Bob Holt

 

11th June
Competition (Digital): Photo Journalism

and Graham Brown Memorial Trophy (Round 1)
Guest Judge: Jane Morris (Zoom)

 

18th June
10 in 10

 

25th June
Theme Night/Preparation for My Take on Your Image/On Your Phone

Led by: Bob Holt
 

July 2024

 

2nd July
Practical: Photographic walk at Stockton Cutting & Taskers Meadow.

Note early start of meeting at 7pm. See circulated email for full details.

9th July
Competition (Digital): Untouched (Zoom)

Guest Judge: Mike Sharples

 

16th July
10 in 10

 

23rd July
Sport

Guest speaker: Steve Williams
We welcome the excellent Steve back to give tips on improving our Sport photography.

 

30th July
Summer Social

 

August 2024

 

6th August
On My Phone - Presentation of images taken on phone

Presentation of 5 images you have taken on your phone.
Please bring the images on a memory stick on the evening.

Led by: Bob Holt
 

13th August
Competition (Print): Leading Lines

Guest Judge: Wes Gibbon

 

20th August
My take on your image

On a memory stick, please bring the author's original images and the images as you have processed them.  The author may (or may not) choose to bring along their own processed versions to compare and contrast your different approach.

Led by: Bob Holt

27th August
Long Exposure

Guest speaker: David Lowe
David will be giving tips on producing long exposure shots in a range of situations. See his website https://www.davidlowepics.com/

 

September 2024

 

3rd September
10 in 10

 

10th September
Competition (Digital): Night Time
and Graham Brown Memorial Trophy (Round 2)

Guest Judge: Bob Goode (Zoom)

 

17th September
Film Night

Screening of the documentary Finding Vivian Maier

Led by: Bob Holt

24th September
Practical: Photographic Walk – Stockton Nature Reserve

 

October 2024

 

1st October
Summer Challenge Feedback and introduction to Winter challenge

Feedback your 5 Images on the set theme of 'Summer'.

Led by: Linda Wilson

8th October
Competition (Digital): Creative (Peter Cosentino Trophy)

Guest Judge: Phil Cooling (Zoom)

 

15th October
Hollis Trophy Competition

 

22nd October
Astrophotography for Beginners – Reaching for the Stars

How to photograph the heavens!

Guest speaker: Paul Money
 

29th October
Theme Night

Choose 5 images to present in the format of your choice ie, print, digital

Led by: Bob Holt

November 2024

5th November
Journey to the Arctic

Guest speaker: Nigel Spencer
Take a trip through the wonderful Arctic. See Nigel’s website https://nigelspencerphotography.com/

 

12th November
Competition (Digital): Movement

Guest Judge: Bob Goode

19th November
Informal Discussion

Led by Andrew Taylor

 

26th November
Joint Presentation

Led by: Andrew Taylor (An interesting Year in Photography)
and Linda Ariss (Slovenia - Bears, Caves, and Landscapes)

 

December 2024

 

3rd December
Compose Yourself

Guest speaker: Jonathan Vaines

 

10th December
Competition (Print): Country Living

Guest Judge: Dave Belton

 

17th December
Christmas Social

 

24th December
Closed

 

January 2025

 

7th January
10 in 10

 

14th January
Competition (Digital): Bad Weather

and Graham Brown Memorial Trophy (Round 3)

Guest Judge: Colin Walls (Zoom)
 

21st January
Using AI in Photography

Guest speaker: Sally Sallett (Zoom)
 

28th January
Creating an Audio Visual Presentation

Led by: Bob Holt and Martin Godfrey

 

February 2025

 

4th February
Winter Challenge Feedback

Feedback 5 images on a theme to be confirmed at the meeting on 1 October.

11th February
Competition (Print): Panel of 3

Guest Judge: Gareth Martin
 

18th February
Light Painting

Guest speaker: Robert Snary
Using your torch to produce stunning images.

 

25th February
The Charro and the Benefits of Long Term Photography

Guest speaker: John Stones
All the way from Mexico! John presented this last year and proved to be excellent. Very pleased to welcome him back!

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