Programme 2023-24

Club meetings for 2023-2024
Meetings start at 7.45pm and take place in person at Rishton Methodist Church, unless stated. We also intend to open the clubroom on Zoom lecture nights and enjoy the evening in the company of our fellow members.


January 5 2024
Neil Scott FRPS EFIAP/s, from Edinburgh, with his lecture 'Making a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's Ear' (Zoom)

January 12
AGM

January 19
CANCELLED due to weather conditions. Planned talk will take place next week

January 26
Results of January's monthly competition and judge's comments. Entry night for February's competition. Also John Barton ARPS with some prints

February 2
Portrait & studio lighting tutorials, with members' input and comments

February 9
Ian Kitchin ADPS with 'Rhine River Cruise'

February 16
Chris Shepherd, from Loughton, with a lecture titled 'Composition and Catastrophes' (Zoom)

February 23
Results of February's monthly competition and judge's comments. Entry night for March's competition

March 1
Tillman Kleinhans ARPS EFIAP DPAGB with his lecture '50 Retrospective Years in Photography' (live at the club)

March 8
Margaret Salisbury FRPS MFIAP FIPF FSINWP, from Prestatyn, with her lecture 'On the Beach' (Zoom)

March 15
Portrait evening (bring your cameras)

March 22
Results of March's monthly competition and judge's comments. Entry night for April's competition

March 29
Closed for Easter

April 5
Viewing of L&CPU Folio B

April 12
Bob Hindley, from Mossley, with photo books and the merits (or otherwise) of different types

April 19
TBC

April 26
Results of April's monthly competition and judge's comments (last of the season)

May 3
Neil MacGregor LRPS DPAGB with a talk entitled 'Nature in the Landscape' (via Zoom)

May 10
Andrew Rothery, from Halifax, with darkroom mono prints

May 17
Harry Kingman with a talk entitled 'Chilean Fjords and Patagonia' (via Zoom)

May 24
TBC

May 31
TBC