Programme 2012 - 2013

Meetings commence at 7:30 pm

Please note the external competitions are on a Wednesday evening.

Date		Event	Further Information
September	04th	New Season Opening Night	A welcome session for members old and new with an overview of the year and its events followed by a model photography session.
	18th	Alphabet Shoot	Team based photography shoot around the town centre, photographing to a theme with a mildly competitive element!
October	02nd	Studio Lighting Workshop	Practical session covering lighting styles and methods led by professional portrait and event photographer, Michael Martin
	16th	AV Slideshow Tutorial	How to create an audio-visual slideshow - demonstration using free software - including content, themes, audio etc
	30th	AV Slideshow Presentations	Following on from previous session - an opportunity for members to present their slideshows.
November	13th	High Speed Photography	Water Droplet photography - practical session photographing water droplets using a specialised set-up.
	27th	Team 'Competition'	"Photo Face-Off" - an internal, team-based, fun photographic competition.
December	11th	Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain	Practical evening of portrait and movement photography combined with talk about the art of t'ai chi itself.
	18th	Social Evening	Quiz night - venue to be confirmed. Members, visitors & guests are all welcome for this fun pre-Christmas meet-up.
January	08th	Internal Critique	A chance to see what other members think of your work using the subject of 3's for selection of images for external competition.
	16th	External Competition with Oswestry	External competition, to be held at Oswestry Photographic Society. Subject - "3's"
	22nd	Macro Photography & Image Stacking	Discussion and practical on the methods and techniques of macro photography and an introduction to image stacking.
February	01st	Justin Quinnell	Lecture on pinhole photography with Justin - more info to follow
	02nd	Justin Quinnell	Pinhole photography workshop with Justin - more info to follow
	19th	Painting with light	A long exposure, a simple light source and some creativity will allow us to photograph night-time scenes in a unique way.
March	05th	Exploring Flash	Following on from painting with light we look into flash, it's general use and some creative effects that it can achieve.
	19th	Internal Critique	A chance to see what members think of your work - the subject being "Streets & Walkways" for selection of images for external competition.
April	03rd	External Competition with Long Mynd	External competition, to be held at Long Mynd Camera Club. Subject - "Streets & Walkways"
	16th	Welshpool Railway - Now and Then	Colin Rogers takes us on a journey showing us the history of Welshpool railway in images using archive and current photographs.
	30th	Digital POTY	Digital photographer of the year competition
May	14th	Print POTY	Print photographer of the year competition
	21st	AGM	AGM - the club belongs to its members and this is the opportunity to put forward your ideas for the next season. All welcome.