Programme 2010-11

September 2010
Thurs 2nd Opening Night   Welcome Back   Welcome new members

Bring along some recent Images        Registration for the new Season
Sat 4th Alsager Garden Association photo competition – Theme: Local Sport
Thurs 9th New Programme Introduction

John Dennis   Improving our Inter-Club Competition Performance

Picture Sharing
Thurs 16th Malcolm Hart  - from The Sentinel
Thurs 23 rd L&CPU folio  PDI

Project 1 preparation discussion  - Machines -  Preferably Mono

Hand in Entries for first internal competition

Hand in Entries for Newcastle External Competition
Thurs 30 th Internal Competition 1          Judge     Colin Douglas
October 2010
Thurs 7th Project 1 –  Machines  – Preferably Mono
Thurs 14th Competition with Newcastle  at Alsager          Judge     Alan Towse

Hand in Entries for Crewe External
Thurs 21st Keith Plant – Judging Photographs

Bring along  3 images for review
Thurs 28th L&CPU folio  Prints – Nature & Illustrative

Adobe Elements & Photoshop Taster    GR  MMc  A.N. Other
November 2010
Thurs 4th Competition with Crewe at Alsager          Judge     Bill Preston
Thurs 11th Hartshill Studio – Keith Tinkler       Use of his Studio Lights.

2 Local Models.   Maximum  15 members

(Cost £7.00  each    based on 15)     . Book Early
Thurs 18th Terry Silvester – Local CharacterStories & Problem Solving

Hand in Entries for second  internal competition
Thurs 25th Combined Meeting With Stoke Club in Hanley

Richard Weston

December 2010
Thurs 2nd Internal competition 2          Judge     Brian Law
Thurs 9th Tony Pioli    “Picture Composition”  – what Judges Look for
Thurs 16th Christmas Social
January 2010
Thurs 6th Richard Weston –All Aspects of Black & White + Discuss Colour Calibration
Thurs 13th Wayne Brittle – “Improve Your  Landscape Photographs”

Hand in Entries for the Moorland Millennium Competition
Thurs 20th L&CPU folio Mono print    “Study & Judge”

Hand in Entries for Holmes Chapel External Competition
Thurs 27th Richard Weston – Wow  Factor

Set Project 2

Hand in Entries for gender competition – new pictures only

February 2011
Thurs 3rd Competition with Holmes Chapel  at Holmes Chapel
Thurs 10th Internal Competition – Gender Battle          Judge     Graham Johnston
Only pictures making their competition debut are eligible
Mon 14th Moorland Millennium Competition at Newcastle –    Theme: Texture
Thurs 17th Invitation to view Bebington Salon  – Crewe Club
Thurs 24th Brian Law   “It’s all about Seeing”  Composing the Picture

Hand in Entries for third  internal competition

Hand in Entries for the Nantwich External Competition at Alsager
March 2011
Thurs 3rd Themed Internal Competition 3          Primary Colours       [Mono – People]          Judge     TBA
Thurs 10th L&CPU folio  –Colour  +    10 Images in 10 Minutes

Why        The Circumstances        Camera  Settings          TBA
Thurs 17th External competition with Nantwich at Alsager          Judge     Christine Widdall
Thurs 24th Project 2  – TBA Hand in Entries for the 5 Towns Monochrome Competition
Thurs 31st Don Barker “Digital Prints my Way” –          Producing Digital Masterpieces!

Hand in Entries for fourth internal competition
April 2011
Thurs 7th Internal Competition 4          Judge     TBA
Thurs 14th Simon Watkinson    Landscapes that Work    &   Workflow  Software
Wed  20 th 5 Towns Monochrome Competition - hosted by Sandbach
Thurs 21st No Meeting
Thurs 28th Project  3    TBA
May 2011
Thurs 5th Pat Bennett  – Fieldcraft  Demonstrations & Finding Photo Opportunities
Thurs 12th “5 Minutes of Fame” Each Member invited to talk for  5 min on any aspect of Photography     (TBC)

Hand in Entries for the Annual Competition (as notified)
Thurs 19th Annual Competition          Judge     TBA
Thurs 26th AGM