Photo of the Year 2023
Buying Guide for Photographers
by Andy Pickford When anyone starts out in photography, we all make mistakes. We look at equipment on the internet and think “That looks like a good idea”, it arrives and then start to use it and find it might not be all we hoped it could be. I want to try and help...
History of Photography – Part 1
600BC – 1879 by Glyn Wade History of Photography Part 1 – by Glyn Wade at Potteries Photography Club, 23rd February...
Photo of the Month 2023
Photo of the Month 2023 Please see below winners and runners-up of Photo of the Month 2023. All voted for by Potteries Photography Club members. Click on the images to find out more information.
We Came We Saw We Conquered.
by Glyn Wade Sort of….. There was panic amongst the competition-centric clubs of Staffordshire when they heard the terrifying news that Willfield were finally entering their first ever interclub competition. This didn’t quite match the panic amongst our...
My first 12 Months with The Potteries Photography Club.
by Martin Harris Well, after a few not so subtle hints from our Secretary, Glyn I thought I would share my experienceof my first 12 months at the then Willfield Camera Club soon to be renamed as The PotteriesPhotography Club. After the 2 years we spent in Lockdown and...
Alan Ball
Dave Kitson
Photo of the Month 2022
Photo of the Month 2022 Please see below winners and runners-up of Photo of the Month 2022. All voted for by Willfield Camera Club members. Click on the images to find out more information.
Photo of the Month
Please see below winners and runners-up of Photo of the Month 2024. All voted for by Potteries Photography Club members. Click on the images to find out more information.
Flickr for Photos
by Mike Farmer I joined Flickr in 2015 because of the poor internet service down the race tracks. An area of Cheadle where the street names are named after racetracks. You would have thought they’d have a fast service with such names. We now have fibre. I was a member...
Fireworks, Fun and Photography
by Glyn Wade Our nights out are usually not normal camera club nights out and our first ever fireworks night was no exception. People brought fireworks along and we headed to Park Hall to basically set fire to things and make them explode. Consequently, I didn’t...
WHERE CAN YOU?
by Nikki Pierzchalla Where can you learn how to use your camera on full auto or on full manual? Where can you learn about exotic locations (e.g. Chernobyl, Iceland) as well as great locations locally? Where can you have a chat, a laugh and a coffee? And all of this...
360 Photography
Last year I bought my first and only 360 camera, an Insta 360 ONE X2. Editing the images, I use Photoshop for colour correction. Sadly Photoshop has stopped supporting editing in 360, so I use a desktop app called TouchRetouch to remove things such as me holding the...
Why Willfield Camera Club?
by Nikki Pierzchalla I first joined the club back in 2010 after meeting two of the members at a workshop at the former Wedgwood Memorial College. They were so friendly, helpful and willing to share knowledge. Those two members are still part of our group and the Club...
Hands
Back in 2017 when it was okay to travel to places, Claire and I visited the wonderful island of Sri Lanka. During our two-week travels we only got ripped off once (I think!). We paid for a boat trip where we were told we may see crocodiles (the boat steerer-captain...
Why Photography by Mike Farmer
I did take photos earlier, but around age 8 or 9 years old I got my first new camera, a Kodak Brownie. I still have it. It used 127 roll film and the chemists would do, or have done, contact prints. That is why so many photos from the late forties and fifties were so...
John’s John Project
John Stuart is currently unable to attend Willfield Camera Club in person, but is always with us in spirit. He’s also a member of the Lindow Photographic Group where they are set regular projects. The project over the past couple of weeks has been to make images...
Helen Wilding
Front of the Marychurch Centre (we use the side door)