• Show and Tell

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Crikey, another show and tell night! You know the format by now. Send in your pictures and we'll look and learn together. Tonight will be shots from Halloween night and our night out painting with light.

    £2.50
  • An Introduction to Food Photography

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Kitto and Picko will be showing us all something new to us tonight as we get hungry with a demo on shooting food-and not just the sad Instagram pictures of wilted spinach etc! This is proper photography not the piffle that clogs up your Instagram feed! But how can they make a baked bean sexy??

    £2.50
  • The PPC go to Rugeley

    Lea Hall Miners Welfare Centre

    After coming a respectable 'not last' on our debut in 2022, the club have once again entered the Staffordshire Photographic Clubs PDI competition and all members are welcome to come along and support the club as we aim higher. The event is at: Lea Hall Miners and Welfare Club Sandy Lane, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 2LB […]

  • Shoot Your Food

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    After last week's demo it's time to try out food photography for yourselves but what will you bring and what will you shoot?/ And can YOU make a baked bean look sexy? And will Instagram explode if you post a decent picture of food on there??

    £2.50
  • Alex Hyde is back

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Arguably our most popular speaker, Alex has deigned to come back again! And he has a whole new talk too which is titled Creative Nature Photography. There will be some of the best macro photography known to insects on show as well as larger subjects, all done in Alex's inimitable, affable style. As anyone who […]

    £2.50
  • A very special macro night with Hayley

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Yes, Hayley is popping back and bringing some of her animals for us to photograph! I have no idea what creatures and critters will be on show but they're always fascinating to just see let alone get the chance to photograph them. She hasn't even bought some of the animals yet that you will have […]

    £2.50
  • Show and Tell the Macro special

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    After recent visits by Alex Hyde and then Hayley and her creatures I'm sure there will be lots of macro pictures showing up tonight. Other pictures welcome of course and we'll start with ones taken since the last show and tell night if we have a lot. Where to send your pictures will be in […]

    £2.50
  • Tesni Takes a second Turn

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Tesni Ward has deigned to join us again following a very popular previous visit so don't miss this one! Her presentation tonight will be British Wildlife and I'm sure that will include some of her amazing hare pictures. Have a look at her website here to whet your appetite.

    £2.50
  • The Festive Shoot

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Twas the last Thursday upstairs before Christmas and twas the time to get truly into the spirit with a festive themed night. As usual, you will need a camera at the bare minimum but please get dressed up, bring props in, bring Santa if you like* because these nights all depend on YOU. We have […]

    £2.50
  • Glyn’s Christmas Quiz

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Back for more festive mirth with questions and fun aplenty. There may be prizes and there may be disagreements over the answers but there will definitely be merriment and a good time will be had by all. Bring in festive food and let's make it a party night too

    £2.50
  • The first show and tell of 2024 and showing off your festive booty

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    I know we don't normally do this at the start of a month but we didn't have a show and tell last month and we have our festive shoot to show off as well as any pictures taken over Christmas. Other pictures welcome of course if we need to fill the time. Details of where […]

    £2.50
  • Shooting us at our best

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    We have shot each other in the past and some of us have been shot more than others but when do we ever try and get a shot that the volunteer model would want to show off to their family and friends? The answer is never.....until tonight. So, get dressed up, tell the photographers what […]

    £2.50
  • Bob’s Back! Yes it’s Mr Brind-Surch again!

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Bob was booked in to join us before the pandemic and, despite having a good reason to say no, he says he'll still come back! His visits are always highly entertaining with some amazing pictures so get there early or you'll end up sitting in the corridor. His talk tonight is called A Taste of […]

    £2.50
  • A Ugandan Adventure with The Wades

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Some of you may know the stories but you won't have seen all the pictures of our trip to the jungles of Uganda. And you may have read the stories but now it's time to hear them in all their dual-presentation glory. With tales of lions, gorillas, chimpanzees and a leopard as well as frequent […]

    £2.50
  • Me and Mr Grumpy with Gary Langley

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    It's been a while so many of you won't know of or remember Gary's last visit but it was so good that I just had to invite him back. He was originally due to join us before the pandemic so I was doubly glad that he is still doing talks and was even willing to […]

    £2.50
  • Album cover recreation night part two

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    A number of years ago we had a really fun night recreating album covers so we thought we'd do it again. Last time we had some efforts from albums made by Queen, Elton John and Bruce Springsteen for example but what will happen this time? I still haven't got over having to wear the wigs! […]

    £2.50
  • The History of Photography Part 3

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    With expensive guest presenter, Glyn Wade. Everyone demanded that there shouldn't be a part 3 as they'd had enough after 5 minutes of part 1 but here we are again. We tried to stop him but he promised to take over as secretary and install his wife as Chair if we didn't let him charge […]

    £2.50
  • An Introduction to Astrophotography with Martin Kessel

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Yes, he's back! Another club favourite, Martin, is returning to do an updated version of his talk An Introduction to Astrophotography. This normally ends up with people spending a lot of time looking up and spending very cold nights outside.....but it's all worth it! We are very grateful and pleased that Martin is joining us […]

    £2.50
  • Aircraft Photography

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    It's Picko (and Chadders!!) again so many thanks to him (them) for volunteering to show us how to get shots of planes in flight. There will be mentions of the Mach Loop as well as various airshows and possibly airport visits as well. Lots of tips and tricks as well as some fantastic shots of […]

    £2.50
  • Critiquing night with Picko and…..?

    Marychurch Centre 153 Werrington Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    It's like a show and tell night but with handy hints and tips to improve, as well as constructive criticism just like a photography competition. Picko has volunteered to be up front but is anyone brave enough to stand with him? If you're okay with having your pictures critiqued then I'll tell you where to […]

    £2.50