After a stunning victory for me and ON1 in the first photo manipulation semi-final it is time for the relative unknowns Photoshop and Lightroom to battle it out. Andy P will be siding with Lightroom while Claire will be fighting Photoshop's corner. Can either of them sell these also-rans to the whopping two I managed […]
As we are unable to have the hall due to a Maundy Thursday event we are heading up to Newcastle for some more street photography. Lots of interesting buildings to shoot here, maybe some passing cyclists and a few empty shops, but nowhere near as many as Hanley. Meet in the Queen's Gardens from 18:45 […]
Our very own Kitto is back and doing a presentation, and showing some of his (hopefully) fabulous pictures from a trip to Skye.....that he hasn't taken at time of writing....hence the hopefully! No pressure Kitto but you have a presentation to do and a reputation to live up to.....with rainbows of course....
When someone suggested we have a night on these two things I lost count of the number of hands that went up volunteering to introduce it, so we had to take a vote on it. Picko was the lucky winner and so he will be telling you and showing you all about it ahead of […]
Yes it's finally time for our first night out of the year and, as is traditional, we are heading up to the Roaches. We will meet where we usually do which is on the road by Hen Cloud. I'll sort out better directions beforehand. Note-don't park on the grass verges as they're a bit hot […]
It's like being a teenager again as we go out two weeks in a row! This time we are off to capture another amazing sunset amidst the wonderful setting of Mow Cop castle. Just a warning though-the car park will be locked before the sun goes down so don't get locked in! The Old Man […]
We will have at least one model joining us tonight as we take over upstairs for a studio photography shoot. We have backdrops, lights and triggers so bring your cameras and get shooting!
Exact meeting point tbc but we will be at Park Hall Country Park tonight. We are hoping to get some Cosplay models to join us but his will be confirmed closer to the time. Either way, we're going out again!
It's another one of those nights when we catch up on what we've been up to recently. You send your pictures in and we see what went wrong and what went right so we can all learn and improve. This week we will be looking at pictures from throughout May (and okay, the last Thursday […]
We begin our macro project with an introduction from our resident expert Claire. Claire spends a lot of time learning and practicing so who better to show us what can be done....if we're as patient as her! I'm sure we'll all learn something and be well prepared for the practical next week.
We are upstairs this week as we take what we learnt last week and put it into practice. You will need a tripod, one of those camera thingies and something to get up close and personal with....but what will it be??
Week 3 of our macro project as we head to Deep Hayes Country Park again. Maybe bring old trousers for this one as, if you're taking macro shots, you'll need to be waaayyyy down low. We will be using the back-to-back system to get back up again....phew! Of course you don't have to take macro […]
Vikings are tbc but we will be visiting Stafford Castle anyway. I'll leave it at that for now as obviously Vikings make a big difference to how the evening pans out.
It's been another busy month with lots of taking of pictures-who would have thought that a photography club would take pictures together?!?! We will be looking and learning from your pictures taken from the two macro nights, other Deep Hayes pictures as well as Stafford Castle. If we have time we could include macro pictures […]
Movie time! Tonight we will be watching and then discussing the film Everybody Street. Not something we've done before but, it was suggested, so let's give it a go!
After last week's inspiring talk from Stu, it's time to put it all into practice as we head upstairs to see what we can create.
Yes that's Stoke the town and we could potentially take some more portraits using creative composition or we could do some street photography or take shots of interesting buildings, shoot each other or just walk aimlessly whilst chatting....or many things. Whatever you decide, let's try and enjoy ourselves eh. (As if you wouldn't!) Meeting place […]
Another busy month so we should have lots of pictures to look at and learn from tonight. We will have portraits and a night out in Stoke to pass another pleasant couple of hours together.
After last week's technical difficulties tonight is another of our famous show and tell nights. Be there or have four equal sides.
Whatever number it is, it's time to get creative again as we do individual (or group!) projects. As the recent projects night was snowed off you can carry your ideas forward and it won't cost you any extra! Remind me, in case I forget, that my project is called MOVE and I need to bring […]
