Upcoming Events.
We meet at 7.30pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Lane, Burghfield RG30 3TG (info here)
Non-members welcome. If you would like to attend. please let the club secretary know: burghfieldccsec@gmail.com .
Club Night
Halloween inspired night shoot.
Member’s to come along with camera’s for a spooky inspired night shoot.
Shoot will take place in the 2nd carpark for light painting and around the church for a graveyard spooky shoot.
There will be a break for hot chocolate and social.
Suggested camera settings and requirements for light painting:
Manual
Lens - 24-105mm zoom full frame or equivalent
Tripod
Manual focus (Club will supply something to focus on)
ISO 200 or your camera’s optimal ISO (lowest avoids noise in low light)
Aperture f/8-f/11 starting at f/11.
Remote release to avoid camera shake.
Shutter (BULB), hold open for duration of light painting using ‘bulb’ setting (20-30 seconds)
Make sure you are far enough forward/away to frame the shot correctly.
Shoot in Raw.
Head torch.
Wrap up warm and wear comfortable footwear.
Spare camera batteries as ‘bulb’ and live view can drain quicker.
Club Night
Tools and Sharpening.
Bring your camera along for a practical workshop.
After a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
The evening will be completed with a new Challenge.
Club Night
Pet Photography.
Bring your camera along for a doggy photoshoot.
We will break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Social
Christmas Social.
Social get together with games and buffet style food to celebrate Christmas.
Club Night
2nd Showcase of the Season.
Member’s are entering up to 3 photos of a subject of their choice.
Group discussions and photo viewings to be held during the meeting along with a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
Workshop.
Stacking & stitching: Focus Stacking and Panorama Stitching in Photoshop with a nod to Lightroom Classic.
Including a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
Visitor Presentation.
Thomas Macey to present The Big Jackson’s Talk 2025 this presentation celebrating the 150th anniversary of Jacksons corner including photographs and item’s to view from Thomas’s personal collection.
Including a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
3rd Showcase of the Season.
Member’s are entering up to 3 photos of a subject of their choice.
Group discussions and photo viewings to be held during the meeting along with a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
Workshop.
Aspect Photography: The three phases of taking photograph’s.
Seeing / Taking / Making.
Including a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
Lighting Glass.
Bring your camera along for a practical workshop.
Including a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
4th Showcase of the Season.
Member’s are entering up to 3 photos with a pattern theme.
Group discussions and photo viewings to be held during the meeting along with a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
Last Showcase of the Season.
Member’s are entering up to 3 photos - theme TBC.
Group discussions and photo viewings to be held during the meeting along with a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
AGM
AGM.
Annual General meeting to discuss the year’s event’s and next year’s Committee and programme.
Including a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
1st Showcase of the Season.
Member’s are entering up to 3 photos of a subject of their choice.
Group discussions and photo viewings to be held during the meeting along with a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Club Night
Workshop.
Layer’s, Textures and backgrounds.
Including discussions on members photo’s from the workshop challenge from previous meeting along with a break to enjoy a hot drink and social.
Speaker - Nic Stover
'Evaluating and working with light in photography' and 'The psychology of photography'
Zoom conference meeting
Member's Evening
Looking at Challenge 2 images
Organised by Sue Totham
Zoom conference meeting
Speaker - David Boag
The World of a Wildlife Photographer
Zoom conference meeting. For further details click here
Speaker - Darren Lewey
Talk on New Ways of Representing a Familiar Location and The Celebration of Projects.
Zoom conference meeting. For further details click here
Speaker : Tommy Hatwell
Around the World and Back Again. Beyond the image and behind the scenes to share the moments around people, places and adventures in photographs. Click here for more information.
Members evening : Alan Harding
"My Photography - 6 X 5": members talk about what makes their photography special to them
Speaker : Chris Upton - www.chrisuptonphotography.com
The Way I See It - Composition. Need to refresh your technique or want a burst of creativity? 20 ways to improve your image creation.
Zoom session
Speaker : Slawek Staszczuk
Landscape Concept to Postproduction - Zoom session. Click here for more information.
This presentation offers a practical approach with stunning landscapes:
Case studies of a selection of images, representing different subject matter, and different challenges.
An in-depth look at the whole process, from initial concept and creative choices, through equipment and camera settings, to software parameters
Photography Judging (a discussion)
Unfortunately we won't be able to have our usual evening of fireworks and lightpainting. However we will have a zoom evening to talk
about photography! The theme is'the judge didn't like this but I do because ........... '
alternatively for those of us who knew this would happen, so didn't even bother to enter
'the judge wouldn't like this, but I do because ..........'
Please send your PDIs to the usual email address, by 29th October, maximum of 4 per person
Autumn Colours
For obvious reasons we will not be attending together as a group, but
there's nothing to stop you keeping your eye out for the colour change and shooting the Autumn Colours.
Open Competition One
Our first club open competition of the season. No prints of
course, PDIs only, remembering the new competitions' rules - i.e. your own
work.
Street Photography Outing
Following Andrew Mills talk. For obvious reasons we will not be attending together as a group, but
there's nothing to stop you getting out there and having a go at street
photography when you have to go out.
Speaker: Andrew Mills
Andrew Mills MA. Med. CertED .C&G(dist) will be giving a talk on “Street Photography”
8th October 2020 7.30pm for a 7.45pm start Via Zoom
He is a professional photographer specialising in Advertising, Editorial and commercial photography. He is an experienced lecturer in higher education, lecturing and teaching photography and art of and teaching photography and art photography on degree level courses in university and higher education.
As a exhibiting art and documentary photographer he works on a variety of personal projects and has had over a dozen exhibitions to is name.
photomills.co.uk
Cost for the evening is £4 and if you are interested please send an email to burghfieldccsec who will then provide you with the payment method.
Chair's Evening
Chair’s Evening: Includes summer challenges and set new challenges via Zoom
