The club is meeting every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at Tibenham Community Hall which start at 7.30pm.
Sept 1st - Open - Digital Competition - Up to 3 Images - Small Room
We start the programme with the Open Digital Competition with up to 3 images to be
submitted. A chance to showcase your new and favourite images. Your style, your topic.
Plus our Sign Up evening.
Sept 15th - Presentation - Martin Menary - Who Am I ? - Large Room
A presentation with Martin Menary, Who Am I. Martin will be covering How Did I Come To
Photography, Camera & Kit History and his Career 33 years in Software, Graphic Arts &
Printing/Publishing with Adobe. An evening not to be missed and a chance to get to know
one of our newest members to the club. All together making for a very interesting evening.
Oct 6th - Competition - Digital - Lucky Dip - Lead Pete & Denise Leonard - Small Room
Pete and Denise put together a collection of subjects for you to choose and interpret. Pete
is giving a prize for the best interpretation of your image. Time for your imagination and out
of the box thinking to produce your 3 subject titles. Always a fun, interesting and challenging
evening, plus the added thought of a prize at the end. Good luck everyone.
Oct 20th - Presentation & Practical - Paul Green - Acutance & Portraiture - Large Room.
Paul Green will take the lead for this evening's Presentation & Practical. Paul will look at
Acutance (sharpening). Aspects of the sharpening tool. Second part, Portraiture, using hard
and soft light and its benefits. Also explaining natural light, morning or late afternoon, its
benefits to your natural light portraiture. This is always a great excuse for us to use the
club's lighting and experiment. Plus Paul’s valuable knowledge on the subject.
Nov 3rd - Competition - Print - Shapes - Up To 3 Prints - Small room.
The theme is Shapes and up to 3 prints to be submitted. Shapes, time to see, to be the eye
behind the lens. These can be modern forms of architecture, circles, squares and triangles
all within your surroundings and the everyday. Buildings, doorways, arches and alleys.
Organic shapes in nature, use of macro to delve deeper into subject. Silhouettes and
shadows. Give yourself time to consider this topic to get the very best images to print.
Nov 17th - Presentation - the Two Daves - T.B.A - Large Room.
Dec 1st - Critique - Digital - Up to 3 images - Creative Photography - Small Room.
A follow on from the presentation Nov 2025 with The Two Daves ( David Turner & David
Balcombe) - Creative Photography. You can enter a selection of Soft Focus, Intentional
Camera Movement, Infra-red or Composite. Looking at ‘Can you produce something a little
different’. An opportunity to be creative, testing your post processing skills, the end result
being ‘Can I put this on my wall or in an exhibition’. A chance to dip into the creative, artistic
and imaginative genre
Feb 2nd - Critique - Editing 3 Images - Pete Leonard - Small Room.
We start 2027 with a fun topic, editing 3 digital images that Pete will send out at the end of
2026. We will all edit the images in our own way. This can be straightforward or as
complicated and imaginative as you wish. We then critique the images on how it could or not
be improved with the member explaining beforehand how they went about the editing.
Feb 16th - Presentation - Quirky & The Abstract - MartinShepherd - Small Room.
Martin Shepherd will take the lead with his Presentation on Quirky & The Abstract
An unusual subject you may think but it surrounds us everyday, The quirky, a picture where
you could say everything is wrong but makes it right, often used in advertising. Together with
the Abstract, out of the box thinking.
Mar 2nd - Competition - Open Digital - Up to 3 images - Phone - Small Room.
Using your mobile phone as an extra tool in your armoury of photography. Always with you
for that impromptu image, capturing that moment that may not come by again or a frank
image of city life. That bloom in all its glory never to be seen again. The choice is yours.
Mar 16th - Presentation - Preparing Images For The Internet - Samuel Menary - Large Room
A first for us but also a follow on from White Balance Presentation with Pete Leonard in May
this year. Samuel will explain how to prepare images for the internet. More details to follow.
April 6th - Practical/Print/Digital - T.B.A ?
April 20th - Presentation/Practical - Pet & Animal Portraiture - Caroline Tillett - Large Room.
Caroline, a former member, will give us a Presentation/Practical on Pet and Animal
Portraiture. Bringing her energy and enthusiasm for her love of animals. We shall be using
the studio lighting and equipment for this evening. Caroline will be bringing along her very
well behaved pet dog for us to photograph. The studio lighting will be used, a busy night.
May 4th - Critique - Digital - Quirky & The Abstract - Up to 3 Images - Small Room.
A follow on from Martin Shepherd's Presentation Feb 16th. Up to 3 digital images for this
critique. What is Quirky & The Abstract ?. Sometimes unconventional or humorous, striking
or thought provoking images. Exploring the limits of reality and creativity. The Abstract,
capturing shapes, textures that are not real representations leaving the viewer to interpret
the image in their own way. For members who enjoy some serious Macro, step in. Those
who have out of the box thinking will do well in this critique but it also gives us all a chance to
explore and interpret this subject matter. Have fun, check out the internet for inspiration.
May 18th - Presentation - Is Photography An Art Form - Bob Darts - Large Room.
Bob will be visiting us for the first time, having met him at the Bucks Photoshow. A good
story teller both in word and pictures. A former member of Caston Camera Club now merged
with Wymondham. He will also bring along some of his prints for us to view or if there is
something you adore, you can purchase. More details to follow.
Jun 1st - Competition - Print - Up to 3 Prints - Animal & Pet Portraiture - Small Room.
Following on from Caroline Tillett’s Presentation 3 Prints, Animal & Pet Portraiture.
The Pets can be yours or the neighbours pet, zoo animals or portraits from a Shoot or Horse
riding event. The Suffolk Show will be a great photo opportunity. Animals on the farm, don't
forget the farmer's permission. Not forgetting Redwings Animal Sanctuary or Pensthorpe.
Patience is the key for this Competition. Note there is no outside photoshoot this year.
Jun 15th - A.G.M.- Audio Visual Competition - Large Room.
Please note that the above Programme may be subject to change or cancellation.
