Shaun Little will take us through how to take a better landscape image, including how composition and light can make or break an image.

Richard McLeery of Cheltenham Camera Club will introduce an AV presentation of a selection of this year’s successful entries in the Cheltenham International Salon of Photography. A chance to see an excellent range of images in the five secions of the Salon: Colour, Mono, Creative, Nature, Travel.

Competition B: Coastline + Open. An external judge will give their views on the submissions for Competition B.

Kevin Joynes-Creed presents levitation photography. Kevin will demonstrate how to take a levitation image then it’s over to you. Bring your cameras, tripods, flash etc.

Competition C submission: Letters & Numbers + Open

Rosemary Wilman, Hon. FRPS, AFIAP, BPE5*, APAGB will give a presentation of her work “The Way I See It”. Rosemary is a highly qualified and experienced photographer with a particular interest in travel and nature.

Our Chairman John Spreadbury will introduce a practical night on macro and close-up photography. Bring your camera, tripod etc.

Competition C: Letters & Numbers + Open. An external competition judge will give their views on the submissions for Competition C. A great chance to see the best of other Cirencester Camera Club members’ own work.

Table-top photography. You bring the Christmas-themed items and we provide the tables and expert help to photograph them. Bring your camera, tripod, etc.

Andy Beel, FRPS is a black & white specialist. His talk is entitled “5 Ways To Make Better Prints”. Practical hints and tips on ways to improve your colour and mono printing skills.

No meeting this week. A Happy Christmas to one and all!

No meeting this week. A Happy New Year to one and all!

WCPF (DPIC) Image review. Comments and discussion on last year’s awarded DPIC images from the WCPF. Creative, Mono, Open and Nature. A light-hearted fun evening looking at the best images from the South West region.

[WCPF – Western Counties Photographic Federation; DPIC – Digital Projected Images Competition]

Post Christmas Camera Club Meal. Wash away those winter blues with a post-Christmas Camera Club get together. Food, fun and frolics…! Cost and venue TBD.

Practical Night – Star Trails / Light Trails. (TBC – Ben Jarvis???) After a demonstration on how to, it’s time to have some fun and hope for a clear night so we can get out and capture light in the darkness! Bring your camera and tripod.

Competition D: Submission. Long Exposure + Open.

Sandie Cox, ARPS, DPAGB will give a talk entitled “How to Take Better Wildlife Pictures”. Sandie is a Nature/Wildlife and Travel photographer, lecturer, and judge based in Tetbury. She is an appointed judge for the Western Counties Photographic Federation and also judges national and international competitions.

Practical Night – Low key lighting. Bottle and glass desktop photography. A quick presentation on ‘how to’ and then its over to you – get those cameras and tripods out.

Competition D: Long Exposure + Open. A competition judge will give their views on the submissions for Competition D.  A great chance to see the best of other Cirencester Camera Club members’ own work!

Committee Members’ Night. It’s over to the committee to show us how, when, why and where? Either through visual or practical experience…

Competition E: submission. Transport + Open.

Battle at home against Tetbury. A competition judge will give their views on Cirencester and Tetbury’s images as we battle it out to see who can be this year’s victor.

An in-house photographic talk. The “Magic” of Photoshop by Shaun Little. Digital bracketing, and exposure blending in-camera and using Photoshop (luminosity masking).

Competition E: Transport + Open. A competition judge will give their views on the submissions for Competition E. A great chance to see the best of other Cirencester Camera Club members’ own work!

Winter project digitally projected images. Members bring up to 10 images taken at home or anywhere in the UK from over the winter period for in-house informal discussion. Subject – winter.

Submission of entries for the Annual Awards Competitions:

President’s Competition: “A Chocolate Box Picture of the Cotswolds”

Open Print Competition: Print on any subject

Open Digitally Projected Image: DPI on any subject

Black & White Print: Print on any subject

Club Night or Outing: Any format image

New Member Competition: Any format image

Gladiator Trophy: Any format on the subject of “Aviation”

[For more details see the Club handbook]

Richard Sudbury will give us a talk tonight on portraiture / still life photography either using flash/studio light or image retouching.

Knockout Print Night. It’s down to you to pick the winner in tonight’s no-holds barred competition. It’s one against one as we whittle down the prints to find the overall 2018-19 champion!

Practical Night – Portrait Evening. Following on from Richard’s talk on lighting, members / a few models will pose for photographs using basic studio lighting.

Competition Night – Annual Competitions. A competition judge will give their views on the submissions for the Annual Competitions. A great chance to see the best of other Cirencester Camera Club members’ own work!

Overdosed on Chocolate? Time for some fresh air and getting those cameras out.

This was going to be the WCPF travelling print portfolio but we have been told there won’t be one this year!

Spring is here. Get those cameras out!

Wander over to the Abbey Park to get some evening photos (JPEG only), then back into the room for the second half to see what everyone has captured. Who got the best image of the night? Bring your camera and tripod.

It’s AGM and trophy time. Raise your views at this years AGM, stand for the next season’s Committee. Then it’s over to the trophy and awards hand-outs, will it be you this year?