Club Programme 2025-26
Sept 1st to 30th - Photo Challenge : Theme – ‘Reflections’ : Find reflections in water, glass, or other surfaces. Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
Sept 9th - Welcome to UCC
Outline of programme, showing Facebook and Website. Short intro from all members. Image bistro/critique of summer photo challenges. Collect your exhibition images.
Sept 23rd - Visions of Anglesey - Ian Price
A photographic tour of the Island
October 1st to 31st - Photo Challenge : Theme - ‘Colours of Autumn’ : Pictures of all things autumnal, with an emphasis on colours. Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
7th Oct - Fire and Ice - Danny Green
A fantastic photography talk and discussion from our Club President
21st Oct - Practical: Mini Figures - Rob Green
Bring your equipment and mini figures to create an alternative world. More information will be available before the evening,.
November 1st to 30th - Photo Challenge : Theme – ‘Composition - Applying the Rules’ (e.g. - rule of thirds, leading lines, symmetry, framing, negative space).Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
4th Nov - ‘Composition Masterclass for Photographers’ - Richard Cobby
18h Nov - ‘Drone / Aviation Photography’ - Peter Alvey
December 1st to 31st - Photo Challenge : Theme – ‘Christmas Card Image / Cover’. Take a picture of something which wouldn’t look out of place on the front of a Christmas Card! Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
9th Dec -Camara / Photo Quiz – with Prize!!!! Teams of 4 (to be picked by the organisers!) … followed by food/drink/social time.
January 1st to 31st Photo Challenge : Theme - Use One Lens. One lens to photograph one object from 3 different perspectives (i.e. – for example: from afar, from close up, and from underneath) Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
6th Jan - ‘Put Away that 500mmm Lens’ - Jack Perks
Jack’s trademark techniques is using a wide angle lens to capture all kinds of wildlife showing you don't always need a long lens to get the shot … just patience, field craft and luck!
20th Jan - Practical: Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)/Freeze The Action - Jack Edwards
February 1st to 28th Photo Challenge : Theme – ‘ICM / Freeze the Action’. Either create images with some intentional camera movement / blurring, or images where you have used flash or very high shutter speeds to freeze any action / movement. Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
3rd Feb - ‘Where I Photograph In Great Britain’ - Malcolm Hupman
A guide to interesting locations in Great Britain to encourage and inspire photographers.
25th Feb - Astro Photography - Joanne Easthope
Club member Joanne giving a talk as to why she likes standing in the middle of a field on a cold, dark night !!
March 1st to 31st Photo Challenge : Theme - ’Macro’. Take images of anything small. It does not necessarily need to have been taken using macro lenses! Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
3rd Mar - ‘Macro and Close-up Photography’ - Steve Williams
17th Mar - Practical: TBC - Steve Kenny
April 1st - 30th Photo Challenge : Theme – ‘Panning’. Practice panning and focussing in on something which is moving but the background appears blurry. Could be moving cars, trains, people, pets, animals, aeroplanes, etc. Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person,
14th Apr - Exhibition Workshop
What you need to know; how to submit your images and resizing. Using different software to prepare your images. Question and Answer session
28th Apr -Practical: Abstract - Rob Green
Details TBC
May 1st to 31st Photo Challenge : Theme – ‘Abstract’. Take images of something where its either not obvious what it is, or take photos an everyday object from an unusual angle which you wouldn’t normally consider! Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
12th May - Photowalk TBC
26th May - Annual General Meeting
Have your say on what you want from the club. Suggestions for topics of future club meetings
June 1st to 30th Photo Challenge : TBC -Facebook Monthly challenge, up to 3 images per person
9th Jun - Photowalk Walk and Photo Scavenger Hunt in Frisby - Steve Kenny
20th - 21st Jun - ANNUAL EXHIBITION at Woodhouse Village Hall (Annexe)
July-August
Photo Summer Challenge for July-August : Theme TBC
Please note: Programme subject to change, so please check with a Committee member, Facebook, or UCC website before travelling, if unsure.