Stevenage Photographic Society

On Sunday 29th January we will have a meeting for the Photo Editing Group.  Ron Pickford has kindly offered to lead this group and can show us one or two tricks in the Dark Arts. If you have any questions or ideas for a Photoshop Masterclass, let your Team Leader know.

Judge Bernard Turnbull was our critic last night at the projected competition.  He struggled a bit with the number of entries and we were fairly late finishing.  There was a definite point where he suddenly realised that he still had 20 images to get through and it was ten o’clock.  His comments were fair to [...]

Ten members of Stevenage Photographic Society took part in a Natural History Special Interest Group outing to Shepreth Wildlife Park today.  Despite the forecast rain, we enjoyed some sunshine and a bracing breeze.  Of course, a lot of the animals were sheltering in their dens, but we were lucky to see most of the captive [...]

Ten of us from Stevenage Photographic Society went to Whittlesford Village Hall to support our club in this year’s Cambridge Digital Battle.  Each club shows five digitally projected images and they are marked out of 20.  The judge was Leigh Preston FRPS EFIAP who gave an amusing and entertaining critique of this year’s entries. Stevenage [...]

Hi, I hope that you have had a good first half to your season and that your meetings have gone well. At Biggleswade & DCC we have had a reasonably good first half with a plenty of interest from new members. I am writing again to all the local clubs that meet on other days [...]

There was considerable interest in the Special Interest Groups on Monday.  A lot of members signed up for at least one group.  There was a bit of a shortage of Team Leaders, but perhaps they will emerge when they realise that you don’t have to have a whistle and a hat.  I was nominated as [...]

The Special Interest Groups or SIGs have been going for over a year now with some degree of success.  Mostly we have concentrated on helping beginners to get the most out of their cameras and increasing their knowledge of photographic techniques.   We have also combined this with having fun and experimenting with different tricks and [...]

Going… Going… Gone! Our annual auction is coming along on Monday, January 16th.  This is your chance to clear out your cupboards and make some money at the same time.  Or you could grab a bargain.  You can bring anything along.  Photographic items will be of most interest, but anything that you think will sell [...]