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Here mate - You should have been here 5 minutes ago - Talk by Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP DPAGB BPE5*
Here mate - You should have been here 5 minutes ago - Talk by Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP DPAGB BPE5*

Tues 18th Feb 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Digital presentation showing a mixture of subject matter – Landscapes, Natural History, Portraits, Photojournalism and Sport. Roger will also bring some prints along to display.

The Greater Picture - Talk by Tom Way
The Greater Picture - Talk by Tom Way

Tues 25th Feb 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

This presentation gives a broad overview of Tom’s life as a fine art wildlife photographer. He will demonstrate the various camera settings used to create his preferred style whilst speaking about the components that he feels are essential in creating evocative wildlife imagery. Tom will outline the importance of print whilst also speaking about how he creates a viable business through photography. This talk title is regularly updated with the latest imagery and so the talk does change from year to year.

Colour Print League Competition (3rd and Final Round) - Appraisal by Jonathan Vaines LRPS CPAGB AFIAP
Colour Print League Competition (3rd and Final Round) - Appraisal by Jonathan Vaines LRPS CPAGB AFIAP

Tues 4th Mar 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

About Jonathan Vaines LRPS CPAGB AFIAP

Jonathan is a photographer based in Bedford. He is a member and previous president of Cambridge Camera Club. He describes his photography as observational and has a great love of the coast. So, you either find him by the sea or, pre Covid, in a museum watching people walking up and down photogenic staircases.

Three-on-a-Theme (Prints) and Digital Triptych (PDI) Competitions - Appraisal by Tony Bramley FRPS
Three-on-a-Theme (Prints) and Digital Triptych (PDI) Competitions - Appraisal by Tony Bramley FRPS

Tues 11th Mar 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Soul of the Creator - Talk by Paul Sanders
Soul of the Creator - Talk by Paul Sanders

Tues 18th Mar 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

All images are the collaborations between the photographer and the subject, but how often do we shy away from photographing things that are special to us as individuals because of either our own judgement or that of our peers? In this presentation I try to unlock a few ideas around finding our own voice and keeping the judgement at bay.

Projected Digital Image League Competition (5th Round) - Appraisal by Julie Hutson ARPS CPAGB
Projected Digital Image League Competition (5th Round) - Appraisal by Julie Hutson ARPS CPAGB

Tues 25th Mar 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

About Julie Hutson ARPS CPAGB

As well as being an accomplished photographer, having won Landscape Photographer Of The Year 2015 in the Urban View section for A Veil for the Shard, Julie has specific expertise in the pharmaceutical & life sciences sector. Julie has a PhD in Biochemistry, had a lectureship at a London medical school and has worked as a scientist in both research and development directorates.

His and Hers - Talk by Pat Frewin LRPS DPAGB BPE5* and Melvyn Frewin LBPPA LRPS DPAGB BPE1*
His and Hers - Talk by Pat Frewin LRPS DPAGB BPE5* and Melvyn Frewin LBPPA LRPS DPAGB BPE1*

Tues 1st Apr 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Photography from both of us including Pat’s journey, initially as my apprentice, to the present time. Showing individual prints and panels of 3 and 6, plus large prints.

Monochrome Print League Competition (3rd and Final Round) - Appraisal by David Steel DPAGB
Monochrome Print League Competition (3rd and Final Round) - Appraisal by David Steel DPAGB

Tues 8th Apr 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

About David Steel DPAGB

Though I started photography many years ago and have a strong darkroom background, my work these days is predominantly digital for convenience. My day job is in IT and so photography remains mostly a leisure pursuit though I do take it seriously. I am an active member of Cambridge Camera Club and lecture and judge at camera clubs throughout East Anglia and beyond.

SPECIAL EVENT: Presentation by Scarlet Page
SPECIAL EVENT: Presentation by Scarlet Page

Tues 15th Apr 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

SPECIAL EVENT to be held at The Rugby Club, Raven Park, Cuckoo Farm Way, Colchester CO4 5YX

Scarlet Page is a very well-respected professional photographer, especially in the music industry. Her father is the musician Jimmy Page.

Projected Digital Image League Competition (6th and Final Round) - Appraisal by Tim Morland DPAGB ARPS
Projected Digital Image League Competition (6th and Final Round) - Appraisal by Tim Morland DPAGB ARPS

Tues 22nd Apr 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Annual Print and PDI Battle with Ipswich and District PS - Appraisal by Ken Payne DPAGB ARPS
Annual Print and PDI Battle with Ipswich and District PS - Appraisal by Ken Payne DPAGB ARPS

Tue 29th Apr 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Our annual contest with neighbours, Ipswich & District PS. Prints & PDI. Appraisal by Ken Payne DPAGB ARPS.

About Ken Payne

More information about Ken’s work can be found on his website:

Image of the Year Print and PDI Competitions - Appraisal by Naomi Saul ARPS ASINWP EFIAP DPAGB APAGB BPE4*
Image of the Year Print and PDI Competitions - Appraisal by Naomi Saul ARPS ASINWP EFIAP DPAGB APAGB BPE4*

Tues 6th May 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

About Naomi Saul ARPS ASINWP EFIAP DPAGB APAGB BPE4*

Having learned so much from the Camera Club world, I wanted to pass on some of the knowledge I had learned (and am still learning all the time) to others and was invited to join the East Anglian Federation of Photographic Societies (EAF) judges’ panel in 2006. I try to assess what “drove” the photographer to take the picture and always enjoy seeing the work of others.

40 Years Worth - Talk by Leigh Preston FRPS MPAGB EFIAP FIPF
40 Years Worth - Talk by Leigh Preston FRPS MPAGB EFIAP FIPF

Tues 13th May 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

An hour long talk that is representative of the style of photography that has evolved over all the years I’ve taken images. There’s a little about the past - a few darkroom pictures, but in the main it’s about a progression, a series of single image sketches, coupled with several short themes , some of which are among my most recent work. You’ll see landscape, city abstracts, portraits of working people, musicians, Industrial landscape, some work from London and some pictures linked to far-flung locations from India to Greenland, from Cuba to Australia, via the USA, Europe, Georgia and something from a very recent book on Liverpool. Sadly I’ve no wildlife, nothing from the so called ‘creatively constructed composite’ genre ( which I enjoy, but cannot build successfully!), no studio, fashion or glamour - sorry, but much of what’s in this selection is emotive, atmospheric , not always ‘pretty’, it leans on nostalgia and on how I use light and geometry.

Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards

Tues 20th May 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards, followed by a presentation from one of our members.

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