What's On 2020

January

08 January - Annual General Meeting and Review of the Year

Presented by: The Committee

A brief AGM including Chairman’s and Treasurer’s reports and election of the Committee for 2020.

This will be followed by an entertaining musical slideshow review of our photography throughout 2019.

Project vote: Seascapes (Dec 2019 project)

Venue: Thatcham Town Football Club @ 7.30p.m.

29 January - Whiskers and Wings

Presented by: Sue Morris - www.suemorrisphotography.co.uk

Sue’s passion for wildlife and photography led her to travel extensively and has resulted in a wide portfolio of images and a wealth of experience and memories. Her images have been fortunate enough to reach the final stages of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Bird Photographer of the Year and SWPP Wildlife Photographer of the year competitions and she has also published in books and national newspapers.

Her Whiskers & Wings talk combines her passion for photographing wild life with a fairly recent foray into aviation photography. It seems that the two subjects could not be more different, but strangely the appeal and also the technique seem to have lots in common. An interactive talk sharing background stories and techniques for getting great images.

Project vote: Cold

Venue: Thatcham Town Football Club @ 7.30p.m.

February

12 February - Practical Session - Still Life & Close Ups

Presented by: The Committee

An opportunity to hone your skills before you enter your photographs for the March and April project votes. Advice from more experienced photographers will be available to all so please come and try (and learn) from others. Don’t forget your camera and lenses.

Venue: Thatcham Town Football Club @ 7.30p.m.

26 February - Holiday Photography

Presented by: Jordan Banks & Kav Dadfar - thatwildidea.co.uk

Jordan and Kav have worked as professional travel and landscape photographers for years. They run a very successful tour company with photography at its heart. That Wild Idea was started to help people use their cameras better and to ultimately take better photos. In this talk they will cover lots of areas from landscape and travel to wildlife and lifestyle. Something for everyone.

Project vote: Interiors

Venue: Thatcham Town Football Club @ 7.30p.m.

March

11 March - What makes a good photo?

Presented by: Peter Orr ARPS - www.peterorrphotography.com

An opportunity for members to have their photos critiqued by a well respected, independent judge - Peter Orr. Members are invited to submit up to three photos as digital files by 4 March. Peter will review the images anonymously, highlighting the good and the bad. He will then discuss in more detail what makes a great image.

Peter is a UK-based photographer interested in all aspects of the art but spends most of his time working in the Wildlife and Landscape genres. He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and provides training via workshops and 1-2-1s in Adobe Lightroom and Photography.

An appointed Getty Images Artist, Peter's photos are published mainly via their website.

Venue: Thatcham Town Football Club @ 7.30p.m.

25 March - Outdoor Photography

Presented by: Matthew Cattell - www.matthewcattellphotography.com

Matthew Cattell is an outdoor photographer based in Berkshire. He is a passionate landscape and wildlife photographer who won Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2016 with a photograph of Starlings murmuring over Brighton Pier. He has also been commended in various other competitions including the British Wildlife Photo Awards and the Outdoor Photographer of the Year. He has also been published on the covers of the prestigeous National Geographic Traveller and the Sunday Times Magazine.

Project vote: Still Life

Venue: Thatcham Town Football Club @ 7.30p.m.

April

8 April - Practical Session - Nightime Photography

Presented by: The Committee

Ever wondered how photographers get the streaks of light from passing cars and buses to create images of movement, light and dark? Here's your chance to find out how and to create some of your own images. We'll be spending the evening in Newbury taking photos of passing traffic on the main bridge over the canal, as well as other nightime scenes by the canal and market square areas.

This will be an all weather activity, so wrap up, waterproof yourself & your camera gear and come along. Rain makes puddles that reflect street lights wonderfully. Snow and ice create amazing scenes. Be there... you know you want to!

Venue: Meet outside Newbury Library, The Wharf, Newbury @ 7.30p.m.

29 April - Capturing Berkshire

Presented by: Chris Forsey - Chris Forsey on Twitter

Chris is a very experienced photojournalist, commercial PR specialist, wildlife photographer and columnist who works for many of our local newspapers. In recent years he has been asked to carry out a lot of local projects including a photojournal of the renovation of Reading Abbey, and documenting the excavations of Roman remains at both Silchester and Boxford. Recently he has been working with Richard Benyon for a book on the Englefield Estate.

Project vote: Close Up

Venue: Thatcham Town Football Club @ 7.30p.m.

May

13 May - The Imaginarium

Presented by: Gary Nicholls - g-n-p.co.uk

Gary tries to inspire his audience to try new ideas and ignore convention in creating a personal project using the camera as a tool to create images from imagination to realisation.

The Imaginarium tells an intricate, fantastical, dark but ultimately beautiful steampunk story through the unique medium of fine art images.

Project vote: Symmetry

Venue: Thatcham Town Football Club @ 7.30p.m.

27 May - Practical Session - Canal Walk

Presented by: The Committee

There are so many reasons why a walk along the Kennet & Avon canal is a good thing to do and at this meeting we add one more... photographing landscapes, wildlife (well, ducks at least) and other local flora & fauna. Come take a leisurly stroll along a pretty part of the canal and practice outdoor photography.

The sun will be setting around 8:30pm so, we'll have a chance to get some golden hour photos as well as some sunset views. If all goes to plan, we'll end up in a pub!

Another all weather activity. Come rain or shine there are photos to be taken. Join us.

Venue: Details to be confirmed. @ 7.30p.m.