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Notices Archive (2023-2024 Season)
27 August 2024
I hope you have all had a good summer - well what we've had of one! It was lovely to catch up with some of you at the Pub evenings or organised visits like Chartwell, but the new season is already somehow upon us!
Those that were quick and managed to grab a ticket for Horizon 22, I look forward to seeing you next Monday afternoon/early evening.
For those that missed out, join us for supper at the Weatherspoon pub, The Crosse Keys, 9 Gracechurch St EC3V 0DR from around 5.30/5.45pm
Afterwards, you can explore the city as the sun goes down or capture the setting sun along the river. Or perhaps you may want to indulge your head for heights and visit the slightly lower LOOKOUT at 8 Bishopsgate (only 50 floors). The Lookout has tickets available for either 7pm, 7.30 or 7.45pm (7.15 is sold out) so get in quick and pre-book your own FREE ticket if you want to go! www.8bishopsgate.com/lookout.
The New Season in the Hall begins on Monday 9th September and is also the hand in date for the 1st Print League Competition, so time to get printing and mounting!
See you all soon
Gareth
20 August 2024
- LOOKOUT tickets for Sept 2nd on sale NOW
- FREE Photographic Exhibition at Mall Galleries
- Steve Kingswell's The Imaging Room
- First deadline of the new season
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31 July 2024
Critique Category
Please be reminded that members may enter the 'Critique Category' in PDI and/or prints for a season (Appendix 1 from the Club Competition Rules - below). This is instead of entering the league competition for that season. Points will not be given and authors will not be revealed. The judge will be asked to spend a little longer on such images than on the competitive league entries. Please contact Ann Rayers at ann@annjackman.uk before the start of the season if you would like to be assigned on Photoentry as 'Critique' in prints and/or PDI. You will be asked at the end next season's competition year whether you wish to return to competitive league competitions.
The Critique Category does not apply to the non-league competitions (single genre/category and set subjects) which are not separated into classes, and everyone is encouraged to enter as many of these as they can. No scores are given in these (winner and certificates only).
Appendix 1: Critique Category
• The Critique Category is open to all members. Any club member in Standard or Advanced Class may choose to enter work into the Critique Category instead of their Standard or Advanced class league for a whole competition year or more. In doing so they will not lose their current Standard or Advanced Class status. However, this category is outside the usual Print or PDI League Competitions, points are not awarded for images and judges are
asked to offer helpful critiques only. Members who choose the Critique Category may enter all the Open Competitions as these do not affect the League standings.
• At the beginning of each competition season members of the Standard or Advanced Class wishing to enter the Critique Category for that competition season must notify the Print or Digital secretary as appropriate. In the absence of such notification members will remain in their competitive league (Standard, or Advanced) for that competition season.
• There will be separate Critique Categories for Prints and PDIs. A member may, for example, be in Critique Category for Prints and Standard for Class PDIs in the same year.
• A member of the Critique Category may enter up to 2 pictures per evening in line with current practice. A picture cannot be submitted for critiquing more than twice. If a member subsequently wishes to use a picture entered in the Critique Category in a league competition it should only have been submitted for critiquing once.
20 July 2024
- Next TUESDAY - Pub Meetup
- Horizon 22 tickets SOLD OUT...BUT...
- Critique Category
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30 June 2024
- Chairman's Award Winner
- EARLY WARNING - Chair's Evening Sept 2nd
- Summer break pub meet ups
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22 June 2024
- End of season meeting
- Is the Critque category for you?
- CCC visit to Denbies photo exhibition
- Summer break pub meet ups
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1 June 2024
- ZOOM meeting on Monday (June 3rd)
- City of London walk - June 10th
- Two Prints from...
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28 May 2024
ANNUAL EXHIBITION Memory Joggers
- Those of you hanging your own panel please be at the church at 3.00pm on Thursday 30th May.
- Those of you NOT hanging your own panel should delegate a member to do it for you and supply a hanging plan.
- At the exhibition please wear your club name tag / lanyard.
- Roger Mendham LRPS will be officially opening the exhibition and awarding the Roy King Trophy for the best panel at 11.00am.
- It's not too late to invite friends and neighbours to the exhibition.
- The sale of raffle tickets and refreshments will be CASH ONLY, so fill your pockets before you leave home.
- If you are planning to bring some cakes or cookies don't forget to contact Carole - carole.adams1@btinternet.com or Derek - derek.murray@talktalk.net
AND FINALLY, as previously announced -
- Prints from the last print competition of the season will be available to pick up from Ann on Saturday at the Exhibition.
25 May 2024
- Next meeting (June 3rd) is on ZOOM
- City of London walk - Early Warning
- SPA interclub results
- New V&A exhibition
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11 May 2024
- The final print competition of the season
- Annual Exhibition Raffle Prizes
- Two Competition Prints From My Season
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4 May 2024
- Club outing to Winkworth Arboretum
- Next Season's Fiendish Set Subjects
- 2023-2024 season PDI League - final results
- Yet more photo exhibitions of note
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28 April 2024
- A Journey to ARPS
- Deadline for last print competition
- The Croydon Centenary Trophy goes home
- Annual Exhibition raffle prizes
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13 April 2024
- Pixelmakers visit CCC
- Master Photographer News
- Croydon Centenary Trophy Inter-Club Competition
- ANNUAL EXHIBITION deadline for prints approaching
- New Exhibitions list
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10 April 2024
- CLUB OUTINGS TO THE SURREY PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION (SPA) BIENNIAL EXHIBITION
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6 April 2024
- Gerald's SET SUBJECT Competitions
- PDI competition No. 4 deadline
- FINAL CALL for Annual Exhibition payment
- Invite to Croydon CC's Wrattan Lecture
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23 March 2024
- The AGM and more
- PDI competition deadline
- Annual Exhibition deadline approaching
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17 March 2024
- Zoom meeting on Monday
- Annual Exhibition details
- SPA Biennial exhibition, when and where
- AGM evening
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9 March 2024
- Print Competition No.3
- Next approaching deadline
- Master Photographer news
- SPA Judge taster session
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8 March 2024
Since the demise of the SLF the club will now be regularly entering Surrey Photographic Association (SPA) inter-club competitions. We have sporadically entered PDI competitions over the years and some members regularly enter the Biennial Exhibition.
Members need to be aware that digital images (required for both PDI and print comps) must fit into the area 1600 x 1200 pixels. We suggest that when resizing your images to CCC competition dimensions (1400 x 1050) you always save a second copy in the 1600 x 1200 format.
The SPA may, in exceptional circumstances, ask the author to produce the original files to prove that all elements of the image are entirely the work of the author. So please make sure that you have those conveniently saved and backed up.
24 February 2024
- Nature and Portrait Print Competitions
- Deadline for 3rd Print League Competition
- SPA Biennial exhibition news
- Photographers' Gallery
- Sony World Photography Awards exhibition
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17 February 2024
To all who have not titled their Nature Images according to the rules I have left Photoentry open until Monday 19th Feb so that you can correct them (i.e. must be factual and not sentimental or twee). Please go to the non-league checklist in the rules section of the website for all the information that you need. Please also check that you have followed the rule with regards to the minimal amount of post-processing allowed (also described in the rules) and remove any image that does not follow these rules.
Thank you
Ann Rayers
17 February 2024
- An AV evening
- Change to the programme
- Photostories URGENT appeal
- Your next competition deadline
- Epson printer cartridges
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10 February 2024
- Speaker Ken Scott returns to Carshalton
- The new Tea Rota
- More Exhibitions
- Portrait / Nature deadlines is Monday !
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27 January 2024
- Monday's Triptych Competition
- Your next competition deadline
- CCC Subs due
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20 January 2024
- ZOOM on Monday and Tuesday
- SPA Biennial exhibition deadline
- Plate Photography event
- New Exhibitions
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13 January 2024
- 3rd PDI comp. of the season
- Triptych deadline
- James Kerwin follow up
- Steve Kingswell's ICM & Multiple Exposure Workshop
- Bonus event with OCCC
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28 December 2023
- Deadline for 3rd PDI competition
- Deadline for PDI Triptych competition
- SPA Biennial Exhibition submissions
- First club meeting of 2024
- CCC subs for 2024
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23 December 2023
The Competition Sub Committee has agreed that a clarification and addition is required to the competition rules. Please read the following to confirm that your entries, starting from the 1st January deadline for the next PDI league competiton, are in conformity. This is not only for club competition purposes but also means we are able to consider your entries as valid for external competitions. The additional wording is highlighted and in italics.
3 General Rules Applicable to All Competitions
3.1 All elements of all images must have been taken by the member i.e. must originate as photographs (image-captures via light sensitivity). The photographer must have been physically present with the camera at the location that the image was captured and have been responsible for all the settings. Digital, or other manipulation is acceptable in all Print and PDI competitions except Nature and Street Photography where special rules apply - see Appendix 4. Third party or professional printing, without further manipulation, is permitted.
Happy Christmas to you all,
Nigel Laflin
on behalf of the Competition Sub-Committee
16 December 2023
- Membership & Tea Subscriptions details
- PDI Round 3 entry deadline reminder
- Next Meeting
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2 December 2023
- Print Competition No.2
- Master Photographer the story so far...
- Raffle News
- Lee Miller exhibition
- Dorking Camera Club exhibition
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25 November 2023
- Salon Evening
- Polesdon Lacey visit
- Christmas Raffle
- All Saints' Mini exhibition
- Deadline for Phun Photos
- Steve Kingswell's workshops
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18 November 2023
- The return of Roger Reynolds to judge PDI comps.
- Deadline for submissions Print Comp.2 (Dec 4th)
- Raffle Prizes
- Polesdon Lacey at Christmas
- Phun Photos. More, more, more !
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11 November 2023
- ICM & ME. Puzzled?
- Second print league competition deadline approaching
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4 November 2023
- Tracy Lund ZOOMS in again
- PDI competition deadline
- Three new exhibitions for your delight
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22 October 2023
- The Letterbox Fiend Strikes Again
- New Exhibition news
- Leonardslee visit
- New members meeting
- Return of prints
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15 October 2023
- 2nd PDI competition deadline
- Peter Dazeley to dazzle us on Monday
- New members meeting
- CCC Lanyards
- Phun Photos
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7 October 2023
- This Monday's print competition
- London RPS exhibition
- More London exhibitions
- Prepare for the next PDI competition
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22 September 2023
- Print Competition No.1 on Monday
- Deadline for Mono and Street Prints
- Guidance for Street Photography
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17 September 2023
- Lawrence Homewood's Photographic Journey - Monday evening
- Early Warning - Phun Photos
- New Members
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8 September 2023
Message from
Nigel Laflin (Chair of Competition sub-committee)
Ann Rayers (Print Sec)
Dave Rayers (Digital Sec)
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3 September 2023
- Chairman's message
- Monday's speaker and Zoom link
- Print Competition deadline approaching
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27 August 2023
Monday 28 August 2023 is the deadline for our first PDI competition of the season.
PhotoEntry awaits your images. The competition on September 11th will be judged by Keith Newton LRPS.
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