All image enthusiasts welcome
David Jenner, our planned October keynote speaker, is not now available for the October date in the printed programme.
His talk about landscape photography has been swapped with Paul Tucker.
So, we have Paul Tucker on 21st October and David Jenner on 18 November.
See you there for these interesting talks!
On the 16th of September we had talks from four of our members about different aspects of photography,
First we had David Hastings, who was talking about a trip that he took to the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland. He shared with us some of the many photos he took of the wide variety of birds who can be found there and encouraged those of us who are interested in this type of photography to take this very special trip.
Next, so as to encourage more members to enter prints into the print competitions, Susan Fletcher took us through the process of having your exquisite print fully mounted and ready for display. Although you need one or two bits of equipment, they are not expensive, and the skill level required to complete the mounting is well within members reach. A most encouraging talk
After coffee break Martin Tomes took us deep into the intricacies of focus stacking. This technique is useful when you cannot get all the contents of your picture into one, in-focus, image. This is applicable for landscapes that have items which are very close to the camera, as well as the far distance right down to the microscale where the object you are taking is of the size of a few millimetres or less.
Finally, Dale took us on a trip through the processes he used to produce his very distinctive multi layered shots. He made it seem quite easy but we’ll wait to see the result Produced by Other Members efforts, Produced by Other Members efforts, Produced by Other Members efforts, of other members’ efforts.
Members: Please see the members’ area for some of the presentations.
Our programme of planned ExploRs was outlined by Susan at last week’s meeting.
See the programme here…
Our programme of speakers this season comprises 12 excellent speakers covering a wide range of photographic topics. Full details of times etc. are in our club calendar and, to read more about the individual speakers and their talks click here.
They have been selected as experts in their genre and most of them will be speaking live at our base in St. Mary’s Centre, Felpham. Come and meet them and ask your questions face to face. Visitors welcome; a small charge will be made for your visit.
We also take advantage of the facilities of Zoom so that we can hear from experts who may not be local to Felpham. Attendance at the Zoom events are for BRCC members only, come and join us!
Elizabeth Zeschin – My Life in Pictures (23rd September) Editorial and fine art
David Jenner – Landscapes – Making the Effort (21st October) Landscape
Joe Houghton – Photography in an AI World (4th November, ZOOM) Artificial Intelligence
Paul Tucker – You Don’t Always Have to Take a Photo (18th November) Travel
Nick Hodgson – Fee Mines, Coal Faces (2nd December) Documentary
Martin Emmett – Adventures in the World of Ultra Macro (20th January) Natural world macro
Graham Devenish – Keep Looking Up (10th February) Astrophotography
Janey Devine – Old Endings and New Beginnings (17th March) Travel and documentary
Linda Bembridge – Abstract with a bit of Landscape (14th April, ZOOM) Abstract
Nicky Pascoe – Dancers and Hares (5th May) Dance & Nature
Paul Mitchell – LR and PS techniques for Landscape Photography (19th May) Landscape and post- processing
Caroline Preece – Street Photography (16th June) Street photography
Keynote Speaker: Viveca Koh (There and Back Again: Travels with my Camera)
This meeting is on Zoom. Members: see Snapshots for the link.
Join us at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start.
This season’s Nature Explore will be held on Monday April 28th, at the RSPB Reserve at Pulborough Brooks. We will meet at the entrance registration point at the top end of the car park at 10:00am.
Highlights from last year were singing Nightingales and
Adders (and since then, White-tailed Eagles have been
seen on the reserve). Bring your longest telephoto/zoom
lens for birds (and possibly a macro lens for insects/
plants) plus binoculars.
No need to register – car share if you can.
“Capturing a Sussex Estate through the Seasons” is our first talk of the 2024/ 2025 season.
Capturing a Sussex Estate
through the Seasons
Capturing a Sussex Estate
through the Seasons
Capturing a Sussex Estate
through the Seasons
The first of our Summer Walks will be in Chichester on Tuesday June 18th at 18:00.
Please see the Calendar for details.
Bring your camera and your sunnies.
On Tuesday , May 7th, we held our final indoor meeting of the 2023/24 season. It was both a very happy and a very sad occasion as we honoured the prizewinners and said farewell to our President, Rob de Ruiter, and to our Chairman, Carolyn de Ruiter, who are moving away into the Wilds of Wiltshire. We wish them well in their new home and their new, exciting surroundings and thank them sincerely for their enormous contribution to Bognor Regis Camera Club over many years. Fortunately, as they have family commitments nearby, we hope to see them again during the new season.
As Carolyn pointed out in her address during the presentation prizes, this final indoor meeting of the season does not mean the end of camera club activities over the summer. There will be, from time to time, other activities such as the planned visit to West Dean Gardens that is coming up shortly, summer walks in company and our annual exhibition, which opens on the 29th of July.
For the presentation of prizes, our retiring chairman took top spot with five trophies. Very many congratulations to Carolyn.
Left to right:
David Hastings
Jan Derrett
Tony Lord
Paul Tucker
Carolyn de Ruiter
Martin Tomes
Other winners not present are: Celia Henderson, Tony Arromba and Jim Wakefield
As Carolyn pointed out in her address during the presentation prizes, this final indoor meeting of the season does not mean the end of camera club activities over the summer. There will be, from time to time, other activities such as the planned visit to West Dean Gardens that is coming up shortly and our annual exhibition, which opens on the 29th of July. And, of course, the monthly Clickers coffee morning.
Our 2024 to 2025 season we’ll start with the Opening Evening. on the 10th of September at 7:30 PM in our usual meeting place of St Mary’s Centre in Felpham. At that meeting, members will be given the details of the 36 events which are planned to run through forthcoming season.
The meeting closed with a short presentation by Tony Lord about his 2023 ‘Selfies’ project and his prizewinning photo book.
Have a great summer and. enjoy your photography!
Visiting Speaker Event Tuesday 5 March
Martin Emmett is a professional horticulturist and photographer based in West Sussex. He is a lecturer for the Royal
Horticultural Society (Wisley) and the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew).
Martin’s talk will include examples of both his professional and personal photographs from the many locations around the
world that his horticultural profession has led him to visit, including Borneo, Japan, North Sikkim and the Falkland Islands.
Join us at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start.
See Calendar for location information.