Our Calendar

Welcome to the session 2024- 2025 of the Droitwich Camera club.

Our first meeting will feature a showcase of the best photographs taken by our members during the 2023-24 season, along with short video presentations. It’s a fantastic opportunity to see the talent within our club and get inspired.

There will also be time set aside for members to socialise and connect with fellow photography enthusiasts.

Join us at the Droitwich Methodist Church, Worcester Road WR9 8AN, from 8pm to 10 pm.

Droitwich Camera Club is thrilled to welcome our first guest speaker of the season: Mathew Browne, a talented professional photographer from Carmarthen, south Wales via Zoom.


Mathew’s portfolio includes architecture, landscapes, cityscapes and astrophotography. He is also an ambassador for Skylum Luminar Neo Software. Additionally, he co-founded PhotoHound, an app designed specifically for travel photographers.

He will share some of his stunning images and provide insights into his creative process. Get ready to learn how he uses Luminar Neo Software to bring his vision to life.

Droitwich Camera Club is thrilled to welcome a dance duo from Salsa Cruz to our members’ night on Monday, 16th September, at the Methodist Church.

Salsa Cruz has been spreading the joy of Cuban-style salsa in Droitwich since the end of the pandemic. With 20 years of dancing experience, and particularly active in the last decade, they have become lead instructors in Worcester and Hereford.

On the evening, we will be joined by four members of Salsa Cruz. This will be a fantastic opportunity for our members to try their hand at portrait and studio photography with the dancers.

Anything goes bring your best shots.

Members Night

Shooting Water Creatively a talk by Bill Ward

Members Night

Just like it says in the title bring your best prints and try your luck.

Simon Caplan will give a talk about Still Life Photography.

His presentation, "Out of the Dark," will showcase a collection of light-painted images that echo the depth and drama of renaissance art.

Members will be treated to a historical journey through the evolution of still life in both painting and photography, learning how classical techniques can enhance modern photographic practices.

Additionally, Simon will offer valuable insights into composition, lighting, and common challenges in the field.

The event will also feature a mini exhibition of Simon's prints, allowing members to engage closely with the art form. A few select books will also be available alongside the prints, offering further reading about Still life photography.

That’s Another Two off my Bucket List by Ric Harding

In the first half of his talk, Ric will show some of the images produced during a recent photography workshop in Tuscany led by Guy Edwardes and will describe some of the techniques used such as HDR and focus stacking.

In the second half, he will show some of the landscape and wild life images captured during a visit to Mull, again describing how
some of them were taken.

The evening will conclude with a short AV of a visit to the neighbouring island of Staffa and Fingal’s Cave.

Come see the best photographs from Droitwich CC and Kidderminster CC. Let the best club win!!!

DPI Competition entitled looking up. Hopefully Sue can give us some ideas.

Claire Carter will give a talk where she demonstrates the best ways to capture forces of nature that generate motion in the landscape.

Martin Griffiths and a mystery guest will discuss the latest innovations in image processing. I am betting there will a bit of Ai in there somewhere.

This is the inter club competition you don't want to miss. The annual Match That competition is possibly the only time that barracking the Judge is actively encouraged.

I hope you were taking notes when Simon Caplan gave the talk on still life. Here's your chance to put all of that knowledge into practice. Any subject so long as its inanimate.

No Club meeting today.

No club meetings today.

Droitwich Camera Club is delighted to welcome Chris Upton with his talk called “Simply Black & White” on Monday 6th January 2025 via Zoom.

Chris is a professional photographer, based in Nottinghamshire (UK), specialising in Travel, Landscape and Social Documentary photography.

He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and was proud to have been a brand ambassador for Fujifilm for eight years.

This talk showcases some of his favourite B&W photographs, and I’ll talk about his 7 tips for successful B&W images.

In these digital days he is drawn towards the simple beauty of monochrome which strips away the confusion of colour and asks us to appreciate the light, tone, texture and detail in our images.

Members Night. Bring your camera along and join in the fun.

Annual battle for the cup.

Droitwich, Beacon and Stourport will clash for the 3 Way Cup. Lets see who comes out on top.

A talk by Tony Worobiec.

The annual battle for the 6 Societies cup

Members night where we will edit images creatively.

Anything goes bring your best shots.

A talk by Tesni Ward.

Members night Photo Critique

4 way Battle at Stourbridge

Award winning landscape photographer and author Justin Minns will be talking to us abut his year on the coast.

One colour to bind them all, One colour to Rule them all. Lets see your best Mono Prints.

TBA

Ian Howard will be discussing the best London Sites and Locations for Images.

Wychavon Trophy at Evesham

Bring your best images that you have used in this years competitions and see if you can win the cups.

No club meetings today.

Vote in/Out the committee members who will take us into the 2024-2025 season.