Our Calendar

Welcome to the session 2023- 2024 of the Droitwich Camera club

The first meeting consists of short presentations by members who have joined the club fairly recently. They will talk about their experiences in Droitwich Camera Club and the knowledge they have gained.

The evening includes a chance to see some of the best pictures taken by members during the 2022-23 season. Time will also be set aside for members to socialise.

Colin Trow -Poole is a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and the Irish Photographic Federation. He holds a Master at the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.

He described himself as "an avid monochrome worker, I enjoy the simplicity that the black and white image affords. I believe that by removing colour, the focus is shifted, distractions are minimized viewers impressions are altered. My goal, wherever possible, is to create drama, mood and narrative power".

Richard O' Brian is an IT instructor, an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and a photographer based in Yorkshire, in the UK.

First DPI Competition

“On The Edge” DPIs
Closing date: 17 September 2023
Competition date: 25 September 2023

DCC’s 1st competition of the season is “On the Edge”. It must be clear to the Judge and viewers that “On the Edge” is represented visually e.g.:

• a pigeon on the edge of a roof;
• a raindrop on the edge of a leaf;
• a person standing on a cliff edge;
• use of negative space with the subject at the edge of the image.
Or:
• On the Edge of Destruction;
• On the Edge of Tears;
• On the Edge of a Breakdown;
• On a Knife Edge
Etc……….

Our Judge for the evening is John Haines and we look forward to welcoming him once again with his friendly approach and sensitive feedback about our images.

Monochrome special explores what we can achieve by limiting our colour palette.

My American Journey, from which many images formed my Fellowship panel.

Portraiture, People Photography.

Comp 2

“Water, in it, on it, under it or just… water” Prints
Closing date: 15 October 2023
Competition date: 23 October 2023

DCC’s 2nd competition of the season is “Water, in it, on it, under it or just… water”. Entries must emphasise water as the main visual element, e.g.

• the ocean; waterfalls; puddles;
• water reflections from boats, buildings, trees;
• water in containers e.g.: swimming pools, bathtubs, sinks, potholes;
• fountains, faucets or garden hoses;

Interiors & Exteriors, Cityscapes. Creation Techniques.

The Lofoten Islands.

KCC to host.

Comp 3 “In a Rush” DPIs

Closing date: 12 November 2023
Competition date: 20 November 2023

DCC’s 3rd competition of the season is “In a Rush”. It must
emphasise hurried movement in some way e.g.:

• sheep running down a field;
• a skateboarder, a cyclist;
• horse racing, car racing, athletics;
• a slow shutter speed showing light trails of vehicles or movement of any subject;

Step by step through my workflow for creating striking black and white fine art.

"Members' Evening"

‘Creating lighting conditions’

The aim is to demonstrate how easy it is to create lighting conditions for simple Portraits and still life images.

Using both Flash (Strobe) lights and continuous lights as well as simple Light Blue Studio and low cost LED lighting.

We encourage members to bring their own cameras along to try for themselves.

Award-winning images of Little People & Things.

Match That - Stratford

Social Evening

Christmas

Ken Fisher will take us through his journey into Architectural Fine Art Photography.

The term “architectural photography” refers to photography that focuses on structures in general. Shooting exteriors and interiors of buildings, as well as bridges, other structures, and cityscapes, are all the possibilities.

The important thing to consider is that architectural images should showcase the building or structure in its best light and more importantly be photorealistic.

Fine art photography processing allows the building or structure to encompass the subjective artistic intent of the photographer creating unique images focussing primarily or solely on the imaginative, aesthetic or artistic vision of the photographer.

In this presentation, Ken will show you some of my images and demonstrate my techniques for creating images that will work well as Fine Art and my processing techniques for creating dramatic high contrast monotone fine art images.

Ken Fisher is Adobe Certified Trainer in Photoshop and Lightroom.

3 Way Battle with Stourport & Beacon

Created as a 'Part Two' to my incredibly popular 'Working with Textures' this presentation uses textures to tackle a number
of familiar problems in images such as distracting backgrounds, subject
separation, colour toning.

The second half has a live demonstration plus how to combine texture layers into creating an ultimate texture and making
your own unique brushes in Photoshop to use to refine masks and add details.

A must for those that loved Working with Textures!

Comp 4

“The Graham Trevor British Isles Landscape Trophy” Prints

Closing date: 14 January 2024
Competition date: 22 January 2024

DCC’s 4th competition of the season is a stand-alone competition, the Graham Trevor Trophy being awarded to the outright winner.

Entries must be of a land, sea or urban scape in the British Isles (as defined by Wikipedia if Members require further clarification).

Our Judge is Martin Cooper who is new to DCC but is a well-known landscape photographer and judge.

The Ins and Outs of Commercial Photography.

6 Societies Competition

"Members' Evening", lead by Matt Tubb. He will demonstrate techniques to create Light Painting photography.

"In Search of…" By Bill Ward.

As a photographer, Bill is self-taught, and has been taking photographs since he was 6. He has been a Brand Ambassador for Pentax Cameras and Ricoh Imaging since 2014.

Bill has won many awards and commendations, both nationally and internationally, including the Adobe Prize at UK Landscape Photographer of the Year, and Best Seascape at Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year .

Constantly in search of peace and quiet, his photography is a response, and in many ways an antidote, to the time he spends as an actor working in the public eye.

His primary photographic interest is landscapes, whether natural, urban or industrial. He is specifically drawn to water, and has a strong interest in history. Things that were once great, faded glory, a wistfulness for a time when, loom very big on his radar.

Comp 5 “Portrait” DPIs
Closing date: 11 February 2024
Competition date: 19 February 2024

DCC’s 5th competition of the season is “Portrait” and must be head and neck (and shoulders if desired) of a human or animal.

Our Judge for the evening is Paddy Ruske who has visited us many times and we look forward to welcoming him again.

Competition rules can be found on DCC’s website.

Quiz night at Stourport Camera Club

Images made using various creative techniques.

"Members' Evening"

5-Way Interclub

Underwater Photography - from Manatees to Crocodiles.

Comp 6
“Minimalist” Prints
Closing date: 10 March 2024
Competition date: 18 March 2024

DCC’s 6th competition of the season is “Minimalist”:

• The Judge will be looking for austere simplicity, an emphasis of sparseness and careful composition with no over-abundance of colour, patterns or visual information.
• Large amounts of negative space and/or spatial isolation are usual.
• Depth and distance are often used to express vastness.
• A search of the internet and Wikipedia are invited if Members require further clarification.

Bob Goode will be making a second, welcome visit to DCC as our Judge.

He states “minimalist is mostly about the art of communication with the least content possible and as the content of the image decreases so the importance shifts to the construction of the image. As with all things photographic interpretation is at the whim of the photographer. The need for careful consideration of light and shadow along with the message are the key. Detail in the photograph is a killer when talking minimalist.”

Members' Evening

Wychavon Trophy

Droitwich Camera Club is pleased to host Vale of Evesham Camera Club for the Wychavon Trophy competition.

Each Club provides 15 prints and 15 digital images, a maximum of 3 per author, to be judged by Peter Gennard MFIAP, EFIAP/d2 who Droitwich is pleased to welcome again.

The Wychavon Trophy is always a close fought competition; last year the Trophy was won by Droitwich and we hope we may be lucky again.

Comp 7 “Print & DPI of the Year”

Closing date: 7 April 2024
Competition date: 15 April 2024

DCC’s season finale is an invitation for Members to enter a maximum of 3 of their favourite images (any combination of prints and DPIs) which have been entered in competitions during the current season. A trophy is awarded for the best print and for the best DPI.

NB if the original image was entered as a print it must be re-entered as a print, likewise a DPI must be re-entered as a DPI.

Our Judge for the evening is Peter Gennard, a well-respected judge who has visited us many times.

AGM