04/08/2023 – Sonning
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Photo walk – 19:00 – 4th August
Location: Sonning River Thames and Lock
Meeting point: *UPDATE* Top of Sonning Lane where it meets Pearson Road (B4446) at 19:00 . There is parking on the side of the road all up Sonning Lane. W3W ///shred.powder.sandpaper
Activity:
Walk through the church to the Thames and along the towpath and around to the past Sonning lock and back.
Debrief and refreshments at or before 21:00 at The Coppa Club, Sonning The Great House, Thames St, Sonning, Reading RG4 6UT
Leader: Len Quinn
19/08/2023 – Oxford
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Photo Walk – 19th August
Location: Oxford – city centre
Meeting point: Reading train station at 9:00 AM (Station Rd, Reading RG1 1L)
Access: via Reading train station. Multiple buses. Nearby car parks: Queen’s Road car park (450 m walk), Reading Station car park (30 m walk)
Activity:
- Meet at 09:00 AM at Reading train station
- Train to Oxford Railway Station and visit city centre.
- Debrief and refreshments around 15:00
- Train to Reading at 16:00
Leader: Michel Claverie
22/08/2023 – Image processing – session 1
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Zoom session
Activity:
- Image processing – Lightroom & Photoshop
- Additional software on request
- Suggestion: processing of images from summer photo walks
Leader: Bo Hansen
05/09/2023 – Image processing – session 2
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Zoom session
Activity:
- Image processing – Lightroom & Photoshop
- Additional software on request
- Suggestion: processing of images from summer photo walks
Leader: Bo Hansen
08/09/2023 – The Landscape and Wildlife of the USA with Roger Reynolds HonFRPS APAGB FBPPA FBPE
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The landscape and wildlife of the USA – A presentation in two halves that gives a small glimpse into the diversity of landscape and wildlife to be found in the USA. The talk covers a range of wildlife found across the USA from grizzlies fishing in Alaska to the wild life of the Greater Yellowstone area at all times of the season, to the rich habitats of Florida. With such a great diversity of landscapes to be found in this vast country we will explore the coasts, mountains, deserts and much in between throughout the seasons. With a look at the mysteries of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau to the contrasting deserts of Whites Sands and Death Valley as well as exploring the rugged landscapes of the Rockies and Sierra Nevada Mountain and much more.. https://rogerreynolds.co.uk/
15/09/2023 – How Did We Do? and Presentation of Trophies
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Trophies for the 2022-2023 season will be presented together with a review of last season’s SCPF results, the JPCR competition, what we did well and not so well. If time, all or some of the images used will be shown.
19/09/2023 – Committee Meeting
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22/09/2023 – Image Critique
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Member’s are invited to submit up to 5 PDI images for a (friendly and constructive) critique by other members.
29/09/2023 – You’ve taken the picture. What now…? With Darren Pullman CPAGB BPE3* EFIAP, ZOOM ONLY
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Please note this talk is Zoom only. They are playing skittles downstairs in the hall, so this meeting will not take place in the hall, but via zoom.
Pictures rarely come out of the camera ready to use. In Darren’s talk he outlines some of the most common things you can do in post processing. http://www.pullmanphotography.co.uk/about.html
03/10/2023 – Practical Tuesday
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PhotoEntry and all you need to know about entering competitions
