The next Zoom club meeting will take place this Friday, 23 October between 8pm and 10pm, when club members Russell and Audrey Price give a presentation on their recent trip to The Falkland Islands when we will see some excellent natural history photographs.
To get the best view of this presentation it might be worth thinking of connecting your mobile device to your television.
If you have any friends that want to see this presentation then they can join the meeting as a guest through this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wildlife-in-the-falklands-with-russell-and-audrey-price-tickets-124408038793
On Friday 6 November we’re pleased to welcome Paul Stanley FIPF, EFIAP/g from Dublin Camera Club presenting “My Photography” via Zoom when Paul will show us his favourite images over the last 6 years in the genres of Travel, Landscape, Long Exposure and Architecture. Again guest tickets can be bought for this event through the website https://wrekinartspc.com
Looking a little further ahead the first Merit PDI Competition will be held on Friday 11 December when Steven Galvin LRPS https://stevengalvin.photography will judge the competition. Please note that the last hand in date is 16 November as Calvin is unable to deal with entries any later than this. The online entry system is open now and you can find a link to this, how to prepare images for entry and, most importantly, the compeition rules at https://wrekinartspc.com/competition-links-organisations-and-club-guides. Further down this page you can refresh your memory with The Club Zoom Guide, written by Calvin with answers to a range of questions about Zoom and how it operates.
The club fees for the 2020/21 season are £40 for single membership and £55 for couples irrespective of age. You should pay the fees by 4 December to enable you to enter the first PDI competition. Please send a cheque payable to “Wrekin Arts Photograhic Club” to Tony Thomas 5 Ashmore Drive Trench, Telford TF2 7EN or pay online to: Wrekin Arts Photographic Club. Account Number 21575716. Sort Code 40-44-50 adding your name(s) as the Reference . The club does not have online banking. If you decide to pay online, please send Tony an email tonymthomas5@gmail.com indicating that you’ve paid because he only gets a statement once a month.
Going away from our club, Chris Frost has just been announced as Landscape Photographer of the Year https://www.lpoty.co.uk/news/chris-frost-2020-landscape-photographer-of-the-year You can see more of his images at https://www.chrisfrostphotography.co.uk
Likewise Sergey Gorshkov was the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/october/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2020-winning-images.html
The Photo Space Gallery, Ludlow has just put it’s last exhibition online. It’s a retrospective on Harry Fearn titled “Better in Black and White” https://tpsc.online/exhibitions/2020/8/21/better-in-black-and-white You need to click “online” from this page to go to another website. The site is best viewed in full screen mode. Click the start button to see a preview of all the images. When this has finished you’re able to view images one by one. You also get the chance to see other exhibitions on the site.
Finally, Smethwick International Salon of Photography https://www.smethwickinternational.co.uk is now open for entries until 5 November.