Wrekin Arts Photographic Club Newsletter 15 2024/25 1 April 2025

This Friday, Mike Taylor judges both the Landscape and Natural History competitions.

Friday 4 April is also the hand in night for the Mobile competition. This is a single class competition and you can enter up to 3 images taken on a mobile phone or tablet. Normal club rules apply. See the link for rules and online entry system https://wrekinartspc.com/competition-links-organisations-and-club-guides 

Rob Cowell will judge the Mobile competition on Friday 11 April.

Friday 18 April is Good Friday so there won’t be a meeting that day.

Looking a little further ahead. On Friday 25 April, former club members Jon Baker MFIAP, EFIAP/p and Sue Baker EFIAP, BPE3* are giving their final print lecture - “Four Feet: A Pictorial History” I’m sure that members from other West Midlands clubs will be there so you’ll need to be early to get the best seats!

Finally, “Wildlife Photography of the Year” is at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until Sunday 20 April https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year Please note that the exhibition is only open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm.

Wrekin Arts Photographic Club Newsletter 23 2023/24 17 July 2024

This Friday, 19 July, Calvin will lead a workshop about using layers in Photoshop. The workshop will be informal and interactive with demonstrations, explanations and discussions. You might find it useful to take a pen and notebook to jot down information to use later. 

Then on 26 July there will a second Photoshop on masks.

Both these workshops will be free to members and Tea and biscuits will be available to buy. This is your chance to get to grips with basic concepts of Photoshop and become a more proficient user. There are a number of tutorials on the club website https://wrekinartspc.com/useful-tutorials covering a wide range of photography topics that you may find useful.

The season will finish after the Photoshop Workshop on 26 July. The club room will be closed over the summer but there might be practical workshops arranged. I will send out information when available or you can keep an eye on the website.

The 2024/25 Season will open on Friday 20 September with an Open Evening and Exhibition of members prints.

Membership fees were increased at the AGM on 5 July for the 2024/25 season. The new fees are: Single Membership £40; Joint Membership £60; OAP £35; Joint OAP £55. The weekly fee will be £4 or £5 for a non member but this will include a hot drink. 

Finally, if you have any ideas about a subject or a speaker for the club programme then let me know.