2025/26 season
This is the programme for Bingley Camera Club Monday night meetings for the 2025/26 season. Our meetings start at 7 pm and we aim to finish by 9 pm. All our meetings are in person at the club, and we always aim to broadcast the meeting by Zoom to members who are unable to come in person.
We also have public google calendar with all of the events, get togethers and other photography related events that might be of interest to club members. We will run extra sessions during the season around the needs of members e.g. using photo-editing software.
SEPTEMBER 2025
08 Pre-season get together- Members and those thinking about becoming members are welcome to join us for a few drinks and social chat at The Peacock Bar, Bingley. Address - 94 Main St, Bingley BD16 2NB (7 pm start)
29 Critique and competitions. An overview of the club's various competitions, and some guidance and discussion on giving and receiving feedback and critique.
OCTOBER 2025
06 'Light Sensitive' the photography of Kathy Harcom FRPS. Kathy Harcom is a fine art photographer. This is a pre-recorded lecture from the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) that has been put together from her printed archive, scanned by Ben Harcom. There are 100 plus images with commentary by Leigh Preston MPAGB FRPS. This is a collection of darkroom monochrome prints, infra-red film work, infra-red architecture, toned black and white prints, panoramics from New Zealand, hand coloured images and sunflowers. [This is a change from our printed schedule]
13 Victor Wedderburn - On the frontline. Join us for discussion with Bradford based Victor Wedderburn. His photos vividly evoke African Caribbean life in Bradford 40 years ago. From Lumb Lane landmarks such as Roots Record Shop and the Perseverance Hotel to sound system parties and anti-apartheid marches, these photographs tell a story that until recently has been a forgotten part of our history.
20 Summer project presentations - Teams 1-4 - Teams of club members show photographs from their '5 go photographing' summer project.
Members deadline for running competition round 1 - 'scapes
NOVEMBER 2025
03 Leah Cole - Travel through portraiture: people, culture and connection. Leah is a portrait, documentary & commercial photographer based in Yorkshire. Her hallmark is bold, truthful, and cinematic photography, and she will bring us pictures from her travels and insights into her style Leah's Website
17 Simon Roy - Making the shot. Wetherby-based award winning wildlife photographer, Simon Roy talks about the planning and execution of some of his favourite and most successful images. Simon's Website
Members deadline for running competition round 2 - Taken at Home
22 No meeting
29 No meeting
JANUARY 2026
05 Mary McIntyre - My Astrophotography Highlights In this talk Mary will show her favourite astronomy photos taken over the past 15 years. It includes informative explanations on how she captured and processed them, along with stories about why these images are important to her. Mary is an astrophotographer and astronomy communicator based in Oxfordshire, UK. She has been taking photographs from her garden observatory for over a decade. She is a regular contributor to Sky at Night magazine and co-author of the Collin's Stargazer's Bible. When not imaging, writing or doing talks, she is also an astronomy sketcher and space artist. She will present by Zoom. Mary''s Website (note that the church hall will NOT be used)
12 Nine by nine by nine Nine club members talk about nine of their images, each having nine minutes to do so. We particularly encourage newer members to share their work in these evenings.
26 Running competition round 3: Make me smile Viewing and feedback of Club member digital projected images on the theme of 'Make Me Smile'
FEBRUARY 2026
02 Nathan McGill - Everyday heroes Bradford-based socially-engaged photographer Nathan McGill will talk about his work, particularly a recent project 'Bradford Community Activists' which aims to capture and showcase the stories of individuals making an impact in their communities. Nathan's Website
16 Annual projected image competition Digital projected images from Club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
23 Judith Greaves - A Bingley Wildlife Year Club member Judith will share her enthusiasm for our local wildlife showing photos taken throughout the year.
Members deadline The President's challenge
MARCH 2026
02 The President's challenge Anything can happen. Members photographs on a topic TBA
09 Erica Oram - A bit of this, that and the other Sheffield-based Erica presents some of her recent work. Her talk is centred around landscape, pictorial and street photography and is about looking beyond the obvious and being a little creative, both in camera and afterwards, to come up with something a bit different. Erica will bring prints as well as showing digital images. Erica's Instagram
Members deadline - Monochrome Prints
16 Six of the best Photoshop tips and demonstrations by club members. A practical night to see live demonstrations of some photo processing tips to help you learn how to get better images.
23 Annual monochrome print competition Prints from club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
Members deadline - Annual Colour Prints
30 Debs Parr - Everything but the game Debs describes herself as a social documentary photographer, capturing images of people at events which encapsulate our way of life, our ‘Britishness’. In particular, football culture; she enjoys capturing the passion of the fans using portraiture and candid photography which she titles ‘everything but the game’.Debs' Website
APRIL 2026
06 No meeting
13 Annual colour print competition Prints from club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
20 Shirley Quarmby & Charles Hurford Club members Shirley and Charles present some of their photographic work.
27 Owen Tomkins - Quite images, made to quiet minds Owen is a landscape photographer drawn to stillness, solitude and the quiet beauty of wild places. He has spent a large part of the last 15 years exploring the mountains of Europe and further afield. Most of his images come after a long walk or climb, an all too early start, and a lot of waiting for the light to turn just right. In his own words, 'that's the part I love - the effort it takes to reach places where the noise fades. Join him as he shares his journey into photography and where it has taken him in terms of locations, adventures and improved mental health. Owen's Website
04 No meeting
11 Lucy Saggers - Ford of the Sorrel and other rural stories Based in rural North Yorkshire, Lucy photographs the stories of rural life, looking particularly at themes of community and belonging through the threads connecting people, their landscape, past, present and future. Lucy's website
18 Annual General Meeting and Award Presentation Awards to club members for our annual competitions, our annual business meeting and review of the year.
25 No meeting
01 End of Season Do - A local social get together to end the 2025/26 season.
Additional Diary Dates
Hosted by Bradford Camera Club including Bradford Photographic Society. Set Subject -, Set Theme - Nature. Venue - Allerton Congregational Church, Garforth Street, BD15 7HB
Wed 19 Nov 2025 Interclub Competition
Hosted by Leeds Camera Club. Set Subject -Birds in Flight, Set Theme - 'Scapes. Venue - St Georges Centre, Middleton, Leeds L10 4UZ
Thu 5 Mar 2026 Interclub Competition
Hosted by Pudsey Camera Club. Set Subject - Minimalism, Set Theme - Record. By Zoom
Fri 17 Apr 2026 Interclub Competition
Hosted by Ilkley Camera Club. Set Subject - Toys & Games , Set Theme - Still Life. By Zoom
Thu 23 Apr 2026 Otley
Club visit to Otley Camera Club with some of our club members presenting
We also encourage members to organise their own photographic get-togethers – the club secretary can circulate details to all members by email (not everyone uses the Facebook or WhatsApp groups) or they can be added by committee members to the calendar (below). You can also access the calendar using this link
Our club has a number of member-led special interest groups including Wildlife, Creative, Landscape, Music Photography that have regular meet ups. Contact our club secretary if you want to be put in touch with any of these groups. We are always happy for new groups to be set up.
The club supports our annual summer expeditions '5-go photographing' where groups of club members visit a particular location of their own choosing and enjoy a day or evening of photography and the different perspectives that each individual brings. We set aside two club nights for the group presentations.