2026/27 season
This is the programme for Bingley Camera Club Monday night meetings for the 2026/27 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 2026
07 Pre-Season Get Together- Members and those thinking they might want to find out more about the camera club are welcome to join us for a social chat and a beverage or two at The Peacock Bar, Bingley. Address - 94 Main St, Bingley BD16 2NB (7 pm start)
28 Wendy Robinson - Aire Miles Club member Wendy is chair of the Aire Rivers Trust charity. She took her camera on a 92 mile journey from the source of the river Aire to its end point, and will show and tell us about what she found.
OCTOBER 2026
05 Joe Cornish - A Landscape Photographer's Life. Tying in with a new book launch, one of the best regarded landscape photographers in the world, Joe Cornish visits Bingley. Joe's Website. Note we will have tickets for sale in person and zoom for visitors from other camera clubs (£10 Zoom, £15 in person).
12 Practical Night - How to Capture Landscape Images. Experienced club members take us through the process of planning and execution of landscape photography. From advice on choosing locations to what to bring with you through to camera settings. Note we are also planning a day out on the weekend following this session to put the learning into practice.
19 Practical Night - How to Process Landscape Images. Experienced club members will take us through step by step from getting images from your camera, processing and editing them using software to make them shine and saving files for display, social media, printing and club competitions.
NOVEMBER 2026
02 Summer Project Presentations - Teams 1-4 - Teams of club members show photographs from their '5 go photographing' summer project.
Nov 09 is the entry deadline for running competition round 1 - Landscape or Seascape
16 Eddie Leach - If You Are Lucky Enough to be Different, Don't Ever Change Oldham-based Eddie takes us through his approach to creative photography. Eddie's gallery
Dec 07 is the entry deadline for running competition round 2 - Community
14 Practical Night - Light Painting. Bring your camera (and tripod if you have one) to go out with club members to explore light-painting and types of other night-time photography. Note this activity is weather-dependent! We will have a poor-weather alternative in the hall.
29 No meeting
JANUARY 2027
04 Ruth Grindrod - Scotland Beyond or Within Ruth is an award-winning landscape photographer now based in North Yorkshire. She finds solace in remote regions that deepens her connection with the landscape and nourishes her creativity. Here she will show and talk about some of her Scottish landscape photographs. Ruth's website. The church hall will NOT be opening, the presentation is by Zoom only.
11 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.
25 Running competition round 3: Shadows and Light Viewing and feedback of Club member digital projected images
FEBRUARY 2027
01 Keyhan Modaressi - The Art of Capturing the Moment Local photographer, model and filmmaker, Keyhan, talks about her work. Keyhan's Instagram
15 Annual projected image competition Digital projected images from Club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
22 Pete Collins - Diamond Skies Pete has explored his love of astronomy through photography and will present some of his stunning nightscape images, mostly from the dark skies of the Yorkshire Dales. Pete's website
Feb 22 is the entry deadline for The President's Challenge
MARCH 2027
01 The President's Challenge Anything can happen. Members photographs on a topic TBA and insights from our latest (and greatest) El Presidente
08 Clare Smallwood & Nick Hirst - Cycling in the Dales Club members Nick and Clare share images and stories from their photographic journeying on two wheels.
15 Leigh Preston - Mastering Monochrome Leigh's photography relies on atmospherics, dramatic lighting and strong storylines. Much of his work is monochrome using both digital and darkroom processes depending on the feel he wants from the finished print. In this talk Leigh will give insight into his approach. Leigh's website
Mar 15 is the entry deadline for Annual Colour Prints
22 Interclub Competition - Round 3 West Yorkshire clubs join us in Bingley with a judge to review and score images. As well as general images the set subject is Music and the set theme is Creative. Come along to cheer on our club images and be impressed by the range and quality of camera club photography
29 No meeting
APRIL 2027
05 Annual Colour Print Competition Prints from club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
12 Nudrat Afza - City Girls, Kehillah and More Social documentary photographer Nudrat Afza talks about City Girls, Kehillah and much more. Nudrat photographs the ordinary lives of people from diverse communities that surround her. This has included the Jewish community in Bradford 'Kehillah' that was shown recently as a solo exhibition at Dean Clough gallery and featured in the Guardian Newspaper. Other work includes female supporters of Bradford City, pigeon fanciers and cancer treatment. Nudrat will have copies of her book 'Kehillah' with Bradford Synagogue photos for sale or these can be bought online from the publisher. More about Nudrat Note this meeting is in person only - we will not have a Zoom option
April 12 is the entry deadline for Monochrome Prints
19 Practical Night - Spring Wander with a Camera Bring your camera to go out with club members to explore spring doing its thing. Note this activity is weather-dependent! We will have a poor-weather alternative in the hall.
26 Annual Monochrome Print Competition Prints from club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
03 No meeting
10 Steve Proctor - The Wild Side Steve shares where he shoots nature images, including commercial hides, local patches, nature reserves and a safari in Kruger Park, South Africa. Along the way he talks about his approach and planning methods and techniques including how to process nature images. Steve's Website
17 Annual General Meeting and Award Presentation Awards to club members for our annual competitions, our annual business meeting and review of the year.
24 End of Season Do Our much anticipated social event at a venue tba
Additional Diary Dates
Prints by club members. At Damart Mill. With a schedule of free workshops, member support sessions and activities
Hosts Cookridge Camera Club Wednesday 14th October 2026. Set Subject – Illusion of a Scape. Set Theme – Portrait, People & Figure Studies
Via ZoomA trip for members to develop their landscape skills with other club members.
Tue 24 Nov 2026 Interclub Competition. Round 2
Hosts Leeds Photographic Society. Set Subject – Towards Infinity, Set Theme – Travel
Venue – St. Edmund's Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 1JN
Tue 2 March 2027 An evening at Leeds Photographic Society
Bingley Camera Club members talk as guests of Leeds Photographic Society
Venue – St. Edmund's Church Hall, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 1JN
Wed 14 Apr 2027 Interclub Competition. Round 4
Hosts Huddersfield Photo Imaging Club. Set Subject - Night Scene, Set Theme - Monochrome
Venue - Kirkheaton Parish Church Parish Centre, Church Lane, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield HD5 0BH
Sat 8 May 2027 Yorkshire Photographic Union Annual Assembly
Bingley Arts Centre, hosted by Bingley Camera Club.
Sat 8 May - Sun 23 May 2027 Yorkshire Photographic Union Exhibition
At Damart Mill, hosted by Bingley Camera Club.
Jul - Aug 2027 '5 Go...' (somewhere to take photographs)
Join a small group of club members to explore a place photographically on a grand day out.
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.