2024/25 season
This is the programme for Bingley Camera Club Monday night meetings for the 2024/25 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 2024
02 - Club Social - Members and those thinking about becoming members are welcome to join us for a few drinks and social chat at The Potting Shed, Bingley. Address - 94 Main St, Bingley BD16 2JH (7 pm start)
09 Helen Williams Harrogate-based commercial and fine-art photographer talks about her exceptional work in portraiture including TV, sport and more besides. Helen's Website
16- Practical night. Bring your camera to the club. A chance to get out with others and take photographs (outdoors and indoors, weather dependent). Learn from others about making the most of your kit, with a walking workshop for less experienced photographers who want to 'get out of auto mode'.
23 - Journey of a photograph. This hands-on session will provide an overview of the journey of a photograph from the camera to finished image with the emphasis on preparing digital and print images for camera club competitions We encourage members to bring some images for processing and we will have a number of workstations set up for people to develop their skills through small group work. For advanced members it is the opportunity to share and learn some advanced photoshop trickery.
30 - Richard Davis - My 40 year obsession. Richard is a social documentary and portrait photographer who moved to Manchester in 1988 to study photography and lived and documented everyday life in Hulme, which, at the time, was the largest public housing development in Europe. As well as his now-historical work, he continues to document everyday life in the urban North. Richard's Website
OCTOBER 2024
07 - Summer project presentations - Teams 1-4 - Teams of club members show photographs from their '5 go photographing' summer project.
14 - Summer project presentations - Teams 5-7 - Teams of club members show photographs from their '5 go photographing' summer project. Plus a quick briefing about critique and entering club competitions.
21 - Bob Griffiths - Unexpected Journey: Concrete Creativity. Bob is a street and urban photographer who is inspired to find beauty in objects or buildings that other people find distasteful or ugly, producing work on multi-story car parks amongst other topics. Bob's Website
Members deadline for running competition round 1 - Wild Thing
NOVEMBER 2024
04 - Carolyn Mendelsohn - Portraits, Projects and Personal Stories. We welcome back Carolyn, Bradford based award-winning portrait photographer, Royal Photographic Society Ambassador and Nikon Ambassador. Her recent work includes portraits of young people for the Age of Wonder project and Hardy and Free exploring women's connection to nature in the Bradford District. Carolyn will share some of her most recent work and her approach to her subjects. Carolyn's Website
11 - Running competition Round 1: Wild Thing - Photographs from club members on the first running competition theme.
18 - Tracey Lund - A Month in a the Falklands (Wildlife Part III). Multi-award winning wildlife photographer Tracey returns to the club to talk about her month in the Falklands. Tracey's Website
25 - Graeme Mitchell - A Journey Around India. Club member Graeme presents photographs from his extensive travels across the Indian subcontinent.
Members deadline Running Competition Round 2 - At Work
02 - Alison S Taylor ARPS - Yorkshire: a Foreign Land and Yorkshire Coast.
Alison has explored Yorkshire over 40 years and will talk about many locations in North Yorkshire between the Dales, the coast and places in between, including some less-visited spots. Her main passion is for coastal photography and her ARPS (Associate of The Royal Photographic Society) was based upon photographing the sea and shore. She loves to capture the mood of the sea using different techniques The Yorkshire coast is a photographer’s dream with variety and spectacular vistas. Alison will bring a selection of her books to view. Alison's website (note this is a change to the published programme)
09 - Running competition round 2: At Work. Photographs from Club members interpreting the theme of the second running competition theme, "At Work"
16 - Group presentations. Presentations from two of the club's special interest groups. Further Details to follow
23 - No Meeting
30 - No Meeting
JANUARY 2025
06 -Michela Griffith Scotland-based photographer and artist Michela is inspired by nature and place and produces fluid, evocative and abstract images. In this Zoom presentation, she will talk about evolving vision and practice through curiosity, connection and creative process. Michela's Website
13 -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.
20 - Running competition round 3: Different Perspectives. Photographs from Club members on the third and final running competition theme. 'Different Perspectives'
27 - Adam Karnacz Adam is an acclaimed professional landscape photographer with well known YouTube Channel First Man Photography. Venturing to remote locations he strives to inspire people to explore the art of photography, adventure and the human condition. Adam's Website Adam's YouTube
Members deadline Annual Projected Images
FEBRUARY 2025
03 - Mark Laslett Club member, Mark showcases some of his work with some tips and insights into his approach.
10- Annual projected image Competition - digital projected images from Club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
17 -Karina Lax Sheffield based Karina was a Winner of Portrait of Britain in 2023 and has portraits of contemporary women in the arts exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery, amongst other accolades. Karina likes to photograph real people largely on location, blending techniques from editorial, fashion, documentary, and photojournalistic photography, with a semi-directed approach. Karina's Website
Members deadline Presidents Challenge
24 - President's challenge. This year's topic is 'Is that really real?' Inspired by the 1917 Cottingley Fairies, this year's challenge has been for members to produce a picture containing something from a fairytale, fantasy, myth or belief or anything else that (probably) doesn't exist. Expect fairies, ghosts, spirits, flying saucers and impossible animals.
Members deadline monochrome digital projected images
MARCH 2025
03 -Mandy Izquierdo - Why Shoot Film in a Digital World? Leeds based fashion and portrait photographer Mandy works exclusively on film. She shares some of her stunning photography and her approach Mandy's Instagram
10 - Annual monochrome digital projected image competition. Pictures from club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
17 - Tessa Bunney - Rural life. North Yorkshire -based documentary photographer Tessa works closely with individuals and communities to investigate how the landscape is shaped by humans, revealing the dependencies between people, work and the land Tessa's Website
24 - Exhibiting and publishing your work. A practical evening of short presentations and workshops to explore some 'next steps' for club photographers including making photobooks and zines.
Members deadline Annual Colour Prints
31 - Barry Pauling. Club member Barry shares some of his recent work and his approach to making stunning portraiture.
APRIL 2025
07 -Annual colour print competition. Prints from Club members, with an external judge providing critique and feedback
14 - Photo Practical Night. Bring your camera to the club. A chance to get out with others to take evening photographs in the blue hour and learn new skills
21 - no meeting
28 - Oliver Wright Oliver is an acclaimed wildlife photographer, who works in tricky environments from extreme cold to jungle areas. He has developed special techniques for photographing fast moving creatures at big magnification using natural light. Oliver's Website
MAY 2025
05 - No Meeting
12 - Annual General Meeting and Award Presentation - Awards to club members for our annual competitions, our annual business meeting and review of the year.
19 - End of Season Do - A local social get together to end the 2024/25 season.
Additional Diary Dates
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.