Programme

Tonight John Young and Lester Woodward are going to go over some basics for new members and those that might need a refresher, and continue with tips for the rest of us. If you have something specific you want them to go over please give them advance notice.

Members £2, Non-members £4

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See the full competition ruleson the website, in the members area. This is a stand alone competition and does not go towards the posts for the Outlaw of the Year trophies.

This is an open competition restricted to images that have not been entered inany previous NOPS competition (fun competitions excluded). All the members attending on the competition evening score the photographs. This competition has two sections; the Print section and the Projected Digital Image(PDI) section.

You may enter both the Projected Digital Image (PDI) section and the Print section, or if you prefer you can just enter one section. For this competition you can enter up to four images into each section.

Cost - Members - £2, Visitors - £4.

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Tonight we will be the guests of the mixed martial arts club in Beeston, the gym is fitted with mats on the floor so it is requested that members take off their shoes before entering the gym area. Tripods are allowed if required.

Tonights Zoom lecture is by Phil Savoie BS MS MFA

Film, Photography & Media
Website: https://philsavoie.com/

'Principals of Photography'

A photographic journey of self-improvement.  Learn how to up your photo game with award-winning cameraman Phil Savoie.  This talk covers topics not often discussed from the science of our vision, lens testing & optical physics, eyeline and the psychology of perspective as well as the odd location war story.  The thrust of Principles of Photography is to share easy, practical shooting methods resulting in a noticeable improvement straight away. The aim is to educate, increase visual intelligence and inspire while having fun doing it. Pro tips for participants to grow as photographers- to produce higher image quality, advance storytelling and develop artistic acumen. Illustrated with local British images, covering all genres from landscape to sport, wildlife, people and astrophotography. Approximately 50 minutes, 5 minute break, 50 minutes with Q&A

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Tonight we welcome back Jack Perks, Wildlife photographer, presenter and Vidiographer for his talk - Introduction into Wildlife Photography - Lots of little tips and hints that have helped me along the way to get that perfect image!

Cost - Members £2, Non-Members £4

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Our first PDI competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Reflections.

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before.
Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - Ken Wade

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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Tonight is a chance to get other members opinions and suggestions on images you are thinking of putting into competitions or submitting to N&EMPF. Bring images along with you on the night on USB sticks.

Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4
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Robert was booked to give this talk to us twice during last year and had to be cancelled, so hopefully third time lucky!

Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

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All members to attend if possible. A review of the past year and our current financial position will be discussed as well as any other issues or suggestions members wish to raise. All positions on the committee are open to any member to apply if they wish. Anyone interested in taking any position on the committe should ideally notify the chairman before the meeting.

Cost - free

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Our first Print competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Monochrome.

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before in digital format, and handed in on the night at least 15 minutes before the start of the competition.

Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - Dave Hollingsworth

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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William Woolley is going to give us a talk and practical demonstration on lighting for members who have not used lighting set up's before or want to know more about them. Watch closely as we have a model evening next week, so members can put what they learn this evening into practice!

Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

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A chance to put the advice and demonstration given by William last week into practice - bring your cameras and a few ideas on poses or props if you can.

Cost - Members £2, Non-members - £4
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This is a review of the images taken by members on last years Kitkat trip to Suffolk in September 2021, this year expect a lot of wrecks! There will also be 'behind the scenes' images (the danger of going on holiday with fellow photographers!)

Presentation kindly compiled by John Young.

Website updated by SJ 21.09.21

A return to and old favourite, Attenborough Nature Reserve.

Early start at 6:30pm as sunset is at 8.15pm. There are usually parking available off Barton Lane past the train track crossing. Plenty to photograph including a variety of birds, insects and flora.

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Our 2nd PDI competition of the year - themed and open - Theme -Trees

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before.
Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - Sue Hartley To be advised if she is judging live or via zoom due to health issues.

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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Tonight we will be reviewing images from the table top night, model night, Attenborough and any other images members wish to share. Please bring your images on a USB stick.

Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

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Antony Zacharias is an award-winning photographer based in London who is particularly known for his long-exposure, architectural, travel and night photography. He has published 4 books with Ammonite Press including Mastering Long Exposure (also with National Geographic) and Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Taking Better Photographs. His work has been commissioned by Toyota US and Sky Atlantic, and published by the BBC, CBS, Guardian, Times, and Ecologist. Antony regularly gives talks and teaches both private students and intimate masterclasses in the UK and abroad. He is also a brand ambassador for Hoya Global and BenQ. He is a Hasselblad Masters Finalist 2021 for Architecture.

Tonight he will be giving us tips on how to get the best from long exposure photography.

Check out his website at: Antonyz.com

Cost: Non-members £4

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Green lane

between Lambley and Woodborough

Nottinghamshire

NG4 4QE

There is no designated car parking but cars can be parked roadside near footpath access points.

Ploughmans Wood is one of the few remaining ancient woodlands, dating back to the 13th Century. 32 Hectars in size, it has a variety of wild flowers, birds and insects. Hopefully we will have timed the visit to co-inside with the Bluebells and Wood Anemonies flowering.
Sunset is at 9pm

Our 2nd Print competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Surreal.

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before, and prints handed in no later than on the night, 15 minutes before the start of the competition.

Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - TBC

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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A review of Ploughman's Wood and Treasure Hunt images and any other images members would like to share.

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Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

This weeks outside event is at Oak Tree Alpacas and Wild Flower Farm. They are opening up especially for our members for 2 hours for us to photograph the Alpacas and Wild Flowers.

The farm in Woodborough has a herd of around 30 Alpacas who share the farm with some Camaroon Sheep (who have a coat of hair not wool) also ducks and chickens. They also have a farm garden, growing organic veg, herbs and edible flowers, and some woodland on the 30 acre site.

For more information visit their website: www.oaktreealpacas.co.uk

There is also a nice pub in Woodborough called The Nag's Head which is a convenient 2 mintues drive away along the Main Road, where we can finish off our evening.

There is a cost of £30 for the group for this visit.

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Our 3rd PDI competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Motion.

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before.
Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - TBC

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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Tonight we have presentations from two of our own members - Lester and Nick, so come along to give them some support and see what they have to show us!

Members £2, Non-members £4

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SatNav - NG11 7AA.  Car park on the right, just before the Ferry Boat Inn.

Iremongers Pond can be found on the south bank of the River Trent, directly south of the centre of Nottingham City Centre in the Village of Wilford, at the junction of Main Road and Coronation Avenue.

The pond can be easily accessed from the new "Wilford Village Tram Stop" with the Ferry Pub one one side and the pond on the other.

Examples of the bird-life photographed on and around the pond are: Swans, Moorhens, Great Crested Grebes, Tufted Ducks, Mallards Kingfisher, Cormorants, Herons, there are also insects such as Dragonflies, Damselflies, Butterflies.  

Meet up at the Ferry Boat Pub afterwards

Sunset - 9:23pm

Tonight we watch the first half of the N&EMPF annual exhibition DVD

Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

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Our 3rd Print competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Nature/Wildlife.

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before, and print entries handed in no later than 15 minutes before the start of the competition. As it is a Nature competition, please follow the N&EMPF rules on editing.

Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - Robert Falconer

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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Tonight we welcome Ashley Franklin (the voice of N&EMPF exhibition DVD) to deliver his talk on -

THE WIDER WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY PART 1: THE STORY OF PORTRAIT, FASHION, INDUSTRIAL, WAR & SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Discover a fascinating world of photography beyond the camera club as we explore the history, style and impact of portrait, fashion, industrial, war, press and social documentary photography.  See the work of photo greats like Avedon, Bailey, Beaton, Bloomfield, Capa, Contreras, McCullin, McCurry, Karsh, Leibowitz, McCullin, Salgado and Winston Link.  An evening of informative, inspiring, powerful and world-changing imagery.

Cost - Members £2.00 Visitors £4.00

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Our 4th PDI competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Rust.

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before.
Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - Phil Newman

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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Tonight we review images taken by members on our last 3 outside event nights (including the one roll night - don't forget these images should be unedited, with edited versions as additional images if members wish to show both). Members are also welcome to show any other images they would like to share.

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Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

Possible inter-club competition - watch this space!

Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

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Tonight is a chance for members to show possible N&EMPF exhibition entries and get advice from other members on the images, help with selection or possible tweaks before they are submitted.

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Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

Our 4th Print competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Symmetry.

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before, and prints handed in at the latest 15 minutes before the start of the competition.
Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - Carole McNiven-Young

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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Tonight is a light hearted evening, where the emphasis is on fun, not the quality of the image. Members bring along a selection of images, they are then divided into two teams and then each team takes it in turn to show an image, and the opposing team has to try to match that image as closely as possible. The judges decision is final!

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Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

Mansfield and Sutton Astonomical Society will be our hosts at Sherwood Observatory. Sited on one of the highest points in Nottinghamshire we will be shown the telescope and given a talk which includes information about astrophotography. Please meet at the observatory. Tour booked to start at 7:30pm so please to be on time.

For more information about the site and the telescope visit their website - www.sherwood-observatory.org.uk

Tonight we have presentations from two of our own members, Chris Houldsworth and ?, so come along to give them some support and see what they have to show us!

Members £2, Non-members £4

Website updated by SJ 20.12.21

Our 5th PDI competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Triptych. (Three separate images displayed side by side as one image for the competition).

Please ensure your images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before.
Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - Malcolm Sales

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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Image review of Sherwood Observatory trip, and also 'How would you edit this'. Where members have a go at editing the same images in as creative a manner as they want!

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Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

Tonight is a practical night with a theme of water, so bring something to photograph, or there will be set ups that you can use - think tanks, drips, spashes, droplets on leaves, pouring or even frozen liquid? Lets see how imaginative we can be!

Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4
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Our 5th Print competition of the year - themed and open - Theme is Night Time.

Please ensure your digital images are sent to the competition secretary at least one week before, and prints handed in no later than 15 minutes before the start of the competition.
Members can submit a maximum of 2 entries per section of the competition.

Judge - TBC

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

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The aim of this competition is to show your overall competency in different genres of photography.This competition has two sections; the Print section and the Projected Digital Image (PDI) section. Full rules are on the members section of the NOPS Website.

You may enter both the Projected Digital Image (PDI) section and the Print section, or if you prefer you can just enter one section. You must enter a portfolio consisting of six images into any section that you enter.

Each section entry must contain photographs from a variety of genres (at least 4 genres). Example genres are:- Landscape, Portrait, Natural History, Sport, Macro, Street Photography, Reportage, Abstract.
This is a suggested list of genres but not a complete or exclusive list.

Judges will be asked to judge all six prints or PDIs as one portfolio. Critique can be offered on any individual image within the portfolio, but the entire portfolio must be judged as a single unit.

Entries must be submitted to the competition secretary at least one week before hand, and prints handed in on the night at least 15 minutes before the start of the competition.

Judge - David Gibbins

Cost - Members £2.00 Visitors £4.00

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Our annual end of year trophy evening, where awards are handed out, and winning images from throughout the year are projected on screen. It is also the evening we have a buffet, so ensure you have informed Christine of what food or drink you are bringing - and don't have much to eat before you come!

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