Programme

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 - Vince Scothern

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

Updated by SJ on 3.1.22

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

Website updated by SJ 20.12.21

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

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

Website updated by SJ 22.4.22

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

Updated by SJ on 5.1.22

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

Website updated by SJ 18.12.21

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

Updated by SJ on 5.1.22

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.

Website updated by SJ 3.1.22
Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

Inter-club competition against Sileby Photographic has been cancelled by Sileby. Watch this space for update.

Judge - Peter Jones

Cost - Members £2, Non-members £4

Website updated by SJ 19.6.22 

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.

Website updated by SJ 3.1.22
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

Updated by SJ on 02.01.22

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!

Website updated 3.1.22
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

Updated by SJ on 5.1.22

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!

Website updated by SJ 3.1.22
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
Website updated by SJ 5.1.22

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 - Alan Young FRPS, EFIAP/d1, ABPE, DPAGB, PPSA, ES, CPA

Cost - Members £2, Visitors £4

Updated by SJ on 2.2.22

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

Updated by SJ on 13.12.21

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!

Website updated by SJ 3.1.22