Programme Archive
Please note that this is an archive: these are meetings that have been held previously at Whitchurch Hill camera Club, and are maintained here purely for informational purposes. Upcoming meetings at the club are listed on the home page, and a full programme list of confirmed meetings for the current and/or next season can be found on the Programme page.
Thursday 16th February 2012 - This event has now passed.
DIGITAL MIX AND MATCH COMPETITION
We have been invited by Burghfield Camera Club to take part in a digital version of the old fashioned slide race. Each club will have a bank of images and have to match, as near as possible, the image shown by the other club. Chris Hutchinson is the judge trying to keep things in order.
Wednesday 15th February 2012 - This event has now passed.
ROSEBOWL COMPETITION - ROUND THREE
We are the hosts for Round Three of the Rosebowl when we welcome clubs from Imagez, Watford and Buckingham Camera Clubs for this 4-club battle.
Thursday 9th February 2012 - This event has now passed.
PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP MEETING
General Workshop.
Bring your laptop along, and share skills and ideas with other, like-minded, members.
Monthly Set Topic: "Winter Weather"
Wednesday 8th February 2012 - This event has now passed.
ENPRINT COMPETITION & DISCUSSION EVENING
This very popular competition which we can all enter will be held in the first half of the evening. The second half of the evening gives you the chance to vote for Set Subjects which will be used next season.
Wednesday 1st February 2012 - This event has now passed.
FROM NAKED BIKE RIDES TO TOUGH GUYS
Alan Colgrave ARPS shares his images of some of our Country's more eccentric events in a celebration of bizarre gatherings and colourful happenings.
Wednesday 25th January 2012 - This event has now passed.
HIGHLAND HOPPING
Graham Piper and Helen Richards recall their motor cycle holiday last year when they rode up to Scotland. Their Grand Tour took them through the Highlands and Islands visiting many beautiful locations including the Isles of Arran, Kintyre and Skye.
Monday 23rd January 2012 - This event has now passed.
AWAY MATCH v WOODLEY
We travel to the other side of Reading where another evening of great photography is guaranteed when the best prints and digital images from both clubs will be shown.
Wednesday 18th January 2012 - This event has now passed.
HUNGARY AND NORTHERN ROUMANIA
Bill Scott takes us to Hungary in the first half when he will cover Lake Balaton as well as a number of towns and villages finishing with highlights of Budapest including the children's railway. The second half covers parts of Roumania including Maramures (wooden monasteries and churches) and Bucovina (painted churches and frescos).
Thursday 12th January 2012 - This event has now passed.
PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP MEETING
Using "Layers" Effectively.
Puzzled by layers? Don't know what an adjustment layer is? Now is the time for a New Year's resolution to extend your knowledge in this area.
Monthly Set Topic: "Christmas Cheer!"
Wednesday 11th January 2012 - This event has now passed.
PRINT COMPETITION No 2
"All in a Line" is again the Set Subject and our prints tonight will be judged by Gordon Roberts CPAGB from the Wallingford Camera Club.
Tuesday 10th January 2012 - This event has now passed.
ROSEBOWL COMPETITION - ROUND TWO
Round Two sees us on our travels again, this time to the Oxford Camera Club. The four clubs taking part for this round are Oxford, Wantage, Field End and ourselves.
Wednesday 4th January 2012 - This event has now passed.
FROM DRESSING TO DREAMWORKS, AND BEYOND
Sally Miles has been a professional photographer for over twenty years, predominantly in the Film and TV industry, but also for large multi-national companies and private individuals. She will share with us the role of the unit stills and gallery photographer within the Film and TV industry.
Please bring along your completed Entry Forms and Prints for next week's Print Competition No 2.
Wednesday 14th December 2011 - This event has now passed.
DIGITAL AUDIO VISUAL COMPETITION
The only way to start the Christmas season - digital sequences with music make this a competition we can (nearly) all enter. The audience are the judges and the evening closes with a fantastic Christmas buffet.
Thursday 8th December 2011 - This event has now passed.
PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP MEETING
Getting rid of unwanted image artefacts.
Problems with colour fringing, vignetting? Do you need to get rid of unwanted bits of photos? Learn how to clone, use the spot healing brush and other useful techniques.
Monthly Set Topic: "Autumnal Tints"
Wednesday 7th December 2011 - This event has now passed.
NAMIBIA
Rachel Paton shows a selection of images taken in this Country which lies along the West coast of Africa. Wild seascapes, rugged mountains, lonely deserts, stunning wildlife and colonial cities make this Country a photographer's dream.
We need your completed Entry Forms with Digital Presentations tonight for next week's Digital Audio Visual Competition.
Wednesday 30th November 2011 - This event has now passed.
DIGITAL COMPETITION No 2
"All in a Line" is the Set Subject for tonight's competition when our images will be judged by Peter Prosser APAGB from the Harrow Camera Club.
Wednesday 23rd November 2011 - This event has now passed.
BRITISH WILDLIFE - HERE AND THERE
Mike Wilkes FRPS is always a welcome guest with his superb images and presentation skills. Tonight, he stays in this Country for his wildlife images - it's not safari to go as Africa!
We need your completed Entry Forms with Digital Images tonight for next week's Digital Competition No 2.
Thursday 17th November 2011 - This event has now passed.
PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP STUDIO NIGHT
This is your opportunity to brush up your portraiture skills. We hope to have two models for you to photograph so make sure you bring your cameras tonight.
Wednesday 16th November 2011 - This event has now passed.
FROM AGFA TO ZERO
Paul Mitchell presents a selection of photographs and explains how he uses different types of cameras and formats to capture his images from a 1950's folding camera to modern day pinhole camera.
Wednesday 9th November 2011 - This event has now passed.
ONE DAY IN APRIL
A unique opportunity to view hundreds of images taken by many different photographers - all members of our Club - on Friday, 29th April, the day of the Royal Wedding. Graham Piper makes sure the evening runs smoothly.
Wednesday 2nd November 2011 - This event has now passed.
HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) IMAGING
Roger Crocombe LRPS discusses how to capture HDR images with the modern DSLR and then demonstrates how to process them using three different software packages (Photomatix, FDR Tools and Adobe Photoshop CS5), comparing the features and results along the way.
Wednesday 26th October 2011 - This event has now passed.
PRINT COMPETITION No 1
Once again, a large entry is expected for the first Open Print Competition which will be judged by Terry Coffey from the Gerrards Cross Camera Club.
Thursday 20th October 2011 - This event has now passed.
PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP MEETING
Digital AV work
In which our home-grown experts in Proshow Gold & Pictures-to-Exe help us prepare for the coming Digital AV Competition in December.
Monthly Set Topic: "Wildlife - Using plants/trees as subjects"
Wednesday 19th October 2011 - This event has now passed.
INCAS, IGUANAS AND BOOBIES
John Sexton recalls a trip to Peru and Ecuador with images of Inca ruins, the high Andes, Amazonia and the Galapagos including landscapes and wildlife.
Completed Entry Forms with Prints are required tonight for the Print Competition next week.
Wednesday 12th October 2011 - This event has now passed.
DIGITAL COMPETITION No 1
We are expecting a large entry for our first open competition tonight which will be judged by Kim Tomlin from the Wokingham Camera Club.
Monday 10th October 2011 - This event has now passed.
ROSEBOWL COMPETITION - ROUND ONE
Pinner Camera Club are the hosts for the first round of the Rosebowl competition this season. The four clubs taking part are Pinner, Stokenchurch, New City and ourselves.
Wednesday 5th October 2011 - This event has now passed.
PANAMA
Colin Humphrey makes the long journey from Bideford in North Devon to present a study of this Central American country. There's a lot more to Panama than just the Canal and a load of hats.
Completed Entry Forms with Digital Images are required tonight for next week's Competition.
Wednesday 28th September 2011 - This event has now passed.
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
We welcome back Peter Preece with a new selection of Natural History images taken from his hide in Warwickshire and other areas of Britain.
Thursday 22nd September 2011 - This event has now passed.
PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP MEETING
Preparing images for competitions and General Photoshop work
In which we work together to help improve members' images, including different ways of creating mono images.
Monthly Set Topic: "Beside the Sea or River"
Wednesday 21st September 2011 - This event has now passed.
SELECTION EVENING
A practical evening where all members have the chance to vote for their favourite prints and digital images to be used in future matches with other Camera Clubs.
Wednesday 14th September 2011 - This event has now passed.
SOUTH ISLAND ADVENTURE
Our first presentation will be given by Terry Pollard who takes us "down under" to the Antipodes with a study of New Zealand's South island.
We need you to bring along tonight your completed on-line Selection Evening Entry Form together with up to 6 Digital Images and 6 Prints for next week's Selection Evening.
Wednesday 7th September 2011 - This event has now passed.
OPENING NIGHT
The new season starts here and the first meeting gives you the chance to renew your membership as well as looking at what we have planned for you over the next year.
In the second half, we will see images taken during the Summer evenings together with the Image Treasure Hunt and also those taken on our day out in Portsmouth and Southsea.
It would be good to see loads of images so, if you went on the Summer evening walks or the Annual Outing, please bring along a selection of your photographs for viewing.
Could you bring them on a usb stick split in to two folders, one titled "Summer" and the other titled "Portsmouth".
We are continuing the popular weekly wine raffle during the new season.
Programme booklets which contain details of the complete season's meetings along with all the Competition Rules and helpful advice will be available at this meeting.
Let's have a really good turnout for the first night which will be free for everyone and don't forget that, once you've paid your Membership Fee, all the meetings and tea, coffee and biscuits are free till the end of the season.