We had the pleasure of hosting London-based wildlife photographer Paul Alistair Collins, who travelled to Stroud to share his stunning work and passion for European and Arctic wildlife. His first talk, Svalbard: Life on the Cold Edge, opened the evening with striking imagery and stories...
This week, our club held a member showcase evening, inviting members to share three digital images each, all in the theme of “scapes.” In photography, a “scape” generally refers to any wide or expansive view of a scene. Common types include landscapes, cityscapes, and seascapes, capturing both...
The October photography competition, themed "Nature," brought together captivating wildlife, flora, and fauna imagery, all skillfully captured by our talented photographers. The category, which excludes domesticated animals and cultivated plants, showcased a broad spectrum of natural wonders. A...
In what might seem an unlikely combination, actor and photographer Bill Ward (best known for his role as Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street) delivered a compelling session last evening at Stroud Camera Club, on how the theory of acting can deeply inform creative photography. Bill made clear...
Last night, we had the privilege of hosting Steve Russell, a local photography talent from Steve Russell Studios, who was joined by two members of his team, Tom and Abbie. The evening was nothing short of extraordinary, as Steve shared his vast expertise and...
This month’s first Member Night was a showcase of creativity and technical skill, with the theme Water, Water, Water providing members with an opportunity to explore one of nature’s most dynamic elements. Water, in all its forms—liquid, solid, and gas—was featured in a wide range of...
The first Open Competition of the season has set a high bar for the year ahead, with a wonderful variety of images entered by both new and long-standing members. Our judge for the evening was Lee Spencer-Fleet from Bristol, who brought insightful critique and encouragement to each entry.
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Hello Club Members.
This is my first 'Musings' as Chair, which is an honour and a pleasure. It is also slightly daunting because its predecessor (Rogers Report) was always well written, erudite, and entertaining. But as with trying a new type of photography, sometimes you just have to jump...
We kicked off our new season with a fantastic turnout for our first Member Night, featuring over 20 members entering their images. The theme for the evening was "Nature but not nature"— so nature photography but with a twist! Instead of traditional nature photography, we welcomed images of...
At our latest camera club event, members were treated to a spectacular Audio Visual presentation of the renowned Cheltenham International Salon . This prestigious global competition attracted over 4,600 entries from more than 35 countries , showcasing some of...
Stroud Camera Club Hosts WCPF Travelling Print Exhibition
The season's opening session at Stroud Camera Club featured the Western Counties Photographic Federation (WCPF) Travelling Print Exhibition. This annual showcase is a highlight of the WCPF Members’ Exhibition, where...
Exciting Lineup of Speakers Announced for Upcoming Season
We are thrilled to announce an exciting lineup of speakers for our upcoming Stroud Camera Club season, showcasing a diverse array of talent and expertise in photography. Whatever your level of...
Members and visitors will view and handle some of the top prints from our federation annual member exhibition. Western Counties Photographic Federation have provided a stunning array of over 70 prints for viewing at Stroud Camera Club on Thursday 5th September at our normal meeting place,...
New Season - Visitors Welcome
Stroud Camera Club new season starts on Thursday 5th September 2024 with a showing of a range of prints from the Western Counties Photographic Federation Member Exhibition. This is a very informal evening where we get to discuss other...
Summer Club 2023-24 season
What a tremendous summer club we have experienced yet again; a wide range of locations, photo opportunities and most importantly camaraderie.
The British weather tried to play its part, but we did only re-schedule once and even in a...
Last newsletter of the season. Apologies if any typos, with Richard on holiday I didn't have my usual "proof reader".
Trish has again burned the midnight oil to bring us her latest Newsletter for March. There is lots of comment to read and a big selection of your best images from our recent Monochrome Competition as a reminder of just how many talented photographers belong to our Club. Read,...
Well done Roger!
Some excellent publicity from BBC Radio Gloucestershire on 12th March when our Chairman, Roger Matthews, was invited to talk about Stroud Camera Club and why you should join a Camera Club, wherever you are.
You can hear...
February's Newsletter is now ready for you to read and download. This month Leslie has written a fabulous piece about her travels with her camera, containing lots of stories, anecdotes and tips for better wildlife photography. It's a great read, accompanied by some super wildlife...
Thanks to Trish for producing the latest Newsletter summarising our activities in January. Not the best month perhaps for getting out and about with our cameras, but that didn't stop us having some fascinating speakers and a great competition producing some lovely images. As always, Trish...
Trish has abandoned all her family Christmas preparations (not really!) and burnt the midnight oil to bring us the latest Newsletter. Lots of tips and information and lots of images from the most recent competition too. And at this juncture I would just like to point out that...
The November Newsletter is ready to read and download. Our thanks again to Trish for all her hard work in producing these Newsletters. They always make good reading and once again, this one is packed with useful information and comment with lots of your great images. There is also a...
Trish has once again been burning the candle late into the wee small hours to produce the latest Newsletter for us all to enjoy! Right up to date with a selection of images from our latest Nature Competition and elsewhere, it's the usual great read of news and information. Click on...
Thanks Trish for putting together the first Newsletter of the 2023-2024 Season. Once again, it's packed with useful information and lots of great images. There's a very useful section on Generative AI and competitions plus lots of news items. As always, it's a great read...
Thanks Trish for putting together a Newsletter full of fun and information and featuring some of our images from our Summer Club sessions so far. It's available to read and download now, just click on the link below:-
Trish's latest Newsletter is ready to read and download by clicking on the link below. As always, it's full of news and comment - and of course a good selection of members' images for your enjoyment. Well done Trish for another great read!
Our meeting on...
Tonight saw our thirds and final local inter-club 'battle' against Cirencester and Cheltenham camera clubs. This is always a difficult battle for Cirencester and Stroud with Cheltenham having the largest membership and a very strong track record over the years, but with 2 wins under our...
Well, I know I say this every month - that Trish's Newsletter is packed with news, useful information and lots of our images - but this time Trish has truly excelled herself and it's even MORE packed with news, information and images! So don't miss out - just click on the link below to...
Newent Camera Club hosted the annual inter-club 'battle' between Newent, Forest of Dean and Stroud last night with Aleks Gjika judging 10 prints and 10 digitally projected images from each club. Round 1 saw the prints being judged with some very impressive images from all three clubs, but...
Trish has been burning the midnight oil again and once more has produced an entertaining and fact-filled Newsletter covering our busy February. It's a great read and a reminder of some great images from the month.
This evening Stroud Camera Club had its first 'battle' of the year with a two-way competition against Tetbury Camera Club. Despite being c. 1/3 of the size of SCC our hosts for the evening put up a strong panel of images and did very well to finish only a few points behind. The final...
Well done Stroud Camera Club!
Yesterday, at Exeter, we achieved our best-ever result at DPIC (The Digitally Projected Inter-club Competition) where we achieved 5th place overall, thus consolidating our reputation as one of the top clubs in the West of England! Well...
Thanks again Trish for the latest Newsletter. As always, packed with news and information about forthcoming events, and lots of YOUR images, plus hints and tips, it makes a great read. Click on the title below to read and download it. Enjoy!
Yet another great collection of news, gossip, hints, tips and images, Trish's latest handiwork is ready to read and download! Enjoy it!
The October Newsletter is now ready to read and download by clicking on the link below. Once again it's packed with news, hints and images which Trish has put together with her usual aplomb from everything which has gone on this busy month.
Amazingly, this is now the 25th...
Trish has burned the midnight oil once more and produced the September Newsletter packed with news, hints and some of your images. It's ready to read and download right now. Just click on the link below:
The August 2022 Newsletter is now ready to read and download as per the link below. Once again, a huge thank-you to Trish for putting this together, packed as it is with tempting comment and highlights from the programme for the coming Season!
Enjoy the Newsletter and don't...
Well done once again to Trish - this time for putting together a "Summer Special" Newsletter, packed with news, images and even a crossword puzzle and a word-find puzzle to while away some time as you're hiding away from the record temperatures we're experiencing!
Very many thanks to Trish...
We've had the Image Of The Year Competition which means we're getting close to the end of the current Season and will soon be moving into Summer Club. Trish has worked her usual magic on the April Newsletter with a full report on the IOTY and all the other good things we've been up to this...
Trish has done it again and has managed to pack yet another Newsletter with news, comment, tips, tricks and your images. It's a great read - enjoy it! And thanks Trish, your hard work is appreciated!
Well done to Glyn Heskins, Mark Halling, Annie Blick and Martin Gill for getting your pictures of the Flying Scotsman passing through Stroud published in the Stroud News & Journal online edition: see ...
Well done Trish once more! The February Newsletter is another good read, packed full of news, information and images. Don't miss it!
Announcing that the first Newsletter of 2022 is now available to read and download. As usual it's packed with news, information and images, all put together by our Club Secretary, Trish. Well done Trish, we all appreciate the hard work which goes into this monthly Newsletter
Once again, your November 2021 Newsletter is packed with news, information and members' images! Unmissable, so read and download it here. Thanks Trish for the last Newsletter of this year. A huge amount of work and time goes into producing the Newsletters so take a well-earned...
Well done Trish for the second newsletter of the new season. Once again it's full of useful information and comment with some good examples of our members' images. Read or download it at the link below:
Once again our Club Secretary, Trish, has made a fine job of the latest Newsletter which of course is the first one of the new 2021/2022 season. Packed with news, comment and images, you can read it or download it by clicking on the link below.
Well done Trish!! Thank you for a whole year of Newsletters filled to the brim with information and insight! What a trooper! Check it all out now as it's available to read and download from the Download link below. All the previous versions for the past year are still there to...
Last Thursday 5th August, 14 brave souls turned out for "Summer" Club at Painswick Rococo Garden, despite the weather forecast. Sadly, the forecast of downpours was only too accurate (have you noticed that when sunshine is forecast, it doesn't happen but when rain is forecast . . . . . ) As we...
Amazingly, we've now had TWELVE brilliant Newsletters from Trish! Quite a landmark and a whole year of "good reads"
Once again, Trish has laboured through the night to produce her latest, packed Newsletter for June!
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Another tour de force from Trish with some great articles from members, such as some wise words from David Hunt about safely backing up your images. Not to be missed - and available now!
The April Newsletter is now ready for you to read and download on the link below. Many thanks from all of us to Trish for her hard work in pulling all this information together for us each month.
The 8th SCC Newsletter, for March 2021, is now available to read and download. Very well done once again Trish for giving us seven pages tightly packed with the latest Club news and information. Don't miss it!
Wow! A real jumbo of an edition of the Newsletter is now available to read and download! Well done Trish, you must have burned the midnight oil for this one! Here's the link:
This News Item can be read online by anyone visiting our website, whether or not you are a member.
This morning the annual DPIC (Digitally Projected Inter-Club Competition) took place. Organised by WCPF (Western Counties Photographic Federation) a total of 58 Camera Clubs competed...
Another masterpiece from Trish with her January Newsletter. A bumper 7 pages, it is now available to read and download by clicking on the link below:-
Once again Trish has excelled herself with her December Newsletter. A bumper edition, it is now available to read and download by clicking on the link below:-
Well done Trish once more! Thank you for producing the latest Stroud Camera Club Newsletter for November:
Click the link below to read, download and/or print it:
As you know, PAGB is the regulatory body for camera clubs in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This covers roughly 1000 clubs with around 40,000 club members, so to be mentioned in the newsletter is a boost for SCCs profile. Go to the following link and scroll down to Page 8
...Thanks once again to Trish for putting together our October Newsletter. Click on the link below to read and download
Many thanks to Trish for putting our September Newsletter together. Just click on this link!