Programme
> 25-December-2025 Merry Christmas!
> 01-January-2026 Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
(No meeting this evening!)
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> 08-January-2026 Members' Evening
3 Subjects - Emotion, Speed, After Dark
Early warning that the first session back after Christmas break will be a member evening on the traditional, "Show and Tell" basis. the topic for this one is "Emotion, Speed, After dark". You can choose to do one of the topics, all three of the topics, or be mega creative and even combine them in one photo! It is totally up to you. However, do try to use the current darker evenings to actually get some new imagery - you have new skills, new cameras (may be even for Christmas!), and new visions, so do try to get something new, rather than relying on your back catalogue!
Assume that we will be requesting between 3 - 5 images; we will confirm final details in later bulletins.
Further details nearer to the date.
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> 15-January-2026 19:30 | Speaker on Zoom - Tom Peck
Our speaker this evening is Tom Peck
Images of buildings, particularly black & white, long exposure, ‘fine art’ photographs of modern architecture, have become very popular recently. This talk will take us through image making techniques and processing tips to create spectacular photographs of buildings, with examples from London, Paris, Venice & York, whether using a high end DSLR or just a mobile phone.
> 22-January-2026 19:30 | Competition No 4 - Open
Competition No 4 - Open
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> 27-January-2026 Photo Skills - Starting Edits
This month we will look at some basic editing. We will look at the main sliders (in RAW editors, eg. Lightroom and Affinity. If time allows we will also start to look at the workspaces in Affinity and Photoshop. This will be a basic level - aimed at reminding members of some of the starting points and to assist those new to editing.
> 29-January-2026 19:30 | Members' Evening - Mobile Phone
It's our Mobile Phone challenge!
> 05-February-2026 19:30 | Speaker - Martin Fry FRPS APAGB EFIAP/g AV-EFIAP
A warm welcome back to Stroud for our speaker this evening, Martin Fry FRPS APAGB EFIAP/g AV-EFIAP
Martin will take us on a journey to explore his "seeing eye". For hin there is nothing better than going out and just looking and capturing a moment in time, inspired by the beauty of his native Gloucestershire to the rugged coastline of the Cornish Peninsula.
A very active international exhibitor, Martin has gained over 4,000 acceptances in over 40 countries and some 500 awards! As well as taking individual images, Martin is one of the leading audio-visual workers in the country. Some of these will no doubt feature in the talk tonight.
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> 12-February-2026 19:30 | A Unique Battle with Cardiff Camera Club
After our very successful use of an AI Judge last season, Cardiff have challenged us to a "battle" with an AI judge. This will certainly be a fun and exciting evening.
Further details will be issued in due course - be aware this evening will be on Teams/Zoom and may be hosted from home - update nearer the date.
> 19-February-2026 19:30 | Competition No 5 - Open
Competition No 5 - Open
A warm Stroud welcome to our judge for the evening, Mike Curtis
Take a look at Mike's website here:
> 24-February-2026 Photo Skills - Moving on
We will be looking at starting to use layers. This session will build on the January learning and will introduce some of the adjustment layers available in Affinity and Photoshop. It will also look at selective edits that are available in Lightroom.
> 26-February-2026 19:30 | Speaker - Peter Ottley
Our speaker this evening is Peter Ottley.
> 05-March-2026 19:30 | The Chairman's Challenge!
Tonight it's The Chairman's Challenge!
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> 12-March-2026 19:30 | Speaker - Tesni Ward - via Zoom/Teams
A warm "virtual" Stroud welcome to our speaker this evening, Tesni Ward, wildlife photographer.
> 19-March-2026 19:30 | Competition No 6 - Mono
This evening it's our Monochrome Competition
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> 24-March-2026 Photo Skills - Moving On Further
This month we will look at colour grading tools and selective colour adjustments. We will also have a session with Roger about how to mount your prints (subject to change - depending on Roger's availability)
> 26-March-2026 19:30 | Members' Evening
Architecture
You will have been inspired earlier in the season by Tom Peck, so let's showcase the images you have been able to create after his inspirational talk.
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> 02-April-2026 No Meeting this evening - it's our Easter Break
Happy Easter!
> 09-April-2026 19:30 | It's our Annual General Meeting
> 16-April-2026 19:30 | Competition No 7 - Image Of The Year
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> 23-April-2026 Member Evening - TBC
> 30-April-2026 Member Evening - My top three of the year
Select your personal favourite three images that you have photographed this season. These images don't have to be competition images, they just have to mean something to you. Why did you take the image? Were you happy with the result? Tell us why these are your personal top three. The only criteria they must have been taken between 1st June 2025 and 30th April 2026.
Upload details will be given in due course.
> 07-May-2026 Three Way Team Challenge
You will be allocated a team and your team captain will be in touch.
Watch this space!
> 14-May-2026 End of season social event
A review of the year together with some snacks!