Programme

> 28-August-2025 19:15 | Summer Club No 13 - Repeat visit to Gloucester Docks

> 04-September-2025 19:30 | The WCPF Portfolio

Always a popular start to the Season

> 11-September-2025 19:30 | Speaker - Stephen Spraggon

Stephen has been a regular visitor to SCC and we give him a warm Stroud welcome once again! Full details of his talk will be available here soon but do take a look at his website at https://www.spraggonphotography.co.uk

> 18-September-2025 19:30 | Speaker - Tim Jones from Fotospeed

Many of our members print on Fotospeed papers and Tim will enlighten us with some detailed information about successfully printing our pictures.

> 25-September-2025 19:30 | Competition No 1 - Open

Competition No 1 - Open. Jay Hallsworth EFIAP/s BPE4 LRPS EPSA DPAGB makes a welcome return to judge our first open competition of the Season. As usual, the competition is in two parts - Prints and DPI (Digitally Projected Images)

> 02-October-2025 19:30 | Members' evening

People at work and play!

Let's showcase images depicting industry, people at work or people playing sport. This is about the ethos of the person, the capture of the moment and the storytelling.

A fun, members' evening - further details will be available nearer the time

> 09-October-2025 19:30 | Speaker - Phil Cooling

Our speaker this evening is Phil Cooling

> 16-October-2025 19:30 | The Cheltenham International Salon of Photography

The Cheltenham International Salon of Photography - an audio visual presentation of winning images from last year's salon entries. Always fascinating - and do look out for some winning entries from SCC members!

> 23-October-2025 19:30 | Competition No 2 - Nature

Tonight it's our Competition No 2 - Nature,

A very warm Stroud welcome to Peter Ottley LRPS, our judge for the evening.

Take a look at Peter's own website for some beautiful nature images https://www.peterophotography.com/

> 30-October-2025 19:30 | Speaker - Robert Bolton

A warm welcome to our speaker this evening, Robert Bolton, aka "Bath Biggles" landscape photographer

Robert's website is https://www.quietlandscapes.net/about

> 06-November-2025 19:30 | Members' Evening

Water in all its forms (ice, rain, waves, fog, steam, dew) - let's showcase our amazing images created from nature's wonder. Think outside of the box, this can include images taken outside or even set up in your home "studio".

Full details of how to submit your images will appear here nearer the time

> 13-November-2025 19:30 | Speaker - Lee Spencer-Fleet

A warm welcome to Lee Spencer-Fleet. Lee has been a judge for our competitions a couple of times but now she is here to give us a talk.

Please come back here nearer the time for the title of Lee's talk.

> 20-November-2025 19:30 | Competition No 3 - Open

Competition No 3 is our second "Open" competition of the Season.

Our judge for the evening is our good friend Aleks Gjika DPAGB EFIAP BPE1

> 27-November-2025 19:30 | Speaker - James Kelly-Smith

A warm Stroud welcome to James Kelly-Smith, a landscape photographer from the Forest of Dean

Check back nearer the time for the subject of James's talk.

> 04-December-2025 19:30 | Speaker - Nick Dungan - Automotive Photographer

Nick Dungan is an award-winning automotive photographer, based in the South of England. Nick has over a decade of experience working with a range of clients including Formula One, Aston Martin, Mclaren, Nissan, Jaguar to name a few.

Nicks passion for all things automotive and eye for detail comes across in his photography. Whether it is creating flawless commercial imagery for an Automotive brand or capturing history being made for a motorsport Client – Nick’s technical mind and natural creativity allow him to deliver his customers the best possible images.

> 11-December-2025 19:30 | Our Members' Christmas Social

It's our members' Christmas Social!

> 18-December-2025 No meeting this evening

No meeting this evening - Christmas is coming so it's time to do your last-minute shopping!

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> 25-December-2025 Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

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> 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

Plenty of scope for fantastic images with this member evening. Each topic individually, or why not be super creative and combine one or more of these!

Further details nearer to the date.

> 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

> 29-January-2026 19:30 | Members' Evening - Mobile Phone

Mobile Phone challenge - members log in for full details

> 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.

> 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:

> 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!

> 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

> 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.

> 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

The AGM

> 16-April-2026 19:30 | Competition No 7 - Image Of The Year

The BIG ONE! Image Of The Year Competition

> 23-April-2026 19:30 | Members' evening - The Team Knockout!

The annual Team Knockout challenge!

> 30-April-2026 19:30 | Members - it's our end of Season social!

Another Season comes to an end