Programme

> Summer Club Meetings

Summer Club is getting underway now and provided you are logged in, members will see the details for each week listed above as we go along. Each week we will also open up a gallery for you to post some images from the evening. The first Summer Club meeting on 5th June is described in full above and Trish has included an explanation of how Summer Club works for the benefit of our newer members

Members please keep an eye on this Programme Page each week for details as they are announced - but do make sure you are logged in or you won't see the details of time and place to meet - or which hostelry we will visit afterwards!

With best wishes,
Your Committee

> 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 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

Industry at Work!
A fun, members' evening - full 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, landscape photographer

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

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

Tonight's theme is Architecture

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 | Members' Evening - 8x6

Members' Evening - 8 x 6

> 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 No meeting this evening

We're still on our break but we'll be back to normal next Thursday 15th January

> 15-January-2026 19:30 | Speaker on Zoom - Tom Peck

Our speaker this evening is Tom Peck

> 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

> 12-February-2026 19:30 | Speaker - To be confirmed

Speaker - To be confirmed

> 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

A Members' Evening - details TBC

> 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