September

7th

Welcome to the New Season

Introduction to the 2017 Programme.  Bring along your Summer images, holiday snaps and camera club field trip images.

Workshop #1 - Competition Basics, Mount cutting, framing, export and resizing.  All the little bits to help you enter competitions.  If you want help with your camera, just bring it to this workshop.

14th

Hand in for OPEN 1

Silver and Gold

21st

Part 1 "Would we see Puffins?"- Presentation

Part 2 Gallery of the winning WCPF images for viewing/critique.

28th

OPEN 1 Competition-Judge Kevin Leah

October

5th

Workshop #2- Photoshop and Lightroom evening. Mount Cutter/Cutting demonstration.

12th

Part 1: Small presentation to prepare for the Triptych evening.

Part 2:  Guest Speaker

19th

Part 1: Triptych Evening, display of members images.

Part 2: Silver and Gold (2 images per person)

26th

Hand in Mono Competition

Hand in and Image Selection for the Critique with Truro Camera club at Truro. (Similar Images to a Silver and Gold)

Hand in and Image Selection for the Battle with Camborne and Redruth Camera club. (Our best images to win against another club).

30th

Critique at Truro Camera Club (Monday Evening)

www.trurocameraclub.btck.co.uk/

May

3rd

Workshop #8-Bring all your gear in night.

All Cups/Awards returned by this date.

Dropbox will stay open for Presidents competition until 15:00 on Wed 9th May 18.

10th

Image of the Year Competition

Judge is Kevin Leah

Tues

15th May

Annual Cornwall Photographic Alliance Competition at Truro College, TR1 3XX

Prints on Display from 18:30 Main Hall presentation starts at 19:30. Tickets £3 on the door.

17th

Presidents Cup Competition

'Two together'

24th

The Final Night

This will be a busy, yet fun and relaxed end to the season...

AGM - Committee reports & Election of next year’s committee, etc.  This is your chance to have your say, so please attend

Small print competition (no Hand-In)

Presentation of Seasons Trophies, Cups and awards.

December

7th

Workshop #4- Concentrating on Portrait photography with lighting techniques.  Other genres will be covered indoors and maybe outdoors, dependent on weather.

Hand-in for Charles Hosken. 50p per image (digital only)

9th

Christmas Party 'Polgooth Inn'. Saturday evening.

14th

LANDSCAPE Competition

Judge Hugh Letherton

22nd

Christmas Fun Knock-Out. Lots of food, tea, coffee, cakes and even gazing at some images too.  We break here for Xmas and will return to perhaps Cuddra? on January 4th 2018

January

4th

Extraordinary General meeting ( no more than 15 mins)

Bring as many Christmas period images in that you have taken for projection.   Examination and setting up of all the professional lighting equipment received.

11th

Workshop #5- Model photography with two stations.  Some Macro work with focus stacking

Hand in Natural History Competition

18th

Baja California-Nigel Carter

AV Presentation -Dennis Allam

25th

NATURAL HISTORY Competition-Judge Barbara Jenkin

February

1st

First Half: Hand in and Image Selection for the three way Battle with Camborne/Redruth and Truro Camera Club.

Second Half: Workshop #6

8th

Hand in Steve Bassett Competition

Members evening: Barry Trudgeon and Andy Brown giving their presentations.

12th

Truro, Helston and St Austell Battle at Truro

Judge-Janet Downes

15th

Silver and Gold

22nd

Steve Bassett Competition-Judge TBC

March

1st

Workshop #7-Cancelled due to weather conditions

Let it SNOW!

8th

Silver and Gold

15th

Hand in for OPEN 2

Hand in and selection for CPA

22nd

Guest Speaker-Linda Wevill

http://www.lindawevillphotography.com/

29th

OPEN 2 Competition

Judge Pamela Robinson

April

5th

Workshop #8- Chris: Splash Photography

12th

Members Presentation Evening

Chris Robins: My photography journey

James Mathers: AV presentation on the US

Ian Laughton: My AV presentation

19th

Silver and Gold, followed by the Season review of  images that you were happy with and any images that did not work.

26th

Hand in IMAGE OF THE YEAR

This evening we will have a field trip, there is no meeting at Cuddra.  Details soon

28th

Saturday Evening 7pm

Charles Hosken Presentation at Carnon Downs

November

2nd

Workshop #3- Food Glorious Food! A night of Photography with food and drink as subjects.

9th

MONO Competition-Judge Dave Bridges

16th

Battle night with Camborne and Redruth CC-Judge Brian Galbraith at St Austell.

23rd

Guest Speaker-Tony Cobley  tonycobley.com/

30th

Hand in Landscape Competition

Silver and Gold

Hand-in for Charles Hosken. 50p per image (digital only)