SEPTEMBER
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4th - Extraordinary AGM
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11th - Member Project Evening
Your 10 favorite IMAGES FROM THE SUMMER. Please bring in 10 images you have taken during the summer. bring or send in 10 images you've taken during the summer for 'show and tell'.
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18th - Technical Session
A look PhotoEntry and movies and AV from members
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25th - Practical Session
PROCESSSING. Processing evening, members share how to master certain techniques in different softwares. Lightroom, Photoshop, Adobe camera raw, Affinity and Topaz
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NB: Hand in for 'Flora' competition, up to 2 x DPIs and 2 x prints
Welcome the the Winter season
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It is competition time where we are back at Wrafton Hall from September to April. Meeting commences at 7:30 but arrive earlier for a tea, coffee and chat, we conclude at 9:30
Details of the full programme for this season can be found below. Here you'll see headline details of what we'll be doing each week. We provide extra details about, techniques to try out, learning resources, etc This Month... pages
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Winter Competitions
Our competition subject for the 2023-2024 winter. Link to details of the full program
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September - Minimalism
October - Open - any subject
November - Mono - Tools not Rules
December - Winter Challenge - Creative
January - Landscape
February - DPI and Print of the Year
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Resized to 1600 x 1200
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Titled
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sRGB Format
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email to: brauntoncccomps@gmail.com
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Interested in becoming a member? Non-members are welcome to come along to our meetings at a cost of £3.50 per evening. Link to our membership page for more information
Winter Program 2023-2024
OCTOBER
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2nd - Guest Speakers
Guest Speaker Adrian Beasley. Black and white photography and how to process in bnw
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NB: Hand in Minimalism competition. 2 x prints and 3 dpis.
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10th - Practical Session
Theme to be decided. Please bring cameras etc.
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16th - Practical Session
Show and Tell - What’s in your camera bag and why? Please bring in your camera bag and ‘show and tell’ why you decided to buy and what you like and dislike.
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23th - Competition Judging
Mandy Smith judging ‘Minimalism’
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30st - Guest Speaker
Technical Session from Tim at Fotospeed - everything you need to know about printing. Live printing demonstration.
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NOVEMBER
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6th - Practical Session
HOW TO MAKE AN ‘AV’ (audio visual)
NB: Hand in Open competition. 2 x prints and 3 x dpis
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13th - Practical Session
Critique Evening - Please bring along either prints or a stick with a couple of images on that you would like critiqued. We will sit in groups and critique/ help out how to improve each image.
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20th - Practical Session
Before and after - Please bring in images on a stick that you have processed to show the before and what they look like after processing
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27th - Competition Judging
With Pete Fry, in person.
NB: Hand in ‘Tools not rules’ competition. 3 x dpis
DECEMBER
4th - Practical Session
Practical or processing evening…. to be decided by the members
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11th - Guest Speaker
Talk by Jane Kearney
Hand in Winter Challenge ‘Creative’ 2 x prints and 2 x dpis.
See winter comps list.
NB: Hand in Winter Challenge ‘Creative’ 2 x prints and 2 x dpis.
See winter comps list.
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18th - Quiz and Social
We'll have fun with our annual quiz. We'll also view each others '3 on a theme' projects, so please bring in 3 images which collectively represent one theme.
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XMAS and NEW YEAR BREAK​
JANUARY
8th - Competition Judging
‘‘Mono’ ‘Tools not rules' Judging with Caroline Preece. ZOOM From home
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15th - Guest Speaker
TALK - Joe Houghton on AI and Photography or how to use Topaz or Lightroom masks. ZOOM From home
19th - Member Project Evening
Favourite Images from 2023. Please bring in 10 images from 2023 on a USB stick to show.
NB: Hand in Landscape competition. 3 x prints and 2 x dpis.
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22nd - Guest Speaker
ZOOM From home - Talk by Inaki Hernandez Lasa Architectural This is a premier photography talk from Inaki, a top architectural / abstract photographer but with a slight difference. His advice applies to general photography. One not to be missed
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29th - Practical Session
A DAY IN THE LIFE. Please record a day in your own life or someone else, either in still or you can make a short film or an AV.
FEBRUARY
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5th - Planning Session
Discuss the summer programme
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12th - Open at the moment
Open as yet, we will add in something as we get nearer the time. Ideas welcome.
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19th - TBA
TBA
26th - Competition Judging
Open competition. Judging by Penny Piddock.
NB: Hand in DPI of the year 3 x prints and 2 x dpis.
MARCH
4th - Project Session
AV Evening EVENING. Please bring in any audio visuals you have made to show
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11th - TBD
Open as yet, we will add in something as we get nearer the time. Ideas welcome.
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18th - AGM and Social
AGM, discuss the summer programme, and social
25th - Competition Judging
DPI and Print of the year, plus awards
Summer programme begins 8th April…..
APRIL
Date to be confirmed - 3Bs (Challenge between Barnstaple, Bideford, Braunton)