Programme

2025-2026 Programme

All Meetings start at 7.30pm, unless specified otherwise

Meeting for the season will continue to be a mixture of zooms and in the hall at Wells Cole. Details will be sent out to members a few days before each meeting.

Visitors £4 -  Please email Pam Rutty at pamrutty299@btinternet.com in advance for further information.

Tuesday 9 September 2025 Wells Cole
Welcome back. Summer Challenge competition;
Judge Andy Swain

Tuesday 23 September 2025 Wells Cole
Speaker: Gavin Bickerton-Jones
Sport

Tuesday 7 October  2025 Wells Cole
Speaker: Andrew Stringer (club member)
Portrait photography

Tuesday 14 October 2025 Zoom
Speaker: David Chapman
Gardening for wildlife photography

Tuesday 28 October 2025 Wells Cole
Competition - Print: Open
Judge: Simon Ciappara

Tuesday 4 November 2025 Wells Cole
Speaker: Barbara Meyer
Wildlife Conservation 

Tuesday 11 November 2025 Zoom
Speaker: Christine Widdall
What are we going to do about AI?

Tuesday 25 November 2025 Wells Cole
Competition - Digital: Architecture
Judge Michael LLoyd

Tuesday 2 December 2025 Wells Cole
Practical session with a 
Christmas Theme

Tuesday 9 December 2025
Social: Christmas Dinner 
 Ploughshare, Beeston

Tuesday 6 January 2026 Wells Cole
Selection evening for inter club competition

Tuesday 13 January 2026 Zoom
Speaker: Jonathan Genevaux
Waterscape

Monday26 January 2026 Kings Lynn
Three-Way competition with North Norfolk Photographic Society and 
King's Lynn & District Camera Club

Tuesday 3 February 2026 Wells Cole
Competition - Print: Scapes
Judge: Nick Akers


Tuesday 10 February Wells Cole
In-house workshop: macro and close-up photography

Tuesday 24 February 2026 Wells Cole
Speaker TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2026 Wells Cole
Competition - Digital: Macro or Close-Up
Judge: Wayne Davey

Tuesday 10 March 2026 Zoom
Speaker: Warren Alani - Inside Out

Tuesday 24 March 2026 Wells Cole
In-house workshop: Training on Contact Sheets

Tuesday 7 April 2026 Wells Cole
Competition - Print: Nature
Judge: Penny Reeves

Tuesday 14 April 2026 Zoom
Speaker: Claire Carter
Landscape, Photographs & focal Length

Tuesday 28 April 2026 Wells Cole
Speaker: Ruth Grinrod- My Vision, my practice 

Tuesday 5 May 2026 Wells Cole
Competition - Digital: Street
Judge: David Jordan

Tuesday 12 May2026 Zoom
Speaker: Tesni Ward -British wildlife 

Tuesday 26 May 2026 Wells Cole
Focus-On: Contact sheets

Tuesday 2 June 2026 Wells Cole
Speaker: Giles Thurston

Tuesday 9 June 2026 Zoom
Speaker: Nick Hodgson
Documentary project & research approach, challenging conditions, producing books and marketing

Tuesday 23 June 2026 Wells Cole
Image of the Year: Digital & Print - Open
Judge: David Steel

Tuesday 7 July Wells Cole
AGM & Social






2024-2025 programme

All meetings start at 7.30pm, unless specified otherwise

Our meetings this season continue to be a mix of meetings in the hall at Wells Cole and Zoom.  Details will be sent to members a few days before each meeting.

Visitors £4 - please email Francesca Shearcroft at fran48@mac.com in advance for further information.


Tuesday 3 September 2024 - Wells Cole
Welcome back.  Summer Challenge competition;
Judge Nick Akers, ARPS

Tuesday 10 September 2024 - Zoom
Speaker: Slawek Staszczuk –
Landscape from Idea to Postproduction

Tuesday 24 September 2024 - Evening Out
Lynford Lakes Car Park
Meet at 6.30pm

Tuesday 1 October 2024 - Wells Cole
Member's Presentation Evening
Andrew Stringer – "Smoke and Mirrors"

Tuesday 8 October 2024 - ZOOM
Speaker: Peter Benson –
London Nights, Photography on the Dark Side

Tuesday 22  October 2024 -Competition
Digital – Open
Judge: Penny Reeves

Tuesday 5 November2024 - Wells Cole
Selection evening for Inter-club Competition

Tuesday 12 November 2024 - ZOOM
Speaker: Derek Gale –
Close -up and Macro Photography

Tuesday 26 November 2024 -Competition
Print – Open
Judge: Paul Radden

Tuesday 3 December 2024 - Wells Cole
Inter-Club Competition
Judge: David Steel

Tuesday 10 December 2024 – The Ploughshare, 
Beeston PE32 2NF
Social – Christmas Dinner

Tuesday 7 January 2025 – Wells Cole
Focus On:Patterns


Tuesday 14 January2025 ZOOM
Speaker: Barry Mead–
Altered Reality

Tuesday 28 January 2025 - Wells Cole
Speaker: Simon Ciappara -
Choosing the best paper for your print

Tuesday 4 February 2025 - Wells Cole
Practical Skills -
How to cut mounts, mount images, and re-use your mounts

Tuesday 11 February 2025 - Zoom
Speaker: James Kerwin
Sands of Time

Tuesday 25 February 2025 -  Wells Cole Competition
Digital - Macro/ Close up
Judge: Simon Ciappara

Tuesday 4 March 2025 - Wells Cole
Speaker: Ian Wilson-
Practical demonstration - Lightroom & PhotoShop

Tuesday 11 March 2025 - Zoom
Speaker: David Jenner-
Night & Day Panoramas

Tuesday25 March 2025 - Wells Cole Competition
Print: Scapes
Judge: Wayne Davey

Tuesday 1 April 2025 - Wells Cole
Focus On: Panoramas

Tuesday 8 April 2025 - Zoom
Speaker: Ian Howard-
Theory & processing monochrome images

Tuesday 22 April 2025 - Wells Cole Competition
Digital: People

Tuesday 6 May 2025 - Evening Out
Meet at Wells Cole at 7.15pm

Tuesday 13 May 2025 - Zoom
Speaker: Justin Minns 
Interesting Stuff

Tuesday 27 May 2025 - Wells Cole Competition
Print: Mono
Judge: Andy Wilson

Tuesday 3 June 2025 - Wells Cole Practical-
Playing with water

Tuesday 10 June 2025 - Zoom
Speaker: Ann Miles
Beside the Seaside

Tuesday 24 June 2025 - Wells Cole
Image of the Year Open

Tuesday 1 July 2025 - Wells Cole
Speaker: Kevin Sawford-
20 Nature Photography Projects Throughout the Year

Tuesday 8 July 2025 - Wells Cole
AGM & Social