Programme

2026-2027 Programme

All Meetings start at 7.30pm, unless specified otherwise

Meetings for the season will take place in the hall at Wells Coles with the exception of two zooms  and four out in the local environment. Details will be sent out to members a few days before each meeting.

Visitors are welcome cost £4.00.  Please email Pam Rutty at chairwdpc@gmail.com in advance for further information.

Tuesday 08 September 2026 Wells Cole
Welcome back. Summer Challenge Competition:
 Judge Penny Reeves 

Tuesday 22 September 2026 Wells Cole
Speaker: Justin Minns "Landscapes"

Tuesday 6 October 2026 Wells Cole
Presentation by the SIG groups - With slide shows of their images over the year.

Tuesday 13 October 2026 Wells Cole
Speaker: Lucy Kayne - "Seeing Beauty in the Everyday"

Tuesday 27 October 2026 Wells Cole
Competition - Print Open
Judge: Emma Hall

Tuesday 03 November 2026 Wells Cole
Selection evening for 3 Way Inter-club Competition

Tuesday 10 November Wells Cole
Speaker: Paul Haworth (paulhaworthnightscapes.com) "Nightscapes"

Tuesday 24 November 2026 Wells Cole
Competition: Digital- Water
Judge: Andy Swain

Wednesday 02 December 2026 North Norfolk
Three Way Competition at North Norfolk Photographic Society

Tuesday 08 December2026 Wells Cole
Christmas Themed Fun Night

Tuesday 05 2027 Wells Cole
In-house Workshop - Various Set-ups

Tuesday 12 January 2027 Wells Cole
Speaker: David Steel "People"

Tuesday 26 January 2027 Wells Cole
Social "New Year Dinner"

Tuesday 02 February 2027 Wells Cole
Speaker: Jonathan Vaines - "The Little Print Show"

Tuesday 09 February 2027 Wells Cole
Speaker: Giles Thurston: "How to convert images to Black and White"

Tuesday 23 February 2027 Wells Cole
Competition : Print Open
Judge TBA

Tuesday 02 March 2027 Wells Cole
Critique evening on members images  (1)

Tuesday 09 March 2027 Zoom
Speaker: Adrian McGarry "iPhone Photography"

Tuesday 23 March 2027 Wells Cole
Competition-Digital Macro/Close Up
Judge: Paul Radden

Tuesday 06 April 2027 Wells Cole
Demos by club members on lightroom/Photoshop/Affinity (and any others)

Tuesday 13 April 2027 Zoom
Speaker: Robin Dodd "Woodland Landscapes"

Tuesday 27 April 2027 Wells Cole 
Competition - Print Open
Judge: Nick Akers

Tuesday 04 May 2027 
Evening Out and About Locally

Tuesday 11 May 2027 Wells Cole
Critique evening on members images (2)

Tuesday 25 May 2027 Wells Cole
Competition - Digital  From a different Angle
Judge: Wayne Davey

Tuesday 01 June 2027 Norwich
Evening Out and About in Norwich

Tuesday 08 June 2027 Wells Cole
Focus-on - Digital - Images from the two Out and About evenings

Tuesday 22 June 2027 Wells Cole
Competition-Image of the Year Print/Digital
Judge: Naomi Saul

Tuesday 06 July 2027 Wells Cole
AGM and Social



2025-2026 Programme 

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 chairwdpc@gmail.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
Springwood School, Kings Lynn 7pm 
 Judge - David Steel

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: Robin Orrow - Travels with my camera

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
Speaker: Andrew Stringer - Analogy Of The Darkroom 

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
workshop: Training on Contact sheets.

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
speaker: Kevin Pigney - "My Top 30"

Tuesday 2 June 2026 Wells Cole
Speaker: Giles Thurston "In search of light"

Tuesday 9 June 2026 Wells Cole
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. Followed by tea, coffee, cakes and a chat.






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