Social Media

Ely Photographic Club has now added both Twitter and Instagram accounts in addition to its existing public Facebook account, to give members and the public wider access to the clubs activities and images. Links to all of these social media pages can be found at the top of our ‘Home’ and ‘About Us’ pages on this website, so please have a look!

Advanced Photography Group, February 2021

John Harvey will be running this months APG as usual, and one of his topics this month will be famous photographers that members may like to investigate.  John has compiled a list of famous names which are available on the Help Page or by clicking here, so please have a look at their work if you are interested. The views of these photographers are their own, and may not necessarily represent those of the club.

Ken Hitch Trophy competition results 2021

EPC held its annual Ken Hitch Trophy competition on Wednesday 27 January 2021, and the themes for this year were “Water” for the colour section and “People” for the mono section. Two entries were required in each section, and the event was well supported with 18 members submitting entries. Therefore 72 images in total were critiqued and scored by Nick Akers. Congratulations to Kevin Pigney for scoring 78 points out of 80, and winning the competition!

Kevin’s winning images can be viewed below: read more

Ken Hitch Trophy

On Wednesday 27 January we have this years Ken Hitch Trophy competition. You may enter two colour and two mono images, and the themes this year are “Water” for the colour section and “People” for the mono section. The competition will be judged by Nick Akers. The first half of the evening will be used to judge the colour entries, with the mono images being judged in the second half.  All entries will be scored out of 20 as usual, with the highest aggregate score out of 80 being declared the winner. (Images from previous competitions may be entered if they scored 17 or less). read more

“The Art of Metamorphosis” presentation by Andrea Hargreaves

Andrea’s presentation to the Royal Photographic Society on “the Art of Metamorphosis” was held via Zoom on Saturday 16 January and attracted an audience of around 300 photographers from all over the world, (including some from EPC!)

Andrea showcased the workflow she uses to produce  some of her sensational and award-winning composite art fantasy images, and her talk was inspirational.  To view some of Andrea’s work, please visit www.andreahargreaves.art

Friendly Competition against Kings Lynn & District Camera Club

On Wednesday 16 December 2020 we participated in a virtual friendly pdi competition against Kings Lynn, with each Club entering 25 images. The competition was judged by Nick Akers, and Ely won by a very narrow margin of only 2 points, scoring 414 against Kings Lynn’s 412 points. For a list of the individual scores, please Click Here

The evening was very enjoyable, and both clubs expressed a wish  to repeat the event next year. Well done to everyone who contributed to the success of this event. read more

4-Way Inter-Club Battle

On 15 December 2020 Ely competed against St. Neots, St. Ives and March clubs in a closely-fought battle judged by Nigel Rea.  Each club entered 10 pdi images and Ely scored 186 points with the other clubs all within 3 points of us.

Congratulations to everyone who entered the competition, and we look forward to hosting this event next year, (hopefully in person rather than on the Zoom app!)

3-way pdi Battle results

On Tuesday 24 November 2020 the annual 3-way battle between Melbourn, Ely and Bottisham &Burwell clubs was held, with  each club submitting 18 images, which were judged by Alison Jenkins.

Congratulations to Melbourn who won the competition once again. Ely came second with Bottisham & Burwell in third place.

Well done to everyone who submitted images for the battle competition!  A full list of scores can be viewed here