Ely Photographic Club

Presentation - "Wildlife Photography, Part Two"
2024-10-23 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Tracey Lund will be presenting her talk, postponed from last season. Tracey will be showcasing images from Alaska, Canada, Yellowstone, India, and the Zimanga private wildlife park in Zululand, as well as some images from around the UK.

Print Competition 1 of 3, 2024/25
2024-10-16 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening the first of our 3 print competitions will be held at the College, and the judge for the evening will be David Steel. Please remember to bring your prints along by 7.15pm at the latest.

Image Processing with Kevin Pigney
2024-10-09 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
This evening we are fortunate to have club member Kevin Pigney leading this presentation, explaining how he processes his amazing award-winning images. This will be an informative and enjoyable evening not to be missed.!
The following information has been provided by Kevin:
“I was regularly asked during my Passion for Wildlife talk about how I do my post-processing? As a result, I developed this presentation, I work in both Lightroom and Photoshop, from basic processing workflow to some advanced techniques, so something for all levels of experience. I also have a detailed pdf file to detail everything covered during the presentation”. More info at https://kjpphotography.myportfolio.com/
Please remember that next Wednesday is the first print competition of the season, and you will therefore need to submit your supporting PDI images for that to PhotoEntry by midnight tonight.

Informal member-led evening
2024-10-02 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening we are planning to look at equipment and techniques, with practical demonstrations in the Hall led by some of our club members. We are encouraging you to bring along your camera, and we will help you with any questions that you may have about how to use it. We will also have some group workshops, e.g. using a lightbox to create some beautiful images, and how to use studio lights for some tabletop still life setups and so on. If there is anything you would like us to cover specifically, please contact Phil in advance and we will try to cover as many questions from members as we can during the evening.

Cambridge Camera Club Exhibition
2024-09-30 10:00 - 2024-10-05 17:00 | St Andrews Baptist Church, Cambridge, 43 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR, United Kingdom
Cambridge Camera Club are running their exhibition this year at St Andrews Baptist Church in Cambridge. The exhibition poster is here.
The Exhibition runs from 1pm-5pm Monday, 30th September and opens 10am-5pm all other days, closing at 5pm on Saturday, 4th October. Cambridge Camera Club hope that many EPC members will take advantage of this rare situation – to visit the Club’s Exhibition during the week and perhaps book one or more of the events at the Photography Week/Show as well. These include equipment demos, talks and some great deals.

Presentation - "The Wider World of Photography - Part Two"
2024-09-25 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Tonight’s meeting will be a presentation by Ashley Franklin. This is Part 2 of Ashleys photographic club talks, and is billed as “the story of aerial, advertising, landscape, sport, and science & nature photography, with a special focus on photo art:
More fascinating imagery beyond the pictorial camera club world, exploring the history, style and impact of aerial, advertising, landscape, sport, and science and nature photography, plus an insight into the controversial world of photo art. Includes the work of Ansel Adams, Eamon McCabe, Marc Aspland, Yann Arthus Bertrand, John Blakemore, Elliott Erwitt, Stephen Dalton, Michael Kenna, Michael Levin, Frans Lanting, Lennart Nilsson and Andreas Gursky. An evening of iconic, inspiring and thought-provoking photography.

Welcome Meeting 2024
2024-09-18 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
The club will be starting its new season for 2024/25 with a warm welcome to members old and new. This will be the 50th Anniversary of the club’s formation, so a momentous occasion! We have much to look forward to this season, and our Programme Secretary, Chris, will be outlining the events he has planned for the year during the course of this evening’s meeting.
Regina Ray from Muse Fine Art printing, who sponsor Ely Photographic Club, will also be introducing herself to our members and talking about the services which her firm offers us.
Anyone thinking of joining the club is welcome to come along to find out about the club, but please let us know by completing the ‘Contact Us‘ form on this website first.

EPC 50th Anniversary Print exhibition - Private Preview evening
2024-09-04 18:00 - 20:00 | The Babylon Gallery, Waterside, Ely, Cambs, CB7 4AU, United Kingdom
To launch EPC’s 50th Anniversary Print Exhibition at the Babylon Gallery, this evening there is an Exhibition Preview launch event being held, where you can come and have a look at the work that has been produced by our club members. The venue is the prestigious Babylon Gallery at Ely riverside, a short walk from Ship Lane car park. The event is free and is open to all members of the public, so please do feel free to come along and have a look at our photographic work. A number of club members will be in attendance to talk about the exhibition and to answer any questions that you may have.
The Preview launch event starts from 6pm and is open until 8pm. The exhibition itself will then run daily until 29th September 2024, from 12noon to 4pm Tuesdays – Fridays, and from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Local printing firm Muse Fine Art printing, who kindly sponsor Ely Photographic Club, will also be attending this evening.
We hope to see as many people there as possible, so do come and have a look, we will be very pleased to see you!

EPC 50th Anniversary Print Exhibition
2024-09-04 12:00 - 2024-09-29 16:00 | The Babylon Gallery, Waterside, Ely, Cambs, CB7 4AU, United Kingdom
Ely Photographic Club are proud to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the club in 1974 by holding an exhibition of prints produced by our club members at the prestigious Babylon Gallery at Ely riverside. We held our first exhibition at the Gallery in 2022, and this was very successful and well-received by the public, with a high standard of prints both framed and mounted.
This year the exhibition will run throughout almost the whole of September 2024 from 12noon to 4pm every weekday (except Mondays when the Gallery is not open) and from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The exhibition will opening to the public on Wednesday 4th, (when there will be a Private Viewing launch evening as well from 6pm – 8pm which is open to the public), and it will then run until the closing date on Sunday 29th. A wide range of images of many different genres will be on display, which will include wildlife, architecture, portraits, landscapes and abstract works. Club members will also normally be in attendance to discuss the exhibition and their work, and to answer any questions that you may have.
Entry to the exhibition is entirely free of charge, and we would be delighted to see as many people as possible visiting the exhibition to look at our work, which will also be available for you to purchase if you wish.
NB: If you would like any further information about Ely Photographic Club, please fill in the ‘Contact Us’ form on this website and we will get back to you. The club season starts later in September each year and we then meet most Wednesday evenings until the end of the following May. If you are interested in becoming a club member, you can attend to up to 3 of our meetings on a trial basis for a nominal fee before deciding if you would like to join us.
Ely Photographic Club are sponsored by Muse Fine Art printing.
We hope that you greatly enjoy your visit to our 50th anniversary exhibition!

AGM and Members Choice competition
2024-05-22 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This years Annual General Meeting of the Club, an important meeting that you should try to attend if possible, please. The AGM will be followed by our annual Members Choice competition.
This is the final meeting of the season.

Presentation - "Finding your own story - creative inspiration"
2024-05-15 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
So many people say that they wish they had ideas, stories, to illustrate, and were creative…this presentation guides you to examine your own experiences and preferences to draw on when creating unique images. The second half demonstrates a number of editing techniques such as textures, overlays, colour grading and composites, opening that door to creative expression and image creation. Presenter Jane Lazenby will work on the same image in three different ways to show how to create emotion and narrative within your work.

Ely member meet-up
2024-05-08 17:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening will be a member meet-up outside. Meet in the Cathedral car park off Broad Street at 5.30pm for a stroll around Ely for a couple of hours, followed by a meal at the Cutter if you wish to join us for that at 7.30pm. If you would like to join us for the meal, please let Chris Cross know on 07748 38129
Hope to see you for this in-person social meet!

EAF Exhibition 2024
2024-05-04 - 2024-05-19 | Wingfield Barns, Eye, Suffolk, Church Road, Wingfield, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5RA, United Kingdom
The East Anglian Federation are holding their annual exhibition at Wingfield Barns as usual this year from 4-19 May (except Monday 13th and every Tuesday). The exhibition will be formally opened at 2pm on 4th by Nick Akers, and then is open from 11am to 4pm daily. A number of our EPC members have had work selected for the exhibition, and entry is free to all. The event will close at 1pm on the final day, (19th). If you are in the area, do go along and have a look!
More info is available on the exhibition poster here

Presentation - "Scapes 2 - Urban and Creative"
2024-05-01 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Tony North will be covering his cityscapes and other urban images, and also his creative work mainly covering multiple exposures.Tony will share some tips and techniques, as well as some anecdotes about the locations and experiences of shooting the scenes. Tony will also mention some of his inspirations, including Sandra Bartocha and Pep Ventosa, and will discuss some important themes in these genres of photography, such as when to convert to mono and when to go with colour. We will also look at when images benefit from the presence of people.
The talk will be structured –
1. Introduction and gear used
2. Urban landscapes from locations including Manchester, London, Italy, and India. Images will include cityscapes, night shots and light trails, and street photography.
3. Creative images – multiple exposures, and ICM shots of the urban environment, some including people
4. Live demo of how one of Tony’s urban images is created.

The Little Print Show
2024-04-24 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
Jonathan Vaines will be talking about adopting an artistic approach to photography, stepping out of the club mainstream. Along with individual images we will see the motivational benefits of working with projects, sets, and groups of image. Most of Jonathan’s images are created using in-camera techniques and the focus of the evening will be “thinking inside the box”. The talk is primarily prints, but presented via Powerpoint with 60 prints on display during the evening.

The Brotherhoods Cup interclub competition
2024-04-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Parkway Sports and Social Club, Bourges Boulevard Retail Park, Maskew Avenue, Peterborough, United Kingdom
This is a PDI competition with each club submitting 8 images and no more than 2 per author, (max of 2 natural history and 2 mono + 3 spares in the event of a tie)
Entries will be judged by Diane Seddon, and there is an entry fee of £2.50 per person. Details and a map of the event are below, and we hope that our members will come along to support the club.

Presentation - "London through my lens"
2024-04-17 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
As Tracey Lund will now be unable to present part 2 of her wildlife talk to the club, in a change to our published programme an alternative (but just as exciting!) Zoom presentation has been arranged, as follows:
EPC Club member Roger Newark will present his talk “London through my lens” this evening. Our club members will already be aware that Roger produces some stunning architectural images, so this will be a presentation to really look forward to! Roger has already presented this talk to March CC, and this is now a fantastic opportunity for us to see it here at Ely.
Many thanks to Roger for agreeing to present this talk to us as part of our season’s programme of events, it will be a great evening with lots of amazing shots of London’s landmark buildings!

No meeting
2024-04-10 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
No meeting tonight due to half term at the College.

A45 PDI competition
2024-04-04 19:30 - 21:30 | New Bury Community Centre, 1, Charles Place, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6TD, United Kingdom
Around 8 clubs will compete in this event, which will be hosted by Bury St. Edmunds Photographic Society. This is a PDI competition with each club submitting 7 images, and no more than 2 per author. Entries will be judged by Ken Payne, and EPC members are encouraged to go along to the competition to support the club – admission is free. (Please note that this is on a Thursday evening). The event is at the New Bury Community Centre in Bury, map below.

No meeting
2024-04-03 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
There is no meeting this evening due to half-term

PDI Competition 3 of 3
2024-03-27 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
Our final PDI competition of the season will be judged by Penny Reeves.

Friendly PDI competition against Kings Lynn & District Camera Club
2024-03-21 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
This evening we will be hosting an online Zoom competition against Kings Lynn & District CC. Each club will submit 30 PDI entries to the competition, with no more than 2 per author, and the images will be judged by Jim Bennett.

Informal image sharing and critique evening
2024-03-20 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
Club presenters to be confirmed
Don’t forget to enter your images via PhotoEntry for next weeks final pdi competition!

Presentation - "Creative Photography and Digital Art - a feeling of impressionism"
2024-03-13 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
This evening Stephen Le Provost will cover all aspects of his digital art and how he creates his beautiful impressionistic images.
Don’t forget to submit your entries for next weeks informal image sharing and critique evening to PhotoEntry by midnight tonight.

PDI Competition 2 of 3
2024-03-06 19:15 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
The second pdi competition of the season will be judged this evening by David Steel.
PLEASE NOTE: We will be starting this evenings judging 15 minutes earlier at 7.15pm promptly.

Presentation - "The Joy of Seeing"
2024-02-28 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Ken Scott is this evenings presenter. In his professional work, Ken runs photography retreats grounded in the concept of mindfulness. At its simplest, this means an awareness of the present moment. It is also recognised as a highly effective practice for wellbeing, very apt in these difficult times. Illustrated with a variety of images from his extensive portfolio, Ken will explain how photography of any kind can be enhanced by mindful practice, letting go of expectations and judgmental habits, and how being out with your camera can be a therapeutic pursuit in itself.
Don’t forget to submit your entries for next weeks pdi competition to PhotoEntry by midnight tonight

St. Ives Interprint competition
2024-02-24 10:00 - 16:30 | St Ives Free Church, Market Hill, St Ives, PE27 5AL, United Kingdom
Around 20 clubs will compete in this event, which will be hosted by St. Ives.
There is no charge to enter the exhibition during the day, from 10AM until 4:30PM on Saturday 24th February, upstairs in the Free Church, St Ives.
The Judging will start at 6:00PM. Tickets for the judging are £7.50 each, including light refreshments during the interval. These will be on sale throughout the day at the venue (cash only).
Refreshments will not be available before the judging this year, but St. Ives has a wide choice of café, pubs and restaurants.
The Exhibition Catalogue can be found here: Interprint Exhibition Catalogue 2024

No meeting
2024-02-21 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
There will be no meeting tonight due to half-term at the College.

Print competition 3 of 3
2024-02-14 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
The final print league competition of this years season! The entries will be judged this evening by Naomi Saul.

Presentation - "He shoots, he scores"
2024-02-07 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
This evening Andrew Moss will talk about how he shoots sports photographs that sometimes do well in club competitions.
Don’t forget to submit pdi copies of your print images by midnight tonight for next weeks print competition
