Events

Our presenter is Chris Shepherd this evening, who will talk about getting the composition of our images right, and how to crop to reduce the image to its essentials. Two separate half evening technical talks, making for an evening where beginners and experts alike can learn (or be reminded) of something: · Considering Composition - [...][[wp-link-page]]

This evening I will be joined by some fellow committee members to answer any questions that new members may have about the club, its competition rules, how to enter any competitions or get your images critiqued, where to find information, and so on. If you have recently joined the club and are at a loss [...][[wp-link-page]]

No meeting this evening. However, you will need to submit your entries via PhotoEntry by midnight tonight for next weeks PDI competition.

Clive Harward will be our judge for this evening's PDI competition.

The A45 Competition is run by Bury St Edmunds Photographic Society, and up to 10 clubs will be competing, with each club submitting 7 prints. (Please note the new venue for this event.)

This evening we will be having a presentation online by Essex-based astrophotographer Nik Szymanek showing some of his images from deep space. Nik is a musician and author as well, and he has taken photographs of the skies all around the world, including in Hawaii and La Palma. Nik is an astrophotographer based in North [...][[wp-link-page]]

Our final PDI competition of this season, judge tbc The winner of the PDI League will be announced as soon as possible after this evening's competition.

The EAF are holding their 2026 exhibition in the Apex Centre at Bury St. Edmunds starting with the opening on 2 May at 2pm by the EAF President. That will be followed by the presentation of awards. The exhibition then runs every day until Sunday 17 May 2026, and all are welcome to attend to [...][[wp-link-page]]

The last member-led event this season, which will be a Digital Techniques evening again run by John Harvey, probably a practical session out in the field aimed at newer members and people at beginner level.

This evenings presenter, Derek Gale will be talking about the techniques to use when photographing subjects with movement. This talk covers all aspects of movement such as stopping it, showing it, use of ICM, and making traffic vanish! Something a little different to stretch your imagination. Dereks website can be viewed here. Don't forget to [...][[wp-link-page]]