Print competition 3 of 3, 2025/26
2026-03-04 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Common Room, Bishop Laney building, Ely College, Ely College, Downham Road,Ely, Cambs, CB6 2SH, United Kingdom
In our final print competition this season, Naomi Saul will be judging the entries this evening.

Presentation by Roger Hance
2026-03-11 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Roger is well known to the club for his excellent presentations.
In this talk Roger will show a range of ‘People Pictures’. The images will cover candid’s, photojournalism, as well as studio and available light portraits. Roger explains, as well as giving examples, why some subjects can work in colour, while others can be considerably improved by converting to monochrome.
Roger will show some of the best places in the UK to go for ‘people pictures’: Speakers Corner, Brick Lane, Tate Modern, Blist Hill Victorian Village, The Black Country Museum, The Beamish Museum, 1940’s weekends, Tough Guy event, and the Victory Show. He will also cover working in a studio with flash and show how to take pictures at Live Rock events and explain how to take candid pictures without people noticing you. read more

Informal/member-led evening
2026-03-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Common Room, Bishop Laney building, Ely College, Ely College, Downham Road,Ely, Cambs, CB6 2SH, United Kingdom
Once again we will be running a member-led evening at the College, either a Digital Techniques session run by John Harvey or a presentation by one of our members. More info to follow.

Presentation - " Composition and Catastrophe"
2026-03-25 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
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 – we often hear talk of “The rules of composition”, but what are those rules and should we ignore them ? In this talk we explore the compositional tools we have available to us to make our pictures just a bit more interesting. read more

No meeting
2026-04-01 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
There is no meeting this evening.

No meeting
2026-04-08 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
No meeting this evening.
However, you will need to submit your entries via PhotoEntry by midnight tonight for next weeks PDI competition.

PDI competition 2 of 3, 2025/26
2026-04-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Common Room, Bishop Laney building, Ely College, Ely College, Downham Road,Ely, Cambs, CB6 2SH, United Kingdom
Clive Harward will be our judge for this evening’s PDI competition.

A45 Competition 2026
2026-04-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Newbury Community Centre, Bury St. Edmunds, St Olaves Road, IP32 6RW
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.

Presentation - "Astrophotography"
2026-04-22 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
This evening we will be having a presentation 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 Essex and has been using CCD cameras to image the deep sky since they were first introduced in the early 1990’s from a back garden observatory and more recently from a remote observatory in south-eastern Spain. He has written a monthly ‘Masterclass’ astro-imaging column in Astronomy Now magazine for the last ten years as well as three books on astronomical imaging, the latest of which is ‘Shooting Stars II’, In 2004 he travelled to Berkley, California, to receive the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Amateur Achievement Award for outreach and image-processing techniques, some of which have been used in collaborations with professional astronomers. Nik is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a member of the British Astronomical Association and is a regular speaker to astronomy and photographic societies. Other interests include meteorological photography and playing drums in heavy rock bands. He is also an ‘ambassador’ for the Telescope Live remote imaging platform and provides them with astro-imaging video tutorials. Nik is an honorary member of Clacton AS as well as a member of the North Essex Astronomy Society. read more

PDI Competition 3 of 3, 2025/26
2026-04-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Common Room, Bishop Laney building, Ely College, Ely College, Downham Road,Ely, Cambs, CB6 2SH, United Kingdom
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.

EAF Exhibition 2026
2026-05-02 14:00 - 2026-05-17 17:00 | The Apex,, 1 Charter Square, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3FD, United Kingdom
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 view.
A poster for the event is available here

Informal/Member-led evening
2026-05-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Common Room, Bishop Laney building, Ely College, Ely College, Downham Road,Ely, Cambs, CB6 2SH, United Kingdom
The last member-led event this season, which may be a Digital Techniques evening run by John Harvey, or a presentation by one of our members. More details to follow nearer the time.

Presentation - "Movement in Photography"
2026-05-13 07:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
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 submit your entries by midnight for the Members Choice competition that will follow next weeks AGM.

Annual General Meeting and Members Choice competition
2026-05-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Common Room, Bishop Laney building, Ely College, Ely College, Downham Road,Ely, Cambs, CB6 2SH, United Kingdom
This evening our Annual General Meeting will be followed by the Members Choice competition with both print and PDI sections. This is the last event of the season.

EAF Advisory Day for Awards for Photographic Merit
2026-07-18 10:00 - 17:00 | Foxton Village Hall, Hardman Road, Foxton, Cambs, CB226RN
The EAF are holding an Advisory Day at Foxton Village Hall on Saturday 18 July 2026 for anyone interested in applying for an Award for Photographic Merit. A poster with information about the day is available here

Ely Photographic Club Print Exhibition 2026
2026-09-14 - 2026-09-27 | Ely Cathedral, The Gallery, Ely, Cambs, United Kingdom
Ely Photographic Club are delighted to have been given permission to hold an exhibition of our prints in Ely Cathedral’s South-West transept, just inside the main west entrance door of the cathedral. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to view this exhibition without having to pay for entry to the cathedral, although a visit to this magnificent building with its mixture of gothic and romanesque styles of architecture s always a memorable event and is highly recommended.
Our 2026 exhibition will feature many prints covering all types of photographic genre, taken by many of our members, and printed and mounted works will be available to purchase at sensible prices. The event will run for a period of two weeks during normal cathedral opening hours, and will be set up on the morning of 14th September 2026, running until the end of Sunday afternoon on 27th. read more
