Ely Photographic Club

Presentation - "London through my lens"
2024-04-17 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | 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. read more

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. read more

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. read more

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

Themed Print Panel competition
2024-01-31 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening we will hold our themed print panel competition, on a theme of your choice. You may enter between three and six prints which will be judged by Sarah Kelman.
The club’s print competition rules are available here
Don’t forget to bring your prints along by 7.15pm at the latest.
As well as your prints, you will also need to bring along a sheet of paper with a sketch/diagram showing how you would like the panel to be set out on the stands. (Don’t forget to put your name and panel title on that, too!) read more

Presentation - "Portraits with Impact"
2024-01-24 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Emma Finch will be talking about how to elevate your portrait skills. Covering all aspects of portrait photography from posing, lighting, styling and editing, through to how to put people at ease and shooting more creative, conceptual work. Using Emma’s skills as an award-winning professional portrait photographer and educator, this evenings talk will be packed with practical tips and tricks for portrait photographers, from photographing children on location through to more advanced studio lighting set-ups with models. The talk will include examples of Emma’s own work for both Emma Finch Photography and Belle Prive Photography. read more

Cambridge CC Digital competition
2024-01-20
This event for PDI images will be between approximately 20 clubs, and will be hosted by Cambridge CC at Whittlesford.

Informal image sharing and critique evening
2024-01-17 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening we will have a chance to share some images and get feedback from other members about them.

Advanced Photography Group meeting no 3
2024-01-11 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
The third of our APG group meetings – this time John Harvey will be looking at alternative ways of processing some of the images that were previously submitted by members to a recent critique evening. This is also a chance for members to ask questions on how to process their images in Lightroom or Photoshop.

Online training session - "Working in Themed Panels"
2024-01-10 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Roger Hance will be talking this evening about how to construct and use images in ‘themed sets’ or ‘panels’. The talk will cover natural history, sport, landscape, and portraits.
Don’t forget to submit your entries to next weeks informal image sharing session by midnight tonight via PhotoEntry, please

No meeting
2024-01-03 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
Due to the holidays, there will be no meeting tonight.
A Happy New Year to you all!

No meeting
2023-12-27 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
Due to the festive holidays, there will be no meeting tonight.

Christmas get-together meet-up
2023-12-20 19:00 - 21:30 | The Lamb Hotel, Ely, 2, Lynn Road, Ely, CB7 4EJ, United Kingdom
To mark the Christmas season, we thought it would be a nice idea to have a social get-together and a chat this evening. We will therefore be meeting up in a local hostelry this evening for a festive drink. This will be a great chance for all of our members to socialise, and perhaps to meet people that they haven’t spoken to before. For new members this is an opportunity to get to know the club better, too.
The venue will be the bar of the Lamb Hotel in the centre of Ely, from around 7pm onwards – please pop in, you will be very welcome, and you can bring your partners too if you wish. It will be great to see everyone, as there never seems to be enough time during the tea/coffee breaks at the College! read more

Zoom Presentation - "Wildlife Photography - tips and tricks"
2023-12-13 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
In an addition to the programme, this evening we now have a zoom presentation from world class photographer Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP DPAGB BPE5*. The is called “Nature Photography in the UK – Tips and tricks”. Rather than a presentation just showing wonderful images, this is about how to take them for yourself. With good field craft, the right settings and good locations, you don’t always need massive expensive lenses. You can hide from wildlife and it will come to you – watch and find out how. read more

Ken Hitch PDI Trophy competition
2023-12-06 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening we will be holding our annual Ken Hitch Trophy competition. There will be colour and mono themes, and you can enter up to two colour and two mono images. The themes for this season will be:
Colour – Transport (motorised or otherwise)
Mono – Buildings, light and shadow
Images need to be submitted for this event by midnight on 29 November, please, via PhotoEntry.
The competition will be judged on the night by Jim Bennett.

Hertford and District Camera Club presentation
2023-12-01 20:00 - 22:00 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
On 1 December 2023, Hertford Camera Club are presenting a talk by Colin Westgate on “The Expressive Landscape”. Colin presented this talk at Ely in January 2021, so if anyone missed it or would like to see it again, you can get a Zoom link to join the meeting by going to hdcc.org.uk/syllabus
Colin says “Why is it that our landscape pictures are often disappointing and don’t convey how we felt when we took the shot? Probably because our images lack the mood, atmosphere or emotion we experienced at the time. The camera can’t record how we feel, so most images need an element of interpretation and enhancement to make them ‘expressive’.” read more

Advanced Photography Group meeting no 2
2023-11-30 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
The second APG meeting of the season. Nick Bowman will lead this discussion session to explore how EPC members might improve the quality of their images and prints. This could include:

Planning your shots to give yourself every opportunity to obtain images that have the potential to be good in-camera / drone / phone captures.
How to select which of your images have the most potential?
Choosing the most appropriate crop?
Deciding what size various elements in the frame should be?
Using the tools and skills you have to edit the image to the best of your ability.
Seeking the views of others about how you might improve your work.
Develop your editing and printing skills regardless of whether you outsource or do your own printing.
From the above determine your strengths and weaknesses and pick out a couple of areas for improvement.

Another aspect we can look at is how we can develop our skills in a different genre. For example, Nick wants to develop/improve his water-sports images and achieve a similar standard to that of his nature images. What does he need to do achieve this aim? Nick will be the “Guinea Pig” to get the discussion going. read more

"The Ten Secrets of Street Photography" presentation
2023-11-29 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
This evening we have a presentation by international award-winning photographer Simon Ellingworth who will talk about inspiring, enlightening, and challenging members to think about trying street photography. Simon is an RPS Lecturer and Educator, so this is a presentation that is not to be missed!

3-way print battle
2023-11-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Swaffham Prior Village Hall, High Street, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0LD, United Kingdom
This evening we will be competing against Bottisham & Burwell and Melbourn clubs. This year the event will be hosted by Bottisham and Burwell at their new venue, Swaffham Prior Village Hall, CB25 0LD. EPC members are welcome to go along to watch the competition and support the club.

Cambridge University presentation - "Sonic Canvasses: When Music meets Art"
2023-11-24 17:30 - 18:30 | TBA
Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum Society are inviting EPC members to a presentation featuring prolific music photographer Andy Earl, who has produced photographic artwork for album covers by Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd, and the Cranberries. Earl has represented Britain at the Venice Biennale cultural exhibition, and is a top photographer in the music industry. More info can be found on his website.
In this event, Earl plans to share the stories behind his iconic photographs, featuring collaborations with artists such as Prince, Madonna, Oasis and Paul McCartney. read more
