Ely Photographic Club

PDI Competition 2of 3, 2024/25
2025-04-02 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
The second of our PDI Competitions for this season will be judged this evening by Naomi Saul.

Presentation - "Nature in Macro Photography" by Roger Hance
2025-03-26 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
NB – This talk replaces the one by Ann Miles that was originally planned for this evening.
This talk shows how Roger approaches photographing the wide assortment of butterflies, moths, damselflies, dragonflies and other insects found in the UK. It also covers fungi, wildflowers and orchids, reptiles, amphibians.
In the talk Roger will show the equipment that he uses, and how he goes about tackling each different subject. It covers focus stacking, aperture, depth of field, use of flash, and how to get sharp pictures in windy conditions. It also shows how to find and to get within range of easily scared subjects. In the second part of the talk there is a quiz where the members must pick out which one of 10 images shown was taken under controlled conditions in a studio set up. read more

Informal member-led print critique evening.
2025-03-19 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
An evening when we can call on some of our own members to contribute some of their skills and knowledge to help others with their photography. We will be looking at some of your prints this evening, with some members introducing theirs, and we can have a chat about them over a coffee. Please bring your prints along for us to have a look at.

Friendly competition against Kings Lynn and District Camera Club
2025-03-17 19:00 - 21:00 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
This evening will be a friendly PDI Zoom competition, and KLDCC are due to host the event which will be judged by Nick Akers. However, Ely will actually run the Zoom session, with Maurice Wright running PhotoEntry and sharing his screen, and KLDCC members joining via the Zoom link sent to them.

EAF Print Championships 2025
2025-03-16 | The Fulbourn Centre, 31 Home End, Fulbourn, Cambs, CB21 5BS, United Kingdom
The EAF are holding their Print Championships at Fulbourn on 16 March this year, and a poster can be viewed here
After lunch there will be a print talk by Roger Reynolds.

Presentation - "Winter in Iceland"
2025-03-12 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Colin Westgate will be the presenter this evening. As a Fellow Member of the RPS, Colin has decades of experience in landscape photography. Iceland is one of the wonders of the world for any landscape photographer, with winter being particularly challenging. Colin will be showing us some of the images he has taken over many trips to Iceland, sharing his experience, tools and techniques.

Nene Valley Railway event - "Rule Britannia"
2025-03-12 | Nene Valley Railway, Wansford Station, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6LR, United Kingdom
Wednesday 12th March will see BR Standard Class 7 locomotive 70000 ‘Britannia’ hauling demonstration freight wagons on the ‘Rule Britannia’ photo charter – this will be an all day event on the Nene Valley Railway lines.

A poster of the event is available here.

For more information and to book tickets please go to: https://nvr.org.uk/product.php/567/rule-britannia

Print competition 3 of 3, 2024/25
2025-03-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
The final print competition of the season, which will be judged this evening by Penny Reeves.
Please bring your print entries to the College by 7.15pm at the latest to give the judge time to have a look before the competition starts.

St. Ives Interprint competition
2025-03-01 10:00 - 21:30 | St Ives Free Church, Market Hill, St Ives, PE27 5AL, United Kingdom
Each of the clubs competing in this inter-club competition will be submitting 6 prints, and up to 30 clubs will be entering. The event will be open for viewing from 10am until 4pm, prior to the judging, which will commence at 6pm, finishing around 9-9.30pm with a half-time break. EPC members are welcome to go along and view the prints.

Nene Valley Railway event - Flying Scotsman visit
2025-02-28 | Nene Valley Railway, Wansford Station, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6LR, United Kingdom
Friday 28th February sees the famous LNER A3 Class locomotive 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ hauling freight for the first time in over 30 years on the ‘Scotch Goods’ photo charter. This will be split in to two events – daytime and evening photo charters. The daytime charter will be across the full length of the NVR line and the evening charter will be based around Wansford Station with run throughs and static shots.

For posters of the event please Click here for the daytime one, and Click here for the evening one.

For information about pricing and to book tickets please go to: https://nvr.org.uk/product.php/569/flying-scotsman-scotch-goods

Detailed information: https://nvrwagons.co.uk/courses-and-experiences/

Post-Processing workshop - Part Two
2025-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Following John Harvey’s successful workshop held at the College, this is a second chance to learn more about post processing in Lightroom and Photoshop. If you have any questions from the first session on 12 February, please forward these to Phil a few days before this meeting so that John can give you a fully-researched answer.
John will then be going through a couple of further images in detail.
Written notes on these procedures are available on the Tutorials Page of this website.
This is an additional event to the published programme, and don’t forget it is on a Thursday, although at the normal time. A Zoom link will be sent out a few days beforehand as usual. read more

Presentation - "Journey across the Himalayas"
2025-02-26 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
David Steel will be presenting his talk:
David will take us on a journey across the Himalayas, using the highest altitude road that is open to the public. Travelling by motorcycle, David will share his experiences and images with us as he travels across this wonderful mountain range.
Don’t forget to submit the PDI copies of your entries for our final print competition next week to PhotoEntry by midnight tonight.

No meeting
2025-02-19 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
There is no meeting this evening.

APG-style practical evening on image processing
2025-02-12 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening John Harvey will be running a practical demonstration of post-processing at the College, showing members how to make adjustments to Raw files in both Photoshop and Lightroom. We will be using a laptop and projector in the Hall to show how to improve your photographs in real time.
This will be an “Advanced Photography Group” style of meeting, with John processing a number of images from different genres, including landscape, wildlife and also one or two images from our recent portrait evening. It will be informal, and everyone will have a chance to contribute to the evening. If you have any questions on how to post-process your images, this is the ideal opportunity to learn new skills, so please do come along and help to make this an educational and enjoyable evening. read more

Themed Panel competition
2025-02-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This year the themed panel competition will be judged by Jonathan Vaines. You may enter between 3 and 6 prints on a theme of your choice, with supporting PDI’s submitted to PhotoEntry 7 days in advance. Please bring a paper layout on the night, showing how you wish your panel to be displayed on our stands, and don’t forget to number your prints on the back, together with your name on each print.
STOP PRESS: Closing deadline for the above competition has been extended to midnight on Sunday 2nd February. read more

Presentation - "Miniature Worlds"
2025-01-29 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
David Gilliver will be exploring the world of miniatures, showing us the tools and techniques he uses to produce images that can fool the eye with a new perspective. Using models, props and backdrops, we will be shown how to set up a scene ready for photography, and where to source the materials for these set-ups. There will also be advice on camera gear and settings to achieve the best results.
Don’t forget to submit images for next weeks themed panel competition to PhotoEntry by midnight this evening. read more

Cambridge Inter-Club Digital Competition
2025-01-25 14:00 - 17:00 | Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambs, CB22 4NE
Cambridge Camera Club are organising the annual Inter-Club digital competition which will be judged by Cherry Larcombe. The event will be held on the Saturday afternoon.

Informal Portrait Session
2025-01-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Muse Fine Art, Unit 4, Sedgeway Business Park, Witchford, Cambs, CB6 2HY
This evening we will be running a practical demonstration on how to set up a portrait shoot, including how to arrange suitable lighting. This will be held at the studios of Muse Fine Art printing in Witchford (not at the College). We are aiming to have two studio setups available with backdrops and lights, and one of our members has kindly agreed to model for us for the evening – we now also have one other volunteer, so many thanks to both of our models!
Chris Cross and Regina Ray will both be on hand to guide you through this, and it should be a fun and different evening! read more

Ken Hitch themed PDI competition
2025-01-15 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This year the competition will be judged by Clive Harward.
The themes have now been decided and will be “Humour” in the colour section and “Abstract” for the Mono section.

Ely College Community Directory Day
2025-01-11 10:00 - 14:00 | Ely College, Downham Road, ELY, CB6 2SH, United Kingdom
On Saturday 11 January Ely College are running a free event designed to showcase some of the clubs, societies and voluntary organisations from the local community, and Ely Photographic Club will be running an information stall at this event. For more details, please see the poster here.

Presentation - "Photography on the Darkside - Home and Abroad"
2025-01-08 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Building on Peter Benson’s previous presentation to us, ‘Photography on the Darkside’, this time Peter takes us on a journey to new locations using his night photography technique to produce some stunning images.
Peter’s website is at: Photography on The Darkside | Camera Club talks and Wall Art
During this evening’s talk, Peter will take you to places abroad such as New York, Berlin, Florence, Saville, Lisbon and Munich. Also, we will visit places in the UK outside London, such as Cambridge and Glasgow. Along the way he will be dropping in some hints and tips, as well as some anecdotes and a bit of history about the locations. read more

No meeting - Happy New Year!
2025-01-01 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
No meeting this evening, but we would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year, and best wishes for 2025..!
The first meeting of 2025 will be next Wednesday, please see our events page for more details of that.

No meeting
2024-12-25 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
There will be no meeting this evening for obvious reasons!
Ely Photographic Club would like to wish all members, family and friends a very peaceful and enjoyable Christmas!

Informal Pre-Christmas social event
2024-12-18 19:30 - 21:30 | The Lamb Hotel, Ely, 2, Lynn Road, Ely, CB7 4EJ, United Kingdom
This is our last meeting before Christmas, and we are planning to have a social event at the Lamb Hotel in Ely from 7.30pm onwards – we hope to see you there!

PDI Competition 1 of 3, 2024/25
2024-12-11 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
The first of our three PDI competitions to be held this season will be judged by Nick Akers.

3-way External competition
2024-12-04 19:00 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening it is our turn to host this annual competition against Melbourn and Bottisham&Burwell clubs, at Ely College. Each of the three clubs will be entering 18 prints each, with a maximum of two per photographer.
We are planning to hold a half-time raffle, so any prizes for that would be greatly appreciated, please!
The event will be judged by Jonathan Vaines, and the evening will start slightly earlier, from 7pm.
For visiting clubs, directions to the venue can be found here. In the event that further car parking facilities are needed, these may be found at the Needhams Hall part of the College, (through the gates to the other College entrance). read more

4-way External competition
2024-12-03 19:30 - 21:30 | St Neots Bowling Club, St Anselm Place, St Neots, Cambs, PE19 1AP, United Kingdom
This evening there is a competition against St. Neots, St. Ives and Swavesey, which will be hosted this year by St Neots. Each club will be submitting 8 prints and 8 pdi’s, and the event will be judged by Naomi Saul.

Presentation - "Landscape and seascape photography in the UK"
2024-11-27 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Roger Hance will be back at the club this evening presenting his talk on landscapes and seascapes around the country. Rogers talks are always excellent, so this is an evening to look forward to!
Landscape and Seascapes Photography is one of the most rewarding areas of photography, as well being one of the most challenging. In the first half of this presentation Roger will cover composition, lighting, exposure, equipment, preparation and research, as well as Infra Red Photography. Roger will explain the focal length of the lenses used for landscape photography, and how, depending on lighting and composition, he decides which lens to use. Roger will talk about and show examples of the use of ND filters – when they work, as well as situations where they will not work.
In the second half of the talk Roger will show examples of his work taken at eight of his favourite areas in the UK. Cornwall, The Lake District, The Scottish Highlands, The Peak District, The Northumberland Coast, Snowdonia, Devon, and Dorset.

Print competition 2 of 3, 2024/25
2024-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
Our second print competition of the season will be judged this evening by Jim Bennett. Please bring your prints to the College by 7.15pm at the latest.

Presentation - "Close Up and Macro Flowers"
2024-11-13 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Ken Payne is this evenings presenter, who will be showcasing his images for us. Ken is an EAF circuit judge, and has some fantastic macro work to show us this evening.
“Exploring the world of closeup and macro photography in the natural world. While this lecture will concentrate on flowers, the technique will apply to other subjects, so will be of interest to anyone who uses these techniques or would like to learn how to”.
Don’t forget that you need to submit your pdi images to PhotoEntry by midnight tonight for next week’s print competition. read more
