Ely Photographic Club

Upminster CC 70th Anniversary Exhibition
2025-09-06 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Upminster windmill, 89 St. Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 2QL, United Kingdom
All club members are invited to visit Upminster CC’s exhibition marking their 70th anniversary. Visitors are required to register, details are on their poster here
Registrants will get a tour of the recently restored windmill where the exhibition is being held, and refreshments will be available.

EAF Advisory Day
2025-08-31 10:00 - 17:00 | Foxton Village Hall, Hardman Road, Foxton, Cambs, CB226RN
EAF Advisory Day 2025 Poster

Annual General Meeting
2025-05-21 19:30 - 21:30 | The Adelaide Hall, Ely College
This evening will be holding the club’s Annual General Meeting, followed by the presentation of Award Certificates. The latter part of the evening will then be when we run our annual “Members Choice” competition, when members will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite images and prints of the year.

Presentation - "Creative Photography"
2025-05-14 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
This evenings presenter will be Barbie Lindsay. With many years of photography experience, Barbie has gained several awards and qualifications and she will take us into her world of creativity.
Don’t forget to submit your PhotoEntry images for both the print and PDI sections of next weeks “Members Choice” competition which will follow the AGM. One PDI and one Print may be entered.

Shoot and social evening - revised arrangements
2025-05-07 16:00 - 21:30 | Kingfisher Bridge, Stretham Road, Wicken, Ely, Cambs, CB7 5XL, United Kingdom
This evening we were planning to have a practical photo session, followed by a social get-together. However, as we already have a social club outing the day beforehand, (and due to lack of interest in the meal we had suggested), we have now revised the plan for this evening, as follows:
AFTERNOON SHOOT AT KINGFISHER BRIDGE
We will be meeting at Kingfisher Bridge Nature Reserve, CB7 5XL. There is a brown nature sign at the entrance along the A1123 between Wicken and Stretham. Follow the narrow track to a small car park. read more

EAF Exhibition 2025
2025-05-03 14:00 - 2025-05-18 17:00 | The Apex,, 1 Charter Square, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3FD, United Kingdom
The East Anglian Federation will be holding their 2025 exhibition at a new venue this year, the Apex Centre in Bury St Edmunds, and full details are available on their poster here.
The exhibition will be open daily, 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am to 4pm on Sundays
If any EPC members wish to participate, please see the email that I sent out to all members on 25 November 2024 or contact Nick Bowman.

PDI Competition 3 of 3, 2024/24
2025-04-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Common Room, Bishop Laney building, Ely College, Ely College, Downham Road,Ely, Cambs, CB6 2SH, United Kingdom
The season’s final PDI competition will be judged this evening by Andre Neves. Please Note: This meeting will be held in the Common Room, Bishop Laney building, instead of the Adelaide Hall – take the path to the right of the main building and turn right. Phil will explain more about how to find this nearer the time.

Presentation - "Seeing- the eye and the evolution of seeing"
2025-04-23 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE ZOOM MEETING, United Kingdom
Tony North is this evenings presenter, for a talk with a difference – as photographers, our main sense is our sight, whether we are taking shots, processing them, or appreciating them. This talk ‘focuses’ on our faculty of vision – how we see, and how this all-important ability evolved.
The topics covered are:

The human eye: its anatomy and function (this is the major part of the talk)
How the eye is similar to, and different from, a camera (including focusing, aperture and light detection and processing)
How the brain processes the signals from the retina leading to perception, with a look at several amazing optical illusions which shed light on this process.
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No meeting
2025-04-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-09 19:30 - 21:30 | No meeting
No meeting this evening

A45 Competition
2025-04-03 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. Each club will be submitting 7 prints, which will be judged by Nick Akers.

PDI Competition 2of 3, 2024/25
2025-04-02 19:30 - 21:30 | 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.
