Start of Winter Season Thursday 10th Sept
Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a great summer and that your cameras have been worked harder than your lawnmowers.
As we hurtle towards the start of our winter season on Thursday 10th September, the full programme up to year end is now possted on the website.
If you are interested in joining us and seeing what we are about, new members are more than welcome. please turn up on the night and you will be more than welcome. Usual start time 7:30pm at the St Thomas Community center on Chatsworth Road.
Our first meeting is a chance to catch up with familiar faces, welcome new ones, and reassure everyone that yes, we will still be talking about depth of field this year. We’ll run through the upcoming mix of speakers, competitions and workshops — all designed to keep you inspired, confused, or both.
Competition season kicks off with two PDI’s:
- 1st October – Open theme
- 5th November – People ( yes, actual humans — not dogs, cats, or your neighbour’s garden ornaments)
Then we finish the year with an Open print competition on 3rd December.
And of course, the N&EMPF Exhibition sneaks up on us as usual, with entries closing 11th October. You’ll notice two new categories — Scapes and Creative — perfect if you’ve been looking for an excuse to spend even more of your hard‑earned cash on entries.
Competitions and Themes
Advanced notice, for members interested in having a go at entering next seasons competitions, to be held throughout the 2026/27 winter season, these are set out below:-
Oct 2026 Open Digital
Nov 2026 Mono Print
Dec 2026 People Digital
Jan 2027 Open Print
Feb 2027 Scapes Digital
Mar 2027 Open Print
Please notes the 3 themes are “Mono”, “People” and “Scapes”
Actual Dates will be confirmed when the winter Events Programme is published later in the year.
Celebration Evening
Many thanks to our members for the contribution in making the 2025/26 winter season one of our best ever in terms of the quality of images submitted and presented.
Both the digital and print competitions held throughout the year were of a very high standard making it very challanging for the external judges to pick out the best images on each of our 6 competition nights.
Congratulations go to Simon Beynon (right) for getting a clean sweep of the trophies (best digital photographer, best print photographer and best overall photographer of the year). Simon, also, picking up the trophy for the member with geting the most NEMPF acceptances.
Also, congratulations to David Ward for his image titled “TRANQUIL” getting the members vote for the best digital image of the year.
Best Digital Image of the year (voted by members)
TRANQUIL by David Ward
And, congratulations go to John Rutherford for getting the members vote for the best print of the year.
Best Print Image of the Year (Voted by Members)
WALK IN MISTY WOODS by John Rutherford