Thu 30 Sep 2021 - Four Stroud Members
Trevor Blundell, Ian Peters, David Hunt and Richard Atkinson will share their favourite images with us.
Thu 7 Oct 2021 - Speaker: Eddy Lane "In The Footsteps Of Shackleton"
The wildlife, frozen landscapes and history from two expeditions to Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica.
Thu 14 Oct 2021 - Audio Visual Night
Scott Antony and several members will entertain us with their AVs
Mon 18 Oct 2021 - Back to Basics
The topic and format of this workshop will be advised nearer the time.
Thu 21 Oct 2021 - Competition No 2 - Open
It's our 2nd Open competition and our judge for the evening is Aleks Gjika. An incisive and entertaining judge, Aleks is now a regular and popular visitor to SCC and he will always constructively point out the good and less-good elements of our images!
Thu 28 Oct 2021 - "Your Take" and Triptychs
Bring along your triptychs for us all to see. Plus, show us your editing take on several images, taken by various members, which will be circulated in advance of the evening. Fun to see how we all treat the same images differently!
Thu 4 Nov 2021 - Speaker: Mike Martin "Shooting People"
Another old friend returns to Stroud to chart his journey into portrait photography and demonstrate the advantages of using different Fotospeed papers. Mike Martin with his talk "Shooting People"
Thu 11 Nov 2021 - Speaker: Ross McElvey MFIAP MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/p FIFP
A multi-award-winning photographer, Ross will will present his talk "An Eclectic Mix" which will be a fascinating selection of images across several genres including landscape, portraiture, nature, creative etc One to look forward to! Ross will present to the Club via Zoom and his presentation will only available to be seen by attending at the Bowls Club.
Mon 15 Nov 2021 - Back To Basics
The topic and format for this workshop will be notified nearer to the time
Thu 18 Nov 2021 - Competition No 3 - Open
Yet another old friend, Bob Train, makes a welcome return to SCC to judge our 3rd open competition of the current season.
Thu 25 Nov 2021 - Speaker: Ray Grace
A Photoshop evening with expert Ray Grace who will answer all the things you've ever wanted to know about Photoshop and demonstrate those you never dreamed were possible!
Thu 2 Dec 2021 - Speaker: Oliver Herbold
Always a pleasure to welcome Oliver and whatever his new talk is about, it will be a fascinating evening. It always is!
Thu 9 Dec 2021 - Christmas Social
Party time! Bring some food for an evening of fun and entertainment with Annie and Jenny B
Thu 16 Dec 2021 - Christmas Break - No meeting
Christmas is coming! Get your shopping done!
Thu 23 Dec 2021 - Christmas Break - No meeting
If you haven't finished your shopping by now - you're probably in trouble!
Thu 30 Dec 2021 - Christmas Break - No meeting
Hope you had a good Christmas! Now get yourselves ready for New Year celebrations
Thu 6 Jan 2022 - Members' Night
The format for tonight has not yet been finalised - watch this space!
Thu 13 Jan 2022 - Speakers: Jenny Fryer and Elizabeth Restall
Highly recommended, these two local ladies from Tyndale Camera Club in Dursley will entertain us with a mixture of their images and AVs.
Mon 17 Jan 2022 - Back to Basics
The topic and format for this workshop will be announced nearer the time.
Thu 20 Jan 2022 - Competition No 4: Impressions
Martin Cooper makes a very welcome return to SCC as our judge this evening. Look forward to some insightful critique.
Thu 27 Jan 2022 - Speaker: Simon Pizzey
To "keep his options open" photographer Simon studied Classics and has a love of ancient archaeology so we will find out what has kept him in Stroud for 30 years as a press photographer.
Thu 3 Feb 2022 - Members' Night: Ladies v Gentlemen - It's a Knockout
Two teams, two sets of your brilliant photographs for an "It's a Knockout" competition. With a prize, of course!
Thu 10 Feb 2022 - Cheltenham International Salon Of Photography
Cheltenham members entertain us with selected entries from the 2021 CISP which will be shown as a series of audio visuals
Thu 17 Feb 2022 - Competition No 5 - Monochrome
We give a very warm welcome to our judge, Peter McCloskey, who will critique and score all our best mono images this evening.
Mon 21 Feb 2022 - Back To Basics
The topic and format of this workshop will be announced nearer the time
Thu 24 Feb 2022 - Speaker: Kate Peake "Drone Photography"
Former SCC member Kate will return to show us her much-postponed talk on drone photography.
Thu 3 Mar 2022 - Chairman's Challenge
A surprise evening's entertainment to be announced nearer the time!
Thu 10 Mar 2022 - Speaker: Carl Downing
Sports and wildlife photographer Carl will be giving us tips on how to capture movement.
Mon 14 Mar 2022 - Back to Basics
The topic and format for this workshop will be notified nearer the time.
Thu 17 Mar 2022 - Competition No 6 - Nature
Nature photographer Ralph Snook FRPS, EFIAP is making a very welcome return to SCC to judge our nature Competition
Thu 24 Mar 2022 - Members' Night: Audio Visuals
Now is your chance to have a go at making one or two 5-minute AVs
Thu 31 Mar 2022 - Members' Night: Lighting and studio portraits
Bring your camera and tripod along to have a go at some portraits of a model.
Thu 7 Apr 2022 - Speaker: Steve Varman "More Creative photography"
Back by popular demand, Steve's new talk is sure to be equally creative and inspiring.
Thu 14 Apr 2022 - Annual General Meeting
Its time for our AGM and for you to select your Committee for the 2022-2023 Season
Thu 21 Apr 2022 - Competition No 7 - Image Of The Year
This is the BIG one! Mike Dales is our judge for the evening.
Mon 25 Apr 2022 - Back To Basics
The topic and format of this workshop will be published nearer the time.
Thu 28 Apr 2022 - Mobile Phone Challenge
Be as creative as you like and show up to six images taken with your mobile phone or other electronic device (iPad, Tablet etc). There will be a gallery set up on the website to upload your images by 5:00pm this evening
Thu 5 May 2022 - Members' Evening
Bring your camera and stroll out from the Bowls Club in any direction for a relaxing evening photo shoot. Return to share the results at 9:00pm
Thu 12 May 2022 - End Of Season Social Evening
Bring and share a plate of food. Quiz and presentation of Awards
Thu 26 May 2022 - Summer Club
Summer Club 2022 starts here! Informal photo shoots in a different location each week.
Check the "Programme" section for each Summer Club date for details of where and when we are meeting up. There will also be a Bulletin sent out to members each week with the details. We're sorry but for insurance reasons, only fully paid-up members can join us.