2025-26 Programme
Meetings are held on Mondays at the Headley Village Hall (HVH) GU35 8LJ and start at 19:45 for 20:00 unless otherwise stated.
Download: Ludshott PC Programme 2025 – 2026 Rev 1
| 2025 | ||
| 1st Sept | Guest Speaker – Slawek Staszczuk – Landscape – The Art of Seeing – Slawek is an experienced landscape photographer, and his talk will include composition, anticipation and imagination. | HVH |
| 15th Sept | Competition – PDI No 1, Open – Sarah Bedwell LRPS | HVH |
| 22nd Sept | Rollup evening | HVH |
| 6th Oct | Guest Speaker – Colleen Slater – Macro Photography – Colleen is a creative, macro photography specialist with an interest in the smaller things in life, whether insects – beetles, spiders, butterflies, moths and ladybirds – or flowers, her evocative, atmospheric and intimate images draw attention to the ordinary, often unnoticed things in the everyday world. Her latest images reveal close-up details found in the urban environment. | HVH |
| 15th Oct | Keith Hunt Digital AV – Judge Judge Suzie Kirby CPAGB/AV | Woking |
| 20th Oct | Rollup evening | HVH |
| 27th Oct | Competition – Print No 1 Open – Judge: Ann Healey, FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/g BPE5 | HVH |
| 3rd Nov | Guest Speaker – Peter Dazeley BFM FRPS – Unseen London.
Peter studied photography at Holland Park Comprehensive (now known as the Socialist Eton). His work has won awards from organisations including the Association of Photographers, the Royal Photographic Society. As a born and bred Londoner, Peter’s book Unseen London is about his journey recording historic London buildings, their architecture and interiors, as they stand in the 21st Century. Battersea Power Station was the starting point for Peter; discovering other hidden London gems inspired him on his mission to photograph hidden London for future generations. |
HVH |
| 17th Nov | Guest Speaker – Eddie Hyde FRPS – Woodland Talk “I can’t see the wood for the trees”. | HVH
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| 24th Nov | Competition – PDI No 2 Open/Macro and Close-up – Judge: Ian Brash CPAGB BPE3 | HVH |
| 1st Dec | Guest Speaker – Paul Shilliam FRPS – Talk – “Wildlife Photography My Way”. Some of the topics to be discussed
· Wildlife photography – what is it and how does it differ from other types of photography. · Habituation – reveal animal habituation and its impact on successful photography. · Setup – Demonstration of the photographic kit I use. · Lenses – explain the impact of differing lens types. · Composition – Explore how good composition and a favourable background can impact your images dramatically. |
HVH |
| 15th Dec | Chairman’s Evening | HVH |
| 2026 | ||
| 5th Jan | Guest Speaker – Roger Mendham LRPS – Talk “Breaking the Rules” – A different perspective on the conventional rules of composition. A keen and accomplished photographer Roger has gained Distinctions from the Royal Photographic Society and was a former President of the Surrey Photographic Association.
His artistic taste is predominantly 20th century, and he is particularly interested in the visual aspects of art. |
HVH |
| 19th Jan | Rollup evening | HVH |
| 26th Jan | Competition – Print No 2 Open – Tim Morland ARPS DPAGB | HVH |
| 2nd Feb | Guest Speakers – Ian Brash CPAGB BPE3 and Pat Coulder CPAGB BPE1 QPSA – Presentation “titled PIC” – this is a collection of Pat and Ian’s favourite images taken from their own Club competitions and Exhibitions in a wide range of genres. Some before and after images, how we processed in software with hints and tips along the way. | HVH |
| 16th Feb | Rollup evening | HVH |
| 23rd Feb | Competition – PDI No 3 – Andrew Webster ARPS –Open/Creative | HVH |
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2nd Mar |
Guest Speaker – Lawrence Homewood CPAGB EFIAP BPE2 Street & Travel Photography – The Street and Travel Access to Photography talk is presented on PowerPoint. The subjects I cover in this presentation cover my camera equipment and accessories, setting, tricks and techniques, useful facts knowing your rights, composing and editing your images, staged and un-staged street photography.
All the images featured were taken all over the United Kingdom, Europe, and Thailand featuring a diverse selection of people, buildings and locations. All images have been edited many of which were used to gain my photographic distinctions with BPE, PAGB, and FIAP. |
HVH |
| 16th Mar | Rollup evening | HVH |
| Tue 17 Mar | Surrey Advertiser Rosebowl | Woking |
| 23th Mar | Competition – Print No 3 Open – Judge: Eddie Hyde FRPS | HVH |
| Thur 9 Apr | Inter-club competition with Cranleigh – Judge David Smith LRPS CPAGB BPE1* | Zoom |
| 20th Apr | Guest Speaker – Peter Benson FRPS MCrGP AWPF. (Zoom, in hall). “Photography on the Darkside”, London Nights. During this presentation, Peter will first take us back into the early days of photography and the start of Urban Night Photography. The talk expands into a tour around some of his favourite places for night photography in and around Central London. During this journey he will be giving some hints and tips sprinkled with a bit of history about some of the places, so there is something for everyone. | HVH/Zoom |
| 27th Apr | Rollup evening | |
| 18th May | Competition – PDI 4 – Open/Landscape-Cityscape – Rob Bonfield, Woking | HVH |
| 1st June | Rollup evening | HVH |
| 15th Jun | AGM, plus Best PDI and Print of the Season (judged by members) | HVH |