Beeston Camera Club

4th COMPETITION judged by David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5
2026-01-08 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Old Town Hall, 29 Foster Avenue, Nottingham, NG9 1AE, United Kingdom

CHRISTMAS QUIZ
2025-12-11 19:30 - 21:30
We will definitely be continuing with the quiz, all we need is somebody to do it! We’ll persuade somebody. This will include a Bring Your Own Buffet and a Christmas Raffle. A light-hearted evening to end the year.

3rd COMPETITION judged by Darron Matthews FRPS EPAGB EFIAP ABPE
2025-12-04 19:30 - 21:30

ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY by Graham Dunn
2025-11-27 19:30 - 21:30
Graham has given us some very interesting presentations in the past and tonight, whilst something different, will be no exception. This is an image-packed presentation looking at the techniques involved in architectural photography, illustrated by dozens of examples of interior, exterior and cityscape photographs. www.grahamdunn.co.uk

BRITISH WILDLIFE IN MACRO by Nigel Spencer ARPS
2025-11-20 19:30 - 21:30
Not all wildlife revolves around animals and birds; there are simply millions of smaller subjects to be found. Many of these make great species to photograph; indeed, to photograph many of them, you don’t need a long lens, or specialist macro equipment. Nigel is one of the county’s top wildlife photographers. www.nigelspencer.co.uk

Open Evening
2025-11-13 19:30 - 21:30

2nd COMPETITION judged by Phil Newman ARPS AFIAP BPE4
2025-11-06 19:30 - 21:30

Sport Photography by Ady Kerry QIP ABIPP
2025-10-30 19:30 - 21:30
Ady gave us a very interesting evening last season, so we have asked him to return with this wide-ranging presentation that covers all aspects of sports and action photography with many tips, tricks and advice as how to get the best from your sports photography. https://www.adykerry.com/about

China From The Inside by Lois Webb CPAGB
2025-10-23 19:30 - 21:30
Living amongst the people of China for just over four years offered Nottingham Outlaw member Lois opportunities and experiences she may not have been given as a tourist. Her presentation charts the progress of her photography, from enthusiastic family snapper to professional photographer and tutor, through images of her hometown Shanghai, to across the length and breadth of the vast country of China.

Creating Good Impressions by David Townshend FRPS
2025-10-16 19:30 - 21:30
David has been recommended to us by members who met him when he had an Exhibition in Newark recently. He will show us how his striking impressionist and abstract images interpret the world in a different way, exploring colour and shape, texture and light. He has won two major prizes in the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition and will explain how he composes images in the field using in-camera multiple exposures, combining layers from that place on that day: later using Lightroom to complete the creative process. In this way he explores the natural and man-made elements in a landscape, combining and re-presenting them in unique ways. https://davidtownshend.com/

Photographing the Night Sky by Chris Platkiw
2025-10-09 19:30 - 21:30
Chris comes highly recommended with his extremely interesting talk on photographing the night sky without necessarily having complex camera equipment. Just the right time of the year as well we hope.

1st Competition Judged by Malcolm Sales QEP ARPS
2025-10-02 19:30 - 21:30

Open Evening
2025-09-25 19:30 - 21:30
We have several evenings through the season which are for members to do as they please – it may be several members showing a few images of their own or perhaps a member may share their expertise on a specific subject, or we could have several demonstrations going off at the same time. In all cases it is up to individual members to come up with ideas.

The Little Print Show - an artistic approach to photography by Jonathan Vaines
2025-09-18 19:30 - 21:30
This talk is something a bit different, stepping out of the club mainstream. Along with individual images we see the motivational benefits of working with Projects, Sets and Groups of images. Most of Jonathan’s images are created using “in camera” techniques and the focus of the evening is about “Thinking Inside The Box”. The talk is primarily a print talk but presented via PowerPoint with 60 prints to display in the evening. https://blueroomphoto.site123.me/

Faces and Figures by Dave Stewart
2025-09-11 19:30 - 21:30
Dave is an excellent speaker and entertained us last year, so we have asked him to return with an evening of people shots, including studio work, gigs and re-enactments. Always worth a watch.

The President's Evening
2025-09-04 19:30 - 21:30
Our new President Linda Cooper-Clayton will present her own show as a start to our season, which is sure to be a great opening night whilst leaving the opportunity to have a chat and reacquaint with old friends.

Annual General Meeting
2025-04-24 19:30 - 21:30
Your chance to have a say in club affairs.

Hilda Thurman competition
2025-04-17 19:30 - 21:30
Judged by members on the night.
The main criteria are an A4 print with minimum manipulation.
Details to be confirmed.

7th competition judged by Richard Houghton
2025-04-10 19:30 - 21:30
Theme: The built environment.

My photography by David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE
2025-04-03 19:30 - 21:30
Beeston Camera Club member Dave is a fine photographer and respected judge. Tonight, in a varied presentation, he will show a mixture of AVs and pictures he likes to take in the first half of the evening, with the second half containing some of the images that gained him his distinctions plus a few of his latest pictures to finish. A real treat.

Three-way inter-club battle judged by Erica Oram CPAGB AFIAP BPE3
2025-03-27 19:30 - 21:30
Our annual inter-club competition which allows us to judge ourselves against the Rolls Royce and Ilkeston clubs. Ten prints and ten PDIs from each club, a total of 60 images on the night. We will try and pick from as many different members as possible.

Best of Beeston competition judged by Darron Matthews ARPS EPAGB EFIAP ABPE
2025-03-20 19:30 - 21:30
This season the themes are:

Church,
Red,
Water,
Global Warming,
Movement, and
Abstract.

You enter in four of the six categories (at your choice).
PHOTOGRAPHS MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS

The NEMPF travelling show with Gary and Louise Langley
2025-03-13 19:30 - 21:30
A critique evening where Gary and Louise bring along boxes of prints which they consider unlucky not to have made the NEMPF Exhibition. As each print is put up the audience is invited to guess how many it scored after which the print is discussed, perhaps showing the audience possible imperfections in the prints that the judges might not have seen during the few seconds they see it before scoring the image. An intriguing idea.

6th competition judged by Dave Hollingsworth CPAGB
2025-03-06 19:30 - 21:30

An evening with Rolls Royce members
2025-02-27 19:30 - 21:30
Three Rolls Royce members will show a stunning selection of images both as prints and Audio Visual in an exciting evening of photography.

The journey continues by Paul Hassell FRPS MPAGB
2025-02-20 19:30 - 21:30
Paul gave us an extremely well received presentation last season with his superb prints and we have had many requests to recall him, so this is Part 2 of his photographic journey, no doubt told with the same humour and skill as he displayed previously. A born storyteller and a great photographer.

Another evening with Jurgen Payne
2025-02-13 19:30 - 21:30
Another evening with our own member. Details of the exact format of the evening will be announced nearer the time.

5th competition judged by Steffan Nicholson
2025-02-06 19:30 - 21:30

The Galapagos and rainforests of Ecuador by Gianpiero Ferrari FRPS DPAGB FBPE EFIAP
2025-01-30 19:30 - 21:30
By popular demand, Gianpiero is going to delight us again with his stunning images, this time from a journey which begins in the Andean mountains at Quito, the capital of Ecuador, before cruising around the volcanic archipelago that is the Galapagos. We then visit the rainforest of the Antisana National Park before visiting Coca City on the banks of the Napo River, a pristine rainforest habitat. Darwin’s Finches, Land Iguana, Giant Galapagos Tortoise, the only penguins to be found in the Northern hemisphere are just a few of the species we will see accompanied by Gianpiero’s always informative and often humorous commentary.

NEMPF PDI show
2025-01-23 19:30 - 21:30
Our annual showing of the accepted PDIs in the North & East Midlands Photographic Exhibition. Stunning images from all the N&EMPF clubs.
