PROGRAMME 2024

Monday August 19th 2024

Landscape outing to shoot the heather around Stanage Edge, led by BPC member Roy Hutchinson. Meet at 6pm. Details to follow.
Show your images in the follow-up meeting on September 16th.

Monday September 2nd

Ashley Franklin: "The Derwent Valley: The Story of a Photobook."
Ashley tells the story of how he assembled the first ever photo book to celebrate the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, published in November 2023. He explains how his book encapsulates the valley's historical significance, its communities and its rich biodiversity.
Look forward to expert story-telling and superb images. Not to be missed.

Monday 16th September

Follow-up to the heather landscape session of August 19th, where we will view and discuss the images taken then.

SATURDAY September 28th.

Southwell Day: Options available are the Show, the Architecture of the town & Cathedral, and the Ploughing Match.
Follow-up meeting on November 4th.

Monday September 30th

Bi-monthly Competition Leg 1. Judge Robert Falconer.
Please see the rules in the competitions section of this website.

Monday October 7th

Michael Poole: "If it Moves, Shoot it"

Monday October 21st

Members' Evening: Photo-Editing of six circulated images

Monday November 4th:

Follow-up to the Southwell Day on September 28th

Monday November 18th

Bi-monthly Competition Leg 2. This will be member-judged.
Please see the rules in the competitions section of this website.

Monday December 2nd

Rob Falconer: "Digital Derbyshire 2"

Monday December 16th

Christmas Festivity

PROGRAMME 2025

Monday January 6th 2024

Tim Reynolds: "Making an Impression". Long-time BPC Club member Tim will be guiding us towards making Impressionist and Abstract images, with examples and techniques such as Intentional Camera Movement (ICM).

Monday January 20th

Richard Gosney: "The Abraham Brothers" - explore the work of two Victorian photographers and pioneers of the sport of Rock Climbing in the Peak District.
Richard is our own very versatile BPC member.

Monday February 3rd

Theme Competition - Architecture. Judge Phil Peat.
Please consult the competitions section of this website for the rules.

Monday February 17th

"Bakewell on the Day". The idea is to take pictures of any aspect of town life such as transport, buildings, cattle market etc during the day, and then show them at the meeting in the evening.

Monday March 3rd

Graham Dunn: "Portraits". info@grahamdunn.co.uk

Monday March 17th

Annual Competition

As always for this competition we welcome David Gibbins as our Judge.
Please consult the rules in the competitions section of this website as they have changed slightly since last season.

Monday March 31st

Three-Way Competition v Matlock and Ashbourne Photo Clubs. We are the hosts this year.
Judge Phil Newman.

Monday April 7th

AGM (84th).