Welcome to the Reepham & District Photographic Club [R&DPC]

Contact: photoclubofreepham@gmail.com

2024

Next Meeting

Our first meeting in 2024 is on Thursday 18th January and will be a talk by Clive Dunn, photographer, film maker and author. 

Partners are welcome to attend this event

Invite your friends, they are welcome, although we do charge £5 per person payable on the night.

Merry Christmas Everyone





Entries to our Annual Open Competition 2023

Challenges 2024

Coming Soon ...............

C1 Thursday 16th March

The theme is 'Night'

[Entries to Kevin by 8pm on 9th March]

C2 Thursday 18th May

The theme is 'Abstract'

[Entries to Kevin by 8pm on 11th May]

C3 Thursday 6th July PRINTS

The theme is 'Portrait of a Person or Persons'

[Dpi versions of the prints to be with Kevin by 8pm on 29th June]

C4 Thursday 21st September

The theme is 'Rule of 3'

[Guidance - this is not the rule of thirds but the rule of 3 linked objects such as 3 birds or 3 trees etc]

[Entries to Kevin by 8pm on 14th September]

All challenges feature the OPEN section

Please Note:

Digital challenges entries are limited to TWO images for the theme and up to THREE images for the open category

Annual Competition 2024. Entries for the final will include images entered into C1, C2, C4 and dpi versions of images entered into the print competition [C3]. Images produced for the triptych competition are not allowed. [You may enter 4 images] will take place on November 2nd

Annual Competition 2023

Click here to view all the 2023 entries

Our judge voted as follows:

Congratulations go to Sharon with 'Mummy's Hat [1st - Below], Sharon with 'The Last Jump' [2nd] and Frank with 'Kelpi' [3rd]

Mummy's Hat by Sharon


New for 2023

The Triptych Competition

Bowl, Miss, Catch - Congratulations to Richard Ban for winning our inaugural Triptych competition.

All the entries can be viewed here



Rules for the Triptych Competition:

2023

C4 Rule of Three and Open 2023

At the meeting held on the 6th July the entries to Rule of Three and Open were judged as follows

Rule of Three: Congratulations to Richard Ban with 'The Three Fingers Measure' [1st], Michael B with 'Close Race' [2nd] and Richard L with 'Dandelions' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Lost in Music' [1st], Michael B with 'Copper Clad Door' [2nd] and Richard Ban with 'Nuthatch' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


The Three Fingers Measure by Richard Ban

Close Race by Michael

Dandelions by Richard L

C3 Portrait and Open PRINTS 2023

At the meeting held on the 6th July the entries to Portrait and Open PRINTS were judged as follows

Portrait: Congratulations to Richard Ban with 'Yes - and that's all you need to know' [1st], Richard L with 'Smoke Break' [2nd] and Michael with 'A Steampunk Gentleman' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard Ban with 'Caught in the Sun' [1st], Frank with 'Kelpi' [2nd] and Chris with 'Feed ME' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Yes - and that's all you need to know by Richard Ban

Smoke Break by Richard L

Kelpi by Frank

C2 Abstract and Open 2023

At the meeting held on the 18th May the entries to Abstract and Open were judged as follows

Abstract: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Dead World' [1st], Richard L with 'Reflect' [2nd] and Richard Ban with 'Spilt Salt' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Cavers' [1st], Richard L with 'Washed' [2nd] and Richard Ban with 'Making the best of the Weather' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Dead World by Richard L

Reflect by Richard L

Spilt Salt by Richard Ban

C1 Night and Open 2023

At the meeting held on the 16th March the entries to Night and Open were judged as follows

Night: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Vienna at Night' [1st], Sharon with 'Night Storm' [2nd] and Keith with 'Fireworks' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Sharon with 'The Last Jump' [1st], Debbie with 'Willow in theBreeze' [2nd] and Keith with 'Padlock and Chain' [3rd]

Thank you to everyone for taking part.


Vienna at Night by Richard L

Night Storm by Sharon

Fireworks by Keith

2022

Adapt an Image

At the meeting on February 3rd 2022 members were invited to show their efforts at manipulating an image given to them a couple of weeks earlier. As you can imagine the results were very varied. Click here to see what was done - the image on the right is the one everybody started with ...........


How did members change this ..............................

Q1 Liquid and Open

At the meeting held on the 3rd March the entries to Liquid and Open were judged as follows

Liquid: Congratulations to Kevin with both 'Liquid Engineering' and 'Water in Oi'l which came 1st equal. Congratulations to Helen with 'Rain down the Drain' [2nd] and Keith with 'Oil Bubbles' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Trapped in the pines' [1st], Keith with 'Old Gas Works' [2nd] and Michael B with 'Preparing to Race' [3rd]

Above all thanks to everyone for taking part.


View all the entries ..............................

Liquid Engineering by Kevin

Water in Oil by Kevin

Trapped in the Pines by Richard L

Q2 Long Exposure and Open

At the meeting held on the 19th May the entries to Long Exposure and Open were judged as follows

Long Exposure: Congratulations to Kevin with 'Speedy' [1st], Richard L with 'Slow Train' [2nd] and Richard Ban with 'A new angle on Alcohol' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Richard L with 'Foggy Morn' [1st], Richard L with 'Stroll on the Beach' [2nd] and both Michael B with 'The End of the Ride' and Sharon with 'Ellie' [3rd]

Above all thanks to everyone for taking part.


View all the entries ..............................

Speedy by Kevin

Slow Train by Richard L

A New angle on Alcohol by Richard Ban

Q3 People at Work and Open

At the meeting held on the 18th August the entries to People at Work and Open were judged as follows

People at Work: Congratulations to Sharon with 'A LIfe's Work' [1st], Sharon with 'Where There's a Will' [2nd] and Frank with 'Relining' [3rd] 

Open: Congratulations to Michael with Its Been a Hard Day' [1st], Sharon with 'Millie' [2nd] and both Frank with 'Yellow Wagtail' and Richard Ban with 'The Beauty of Flight' [3rd]

Above all thanks to everyone for taking part.


A LIfe's Work by Sharon

Where There's a Will by Sharon

Relining by Frank