Events 2025
Venue: Whitwell Station @ 7:30pm unless specified otherwise.
All outside activities subject to weather conditions.
Proposed calendar of events for 2025. These may be subject to change for reasons of availability, demand and other circumstances.
We usually have our meetings on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month but sometimes this is changed according to need so it is important to look at our Facebook page and this website for the latest information.
Members - if you have ideas or would like to lead an evening please talk to a member of the committee.
January
9th
Committee Meeting.
16th
Talk by Maurice Young - Landscapes & Studio Portraits
Partners are welcome to attend this event [free of charge]
Invite your friends, they are welcome, although we do charge £5 [Cash] per person payable on the night. [£5.10 for card payment]
February
6th
Food Photography - a practical evening, bring your equipment and some food. [DC]
20th
Using Smartphones for Photography - a practical evening bring your phones [KP]
March
6th
DPI Challenge [C1] Religious Buildings [Inclusive of grounds]
20th
'Show & Tell' including images taken at the Food and Smartphone sessions. [RB]
April
3rd
Talk on aircraft photography by club member David [DP] TBC
17th
PRINT Challenge [C2] - Landscapes
May
1st
A practical evening on 'Patterns' giving members the opportunity to practice for the upcoming competition. Bring your equipment. {DC]
15th
Image Battle [KP]
June
5th
An evening with Bob Johnson [Confirmed] - ''Kingdom of the Ice Bear'
Partners are welcome to attend this event [free of charge]
Invite your friends, they are welcome, although we do charge £5 [Cash] per person payable on the night. [£5.10 for card payment]
19th
Triptych Competition Final
July
3rd
DPI Challenge [C3] - Patterns [Theme entries to be taken by Smartphone]
17th
Summer Evening Out at Blickling courtesy of Kenny TBC
TBC
August
7th
Print Challenge [C4] - The Natural World
21st
Summer Evening Out - Burgh-next-Aylsham. An abundance of photographic opportunities.
September
4th
Dpi Challenge [C5] - Spinning
18th
Talk on Cameras and/or Techniques TBC
October
2nd
Talk by Alan Dixon TBC
16th
Print Challenge [C6] - Yellow
Monday 20th - Image Battle with Buxton Photography Club at Buxton
November
6th
Annual Competition - DPI Category
20th
Annual Competition - PRINT Category
December
4th
Christmas Lights in Holt or evening visit to Blickling Courtesy of Kenny TBC
11th
AGM, Awards and Social Evening. Partners welcome to attend.
What we did in 2024 - calendar below
January
11th
Committee Meeting at Michael's
18th
A Talk by Clive Dunn, photographer,, film maker and author [MB]
Partners are welcome to attend this event [free of charge]
Invite your friends, they are welcome, although we do charge £5 [Cash] per person payable on the night. [£5.10 for card payment]
February
1st
Portraits [KP+Others]
15th
Show and Tell. Images from the Portrait evening. Discussion and Critique [KP+others]
March
7th
DpI Challenge C1 - Street Photography
21st
Image Battle [KP]
April
4th
Question & Answer Session led by Richard Ban
Bring along your photography and camera questions - and bring along your expertise to help answer those questions.
18th
Print Challenge C2 - A different view of Norfolk '
[Guidance: the idea is NOT to enter the familiar landmarks like Cromer Pier, Happisburgh Lighthouse or Norwich Cathedral for example]
May
2nd
'On the Rails' - an opportunity to take pictures around the Whitwell Station site
16th
'Aircraft Photography and Aircraft' - an evening with club member David.
June
6th
Triptych Competition Final
20th
An evening with Bob Johnson [Confirmed] - 'From Antarctica to The Pantanal'
The Pantanal is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay.
Partners are welcome to attend this event [free of charge]
Invite your friends, they are welcome, although we do charge £5 [Cash] per person payable on the night. [£5.10 for card payment]
July
4th
Dpi Challenge C3 - Beach & Seashore
18th
Summer Evening Out at Blickling courtesy of Kenny
August
1st
Print Challenge C4 - Self-Portrait & Open
15th
Show and Tell including images from the Old Buckingham Airshow and more [MB]
September
5th
Dpi Challenge C5 - Urban Landscape
19th
Perspective. [DC]
October
3rd
TBA
17th
Print Challenge C6 - Trees [or Tree]
November
7th
Annual Competition - DPI Category
21st
Annual Competition - PRINT Category
December
5th
Christmas Lights in Holt.
12th
AGM, Awards and Social Evening. Partners welcome to attend.
What we did in 2023 - calendar below
January
19th
“THE SKY'S THE LIMIT – my experiences with drone photography” - Kevin Appleton [MB] -- partners welcome to attend
February
2nd
AV with Steve [SM]
9th
Committee Meeting at Michael's
16th
Macro Evening [RL]
March
2nd
Projector evening [DC]
16th
DPI Competition C1
30th
Committee Meeting
April
6th
Mounting Prints
20th
AV Evening [MB]
May
4th
Lighting - Les Martire
18th
DPI Competition C2
June
1st
Photo Walk - shooting in monochrome
15th
Post Processing Techniques [SM]
July
6th
PRINT Competition C3
20th
Evening out - Reepham Walk About
August
3rd
Post Processing Techniques [SM]
17th
Triptych Competition Final
September
7th
Bob Johnson will be giving a talk on the The Carnivores of the Serengeti - partners welcome to attend
21st
DPI Competition C4
October
5th
Trip to Norwich [DC CC]
19th
An evening of experimental photography including "forced perspective" [DC]
26th
Committee Meeting
November
2nd
Annual Competition
16th
An evening with Alan Dixon - partners welcome to attend
3oth
Christmas Lights in Norwich
December
7th
AGM, Awards and Social Evening. Partners welcome to attend the Awards and Social part of the evening.
What we did in 2022 - calandar below
January
20th
Indoor Meeting - Wildlife (GC)
February
3rd
Fix It (Adapt an Image) [KP]
17th
Photographic evening (Portrait - Still life) [KP]
26th - Saturday
Evening Steam Shoot (5:30 to 8:00pm) [GC]
March
3rd
Competition 1 - Theme is Liquid
17th
Bring Camera - Long Exposure [DC]
April
7th
Debbie's 'Retirement Shoot' [@ Debbie's house]
21st
Show and Tell (images from Steaming event Feb 26) [MB]
May
5th
Small World People' presented by Mick Battams - partners welcome to attend [KP]
19th
Competition 2 - Theme is Long Exposure
June
2nd
Evening in Norwich [KP] - CHANGED DUE TO BANK HOLIDAY NO MEETING
16th
Bring Camera - Hashtag - Rod will explain [RG]
July
7th
Evening at Blickling 7pm - courtesy of Kenny
21st
AV with Michael [MB]
August
4th
Evening at Wells [DC]
18th
Competition 3 - Theme is People at Work
September
8th
Adventures in Venice with Dave and Joan Jordan [KP]
22nd
Club 'Battle' evening [KP]
October
6th
Enjoy your Camera Evening - Still Life & Outside. The chance to talk cameras, get help and swop ideas.
20th
Light Painting [DC]
November
3rd
Annual Competition
17th
'In Search of Polar Bears - A Photographic Adventure into the Arctic' with Alan Dixon {KP]
December
1st
Christmas Lights in Norwich
15th
AGM and Social Evening