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September 2024
10th SPEAKER John Perriam ‘An Evening with John’ Check out John’s website at https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnperriam/albums
12th DEADLINE for Round 1 PDI photographs. See Handbook for details
17th An Appreciation Evening of Members’ Photographs. Members are invited to send a maximum of four photographs in Open category for discussion. Deadline 13th September.
24th COMPETITION Round 1 PDI photographs Judge Kay Wilson
October 2024
1st SPEAKER Mac Chivers ‘The Birth of Modern Photography’ Check out Mac’s website at www.thevague.co.uk
8th SPEAKER Janet Miles ‘A matter of time’ All about using exposure time creatively. Using a variety of exposure times from very short to very long using speedlights through to ND filters
DEADLINE for Round 2 Print Photographs, see Handbook for details
15th An Appreciation Evening of Members’ Photographs. Members are invited to send a maximum of four photographs in Open category for discussion. Deadline 11th October
22nd COMPETITON Round 2 Prints Judge Pedro Landers. See Handbook for details
29th PRACTICAL How to do Triptych with John Baker
November 2024
5th PDI Challenge Shield. We host Ivybridge/Kingsbridge/Plymouth in this Battle
12th WCPF Prints
DEADLINE for Round 3 PDI photographs, see Handbook for details
19th An Appreciation Evening of Members’ Photographs. Members are invited to send a maximum of four photographs in Open category for discussion. Deadline 15th November
26th COMPETITION Round 3 PDI Judge Peter Fry. See Handbook for details.
December 2024
3rd SPEAKER Becky Craven. In the first half Becky will talk about her life as a food photographer. In the second half there will be opportunities to try and photograph food with Becky’s guidance. Bring your camera gear!
10th MEMBERS PROJECTS
17th Christmas Social and Triptych
January 2025
7th QUIZ NIGHT a fun way to start the New Year. Team up and test your knowledge not only on photography and photographers.
14th An Appreciation Evening of Members’ Photographs. Members are invited to send a maximum of four photographs in Open category for discussion. Deadline 10th January
DEADLINE for Round 4 Print Photographs, see Handbook for details
21st SPEAKER Chris Marsham. Topic TBA
28th COMPETITION Round 4 Prints Judge Clive Figes
February 2025
5th Pop Up Photographic Exhibition from 5pm to 8pm
11th GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS
DEADLINE for Round 5 PDI Photographs, see Handbook for details
18TH SPEAKER Richard Curzon ‘What Makes Me Tick’. The talk encourages the audience to experiment, try new things and simply enjoy their photography. It is themed around a wide and eclectic series of themes covering a broad range of subjects: hopefully a little bit of something for everyone!
25th COMPETITION Round 5 PDI Judge Ian Hosker
March 2025
4th SPEAKER Gordon Aspland – ‘My New Project – Street Photography’
11th President’s Evening
DEADLINE for Master Photographer Competition, see Handbook for details
18th Paul Stevens Trophy. We host Paignton and Torbay in this Battle. Judge Peter Hyett
25th MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER Judge Sandie Cox
April 2025
1st SPEAKER Simon Caplan ‘Extraordinary Ordinary’ Simon introduces us to the many striking urban and architectural details and intriguing abstract images he finds in everyday settings and mundane locations. He offers ideas on how photographers can see and think differently and use their camera as a creative tool to find unusual images where they might otherwise least expect to do so. www.simoncaplanphotography.co.uk
DEADLINE for Image of the Year Competition, judged by members. See Handbook for details
8th AV Group
15th COMPETITION Image of the Year
22nd Locations Group
29th AGM
May 2025
6th End of Year Social and Presentations
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