You will be made welcome whatever your level of ability or experience

 

Our new season of weekly meetings has now started with a wide range of talks and activities.  Full information can be found on the Programme tab, but information on some of the first few evenings are below  Guests are always welcome and if you want to learn more about what we do just look around this site or contact us directly.

 

13th November 2024: Members’ Evening

Photographing Moving Objects – John Haynes

John aims to give us an in-depth talk about the approach he uses to photograph moving objects. He will provide details about how he prepares for the shoot as well as the equipment he uses. We’ll learn about the camera settings, including shutter speed, f stop and ISO as well as hearing some of the background stories about the images.

 

Wildlife In The Pantanal and Indonesia – Joyce Rothschild

In Joyce’s words there is no need for all those travel vaccinations, rugged clothing, malaria prevention or Dioralyte – we just need to come and sit in comfort in the Solihull Methodist Hall and enjoy some wildlife images from two continents.

20th November 2024:  3S Competition

Our 3S competition is against 2 other clubs – Sheffield and Shillington, where 20 DPI images from each club (60 in total) are judged by independent judges at each club in turn.  The winning club is the one with the most overall points from all 3 rounds.

It will be an interesting evening to see images from two other clubs who are not so local to us.  In addition, Bob Goode will be the judge for our section of the judging process.  We can expect a consistent judging approach from Bob.

27th November 2024: Astrophotography – Mary McIntyre

Mary is an astronomy speaker, writer, astrophotographer and astronomy/space artist based in Oxfordshire, UK.  Her presentation to us in November will consist of two parts:

 

Part one: “Astrophotography Without a Telescope” 

There is a misconception that you need to have a telescope to do astrophotography but there are many things you can photograph in the night sky with just a camera and lenses. This talk covers the basics of how to photograph meteor showers, the Milky Way, aurora, star trails, the Moon and more. This talk is especially appropriate to clubs whose members may not have access to a telescope.

Part two: “My Astrophotography Highlights”

In this part of the presentation Mary will show some of her favourite astronomy photos she has taken to date, explaining how she took them and the stories behind each image.