You will be made welcome whatever your level of ability or experience
The Society was formed in July 1936 so our new season, is our 90th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone we are planning an exciting programme of events, including a special anniversary lecture in October. Information on the first few meetings is given below and more information can be found under the programme tab. If you want to learn more about what we do just look around this site, visit our social media pages or contact us directly. We meet on Wednesday evenings from September to May and we also run occasional technical workshops. Guests are always welcome to any of our events so if you are interested in photography come along and try us out.
11th November ‘In search of ….” By Bill Ward
Bill is both a well known actor but also a very good photographer. We had booked him to talk to us last season but due to clashes with his acting commitments that had to be postponed. He still has a very busy schedule but we are pleased that he will finally be able to come and talk to us. A great evening to look forward to.
https://billwardphotography.co.uk/
18th November “Hard to get “ By Van Greaves
Van Greaves has been a Smethwick PS member for 50 years but has also been a full time freelance professional photographer for 35 years. He gained his FRPS in 1991 after double ARPS. He has travelled and lectured extensively both home and abroad. He has thousands of published photographs/articles in books, magazines calendars, postcards. greeting cards, tourism and commercial brochures as well as several illustrated newspaper articles Including The Sun, Daily Mail, Express & Star & B’ham Post. It should prove to be an interesting evening.
25th November Three clubs challenge with judge John Haines
For many years we have participated in an annual interclub challenge “The three S” involving Solihull, Sheffield and Shillington clubs. Unfortunately Shillington is no longer able to compete, so instead Norwich has now joined to make it the ”Three clubs challenge”. Each club submits 20 images (60 in total) which are judged in turn at each club. The points awarded from each are added together and the club with the most is the overall winner. In the past it has always been a tight contest between us and Sheffield so we’ll see how we get on this year.
2nd December “Getting started with multiple exposures” by Janina Wilde
This should be a very interesting evening where we can learn some new techniques. Well worth coming along to hear Janina in preparation for the next Members challenge in February
