Normal Venue
Visitors are always made welcome. We ask for £5 at the door towards costs. Meetings start at 7.30pm and end at 10pm. Details of the new venue will be added once agreed.
Programme 2020-21
Due to uncertainties regarding coronavirus, we plan to continue with online meetings using video conferencing roughly every two weeks for the foreseeable future. The Programme is subject to change depending on updated official health advice. All future hall based meetings will be in The Solihull Methodist Church Hall.
| Day | Date | Meeting type* | Speaker/Event |
| Tuesday | 1/9/2020 | Zoom | Anne Sutcliffe – Swan song |
| Tuesday | 15/09/2020 | Zoom | James Kerwin – Tales of abandoned architecture |
| Tuesday | 22/09/2020 | – | Hand in for 1st Aggregate competition |
| Tuesday | 29/09/2020 | Zoom | 1st Aggregate – Judge Peter Cheetham |
| Tuesday | 06/10/2020 | – | Hand in for Panel Competition |
| Thursday | 08/10/2020 | Zoom with Shirley PS | Julian Elliott – Mongolia From Steppe To Eagle Hunters |
| Tuesday | 13/10/2020 | Zoom | Panel competition – Judge Steve Clifford |
| Tuesday | 20/10/2020 | – | Hand in for 2nd Aggregate competition |
| Tuesday | 27/10/2020 | Zoom | 2nd Aggregate – Judge Kirsty Ralfs |
| Tuesday | 10/11/2020 | Zoom | Roger Butler – Canal Heritage |
| Tuesday | 24/11/2020 | Zoom | 3 Ss Competition – Judge Dave Tucker |
| Thursday | 26/11/2020 | Zoom with Shirley PS | Ralph Snook – Wildlife snaps from my travels |
| Wednesday | 02/12/2020 | Live trial at hall | Phil Moorhouse – My images and creating a website |
| Tuesday | 08/12/2020 | Zoom | Ashley Franklin – Part 1: Wider world of photography (Its history and genres) |
| Christmas Break | |||
| Wednesday | 06/01/2021 | Live at hall | Harish Chavda – Sports and landscape prints |
| Tuesday | 12/01/2021 | – | Hand in for 3rd Aggregate |
| Tuesday | 19/01/2021 | Zoom | 3rd Aggregate – Judge Paddy Ruske |
| Wednesday | 03/02/2021 | Live in hall | Verity Milligan –Birmingham based local photographer and educator |
| Tuesday | 09/02/2021 | – | Hand in for 4th Aggregate |
| Tuesday | 16/02/2021 | Zoom | 4th Aggregate – Judge Lloyd Moore |
| Wednesday | 03/03/2021 | Live at hall | Andy Thorpe – People, places and things |
| Tuesday | 16/03/2021 | Zoom | Phil Savoie- Wildlife photographer and film maker formerly with BBC Natural History Unit |
| Wednesday | 31/03/2021 | Live at hall | Ashley Franklin – Part 2 : Wider world of photography |
| Easter Break | |||
| Tuesday | 6/04/2021 | – | Hand in for annual DPI |
| Tuesday | 13/04/2021 | Zoom | Annual DPI – Judge Nick Akers |
| Wednesday | 28/04/2021 | Live at hall | Annual Print – Judge Anne Sutcliffe |
| Tuesday | 11/05/2021 | Zoom | Speaker to be confirmed |
| Wednesday | 26/05/2021 | Live at hall | AGM and social |
To give a flavour of our meetings, the 2019-20 programme was:
September 2019
3rd – Speaker – Peter Gennard – PG Tips, Fresh Brew
10th – Members’ Evening – Practical studio photography. Bring your camera.
17th – Speaker – Irene Froy – Land, shore, and sky
24th – Speaker – Tim Cornbill – Architecture and Urban Photography
October 2019
1st – 1st Aggregate Competition – Judge Chris Baldwin
8th – Speaker – Phil Cooling – Weird and Wonderful … ish
15th – Panel Competition – Judge Dave Tucker
22nd – Speaker – Jamie Peters – Army Photography
29th – 2nd Aggregate Competition – Judge Ken Hudson
November 2019
5th – Speaker – Graham Heywood – Fresh imaginations
12th – AV Competition, Judge Richard Brown
19th – Speaker –Chris Fairweather – Photojournalism: Stories from the road
26th –3Ss Competition – Judge Louise Hill
December 2019
3rd – Christmas Dinner
10th –The President’s Evening
17th – It’s a Knockout and Christmas Social
January 2020
7th – Speaker – Anne Sutcliffe – Travelling Light
14th – 3rd Aggregate Competition– Judge Heather Woodhams
21st – MCPF Portfolio
28th – Speaker – Warren Alani – Seeing is believing
February 2020
4th – Speaker – Nettie Edwards – Mart phone photography and beyond
11th – 4th Aggregate Competition – Judge Chris Fletcher
18th – Activity Evening – Photograph small animals provided by Warren Davis of Wildside Encounters
25th – Annual Nature Competition – Judge Robert Ings
29th – Solihull Open Exhibition of British Photography at Solihull School.
March 2020
3rd – Speaker – Nat Coalson – Photography as Fine Art
10th – Inter-club Contest with Webheath Photo Club – Judge John Haines
April 2020
Annual Projected Image Competition – Judged by Anne Sutcliffe using video conferencing.
June 2020
2nd – Speaker – Bob Breach with Travel Audio-Visuals
16th – Workshop – Jim Hiscox on making and editing Videos
July 2020
7th – Speaker – Robert Harvey with “Small is Beautiful”
21st – Workshop – Bob Breach. “How do I …”?
August 2020
4th – Speaker – Les Jones with the Story of Elsie magazine
18th – Speaker – Wayne Brittle with “Another time, another place”