2017/18 Programme

We meet on Monday evenings at 19:30 for a 19:45 start. Our meetings are at St Mary's Supporters Club, Lewes. During the summer, club members get together for outings and social events - see our Social events page for details.

Visitors are welcome at the presentations from outside photographers - all we ask is a £3 contribution towards club funds.

11 September 2017
SOCIAL: Welcome back to the club after the break. An opportunity to share summer photographs and pay subs for the new season.

18 September 2017
TALK: Alexis Maryon. Details to follow.

25 September 2017
TALK: Djinn, Widows and Sufis; Adventures in Photography. A walkthrough the best work of Darragh Mason Field, multi award winning photographer and researcher.

2 October 2017
COMPETITION: PDI League Round 1
Subject - Open
Judge – Roger Gilroy

9 October 2017
COMPETITION: PDI, with a Right to Reply. No set subject, but entrants have a chance to respond to the judge's comments.
Judge – Paul Dunmall

16 October 2017
TALK: 32 years as a press photographer, by award-winning Sussex photographer John Fox.

23 October 2017
COMPETITION: Print League Round 1
Subject - Open
Judge - Gary Carter

30 October 2017
TALK: The making of fragile. The ideas behind and the challenges involved when deciding to publish a book​, by photographer Valda Bailey.

6 November 2017
COMPETITION: PDI League Round 2
Subject - Fluid
Judge - Rob de Ruiter ARPS​​

13 November 2017
TALK: Mindful Seeing. A mix of portraits, street photography and environmental photography by Jo Teasdale FRPS.
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20 November 2017
COMPETITION: Natural History. Prints and PDI - any mix of 3 images of wildlife. Competition Rule 5 applies
Judge – Michael Warren

27 November 2017
DEMO: Still Life - bring your own camera, with presenter Gary Carter.

4 December 2017
COMPETITION: Print League Round 2
Subject - In the style of...
Judge – Judith Stewart

11 December 2017
SOCIAL: It’s A Knock Out competition judged by members. With Christmas nibbles and mince pies.

9 January 2018 (Tuesday)
Annual Dinner
Details nearer the time

15 January 2018
TALK: The Story of English Freedom, by truth-seeker and mysteries researcher Andy Thomas.  From the rebellions of Boudicca to the modern Poll Tax riots​.

22 January 2018
COMPETITION: Print League Round 3
Subject - Food and drink
Judge – Philip Westwood.

29 January 2018
TALKS: Members' Lecturettes - 20-minute talks on any subject within the theme of photography.

5 February 2018
TALK: Toothbrush, Passport & Camera​. Meeting statesmen, politicians, actors, humanitarians, film folk and even a terrorist, by photojournalist John Robert Young.

12 February 2018
COMPETITION: PDI League Round 3
Subject – Monochrome
Judge – Faith Lee

19 February 2018
TALK: Wildlife and nature photography - what is it and how to take better images, by Bob Webzell ARPS EFIAP. ​

26 February 2018
COMPETITION: Print League Round 4
Set Subject – Open
Judge – tbc

5 March 2018
TALK: An evening of contrasts by Rosemary Wilman HonFRPS APAGB.

12 March 2018
COMPETITION: PDI League Round 4
Open Subject
Judge - Dick Saunders

19 March 2018
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Followed by awards for the league Print and PDI competitions.

​26 March 2018
COMPETITION: Image Of The Year.
Competition Rule 4 applies, any images entered in print and PDI competitions during the year are eligible.
Judge – David Elliott