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2013 MEETINGS:
For details of future meetings, please refer to "Events" in our new website at Creative Group

2012 MEETINGS:

14th October: Members' Day

at Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambs, CB22 4NE
- see Whittlesfordfor directions, meal arrangements, etc.

A day when invited members of the group will present and talk about their work.
Recent Distinction panels will be included.
Pat and Melvyn Frewin will do an hour or so showing their work on A2 prints;
Barry Freeman will talk about his varied work;
Dave Jordan will look at variations on monochrome conversions
and Margery and Kevin Maskell will also be doing a session about creating and publishing books of images using on-line pubishing firms.
They use blurb to create their books and their work may be seen here - select UK site and enter "Maskells" in the search box: Maskell's Books

15th July, Alan Millward and Anne Sutcliffe Print Talks

at Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambs, CB22 4NE
- see Whittlesfordfor directions, meal arrangements, etc.

Alan Millward, FRPS, FPSA, Hon. PAGB is double fellow of the RPS with monochrome environmental people images, taken in the UK, and is also a keen colour landscape, nature and travel photographer. He has over 3500 international acceptances and judged at over 70 international exhibitions in seven countries. His photography is about observing the world around him and reacting to situations enjoying people in their own environment, always striving to build stories into images. Often he is searching for the one picture that can sum up a person, place or event. That is the power of the single image. Much of these thoughts also apply to travel photography. Similar to his people photography his nature work has to be wild live and free, and in a place of its own choosing.

Our second speaker, Anne Sutcliffe, is an invited member of the London Salon of Photography and the Eyecon Group. She is a member of Smethwick and Solihull Photographic Societies and a past president at Solihull. She is a keen exhibitor and has lectured and / or judged in six countries. Anne is past member and chair of the Royal Photographic Society's Licentiate assessment panel. At the end of 2012 she was promoted to the RPS Visual Art assessment panel and elected to the RPS Advisory Board

To download a ticket application form, click here: Ticket Application

25th March 2012: Selections of the Projected Image and Print 2012 Exhibitions
including a short Annual General Meeting.

took place at Foxton Village Hall, Hardman Road, Foxton, Cambridge, Cambs, CB22 6RN

Details of the first Print Exhbition showing can be seen in the right hand margin.

Lists of acceptances in the Print & PDI Exhbitions may be seen here: PrintsPDIs

The elected Committee can be seen here->Committee

and the A.G.M. minutes can be viewed here: AGM Minutes

See Foxtonfor directions, meal arrangements, etc.

2011 MEETINGS:

16th October, Ron Carey and Graham Hodgkiss Print Talks

at Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambs, CB22 4NE
- see Whittlesfordfor directions, meal arrangements, etc.

Roy Carey FRPS, DPAGB, APAGB, BPE2*, our first speaker, is a member of Maidstone Camera Club. His talk is entitled "Myways". Roy is a lecturer and judge in the Kent County Photographic Association. His work covers a diverse range of styles from simply observed elegant images to cleverly created digital images to sophisticated AV presentations and it has been widely exhibited.

Our second speaker is Graham Hodgkiss ARPS, DPAGB, APAGB, AFIAP. Graham is an ebullient and amusing 'Brummie', and also a multi-award winning photographer and judge. He has been lecturing around the UK for more than 25 years and his relaxed, informal style combined with a wealth of experience should make for an entertaining and informative presentation. His lecture, "Is It My Passion Or Obsession", will consist of monochrome and colour prints. Graham is sponsored by Colour Confidence.

17th July, Margaret Salisbury Prints Talk plus PDI Exhibition Selection

at Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambs, CB22 4NE
- see Whittlesfordfor directions, meal arrangements, etc.

The PDI Exhibition selection will be followed by Margaret Salisbury's presentation (see below).

Margaret Salisbury, FRPS, FIPF, MFAIP, APAGB, a popular lecturer famously nicknamed "The Welsh Dragon", is well known for her landscapes, among her favourite subjects being the hills and abandoned slate quarries of her native North Wales. She is equally famous for photographing people in their own environment, her talk including pictures of a trip to Ghana for a wedding. In addition to the wedding, Margaret captured some wonderful images of everyday village life. Informative and entertaining, Margaret's reputation has been earned from years of helping aspiring photographers as well as from her own pictures.

The 2011 PDI Exhibition selection then took place, followed by a viewing of the selected images.

You are welcome to contact our Programme Secretary with suggestions or comments regarding our Programme of Events here:

We are holding all our National Meetings in the Cambridgeshire area

because it is centrally located to the majority of our members, who live in the East Anglia, South East, Central and Thames Valley regions. Thus, it is hoped, more members will feel able to attend.

Foxton:

Facilities: Blue badge parking bays, Accessible toilet with alarm, Hearing induction loop with instructions, Wheelchair accessible, kitchen for refreshments, but we only provide tea, coffee, biscuits, etc.
You are welcome to bring your own packed lunches or eat at a local pub.

Directions by road: Leave M11 at Junction 11 and travel south along the A10 Royston Road towards Royston. Turn left at the ralway bridge into Station Road, left into High Street and right into Hardman Road. There is a map on this website Cambridgeshire.net.

Whittlesford:

Facilities: Full disabled access; kitchen for refreshments, but we only provide tea, coffee, biscuits, etc.
You are welcome to bring your own packed lunches or eat at a local pub.
Those nearby are either “The Red Lion” at Station Road East, Whittlesford, Cambridge CB22 4NL see Red Lion
or “Bees In The Wall”, 36 North Rd, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB2 4NZ. or the "John Barleycorn" at Moorfield Road, Duxford, Cambridge, CB22 4PP

Accomodation:
The 'John Barleycorn' or the 'Red Lion', see above.
Premier Inn, Cambridge North, Girton, Huntingdon Road, Girton, Cambridgeshire CB3 0DR T: 0870 850 6380. 10.5 miles.
Premier Inn, Cambridge J14, A32, Ring Fort Road, Cambridge, CB4 2GR T: 0870 111 2848. 15.5 miles.
Travelodge, Cambridge Lolworth, A14 Westbound, Huntingdon Road, Lolworth, Cambridgeshire, CB23 8DR.Tel: 0871 984 6046. 11.7 miles.
Travelodge, Cambridge Swavesey, A14 Cambridge Road Eastbound, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RD. Tel: 0871 984 6021. 12.9 miles.

Directions by road: Leave M11 at Junction 10 and travel east along the A505 towards Pampisford. Turn left at the first X-roads into Whittlesford and turn right into Mill Lane. Park in the hall car park. There is a map on this website Cambridgeshire.net.