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About Banbury Camera Club
Banbury Camera Club was founded in 1946 and still maintains its original aim:
to bring together all those interested in photography in the area. Whatever
your standard, equipment, or interests, you will be very welcome at our
meetings.
We have members who are interested in a full range of formats and methods - from traditional black and white printing, through colour slides and conventional colour printing, to digital imaging using computers and inkjet printers. Some members use compact cameras for colour en-prints. Others have 35mm single lens reflexes or medium format cameras. Whether it’s improving your holiday pictures for the family album, or producing exhibition prints, we hope that Banbury Camera Club has something for you.
The results so far for Club Competitions
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Members News
Jane Ryman has won the much sought after position of “Apprentice Mate” at
Photo Training4U. Jane will learn the art of Wedding Photography from the Photo Training4U Master Photographers. Her training will be documented and shown on video for others to watch her progress.
Michael Butterworth had one of his images used in an article in The Lady
magzine. You can read the article at
Grunge-Free Gathering.
Mike completed his second exhibition this year, the first from Febuary to March 2010 at the Michael Hesiltine Gallery at Chenderit School and the second was a special 2 hour exhibition at Cornbury Park for the Witney Breakfast Club's Cornbury Festival Special.
Mike was selling his pictures in aid of Katharine House Hospice. With the sale of 9 images at each exhibition Mike was able to donate £360 to the hospice.
Jem Hayward photograph of Hook Norton Village was awarded Overall Winner in the Science Oxford 'Oxfordshire Landscapes' photography competition this year.
The images from the competiton will be displaying at Science Oxford Live between 23rd November and 9th January, to coincide with us hosting the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. The winning and shortlisted photos are available on the Scinece Oxford website
Jem said of his image that it is the one on the Hooky website - not seen at BCC as I felt it wasn't up to our usual standards! I may well enter it into something now, particularly if we have Philip Joyce to judge!
Beverley Gull's photo has won second place in the National Piers Society Annual Competition. The remit was: "Why its Seaside Pier gives the town a special identity". The full results can be found at National Piers Society website.
Club is granted Lottery Award
Thanks to The National Lottery 'Awards for All' scheme Banbury Camera Club
now has a some wonderful new equipment. The bid, prepared by our Chairman - Ray
Jordan and with the support of the committee, outlined our need for
projection and scanning equipment to aid
Alan Sargeant with his 'The Images of Banbury Project'
and to help the Club show members' images, AV presentations and demonstrate
image editing.
The new projector was first used at our annual AV presentation. The general opinion was that the new Canon projector was far superior to our old HP projector and one member commented that it was the best image he had seen from digital projection. We also have an Apple MacBook Pro, which has allowed us to install Windows XP as well as the Macintosh OS-X operating systems giving us the flexibility to support both PC and Mac club members. We have also purchased Photoshop CS3, Photoshop Elements 6, Adobe Lightroom, and ProShow Gold to assist members in learning image management, editing and presentation processes.
Competitions - Subjects for 2010/11
Most of the competitions are open subject, but we also have set subject contests. The subjects for the season
was:
Fruit and Transport. We also have the
Photo Finish Impact Trophy for prints which illustrate Impact, a subject which is open to all kinds of interpretation.
Practical Sessions
We have now had two of these using the new format. Currently there is help
on using your Camera (Digital or Film), Basic Photoshop, Advanced Photoshop,
Mount Cutting (Mount cutter and mount card: black and white, available at
each practical session - £1 per card) and Dark room use.
Digital or Film - Home printing or Minilab
We are interested in a full range of formats and methods: digital imaging, using home computers and inkjet printers; traditional black and white printing; colour slides. Some of us take our pictures with compact cameras, either film or digital. Others have single lens reflex 35mm film or digital cameras, or large or medium format equipment. We make our own prints, or have them made professionally.
Chenderit School Arts College
We are fortunate in having access to excellent facilities
for practical photography at Chenderit. There is a superb digital imaging suite equipped with the
very latest computers, scanners and printers. There is also a fully equipped darkroom with six enlargers.
So we can put a big emphasis on practical work, offering opportunities for individual and group use of
the extensive facilities, with experienced members offering advice or support.
So whether it is learning to use your camera, improving your holiday pictures for the family
album, producing exhibition prints, or simply enjoying other people’s photographs, we
hope that Banbury Camera Club has something for you.
Winter and Spring Programme
From September to May we meet each week at 7.30 pm on Monday evenings. The programme includes:
Summer Programme
From June to August we meet less frequently; there are outings to places of general and photographic interest.
Apart from taking photos, we normally meet for a drink or light meal on these visits. But it’s quite informal, so feel free to come along for just part of the time. Photos taken on the these visits may be entered in the competitions for pictures taken at club events.
Digital Imaging Group Thames Valley
The Digital Imaging Group: Thames Valley is a regional support section of
the Digital Imaging Group of the Royal Photographic Society. They frequently
hold open seminars, and workshop days for non-members on a variety of
subjects throughout the year in Branknell. There is usually an entrance fee
of £6 for non-members. For more information and see what they have to offer,
visit their site
RPS Digital
Imaging Group.
What does it cost to join?
Annual subscription is £22; £17.50 if you are unwaged; £5 for junior members under 18 years. There is a
family membership concession, the second membership is half price. Members also pay a £1 meeting fee for the Chenderit meetings. Visitors are always welcome – we won’t expect you to pay anything at your first meeting!
There is now a membership form available for this purpose,
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fill in your details so we can quickly and accurately record you membership.
How
to find Us
In the winter we normally meet at our new venue Chenderit School Middleton Cheney.
This excellent facility provides us with full access to darkroom facilities
and a number of digital imaging workstations. This provides amble opportunity
to share skills, ideas and collective experience.
We meet on Monday evenings at 7.30.
A map of how to find us is available by clicking the Google Map icon
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For Details of our next event Click Here
For more information about:
RPS Digital Imaging Group, Banbury, Chenderit School, and Middleton Cheney
