Isle of Thanet Photographic Society
Thanet's Camera Club
Affiliated to the Kent County Photographic Association
2017 WINNER EAST KENT CUP
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Take a look at what is coming up during the season !!
Isle of Thanet Photography Society
Programme 2023/24
All meetings start at 7:30pm at the Portland Centre apart from the annual exhibition at York Street Gallery, Ramsgate
SEPTEMBER
7 Welcome back and Members' "Out and About" images
Deadline for summer project PDI entries
14 Summer project Competition
Judge: Members Panel
21 Guest Speaker: William Cheung FRPS
Topic: My Passion for Photography
https://www.williamcheung.co.uk/
Deadline for 1st PDI Competition entries
28 1st PDI Open Competition
Judge: Ian Howard
https://www.eastkentphotography.com/
OCTOBER
5 Guest Speakers: David Silk and Mick Dodsworth
Topic: Slides...the forgotten medium
12 Skills evening - Preparing PDI images and prints for competition
Host: David Silk
19 Guest Speaker: Julian Cottrell
Topic: A Photographer's Life - Why Photography
https://www.juliancottrell.com/
26 Guest Speaker: Paul Parkinson ARPS CPAGB BPE3
Topic: A Short-ish Walk through Long Exposure
https://www.paulparkinson.com/
Deadline for 2nd PDI Competition entries
NOVEMBER
2 2nd PDI Competition
Programme Change -- Judge: Julian Cottrell
9 Guest Speaker: John Draper
Topic: Nature and Landscape Photography, Sandwich Bay
16 Guest Speaker: David Silk
Topic: Photography on the Edge - Iceland and India
Entries for 1st Print Competition to be handed in
23 1st Print Open Competition
Judge: Chris Shore
30 Guest Speaker: David Jenner
Topic: Commercial Image Making
https://www.davidjenner.co.uk/
Deadline for Set Subject Competition entries
7 Set Subject Competition [PDI only] - Faith Buildings
Judge: James Foad LRPS
14 Christmas Social at the Portland Centre
JANUARY 2024
4 Members Evening
Topic: My 5 favourite photographs taken in 2023
PDI's to be brought along on the evening
11 Guest Speakers: Laura Drury LRPS and Rod Giddins
Topics: Camera Clickery (Laura) and The Silk Roads (Rod)
Deadline for 3rd PDI Competition entries
18 3rd PDI Open Competition
Judge: George Pearson ARPS
https://www.georgepearsonphotos.co.uk/
25 Guest Speaker: David Keep FRPS
Topic: Underwater Photography; from swimming pools to sharks
https://www.davidkeepphotography.co.uk/
FEBRUARY
1 Skills Evening: Photoshop/Lightroom/Affinity and more
Hosts: David Silk and John Sammonds
Entries for the 2nd Print Competition to be handed in
8 2nd Open Print Competition
Judge: Peter Barnett
15 Programme Change Guest Speaker: Ken Butcher
Topic: The Canadian Rockies
22 Guest Speaker: Thomas Peck
Topic: What is a Portrait?
https://www.thomaspeckphotography.com/
29 Programme Change Skills evening: Creating Panoramas in Lightroom and Photoshop
Host: John Draper
March
7 Set Subject Competition - Print Panel
Judge: David Silk
Prints for this competition to be brought along on the evening
14 Guest Speaker: Rowena Relf
Topic: A (very brief) History of Margate through photographs and postcards
21 Programme Change Guest Speaker: David Silk
Topic: Alternate Analogue Techniques and different types of cameras
28 EASTER - NO MEETING
APRIL
4 Chairman's Evening
Host: Andy Shaw
Deadline for 4th PDI Competition
11 4th PDI Open Competition
Judge: Cherry Larcome EFIAP ARPS DPAGK BPE*5
18 Member's Evening: Analogue Group Presentation
Host: David Silk
25 Inter-club competition: IOTPS, Folkestone and Ashford
To be held at the Portland Centre
Judge: Paul Parkinson ARPS CPAGB BPE3
MAY
2 Guest Speaker: Robert Canis ARPS
Topic: Passion Projects
Entries for 3rd Print Competition to be handed in
9 3rd Print Open Competition
Judge: Helen Taylor
Deadline for Mick Talbot Trophy Competition PDI entries
16 The Mick Talbot Trophy Competition: Portraits
Judge: Laura Drury LRPS
23 Guest Speaker: Ian Howard
Topic: The Philosophy of Your Photography
30 Member's Evening: The Print Knock-out Competition
Host: David Silk
JUNE
6 Annual General Meeting, Awards and more
Host: Andy Shaw
12-19 Annual Exhibition, York Street Gallery, Ramsgate
END OF SEASON