After spending some time carefully checking the spreadsheet – the league tables and galleries have been updated. Thank you for entering your images and letting us all share in the portraits; Primay Intermediate Advanced 1st Celia THOMPSON Liz YOUNG Wendy SPENCER 2nd Talia C. Anne RICHES[…]
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Out & About to Whitchurch Silk Mill
On a dull grey day, 13 members visited Whitchurch Silk Mill. The Mill offered plenty of photographic opportunities – the water wheel, the weaving machinery, cogs and bobbins, and lots of coloured threads. As always, it was a sociable occasion with discussion of cameras and lenses, and there was always[…]
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Visit to the Bombay Sapphire Gin Distillery
Eight members and two wives visited the Bombay Sapphire gin distillery at Laverstoke Mill, on the banks of the River Test near Whitchurch, for the final Out and About of the year. Most of the present mill was built in the 19th century to supply banknote paper to the Bank[…]
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Architecture Competition Winners
Our final competition of our season was held last week – on the set theme of Architecture. The prints on display across all classes was excellent. Caroline Colegate had a tough job selecting the placed images. The results are below – and the images can be seen in the gallery. Primary[…]
Read moreExhibition Public Vote
Congratulations to Mary Gardiner for winning the Public Vote at the exhibition! Her image ‘The Red Door’ is below, Mary said, “The image was taken in Bruges and was a very quick hand held snap shot trying to avoid all the visitors pouring through the doorway! ” The vote was very[…]
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Early Morning Visit to Petworth Park
We could not have wished for better autumnal weather for our latest O&A to Petworth Park. Eight members made an early start for the opening at 8am (some earlier than others, but best not to ask why!) It really proved to be the “season of mists….”, in fact so misty[…]
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Exhibition Thank-you
We just want to say thank-you to everybody for visiting the exhibition. We’re collating the visitor numbers and images taken from the presentation of the prizes – will post them shortly.
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2018 Exhibition THIS WEEK
There are just a few days left until the opening of our 2018 Exhibition. For the society’s 10th Anniversary our exhibition has returned to Bishop’s Waltham being held in the United Free Church, Basingwell Street. Not only will you able to see a great selection of prints and digital images[…]
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A day at The Hawk Conservancy, Andover
Luckily the closure of the M27 did not affect our travel plans to the Hawk Conservancy and 4 members and a guest spent several pleasant hours there. It is always challenging to photograph animals in captivity due to the wire mesh etc of the enclosures, and the Hawk Conservancy is[…]
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Evening visit to the New Forest
Oh, the woes of the landscape photographer! Thirteen of us journeyed to the New Forest, all with the idea of capturing glorious purple heather basking in the golden light of a magnificent sunset. It was not to be. The day had looked promising but as evening approached, so did a[…]
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