Location: This meeting is in St Peter’s Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1EE

Judge – Carl Reeve LMPA, 

Prints –'Waterscape' - (Coastal or Inland)

Waterscapes are landscapes that include an element or body of water, such as oceans, seas, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and waterfalls. Seascapes are part of waterscapes but are focused on the seashore and are acceptable.

• Members are asked to submit a digital copy of their print to the website upload facility by Wednesday, Nov 5.
• Bring your mounted print on the evening, ‘book-in’ at the front and place your print on the specified stand.

PDI’s – ‘Open Category’

• All images are required to be uploaded by Midnight Saturday, Nov 1.
• The upload facility will show a specific ‘Purpose’ – remember, this is a single-league competition.
• All PDIs need to be re-sized to the usual 1600 pixels on the long side and 1,200 pixels on the shortest side; square images should be 1,200 pixels by 1,200 pixels.

How the evening will run:

• The Hall will be prepared as usual, and the print stands will be set up.
• The Print competition for intermediate and advanced leagues will take place in the first half of the evening.
• During the refreshment break, the screen and projector will be set up.
• The PDI competition will take place in the second half of the evening.

Please note

ENSURE YOU UPLOAD YOUR IMAGE TO THE CORRECT PURPOSE.

If you have an issue or believe there is an error with your image upload, please email Kevin at competition@bishopswalthamphotosociety.co.uk, who will attempt to resolve the problem.

Kevin will email a list of entries for the PDI Round on Monday (3rd); please check this for your entry.

Please contact Kevin or any committee member if you are unsure of anything related to the competition ‘process’. Information is in the Member Handbook and on the BWPS website. We can advise on external printing companies, mounting the images, and where to get the mount board. 

Good luck!

Location

This meeting is in St Peter’s Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1EE

Member’s Forum

This meeting is an opportunity for members to put forward their ideas on the future of our Society.

One area covered will see Rob Day highlighting the main events of the 2026 Programme.

Topics for discussion should be forwarded to Dan membersrep@bishopswalthamphotosociety.co.uk 

Location: This meeting is in St Peter's Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop's Waltham, SO32 1EE

About Janey: Having had a career in IT,  Janey was an early convert to digital photography and bought one of the first digital cameras in 1998.  A few years later, she sold her business and was able to combine her love of the sea with her growing passion for photography.

Experimenting with many techniques, she strived to produce an “impression” of the landscape. In 2008, she was awarded her Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society with a panel of images taken in East Anglia.

More recently, she has become fascinated with documentary photography. She has worked on a number of Social Documentary projects and started the RPS South East Documentary Group.

About the talk: Janey will discuss two of her most recent projects, describing some of the twists and turns and explaining the reasons behind the key decisions that have shaped their development.

Website: www.janeydevine.com

Non-members: You are welcome to join us for this meeting. The entry fee is £5.

This event will be a Skittles and Fish & Chip supper in the Ruby Room at the Jubilee Hall.

Cost: £13pp (via BACS please), Partners Welcome

Please note:  Places are still available – please email Dawn secretary@bishopswalthamphotosociety.co.uk if you would like to come along.

This meeting is in St Peter’s Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1EE

Please note that minutes will be taken at this meeting for approval at the next AGM or other suitable meeting.

It would be helpful if members could table any items for the agenda in respect of “any other business” ahead of the meeting – therefore:

“Additional AGM agenda items, proposed motions or submissions to volunteer for Committee Roles need to be submitted to the Secretary or Chairman by December 17th, 2025”
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AGENDA

• Welcome
• Apologies for absence
• Minutes of 2025 AGM 
• Chair’s Introduction followed by:
• Treasurer’s Report – Financial Statement for Year End October 2025.
• Secretary’s Report
• Competition Secretary’s Report
• Programme Co-Ordinator’s Report
• Out & About Co-Ordinator’s Report
• Exhibition Co-Ordinator’s Report
• Member’s Rep Report
• Chair’s Summary
• Election of Committee – Changes to the Constitution & Volunteers for the committee to cover future positions.
• Any Other Business
• Date of Next AGM – Thursday, January 7th, 2027.
• Close of AGM 

The AGM will be followed by an “open-themed” semi-competitive fun competition designed to produce a light-hearted, cheerful club atmosphere. Members are asked to upload up to 3 images by midnight on Saturday, 27 December 2025, resize them, and give file names as usual.

Two images (which should not be from the same member) will be displayed at the same time, and the members are asked to vote by a show of hands for which, out of the two, they prefer. The preferred image goes through to the next round. This process continues until there is a winner.

Location: This meeting is in St Peter's Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop's Waltham, SO32 1EE

About David: He graduated from the Fine Art Photography (BA Hons) course at the Glasgow School of Art in 2001 and has been working hard to establish himself as a respected professional photographer and artist ever since. He specialises in long-exposure photography (the art of ‘Light Painting’) as well as macro photography (my ‘Little People’ and Toy series).

Talk: Either Light painting or Little people"

Website: David Gilliver Photography

Non-members: You are welcome to join us for this meeting. The entry fee is £5.

This meeting will be held at St. Peter’s Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1EE.

 

Location: This meeting is in St Peter’s Church Hall, Free Street, Bishop’s Waltham, SO32 1EE

Judge – Maria Leekblade LRPS

Prints – ‘Open Category’

• Members are asked to submit a digital copy of their print to the website upload facility by Wednesday, Mar 4.
• Bring your mounted print on the evening, ‘book-in’ at the front and place your print on the specified stand.

PDI’s—' Weather’ This theme is broad, allowing photographers to interpret it in many ways, such as capturing the beauty of weather phenomena like rainbows and sunsets or the power of events like storms, floods, and heat waves. 

• All images are required to be uploaded by midnight Saturday,  February 28.
• The upload facility will show a specific ‘Purpose’ – remember, this is a single-league competition.
• The maximum width of the image must not exceed 1,600 pixels, and the maximum height should not exceed 1,200 pixels. For square images, the size limit is 1,200 pixels by 1,200 pixels

How the evening will run:

• The Hall will be prepared as usual, and the print stands will be set up.
• The Print competition for intermediate and advanced leagues will take place in the first half of the evening.
• During the refreshment break, the screen and projector will be set up.
• The PDI competition will take place in the second half of the evening.

Please note

ENSURE YOU UPLOAD YOUR IMAGE TO THE CORRECT PURPOSE.

If you have an issue or believe there is an error with your image upload, please email Kevin at competition@bishopswalthamphotosociety.co.uk, who will attempt to resolve the problem.

Kevin will email a list of entries for the PDI Round on Monday (3rd); please check this for your entry.

Please contact Kevin or any committee member if you are unsure of anything related to the competition ‘process’. Information is in the Member Handbook and on the BWPS website. We can advise on external printing companies, mounting the images, and where to get the mount board. 

Good luck!