Seaford Photographic Society

Following our summer break, we are now pleased to be starting another season packed with exciting talks, competitions, outings, and practical evenings. The first meeting is at Seaford’s Con Club on Friday 2nd September, when we welcome everybody back and get together for a bit of socialising. Members will also get the opportunity to share some of the photos they have taken over the summer and briefly talk about them if they want to. Hopefully we will also be welcoming some new members.

The following week, 9th September, is our first competition of the season. This is an on-line Zoom meeting, and will feature Round One of the PDI League for Projected Digital Images. On 16th September we are back at the Con Club, where we are delighted to be holding our first Print Competition for over two and a half years. It is the first round of the Print League, judged by long-term friend of the club, Jack Taylor EFIAP DPAGB. On 23rd September we have an on-line talk, via Zoom, on Smartphone Photography. This should be an interesting one, as phone camera technology has improved so much recently and you don’t necessarily need a lot of expensive camera equipment to take good photos these days. There’s no meeting on the last day of the month, but instead we have an ‘Out and About’ event the following day, on Saturday 1st October. More details about this will be posted on the website.

Our annual exhibition, the first since 2019, was held over two weeks in the summer at St Leonard’s Church,

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kathy@choresandmore.co.uk www.choresandmore.co.uk vicky@maid2help.co.uk www.choresandmore.co.uk a new venue for us. Many thanks to the Mayor of Seaford, Olivia Honeyman, who came along to select her favourite photo for the ‘Best in Show’ award – congratulations to Steve Wares, whose print The Flying Rainbow (Gannet) was chosen. The exhibition was a great success and we had getting on for 500 visitors in total. It was good to meet so many people and see them enjoying the club’s work. There were around 60 mounted prints on display, as well as a slideshow of projected images. Most of the prints on display were for sale or available to win with the raffle, with many more available in browsers for people to look through and purchase. We were pleased to have a good number of sales, and we received a lot of positive feedback about the quality and variety of the photos on display. Many thanks to all those at the club and the church who helped with the organising, and to all those who visited. We are hoping to do the same thing again next summer.

If you are thinking about joining us, just come along to one or two of the above meetings to see what you think, with no obligation. For the meetings at the Con Club (1st and 3rd Fridays of the month) just turn up. For all other meetings, drop us an email, using the contact form on our website, and we’ll send you an invite. We cater for all levels of skill and experience, and you can see all you need to know about the club, including the programme of events, on our website: www.seafordps.org.

Photos: The annual exhibition in St Leonard’s Church; Steve Wares with his Best in Show photo.