Est: 1891. Serving photography in Wakefield and District for 131 years.
On Monday evening we turned over the microphone and zoom controls to two of our members the second of these was Richard. Richard is a self-confessed people watcher and, whilst not a “street” photographer himself, it is one of his favorite visual mediums. He told of a personal set of circumstances meaning genres he himself thrives best at, both professionally …
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On Monday evening we turned over the microphone and zoom controls to two of our members the first of these was Steve Womack who gave a us trip around the coast and inland areas of Northumberland. It is clear that Northumberland is an area that Steve loves to explore and photograph. We started …
Presidents Night Keeping with tradition the club President is allowed to choose the topic for Presidents Night. Usually the President will invite a guest speaker but this year was a little different as our President chose himself, the evening was ‘All About Me’. Steve Wood, Wakefield Camera Club President, started his journey with …
“Blooming Brilliant!” and “Some of the best wildlife images we’ve seen” were just two of the comments heard following an evening with John Boyd ARPS DPAGB. Many members knew John from his time as a member of Wakefield Camera Club whilst others may have known him from his time on the radio and …
Members welcomed Steve Hedges who was able to join on Zoom from the South East to present his talk on the subject of Macro and Garden. Steve was able to bring the key elements required to photograph any subject into sharp focus for the specialist area of macro photography. Steve explained the difference …
Members from Wakefield Camera Club were joined by members from Selby, Harrogate and Pontefract Camera Clubs for a Zoom presentation by Julian Elliot on The Fjords of Patagonia – Journey to the end of the world. Julian is an award winning professional freelance landscape and travel photographer as well as an occasional writer …
Members welcomed guests from Harrogate Photographic Society to their first Zoom experience and together they welcomed Chris Upton for a return visit to Wakefield Camera Club, this time, to talk about Finding the Beauty In Nature. Chris is a professional photographer, based in Nottinghamshire (UK), specialising in Travel, Landscape and Social Documentary photography. …
What a treat! Our very own Jane Lazenby provided a fantastic evening of entertainment and education with her talk about ‘Working with Textures’. Jane started by explaining that whilst you can buy textures you can soon learn how easy it is to make your own, they are photographs of just about anything that …
Members and guests were keen to welcome back Les Forrester, a long time friend, to Wakefield camera Club. The presentation for the evening was entitled My Vision My Photography, it is described on his website as “My Vision My Photography” is a presentation that covers various aspects of my photography which includes architecture, landscapes, seascapes …
Vision, Determination and Patience are just three of the words that come to mind to describe Simon Roy, a wildlife photographer, the guest speaker at Wakefield Camera Club on Monday evening. Simon is an award-winning wildlife photographer based in Yorkshire, UK. He works to expose the beautiful, fragile, yet enduring nature of our …