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Developing Your Creative Vision

Developing Your Creative Vision by Adriaan van Heerden Adriaan is a multi-award winning photographer and a former member of the Cheam Camera Club. He talked majored on the aesthetics of photography and, for a change, there was no mention of cameras, lenses or...

Butterflies at RHS Wisley

RHS: Wisley Butterflies Please click here to visit their website. A handful of CCC members headed off to Wisley on a very cold, grey day – all hoping to find colour and warmth within the Glasshouse of Wisley. Our top tip of last season was to pack a hot water bottle...

Aerial Photography

A talk by David Hogg LRPS, founder of Horizon Imaging Our visiting speaker on 8th February David showed us stunning aerial photographs taken for marketing purposes. He uses drones and pole-cams to get a different perspective on buildings and landscapes. In 2007 David...

Photographic Vision and Personal Style

Leigh Preston FRPS has a unique style of photographing urban landscapes. He gave a very interesting talk at the club on Wed 30th November. The following day 12 of us met for a workshop. It wasn't about cameras and lenses which are a favourite topic of conversation...

Annual Exhibition 2016

By Carole Baker A wonderful evening, held at Bourne Hall, was had by all who attended our Annual Photographic Exhibition. Many members came along with friends and family to enjoy the images on display. Our judge, for the evening, Don Morley expressed his delight in...

Travels alone in Oman in a 4×4

David Harford LRPS gave us a very stimulating and entertaining talk about his photographic trip in Oman. Initially he was planning to go there on holiday with his wife but unfortunately she couldn’t accompany him for health reasons. So, he decided to go alone. He flew...

Lumiere London, Litre of Light

CAROLE BAKER Very cold and extremely busy, could sum up last nights walk at Lumiere London, Kings Cross. Some wonderful light displays and a great opportunity for some street photography. The crowd was gigantic, making it difficult to use the tripod, so a good excuse...

Macro & Focus Stacking by David Harris

Wow! What an amazing evening with Dr David Harris who opened our eyes to the world of macro/close-up photography. He showed us his outstanding images of close-up of flowers and insects.For out of focus background he uses 10 different prints, A3 in size, as his...

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