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Fordingbridge Camera Club
active since 1958

 

Welcome to Fordingbridge Camera Club. We were formed over 50 years ago by a group of enthusiasts, in those early days there was a strong bias towards cine and audio visual but that has now shifted to projected image and print with a
growing emphasis on digital work. We are affiliated to the
Southern Photographic Federation (SPF) and to the
Stour and Avon Photographic Association
(SAPA).

Our meetings are held at 7.30 generally on alternate Wednesdays evenings from September through to June at the
Avonway Community Centre Shaftesbury Street, Fordingbridge, SP6 1JF.
We have a good selection of presentations
from visiting speakers
so please look at our programme for the coming year and feel welcome to join us at any meeting or contact the Membership Secretary. Our acquisition of a digital projector and the associated computer - thanks to a grant
from "Awards for All" - has enabled us to take a further step into the exciting field of digital photography and this
alternative form of displaying images will now feature in our competitions and presentations.
Our "projected image", which includes both slides and digital projection and our print competitions, both open and set-subject, are open to all our members. We make no distinction between darkroom or digital work; trade or home processed. In recognition of the needs of our
newer members we have now expanded the competitions to two levels, "General" and "Advanced".  New Members will be
invited to enter our competitions at the General level - unless they feel that their experience merits the Advance level - and
we have introduced a system for promotion to the Advanced Level based upon competition results. The work of some of our recent Merit Winners can be seen in our Galleries pages. Many of our members are branching out to enter National
and International competitions and their achievements are recorded on our Outside Competitions page

An innovation started in 2005 has been to include extra meetings most months on the in-between
Wednesdays known as "Creative Photography", informal evenings where we can include tutorials and discussions on all
aspects of imaging or "Practical Photography", tutorial meetings with the interests of our newer members in mind.
For these addition meetings we may request a donation towards the cost of room hire

Our New Committee

We held our AGM in June and the following members form our Committee for 2011-12:

Chairman
Michael Whatmore  AFIAP BPE1*
01725 518540
chair@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Vice Chair
Peter Staines
01425 653320
vice-chair@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Secretary
Rex Waygood
01425 673216
hon-sec@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Treasurer &
Membership Secretary
Brian Hills CPAGB
01425 650315
hon-treas@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Asst. Treasurer
Graham Hutchinson
07895 613563
grahamhutch99@yahoo.co.uk
Programme Secretary
Michael Grigsby
01202 895754
prog-sec@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Publicity
Tom Gelleburn
01725 518448
publicity@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Outside Competitions Sec.
Yvonne Trim CPAGB
01425 655697
comp-sec@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Internal Comp Sec.
Terry Turner
[ competition files and entry details should be sent
to entries@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk]
01425 652691
terry.turner@we2u
SPF Representative
Anne Mahany ARPS AFIAP CPAGB
01425 652134
spf@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
SAPA Representative

Michael Grigsby

01202 895754
sapa@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Committee member &
Equipment Secretary
Rupert Short
01425 657756
rupert@fordingbridge.com
Committee member
Rosemary Gledhill 01725 518627
rosemarygledhill@hotmail.com
Webmasters
John Mahany CPAGB 01425 652134
web@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk


     

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updated 26 July 2011


 
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