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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
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