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Fordingbridge Camera Club
active since 1958

 

Welcome to Fordingbridge Camera Club. We were formed 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 Stour and Avon Photographic Association and to the Southern Photographic Federation where we compete in the South Western League.

Our meetings are held at 7.30 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 recent 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 and the print competitions are divided into Small Print ( 71/2 x 5 or less) and Large Print ( image larger than 71/2 x 5). We make no distinction between darkroom or digital work; trade or home processed. In recognition of the needs of our newer members we are expanding the competitions for the 2008-9 season to two levels of competition, "General" and "Advanced". Members may select the level at which they feel comfortable and we will be introducing a system for promotion to the Advanced Level. The work of some of our recent Merit Winners can be seen in our galleries pages.

An innovation started in 2005 has been to include an extra meeting most months, usually on the second
in-between Wednesday, known as the "Photo-Forum" for an informal evening where we can include tutorials and discussions on all aspects of imaging. It has seen the growth of a lively interest in
Creative Photography. Addition tutorial meetings are also arranged from time to time.

 

 

We held our AGM in June and the following members were elected to the Committee for 2008-9:

Chairman
Geoff Munsey CPAGB
02380 814873
chair@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Vice Chair
Brian Hills CPAGB
01425 650315
vice-chair@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Secretary
Rex Waygood
01425 673216
hon-sec@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Treasurer &
Membership Secretary
Michael Bridgeman
01425 652644
hon-treas@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Outside Competitions
Yvonne Trim CPAGB
01425 655697
comp-sec@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Programme Secretaries
Anne Mahany ARPS CPAGB
Derrick Holder LRPS
01425 652134
prog-sec@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
01425 672724
Publicity
Tom Gelleburn
01725 518448
publicity@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Internal Comp Sec .
Michael Grigsby
01425 672724
mikeg03 at globalnet.co.uk
SPF Representative
Anne Mahany ARPS CPAGB
01425 652134
spf@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
SAPA Representative &
Immediate Past Chair
Michael Grigsby
01202 895754
sapa@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
Committee member

Rupert Short

01425 657756
Committee member

Paul Leighton

01202 822577
Committee member
Rosemary Gledhill 01725 518627
Webmasters
John Mahany CPAGB
Michael Whatmore
01425 652134
web@fordingbridgecameraclub.org.uk
01725 518540

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please copy the addresses into your email programme

updated 16 May 2008


 
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