Programme 2025/2026
(P – Prints, D – Digital, AV – Audio Visual, Z - Zoom, S - Slides)
Click on underlined names to go to their website
All Tuesday evening meetings at St.Peter's are 7.30pm for a 7.45pm start (Zoom meetings 7.45pm start)
SEPTEMBER 2025 |
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| Tuesday 9th | We welcome Sheffield based social documentary photographer Karina Lax , who will show a range of images based on her personal projects, many of which are Sheffield focussed. Karina has had her work displayed at the National Portrait Gallery and was the 2023 winner of the British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain competition. (D) | |
| Tuesday 16th | A return for Jonathan Vaines AFIAP LRPS CPAGB with his presentation "Me, myself and eye". (DP) | |
| Tuesday 23rd | Our new President, Mike Newman, will present his talk called "A few of my favourite things (Pt 2)". (D) | |
| Tuesday 30th | Round 1 of the Print Competition Judged by Steffan Nicholson from NEMPF. (DP) |
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OCTOBER 2025 |
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| Tuesday 7th | The AV Show The club’s AV Group present their annual show of AV sequences. (D) |
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| Tuesday 14th | A welcome return for Tesni Ward with her amazing wildlife images, entitled “Wildlife Photography Masterclass”. (D) | |
| Tuesday 21st | President’s theme night: “After dark”. (D) | |
| Tuesday 28th | A first visit from international sports photographer Ben Lumley with his talk ”Sports photography: more than action”. (D) | |
PERSPECTIVES 21 |
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| Friday October 31st to Sunday November 9th | Our yearly exhibition of members’ prints in the Sheffield Winter Garden. |
NOVEMBER 2025 |
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| Tuesday 4th | Round 2 of the Print Competition Judged by Alistair How LRPS G.APS from Harrogate. (DP) |
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| Tuesday 11th | The first of our members’ evenings: days out and holidays, projects and portfolios. (D) | |
| Tuesday 18th | The 3S's The Sheffield round of our annual Digital Competition between Sheffield, Shillington and Solihull Photographic Societies. Judged by Vin Scothern DPAGB EFIAP BPE5* PPSA from NEMPF. (D) |
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| Tuesday 25th | Joe Houghton from Dublin, will present his talk “How to shoot better photos and fix the ones that didn’t work”. (Z) | |
DECEMBER 2025 |
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| Tuesday 2nd | Sheffield based Graham Dunn will present his architecture and landscape images. (DP) Note: Also handing in night for Round 3 of the Print Competition. |
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| Tuesday 9th | We get into the festive spirit with an Xmas fun evening | |
| Tuesday 16th, 23rd & 30th | *** CHRISTMAS BREAK *** | |
JANUARY 2026 |
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| Tuesday 6th | A joint night organised by Norwich CC, with wildlife photographer Paul Alistair Collins . (Z) | |
| Tuesday 13th | Round 3 of the Print Competition Judged by Steve Dormer DPAGB BPE2* AFIAP from Doncaster (DP) |
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| Tuesday 20th | Viewing of 2025 YPU Exhibition prints in groups. Led by Richard Hall LRPS CPAGB BPE3*. (P) Note: Also handing in night for this year’s Annual Exhibition. |
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| Tuesday 27th | Our second members’ evening. (DP) | |
FEBRUARY 2026 |
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| Tuesday 3rd | A welcome return for Paul Hobson from Sheffield with his new talk “Wildlife Photographic Techniques”. (DP) | |
| Friday 6th | The Keith Allchin Memorial Lecture We welcome Steve Proctor MPAGB BPE5* PPSA from the Ribble Valley who will show a selection of his award winning images. (DP) |
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| Saturday 7th | Judging of the Annual Exhibition St Peter’s Church Hall, 9:30am to 12:30pm. Judged by Steve Proctor MPAGB BPE5* PPSA. (P) |
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| Tuesday 10th | Erica Oram CPAGB AFIAP BPE3* will lead a discussion of the 2025 London Salon images. (D) | |
| Tuesday 17th | Round 1 of the PDI Competition Judged by Trina Fitzalan-Howard from NEMPF. (DP) |
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| Tuesday 24th | A talk from Thomas Peck CPAGB LRPS, from Epping Forest, called “Imaging reality- a history of documentary and street photography”. (Z) | |
MARCH 2026 |
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| Tuesday 3rd | We welcome Chris Platkiw from Nottingham, with his talk called “Photographing the Night Sky”. (DP) | |
| Tuesday 10th | The third of our members’ evenings: photography favourites. (DP) | |
| Tuesday 17th | Acclaimed photographer Tony Worobiec FRPS, will present his latest talk “Intimate Landscape”.(Z) | |
THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2026 |
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| Friday March 20th to Monday March 30th | The annual exhibition of members' prints in Sheffield Cathedral. |
| Tuesday 24th | Round 2 of the PDI Competition Judged by Martin Litchfield CPAGB from NEMPF (D) |
Tuesday 31st | Inter Club Knockout Competition Invited clubs do battle with their chosen digital images. Judged by Jane Lines MPAGB from the Wigan 10 Club. (Z) |
APRIL 2026 |
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| Tuesday 7th | *** EASTER BREAK *** | |
| Tuesday 14th | Ken Doney Trophy Six digital images on your chosen theme, judged by all present on a knock-out basis. (D) |
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| Tuesday 21st | We welcome Wendy Irwin CPAGB ARPS AFIAP BPE3*, from Stoke, who will show us how she creates her composite images. (DP) | |
| Tuesday 28th | Lesley Grand-Scrutton and Andrew Lings from NEMPF present their talk “Same, but different” showing how the work of two people visiting the same places can lead to such different results. (DP) | |
MAY 2026 |
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| Tuesday 5th | Annual General Meeting In addition to the formal business of the AGM, Society Awards will be presented this evening, including trophies and certificates for the winning entries in the Annual Exhibition and Club Competitions. We will also be able to see the season's successful prints. (DP) |
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A programme of summer walks and other events will be arranged. Details will be on the Outings page. All members welcome.