Cranleigh Camera Club
CCC is a small friendly club catering for people of all ages and photographic abilities and is affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain through the Surrey Photographic Association.
If you enjoy photography and may be looking to improve your photographic skills, or wish to share your photographic experiences with other like minded people, then please come along to one of our meetings. The "About Us" tab above provides more information about the club and how to find us. You can also find us on the Cranleigh Camera Club Group Facebook page on the internet. (See "Useful Links" on this page to access our Facebook site.)
Future meetings
We are pleased to announce that Cranleigh Camera Club has resumed face-to-face meetings in the Cranleigh Baptist church. As an initial precautionary measure, attendance at meetings is subject to the following conditions:
- The wearing of face masks is compulsory while in the building.
- Social distancing rules apply.
- Attendance is conditional on all members having already received their two covid vaccinations, unless medical exemptions apply.
- If you are experiencing any symptoms of covid infection then members are trusted not to attend any face to face meetings until a negative lateral flow test result is obtained.
- All members and visitors are required to sign the Attendance Form to comply with Fire Regulations as well as for Covid tracing purposes.
For members who still feel unable to attend face-to-face club meetings the club is actively exploring, with the church authorities, the possibility of simultaneous live streaming meetings via the Zoom web conferencing programme and further details will follow when remaining technical issues are resolved.
All the above remains under constant review and may change in line with Government guidelines whereby CCC members will be informed accordingly.
Roundup of recent club activities
All winning competition entries can be seen in the Gallery or by using the links or other viewing instructions in the relevant summaries below.
20 January - Presentation The seeing eye by Paul Mitchell FRPS. Paul's talk did not simply focus on the technicalities of picture taking but more on how to see beyond the obvious by exploring details, textures and shapes found in both nature and man made objects. He went on to explain the various creative techniques such as intentional camera movement, multiple exposures, the use of creative lenses and filters etc he employed while making the images shown during his presentation.
Here is an example of some of the images from his talk, copyright of Paul Mitchell and reproduced with permission.
13 January - Tim Clarke ARPS judged our 3rd Colour prints open competition. He gave an excellent critique of the 36 entries and awarded a maximum score of 10 to six images which demonstrated the high quality of the entries in what proved to be a highly competitive evening. A special congratulations to Norman Price whose entry The chess players the judge considered as the overall competition winner. The other 10s were awarded to Chris Flood Sikh soldier with a waxed moustache, Pete Baldrey (two images) - Hoodie time and Zsanette, Mike Hall Red shoes at No.522 and Ed Hull Alstroemeria fantasy.
See the winning images in the links below or go to the gallery:
The chess players by Norman Price
Hoodie time by Pete Baldrey
Zsanette by Pete Baldrey
Red shoes at No.522 by Mike Hall
Sikh soldier with a waxed moustache by Chris Flood
Alstroemeria fantasy by Ed Hull
9 December - The annual Christmas supper was, by necessity, replaced again this year with a Zoom Christmas party and included the usual party quiz organised by our resident quiz master John Walbrick as well as the announcement of the Chairman's challenge - The odd man out. A relaxing evening just to enjoy chatting with other like minded people who also love their photography. Well done to our champion master quizzer Mike Harrison.
2 December - Ken Scott ARPS judged our 2nd Mono prints and PDI competitions. Each competition had an Open and Set subject (Glass) section. He gave an excellent considered critique of the 26 mono print and 30 PDI entries, awarding a maximum score of 10 to four images in the mono print competition (two in the open and two in the set subject sections) and to four images in the PDI competition (two in the open and two in the set subject sections). In addition two images in the Monochrome prints and three in the PDI competitions were awarded 9.5.
The winning images can be seen in the gallery or using the links below
Mono Open section:
Zebras Drinking by Mike Hall
Beach hut shadows byAngela Karney
Mono set subject section - glass:
Gin o'clock by Miles Thompson
Leaded light window by Graham Humphreys
PDI Open section:
Lady in red by Angela Karney
Fly with your dreams by Ann Smith
PDI set subject section - glass:
Rear Window DL by Bev Pegram
Stripes and Curves by Pete Baldrey
25 November - The theme for the evening was the song title What a wonderful world. Members brought along images reflecting various lyrics taken from the song - I see trees of green; red roses too; skies of blue; clouds of white; the dark sacred night; colors of the rainbow; people going by; friends shaking hands saying how do you do; they're really saying I love you; I hear babies cry; they'll learn much more than I'll ever know. Others interpreted this theme with some of their own favourite pictures that reminded them of what a wonderful world we live in.
18 November - David Smith LRPS CPAGB judged our 2nd Colour prints open and set subject (Glass) competitions. He gave an excellent critique of the 35 entries, split 18:17 between the open and set subject sections, and awarded a maximum score of 10 to two images in the open and three images in the set subject competitions. In addition two images in the open and three in the set subject were awarded 9.5. Congratulations to Norman Price and Chris Flood for their winning entries in the open and to Elizabeth Bulley, Graham Humphries and Chris Flood in the set subject competitions.
The winning images can be seen in the gallery or using the links below
Open section:
Pumpkin and Chinese lanterns by Norman Price
Sikh soldier by Chris Flood
Set subject section - Glass:
Roundel, Ickworth Church by Graham Humphreys
Champagne fountain by Chris Flood
Three glasses by Elizabeth Bulley
11 November - A presentation The wider world of photography - Part 1 by guest speaker and commercial photographer Ashley Franklin ARPS APAGB. He took us on a journey to discover the fascinating world of photography beyond the camera club by exploring the history, style and impact of portrait, fashion, industrial, war, press and social documentary photography.
It was an evening of informative, inspiring, powerful and world-changing imagery where we saw the work of many photo greats like Avedon, Bailey, Beaton, Bloomfield, Capa, Contreras, McCullin, McCurry, Karsh, Leibowitz, Salgado, Winston Link, et al, all accompanied by a well researched narrative about the photographers and their photographic styles.
