Programme

Winter Programme 2025-2026

  • Tue
    21
    Apr
    2026
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    Prints should be entered in 4 out of 6 categories of the entrant’s choice.

    The 2025-2026 season categories are:

    Creative – defined as Altered Reality. There must be a change to an original image, although the main content should still be identifiable. Artwork or computer graphics generated by the entrant may be included as part of the image. The image cannot have been constructed by computer.

    Landscape - Images of inland, coastal or maritime scenes.

    Natural History – Images conforming to the definition of Nature, which is as follows:
    ▪ May depict landscape, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant
    organisms as the main subject matter.
    ▪ This includes subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical
    gardens, aquariums or enclosures.
    ▪ Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible.
    ▪ Processing of the captured image, by cropping, exposure adjustment, colour
    correction, noise minimisation, dodging/burning, HDR, focus stacking and
    sharpening, is allowed.
    ▪ Cloning of image defects and minor distractions, including overlapping elements, are
    permitted.
    ▪ Photographs of anthropology or archaeology, human created hybrid plants, cultivated
    plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is
    any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.

    Architecture - An Architectural image must have the primary emphasis on either the interior or exterior of a building or architectural structure.

    Macro - A macro image must portray either a small subject (such as an insect) or a small part of a larger object (such as a leaf on a tree) in great detail. The subject is not limited to the natural world.

    Street - Informal, candid portraits of people and incidents in public places.

    Monochrome Competition

    Any monochrome image entered in either class of the monthly competitions or in either class of the annual competitions, scoring 9 or over, shall also be eligible for the monochrome trophy.

  • Tue
    28
    Apr
    2026
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church
  • Fri
    01
    May
    2026

Summer Events 2026

Event Information:

  • Sun
    06
    Sep
    2026

    Anglesey Abbey and Lode Mill - Dahlia Walk - Kim and Mark

    09:30 - 14:30Anglesey Abbey

    From around the end of August into the autumn the Dahlia garden is beautiful at Anglesey Abbey and definitely worth a visit. As well as photographing the Dahlia’s this is a chance to visit and photograph these beautiful gardens, visit the house and mill. There is a café and restaurant onsite for lunch or you can bring a packed lunch whichever you prefer. The Gardens open at 9.30am and close at 5.00 pm for anyone wanting to stay longer. The House is only open from 11.00 am to 4 00 pm. If you are a National Trust Member you can enter free of charge, just bring your card along. For those not members of the National Trust the cost is £20.90 (with gift aid) or £19.00 (without gift aid).For those that have not visited before there is ample parking (free of charge) and chargeable electric charging points on site.

    Book your place via Eventbrite

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anglesey-abbey-and-lode-mill-dahlia-walk-tickets-1987786612267?aff=oddtdtcreator

    or email Programme@stives-photoclub.org.uk

    There are a number of trails on site see map  anglesey-access-map-2025.pdf

Provisional Winter Programme 2026-2027

Event Information:

  • Tue
    10
    Nov
    2026

    Themed Edit Challenge Show

    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    Members will have been given an image to process, and this evening we will look at their edits and see what different ideas are presented