• Tue

  21

  Apr

  2026

  ANNUAL PRINT COMPETITION AND MONOCHROME COMPETITION - JUDGE NAOMI SAUL

  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

  AGM

  8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church
• Fri

  01

  May

  2026

  Annual Awards Dinner - St Ives Golf Club

  6:00 pmSt Ives Golf Club

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

Event Information:

• Tue

  29

  Sep

  2026

  Monthly Competition - Judge Ben Pike

  8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church