Programme

Winter Programme 2025-2026

Event Information:

  • Tue
    13
    Jan
    2026

    GEORGE DELLAR and PRESIDENT'S TROPHY COMPETITIONS - Judge Nick Akers

    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    20George Dellar Trophy
    1. Held annually.
    2. Image to be taken within Cambridgeshire (including Peterborough).
    3. Images should feature one, or a combination of, a Landscape, Building or Landmark, People or
    Events within the county.
    4. The features must be easily identifiable.
    5. DPI images only, not previously entered in any internal competition.
    6. Maximum of 2 entries.
    7. The location of capture must be entered in the “Entry Reference” box of PhotoEntry.
    8. Only the highest scoring image from each member is counted toward the final scores.
    9. Only one image is to be awarded the maximum of 10 points, to ensure that there is a clear winner.

    President’s Challenge Trophy
    1. Held annually - this year the President's theme is "Shadows"
    2. Digital images only, not previously entered in any internal competition.
    3. Maximum of 2 entries.
    4. Only the highest scoring image from each member is counted toward the final scores.
    5. Only one image is to be awarded the maximum of 10 points, to ensure that there is a clear winner.

Summer Events 2026

Coming Soon

Provisional Winter Programme 2026-2027

  • Tue
    05
    Jan
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    Do you have any images that you would like to show, without any judge seeing them?  Members are invited to chat about their images in an informal setting

  • Tue
    12
    Jan
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    Subject tba.  Gary is a long-standing member of the club and accustomed to talking about his wonderful nature trips.  Always enjoyable, and we look forward to this one!

  • Tue
    26
    Jan
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church
  • Tue
    02
    Feb
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    Tom had planned to deliver this talk in the 2025-6 season, but was unable to do so.  We are therefore excited that he is coming to deliver the talk this season instead!

  • Tue
    09
    Feb
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    The Buddies will show the images they have been working on together.  This is a scheme which encourages members to share skills and to work together in both the initial capture of the photographs and the post production.

  • Tue
    16
    Feb
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    Members bring images for critique, and have a time allocated to chat to another member about the images before moving on.  They will also critique the images shown to them by other members.  A fun evening under the control of a whistle!

  • Tue
    23
    Feb
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church
  • Tue
    02
    Mar
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    A long-standing member of St Ives Photographic Club, Tom is known for his wonderful monochrome images, his creativity and his sense of humour!  Assured to be a great evening!

  • Tue
    09
    Mar
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    No access to the church due to Youth Theatre

  • Tue
    16
    Mar
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church
    Nick Hodgson FRPS is a British documentary landscape photographer based in London. His talk, Free Mines Coal Faces, is about his documentary project on coal free mining in the Forest of Dean, which formed part of his Photography MA, his successful FRPS panel submission, an award-winning book and various exhibitions. Nick has also been a member of the RPS Distinctions Panel for the Applied and Documentary photography genres.

    In the first section of his talk, Nick discusses mining photography that he researched to inform him about his own approach to the project. He also explains what free mining is and how he published a book of his work (there should be a few copies still available to purchase at the talk). After the break he will go through a number of his images, how he shot them and the challenges he faced. He finishes by talking about postproduction and printing, showing physical examples from his F panel which the audience is also encouraged to look at throughout the evening.

  • Tue
    23
    Mar
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church
  • Tue
    30
    Mar
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church
  • Tue
    06
    Apr
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    A chance for members to give a very short presentation on anything they wish

  • Tue
    13
    Apr
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    Rules in the members' section of the website

  • Tue
    20
    Apr
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church

    Rules in the members' section of the website

  • Tue
    27
    Apr
    2027
    8:00 pmSt Ives Free Church