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

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Provisional Winter Programme 2026-2027

Event Information:

  • Tue
    16
    Mar
    2027

    Free Mines Coal Faces - Nick Hodgson

    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.