2007/08 Programme


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Summer Outings 2007:-		May to August
September	October	November	December
January	February	March	April

The 2008/09 Programme will be published in the near future; but go to the "Club News" page for advance details of our 75th Anniversary celebrations.

(NB:- Competition entries to be submitted on the Monday evening 3 weeks prior to the event)

SUMMER OUTINGS 2008
10th May	Elvington Areodrome	A Saturday 'Half Day' event, photography can take place after 12 noon.
2nd June	Easingwold	A Monday 'Evening@ event, photographs can be taken from 6pm onwards.
21st June	North Yorkshire Show	A Saturday 'All Day' event, photography can take place at the show all day.
3rd August	Brimham Rocks	A Sunday 'All Day' event, photography can take place after all day.
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SEPTEMBER 2007
3rd	"Altered Images"	Leo Palmer FRPS, EFIAP, FPSA, APAGB,
	Leo makes a welcome return to our club.    As one of the North's leading photographers, and having seen the quality of his work before, we all know that he will open our season in a spectacular fashion. Get a preview of Leo's work at:- www.leopalmerphotography.co.uk
10th	"Anything Goes"	Paul Exton FRPS
	As part of his Royal Photographic Society Lecture Tour, another old friend of our club, Paul returns to the North to judge the Northern Counties International and stops off to give us one of his superb lectures.
17th	"An Eye for a Picture"	Richard Cochrane ARPS, DPAGB
**	The quality of Richard's work has never been inquestion; as one of our longest serving and most distinguished members we are bound to in for a treat this evening. Hand in up to 3 slides for the Roebuck Trophy and/or 3 prints for the McCombie-Metcalfe Cup.    These to have been taken at at least two of our Summer outings during 2007
19th	Digital Evening    (Wednesday)
24th	Members' Evening  - "Judge and be Judged"
	An informal evening of friendly competition, an atmosphere where so much can be learned, whilst at the same time having a relaxed and enjoyable evening.    Bring along no more than six prints and/or slides of your own choice.
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OCTOBER
1st	"NCPF International" - Nature & Photo-Travel Sections
**	The NCPF once again brings us these two excellent Exhibitions in which some of the best photography in the world is shown.    We extend a welcome to members of Stokesley PS to join us on this evening. Hand in up to 3 prints and/or slides for our first Members' Night Competition Subject "OPEN".
8th	McCombie Metcalfe Cup (prints) & Roebuck Trophy (slides).
	This is the evening when the photographs, our members took on our outings last summer, are judged.    Members will have entered a set of 3 prints and/or slides taken on at least two of the outings.
11th	"NCPF International" - General Section
(Thurs)	We are invited to join Stokesley PS at their club for the showing of the General Section of the NCPF Exhibition.
15th	"Lighting the Land Up"	Henrietta Byrne LRPS
**	We are entertained tonight by another of our own members; Henrietta is fast developing a reputation as one of our leading colour slide photographers.     Holder of the NCPF Award for the Best Landscape Slide and now meeting with sucess at International level, I am sure she will provide a great evening for us all. Hand in up to 3 slides and/or prints for our Annual Inter-Club Competition with our friends at Wensleydale CC
17th	Digital Evening    (Wednesday)
22nd	Members' Night Competition - Open
	The first of our Members' Night Competitions, this is popular with the club and has always an absorbing evening.    The subject is 'Open' so anything goes . . . . . well almost anything!
29th	"Goa by Taxi"	David Stephenson ARPS, EFIAP, DPAGB, FDPS
	David, who travels from Cockermouth, also makes a welcome return to Northallerton.    One the most prolific and successful photographers from the Western side of our region we are in for another exiting evenings' photography.
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NOVEMBER
5th	Inter-Club Competition with Wensleydale CC (at Northallerton)
	This annual get together is always looked forward to by members of both clubs.    We shall of course be competing with prints as well as slides.
12th	"Season of Mists"	John Webster ARPS, MPAGB
	Quite simply, John needs no introduction.    His Audio-Visual shows are legendary and this is sure to be one of the highlights of the season.    We are fortunate indeed to have him as a member of our club.
14th	Digital Evening    (Wednesday)
19th	"Pat's Eye"	Pat Reed DPAGB
**	We welcome Pat to our club, from York.    Pat's reputation ensures that we shall be in for another feast of photography Hand in up to 3 prints and/or slides for the second Members' Night Competition. The subject this time is "CITY OF YORK"
26th	Members' Evening with Darlington (at Northallerton)
**	Darlington CC travel to Northallerrton this year for a relaxed, non-competitive evening at our club.     This year it is their turn to show us their work and to discuss it with us.    This event has, over recent years, proved popular.  Hand in up to 3 prints and/or slides for the LITERARY SHOOT competition
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DECEMBER
3rd	Royal Photographic Society International Projected Image Exhibition
	As with the Northern Counties International this event attracts some of the world's finest photographers and this year for the first time it is a Dual Projection event with Electronic Images as well as Slides..
10th	Members' Night Competition - City of York
	The second of our Member's Night Competitions.    This time our efforts to interpret the subject of the 'City of York' will be scrutinised by one of our own judges.
12th	Digital Evening    (Wednesday)
17th	Literary Shoot Competition - Christmas Supper & Sale
	Enter 3 prints and/or slides each to depict the following quotation "Each in his narrow cell forever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep"     This is followed by a Christmas Supper and a light hearted auction of your old unwanted photographic items, to raise funds for the club.
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	"Christmas & New Year Break"
JANUARY 2008
7th	NYSD Silver Salver Competition
**	One of the two porfolios from the NYSD Annual Competitions, held before Christmas, the Silver Salver Competition is for individual entries of Colour Prints.    This is our chance to see the results and to hear the judges comments. Hand in up to 3 prints and/or slides for the 3rd Members' Night Competition Subject:- "CHRISTMAS TIME"
14th	"The Four of Us .....	George Barker, Phil Pidd, Ddavid Roffey and Hazel Robson.
	Four of our members, who are not known for doing print or slide shows, but who have each proved their abilities with the camera, give us separate presentations of their work.    This is a great chance to see some of the excellent work done by these stalwarts of the club.
15th	Digital Evening    (Wednesday)
21st	"I See it a Simple Way"	Paul Foley FRPS, MAPGB, EFIAP
**	We welcome Paul to Northallerton from Kent.    For my money Paul is one of the finest landscape photographers in the UK; his work is inspiring and I have no hestitation in saying that his presentation will be one of very best of the season. DON'T miss it. Hand in slides for the NCPF Annual Club Slide Championship
28th	Members' Night Competition - "Christmas Time"
	Enter up to 3 prints and/or slides depicting 'Christmas Time' for the third of our Members' Night Competitions.
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FEBRUARY
4th	NYSD Annual Inter-Club Competition
**	The second portfolio from the NYSD; this time it your chance to see the Interclub Print and Slide Competitions, held before Christmas. Hand in up to 3 prints and/or slides for our Annual Inter-Club Competition with our friends and rivals from Stokesley PS
10th	NCPF Club Slide Championship
(Sun)	Our club has enjoyed unprecedented success in this competition in recent years and this year we look to regaining the trophy that we "loaned" to Tynemouth PS last year.    This is a day when you can see the very best of slide photography in the North of England as well as taking part in a social occasion.    The event will be at Washington staring at 10am, entry is free and refreshments are available.    Support your club and have enjoy a great day's photography.
11th	"Simply Amazing"	Ray Brightmsan FRPS, AFIAP, DPAGB, APAGB
	Ray makes a welcome return visit from Sheffield.    One of the YPU's leading lights for many years Ray turns his creative skills to "diddling" with Photoshop.    This is going to be an intriging and instructive evening, not to be missed.
18th	NCPF Selectors' Choice Portfolio
**	This portfolio, drawn from last year's NCPF Annual Competitions, is designed to show a respresentative sample of the region's work over the last year.    This is poipular Portfolio has been revamped sliughtly this year to ensure that it provides the really enjoyable evening's entertainment it has become known for. Hand in a panel of three prints and/or a panel slides for the "Millennium Trophy", for this the fourth and final Members Night Competition.    The subject for your panel(s) is "OPEN", so the choice is yours
20th	Digital Evening    (Wednesday)
25th	Inter-Club Competition with Stokesley PS (at Northallerton)
	This year we travel to joiu our friends at Stokesley PS for our annual Inter-Club Competition in Slides and Prints.    This is a keenly fought competition but one in which the social aspect of meeting friends is just as important.
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MARCH
3rd	"Black and White Photography in the Digital Era""	Tony Worobiec FRPS
	In the second of two joint lectuers with the Royal Photographic Society, Tony travels up from Dorset to give us his presentation.    I am sure that Tony reputation goes before him and that he needs no introduction.    Quite simply this is going to be another of those excellent evenings given by a master in his field.
10th	Members' Night Competition - "Millennium Trophy"
** **	The prints and slides that you entered for this, the fourth and final of our Members' Night Competition, is judged tonight.     A guest judge will assess our attempts to put together panels of three prints or slides on a subject of each entrant's own choice. Hand in Prints for our ANNUAL PRINT COMPETITION Hand in Prints, Slides & Electronic Images for NCPF Annual Competitions
17th	"Travels with a Camera"	Gordon Follows ARPS, MPAGB, EFIAP/b
**	Another of our special evenings. One of our own, albeit now a "Country Member", Gordon will be given one of the warmest welcomes of the year, when he travels up from Norfolk to give us one of his superb natural history and landscape shows.    For those who have not seen his work before I can only say one thing DO NOT MISS IT. Hand in Slides for our ANNUAL SLIDE EXHIBITION
19th	Digital Evening    (Wednesday)
24th	No Meeting - Easter bank Holiday Monday
31st	"Listen to the Pictures II"	Alan Greene LRPS, PSA1*
	Alan's work has always enthralled our members and we are lucky that, as a member of neighbouring Forest of Galtres CC at Easingwold, we are able to get him back once again to entertain us.
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APRIL
7th	ANNUAL PRINT EXHIBITION
	A visiting Judge will gives his verdict on our prints.
14th	ANNUAL SLIDE EXHIBITION
	Another visiting Judge will this time adjudicate on our slides.
21st	ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
25th (Frid)	ANNUAL DINNER & TROPHY PRESENTATION
	Our final event of the season when following a dinner in pleasant company our guest speaker will present trophies won by club members during the year.
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