Ely & District

Photography

The Photography Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Indoor meetings are held at Witcham Village Hall, The Village Green, Witcham, CB6 2LB from 2.00-4.00pm. There is a charge of £2 per head to cover hire of the hall and refreshments. Outdoor meetings 'in the field' are arranged at a suitable local venue appropriate to the subject and season. See the diary below for details.

A varied programme is organised by our planning team, including talks by visiting specialist speakers, practical workshops, field trips, and of course showing the results of our work for peer review and friendly judging by group members. The emphasis is on shared learning to create satisfying pictures, not winning points in arthouse competitions. Examples of group members' work can be seen here on Flickr. For more information on the group please contact the secretary via the pigeon post link at the top right of this page, or the ‘Contact’ item in the menu bar above.

For 2024 the themed projects have an outdoors theme:

Jan - March Rural Buildings
Apr - June Nature in East Anglia
July - Sept Farm Machinery
Oct - Dec Unusual Buildings

These projects will be judged by members or visiting speakers at the March, June, September and December group meetings.

This Ely and District U3A website is always looking out for good eyecatching pictures with a local connection to appear on the front (home) page. A thumbnail of this picture appears in the index of U3A published sites so it is important that the picture attracts interest. The format is 4:3 landscape, and since it will be reduced to about 640x480 pixels, high definition is not required. If you can offer a suitable picture contact the photo group's website page editor.

Page Editor: John Mitchell

Dates for your Diary
Wed Apr 10th Field trip to Pensthorpe nature reserve and gardens, Fakenham NR21 0LN, led by Nigel Puttergill. Meet at 10.30 in the car park. Entrance fee for Seniors is £14.95 and £15.95 for standard adults. A perfect opportunity to get some super pictures for this quarter's competition 'Nature in East Anglia'.
Wed May 8th Guest speaker Anne Miles presents on 'A Passion for Nature'. Witcham Village Hall 2.00 pm £2
Wed Jun 12th Guest speaker Ian Stacey brings us more outstanding examples of his landscape photography, this time demonstrating the stunning effects obtained with long exposure. He will also judge our Spring competition 'Nature in East Anglia'. Witcham Village Hall 2.00 pm £2
Wed Jul 10th Field trip to Cheffins farm machinery auction site at Mepal
Wed Aug 14th Outdoor social and picnic
Wed Sep 11th Mike Child presents on Herbert Ponting who perhaps is best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole. Also judging the Summer competition 'Farm Machinery'. Witcham Village Hall 2.00 pm £2
Wed Oct 9th Field Trip to Norwich, led by Jackie Price
Wed Nov 13th Nigel reprises his presentations on Night Photography. Witcham Village Hall 2.00 pm £2
Wed Dec 11th Seasonal Social and judge the Autumn competition 'Unusual Buildings'. Witcham Village Hall 2.00 pm
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More Group Pages
Arts and Crafts Bird Watching
Games Gardens and Plants
History and Family History Languages
Music and Film Photography
Social and Sport Transport
Walking Written Word