Morning All
Following on from Will’s talk last week I hope you all are scanning the bands locally and also which festivals to attend during those long summer months, to put into practice his teaching! Perhaps one could be an Events Cup destination!
Notices:
There will be no newsletter next weekend ‘cos I’m away on grandparent duty and then off to Devon wildlife watching and hopefully doing some wildlife photography, if anything turns up! I’m back in Lancashire Thursday 20th November.
So, Freda is in charge so if you have concerns, please email her on our usual email address of: info@garstangcameraclub.co.uk Ta.
Website:
A great suggestion from Tim:
On our website we have a section called ‘Members Photo Gallery’ which as it says shows various images from members.
Now, would any member that has images already posted like to update them?
OR
Would any member like to post up to 6 images for our website – it’s a great way to show your images and helps promote the club.
If so, please send your images to me on info@garstangcameraclub.co.uk and I’ll send them on to Tim – PLEASE send any images after Wednesday 19th November ‘cos like I say above I’m away – cheers!
Coffee Morning: Advance notice:
The camera club is hosting a coffee morning, in the Arts Centre, on Saturday 6th December.
As usual, we are looking for cakes etc. to sell on the morning, it’s going to be busy, so, please get baking/cooking and contribute something edible and let Mike know so we can organise accordingly – ta!
LAST reminder!
‘The Alphabet’ challenge:
All new members please note and please have a go!
The idea is to take photographs depicting all the letters of the alphabet.
This runs from now until the ‘show-and-tell’ which will be on the members evening on 19th November 2025; so, time is literally running out!
Please bring your images to the club meeting on a USB ‘stick’ to show your endeavours!
Printing for competitions:
Further on from my thoughts last week on printing and their associated costs – see newsletter from 02.11.25 – Claire has sent the following:
I’ve been thinking about your idea to encourage people to print more images, which I think is great.
I also wonder about reducing the cost of mounting.
I have bought mounts with precut standard size aperture from Paper Spectrum, which I reuse. They come in multiples of 5. I know this is only appropriate if people don’t crop to a custom size but could be a big saving for people.
Either to buy their own or the club to buy some and people buying off the club, thus sharing delivery costs etc. Just a thought!
Thanks very much Claire and I’ll have a look into this and report back!
Just to repeat, from last week:
A thought! For the next competition – Creatures & Plants of the World.
Print? Send them to me and I will send them all together to DS Colour Labs.
I will need, from you, size of print you want, enough pixels for quality, lustre (not gloss). So, say I get 10 prints the delivery is 60p each.
By the way, the maximum mount size is 50cm x 40cm – in old money = 20 inches x 16 inches.
Wednesday 26th November is the deadline, so get them to me. Sharon, of Garstang Fine Arts will want them in for mounting ASAP – so, to her the 03.12.25 is the absolute latest.
You can, of course, ‘mount’ them yourself saving more money! See above from Claire.
Coffee duty: Coffee/tea duty for Wednesday 12th November is lots of us! – thanks to all you, in advance.
Up and coming programme of events:
Wednesday 12th November – The Fylde 4 – Way Battle.
Hosted by us. We are anticipating up to 80 people to attend, this includes members from North Fylde Photographic Society, Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society, Poulton Photographic Society and of course us! Another busy evening, get in early to grab a seat!
Wednesday 19th November – A talk by John on an aspect of photography and for the second half, don’t forget, ‘Show-and-tell’ the Alphabet Challenge.
Wednesday 26th November – Environment Cup Judging: This is our second internal competition judged by Jonny Gios. We have had a big entry so another busy evening.
Wednesday 3rd December – A ‘Zoom’ talk by Daniel Bridge on ‘Water.’
Daniel writes: I present an illustrated talk on water in its many varied forms, from the liquid stuff at the seaside and in the rivers, to clouds, rain and rainbows, fog, ice, and more. There are also shots of wildlife associated with water, so something for everyone!
That’s all folks, and see you on Wednesday!
Cheers
Mike
Garstang Camera Club 