Morning All
Back home early so newsletter today as normal!
Can you make money from photography?
Answer – yes you can!
Huge congrats to Tim who entered his image ‘Guarding the train’ (image attached), into a competition, The Steppes Travel photo competition.
Tim says:
My photo was a runner-up in the competition and the link to the website showing the winning entries is below.
Steppes run the competition each year, it’s open to all and this year I think entries closed at the end of October.
Just to remind you Tim’s image also won ‘best image’ in the recent 4-Way Battle.
So well done Tim and spend that £500 carefully!
Notices:
Garstang Victorian Christmas Festival:
The above takes place on two evenings: Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd December, 6pm – 9pm.
Julie Holden, from the committee, has asked us if the camera club would get out-and-about, on one of the evenings, or both! and take some photographs.
Cameras ready? It’s a great opportunity ‘cos it is dark, busy, loud and challenging and fun! Good for street photography – I’ve been several years and never had any problems.
Also, I thought it might be an idea to show any images on our members evening on the 10th December; the good, bad and indifferent!
Go on, have a go!
Weather update:
If you are only going to 1 of the days Tuesday, from a weather point of view, looks the much better evening!
Coffee Morning:
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!
Our 3rd internal competition: Creatures and Plants of the World
Description of images: Any real creature or plant that was alive or was once alive, NO toys, sculptures, nothing artificial and NO people.
Mounting, if using Fine Arts in Garstang– deadline to Sharon is 3rd December.
Last date for entry – 17th December 2025
Date of competition – 21st January 2026
ALL competition rules are on our website; look under ‘INFORMATION’ and then scroll down to ‘Club competition information’ and then COMPETITION RULES.
If you have ANY questions or need ANY help, just get in touch – it is no problem – honest!
Up and coming programme of events:
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!
Wednesday 10th December – talk by Robin on The Caucasus for the first half;
In the second half Stan will be showing the 15 images chosen for the GLAM Battle, (Garstang, Lancaster, Arnside and Morecambe), and the 30 images for the New Zealand Battle; PLUS there will be an assortment of various topics including, printing, competitions, selected images, cameras etc. plus a show-and-tell of The Victoria Festival – see above.
Wednesday 17th December – our Christmas bash – PPP! Plus, entertainment of the highest quality is planned!
Wednesday 24th December – no meeting Christmas break.
Wednesday 31st December – no meeting Christmas break.
That’s all folks, and see you on Wednesday!
Cheers
Mike
Garstang Camera Club 