Hello all and welcome to the March edition. Recent weeks remind me of a music group and a novel, Wet, wet, wet,  and the book , Fifty shades of grey ! The recent outdoor conditions for camera people.

At club level , we have enjoyed presentations on Landscapes in New Zealand and lastly, Urban and Street photography, this attempted to show that we don’t have to pass the Equator to make good images. We have also had our third competition Creatures and Plants of the world judged. Thank you to all members who submitted images and as the Judge commented “ many images of an excellent quality”

March 4^th  gives us a ZOOM session by Kevin Pigney and his passion for Wildlife detailing locations, camera settings etc. Sounds good.

March 11^th.  Judging of our competition, the Humanity Cup by Daryl Giles.

    ..    18^th.  Paul Dunmall dicusses, Titles…why do we have them ?

    ..    25^th  Our own Tim Flesher will talk on  “6 contrasting countries in Southern Asia “

April 1^st. We have Ade Gidney presents  Landscapes within the UK……… Lake District  /  Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales.

A timely reminder to dust off the cameras, wipe the lenses and !! charge the batteries, both camera and personal.  See you in April.

Maurice Barker

garstangcameraclub.co.uk

Hello to all readers ,this will be a shorter than usual report since we will be “closed for Christmas “. To now, we have had a successful calendar year and take a short break. We have just had a very enjoyable social evening, thanks to everyone who helped to make it possible, we all know that these events do not just happen.

I will list the next five meetings taking us into February and they are as follows  :-

Jan. 7^th………Neil Protheroe   ZOOM  on  New Zealand Landscapes , my thoughts and knowledge of landscape photography.

  ..    14^th…….Jerry Webb      ZOOM  on  Urban and street photography.

  ..    21^st…….Creatures and Plants Competition  judging by  Sheila Giles.

  ..    28^th……Members evening  the “Show and Tell Challenge “

Feb. 4^th……..Rene de Heer   ZOOM  on  Blowing Hot and Cold,  Nature photography Up North and Down South.

May I finish by wishing everyone, the best of Season’s Greetings and a Happy and Healthy 2026.

Maurice Barker

garstangcameraclub.co.uk