Don't miss our next presentation by Ruth Grindrod, landscape photographer, on 23 January 2025. Click here for more details
CCC is a small friendly club catering for people of all ages and photographic abilities and is affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain through the Surrey Photographic Association.
If you enjoy photography and may be looking to improve your photographic skills, or wish to share your photographic experiences with other like minded people, then please come along to one of our meetings. The "About Us" tab above provides more information about the club and how to find us. You can also find us on the Cranleigh Camera Club Group Facebook page on the internet. (See "Useful Links" on this page to access our Facebook site.)
2024 CCC Annual Exhibition Category Winners
(For a full summary of all previous club meetings go to Activities archive page and select the year.)
16 January - 36 images were entered in our 3rd open Colour prints competition judged by David Hughes CPAGB BPE2. There was a wide selection of pictures on display covering many genres of photography including still life, portrait, landscape, horticulture and wildlife. After holding back eight of the entries for a second viewing he awarded the maximum score of 10 to the images from Julian Hall and Norman Price and 9.5 to images from Pete Baldrey, Mike Harrison and Ann Smith. The two winning entries can be seen below.
Dragon flies mating by Julian Hall and Rosé by Norman Price.
9 January - Freezing weather meant the first meeting in the new year, a workshop/review, had to be held via Zoom to avoid travel difficulties. Thirteen members submitted a selection of their photographs (up to 4 PDIs) and gave a résumé for each stating:
Based on this information further discussion ensued with the other members proffering suggestions for possible improvements to the final images.
19 December, 26 December and 2 January 2025: - Club closed for the Christmas break.
12 December - Club members and partners celebrated Christmas 2024 with a dinner at the Bricklayers Arms in Shamley Green. During the course of the evening the chairman announced the Chairman's challenge for this year - for details see Club Announcements in the Latest news column on this page.
05 December - Tim Morland ARPS expertly judged our 2nd PDI and Mono print competitions which included the Set subject: Textures. In the PDI competition he awarded maximum marks to Ron Boon in the open section and to Ron Boon and Julian Hall in the set subject.
In the Mono print competition he awarded a score of 10 to images from Elizabeth Bulley and Chris Flood in the open section and to images from Angela Karney and Chris Flood for the set subject as follows:
PDI Open section:
Friends Chatting, Taj Mahal by Ron Boon
PDI Set subject section - Textures
Mushrooms by Ron Boon and Textures of elephant's trunk by Julian Hall
Mono print Open section:
Waterfall in the Rockies by Chris Flood and The lamp by Elizabeth Bulley
Mono print Set subject section - Textures
Limestone shelf, Kimmeridge by Angela Karney and Eurasian Wolf in Winter Coat by Chris Flood
Chairman's challenge 2025 - there will be no set subject, genre or style set for the challenge and it will be an open style competition with the following caveats:
Doors open at 7:45pm for 8:00pm start
Unless stated otherwise all club meetings in 2024-25 will be held in the school room at the rear of the Baptist Church in St James's Place, Cranleigh.
A presentation by Ruth Grindrod - Colour, tone and textures in landscapes.. This will be a Zoom only event. Please click here for more details
3rd round of the colour PDI and Mono competitions which will be judged by Paul Graber. This is an open competition.
The two mounted mono prints must not exceed 500mm x 400mm in size and the two PDI entries should be sent to Phil Copestick at ccc.pdi.images@gmail.com by Sunday 26 January 2025.
Match-a-Print competition between Ladies and Gentlemen. A fun evening where heckling of the judge's decisions is not only allowed but encouraged. Members should bring along at least 6 prints as each side needs to have around 40 prints from which to select a match.
A presentation by Tony Worobiec titled Landscapes, whatever the weather. This will be a Zoom only event and more details will follow shortly.
The full club programme for 2024-25 can be seen using the programme tab above.
There are no further outside club events planned at this point in time
Visit Cranleigh Camera Club Group on our Facebook page using the link below
Other photography links:
SPA - Surrey Photographic Assoc.
Royal Photographic Society. SE
Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
A presentation - Colour, tone and textures by Ruth Grindrod on 23 January 2025
This presentation explores how colour, tone and texture are all interrelated in landscape photography. The talk explores how to apply the theory to practice and shows a range of her work from around the UK and further afield. While this talk is quite technical it remains audience-friendly and caters for a wide audience.
Two images below (© Ruth Grindrod) are a preview of what we can expect on the night.
See Ruth's website at: www.ruthgrindrodlandscapephotography.co.uk
Visitors welcome - Zoom meeting commences 7:45 for 8:00 pm start.
Registration fee for non-members £5.
Please register to join the on-line meeting using this email link. Register for Meeting.
Please state on you request: "Ruth Grindrod presentation" as well as your own contact details.
After registering and prior to the presentation you will be sent an email link enabling you to join on the evening.