A message from our chairman, Stuart Chapman

Hi All

Well, we now have the 2021/22 under way. The first meeting rather informal was attended by Zoom. There was a fair bit of discussion the main focus raised by the members was, when will we start meeting in person? When starting to plan this year the number of cases was on the increase, especially down here, so we looked at the use of Zoom, but now the trend is reversed we can think of meeting again in person.

So to be democratic I emailed all the members for their thoughts. The response from our 41 paid up members was

Yes.....21

No .....5

Even if all those who didn't vote, voted no, it would still be a majority for the Yes vote.

So how do we put this in practise.

The hall is large enough to have chairs spaced apart, Members can wear masks and hand sanitiser will be available. For the time being we will not serve drinks so please fetch your own. The one prerequisite is that a negative lateral flow test has been done day of the meeting. All our speakers and judges for the remainder of this year are being done by Zoom, so those not attending will still be able to join in.

With these points in mind, we are going for the 4th October as our start up meeting in person. If you have any thoughts please get back by return.

Finally, also on Monday we had a showing of the International Competition which we won. Thanks to Alex for sharing this.

Next week we have a talk from Sheila Haycox. This is on Monday 27th September via Zoom.

Take Care

Stuart

The following email was received from Dave Hickey. It is shared with members of the club and other visitors to this website as a courtesy to a fellow photographer. Please note that Paignton Photographic Club cannot and does not make recommendations regarding the work of individuals or businesses. It is up to you to do your own research and make up your own mind. 

David writes...

My name is Dave Hickey and I was a member of the Penistone Camera Club for several years. During that time I became so obsessed with landscape photography, that 10 years ago I persuaded my wife to take early semi-retirement with me and move to the Isle of Skye, where we opened a B&B that catered mainly for landscape photographers. I also started to run my own photography workshops and tours for several years, until we fully retired a few years ago. I then decided to write down everything I had been teaching in my photography workshops, as well as mapping out in detail all the amazing locations I had discovered over the years and which ultimately led me to creating a 270 page in-depth guide, to all the most beautiful, photographic locations on the Isle of Skye and across the North West of Scotland and which is now being very well received within the photographic community around the world - please take a moment to watch this short clip by Keith Cooper of North Light Images fame and hear what he has to say about the book - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6db7xRnAq8Y - or read his review on the North Light Images website - http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/book-review-isle-of-skye-guide/

I am also adding many more FREE chapters and location guides, to all the other locations I am continuing to photograph and document around Scotland and which you can read here - http://skyephotoguide.com/extra.html

So as a special thanks to Penistone Camera Club and all the good work that they are continuing to do, as well as all the other photography clubs and societies around the UK, I would like to offer my book to you and your members at a 20% discount and which is only available through this link - http://skyephotoguide.com/ukcameraclubdiscount

Kindest Regards Dave Hickey SkyePhotoGuide.com

If you would like to know more about me and how I got here, then please go to this link - http://skyephotoguide.com/whoami.html

We've received this message from Paul Vachon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. regarding the Okehampton Rail 150th Anniversary.  His message is below:

Hi, I'm organising an anniversary event Okehampton Rail 150th Anniversary to celebrate 150 years since Okehampton Railway station was opened in 1871.

Much of the event entails taking the town back to Victorian 1871. With this in mind I'm seeking a photographer who uses a Victorian plate camera and would be willing to dress the part and take some photographs. Do you know of anyone who might fit the bill?.

Kind regards

Paul

From David Streeter at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

I have a Chinon 2000 GL Cine Projector and a Reflecta Diamator AFM slide projector. I don't want to dump them if they are of any interest to your members. They are free. I welcome your advice.