Malling Photographic Society

This is the Club programme for 2023 - 2024 - we will continue to have a mix of Hall and Zoom events, allowing us to watch Presentations from Speakers who live outside the Kent area.

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More detail will be added to this page about individual Presentations. Events will either take place over Zoom (details will be emailed a few days before a Zoom meeting), or will take place at West Malling Village Hall. Some Presentations over Zoom will be open to non-members, via tickets bought from Ticketsource

Programme page updated Wednesday Jan 31st to reflect latest programme changes,

Addresses of other clubs' venues for Competition evenings will be sent out to members.

Date	EVENT	COMP / EVENT TYPE	ENTRIES REQ'd
29-Aug	WELCOME EVENING An opportunity to catch-up after the summer. Bring any photos along that you'd like to share with the club	HALL	_
05-Sep	Kevin Pigney - FLASH TECHNIQUES FOR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY	ZOOM	APPRAISAL PDI
12-Sep	Members Evening - Image Selection Evening We’ll be using last years higher scoring images to select the images that will be used to represent the club in interclub and federation competitions.	HALL	_
19-Sep	Members Evening - Image Appraisal by Paul Adams ARPS DPAGB FDPS	ZOOM	PDI 1 open
26-Sep	Members Evening - Fotospeed (Print & Paper)	HALL	_
03-Oct	PDI #1 OPEN - Roger Force FRPS DPAGB APAGB	HALL	PRINT 1 open
10-Oct	Members Evening - Editing Workshop	HALL	_
17-Oct	Print #1 OPEN - Nick Ryan	HALL	_
24-Oct	Julian Elliot - STUCK IN VIETNAM	ZOOM	Print 2 mono
31-Oct	Members Evening - INTRODUCTION TO PORTRAIT STUDIO LIGHTING with Jon Gray	HALL	_
07-Nov	Print #2 MONOCHROME - Sue B Green ARPS DPAGB BPE3*	HALL	PANEL/TRIPTYCH
14-Nov	Members Evening - Mini Showcase	HALL	_
21-Nov	Print Panel & PDI Triptych Competiton - Pat Couder CPAGB BPE1 QPSA	HALL	_
28-Nov	Brian Duckett - MASTERING STREET PHOTOGRAPHY	ZOOM	_
05-Dec	Members Evening - Christmas Dinner	RESTAURANT VENUE TBC	_
12-Dec	Robert Canis - NORDIC SEASONS	HALL	_
19-Dec	XMAS BREAK	_	_
26-Dec	XMAS BREAK	_	_
02-Jan	XMAS BREAK	_	_
09-Jan	Alex Hare - ‘Photographing Kent; a Landscape Photography Tour and Britain’s Best Kept Secret!’	HALL	MALLING PRINTS open
16-Jan	Members Evening - LADIES v GENTS COMPETITION	HALL	_
23-Jan	Table Top Photography. An opportunity to bring your cameras in and explore the world of still life photography. We'll try to set up 'stages' with High Key, Low Key and more general lighting.	HALL	_
30-Jan	Recorded Lecture - We'll be utilising one of the PAGB recorded lectures. When the subject and title is confirmed we'll advise.	HALL	_
06-Feb	Members Showcase evening. We had one late last year which went down well. An opportunity for members to share with the group a collection of their work. Need only be 15 -20 minutes, and can be as structured or as informal as you like	HALL	_
13-Feb	INTERCLUB PRINT COMPETITION Malling, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Dartford, Gravesend, Invicta, Maidstone, Parkwood, Reflex, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne, Staplehurst	HALL 7.30pm start	_
20-Feb	MALLING CUP OPEN PRINTS - Paul Parkinson	HALL	MERIT PDI open
27-Feb	Pat Couder - MY PHOTOGRAPHY IN PRINTS	HALL	_
05-Mar	MERIT AWARD PDI - Lorraine Robins	ZOOM	PDI 2 open
12-Mar	Members Evening - PORTRAIT SESSION WITH MODELS	HALL	Mobile Phone Competition
19-Mar	PDI #2 OPEN - Mike Warren ARPS, CPAGB	ZOOM	MALLING PDI open
26-Mar	Members Evening - Mobile Phone Competition - Theme 'Transport'	HALL	_
02-Apr	MALLING CUP OPEN PDI - Duncan Armour	ZOOM	_
09-Apr	Marley Medallion - Malling v Maidstone v Invicta v Staplehurst	HALL	_
16-Apr	Three Way Club Battle - Malling v Herne Bay v Whitstable	HERNE BAY CLUB	_
23-Apr	AGM	HALL	_