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HCC-Season-Programme-2025-2026.pdf
2025-2026 Programme
| Date | Subject | Speaker/Judge | Title of Talk | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2025 | Welcome/ Summer Outings Competition | |||
| 16 Sep 2025 | Talk | Sue Morris | Visions of Nature | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 23 Sep 2025 | 1st Set Subject Competition - UK Landscapes/Edith Barnes | Gladys Perrier LRPS | - | |
| 30 Sep 2025 | Talk / ZOOM | David Boag | Capturing the environment | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 7 Oct 2025 | 1st Open PI Competition | Mike Cullis ARPS DPAGB | - | |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Talk | Pete Whieldon | Cold Weather Photography | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 21 Oct 2025 | 1st Open Print Competition | Samuel E Dixon | - | |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Members Evening / Demonstration | Competition Entry Deadline | ||
| 4 Nov 2025 | 2nd Open PI Competition | Roger Creber ARPS EFIAP DPAGB | - | |
| 11 Nov 2025 | SCPF Print League | Paul Bradley | - | |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Talk | Andy Skillen | A Wild Life | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 25 Nov 2025 | 2nd Set Subject Competition - Long Exposure | Steve McKie | - | |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Talk | Ric Gillams | A Year in Japan | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 9 Dec 2025 | 2nd Open Print Competition | Peter Rocchiccioli BA (Hons) Photo, EFIAP/b | - | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Knockout Competition - Christmas Social | |||
| 6 Jan 2026 | Remote talk live streamed in the Hall | Thomas Peck | Architectural Photography | |
| 13 Jan 2026 | SCPF PI League | Caroline Preece LRPS | - | |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Members Evening / Demonstration | Competition Entry Deadline | ||
| 27 Jan 2026 | 3rd Open PI Competition | Jon Mitchell | - | Exhibition Deadline |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Remote talk live streamed in the Hall | Jonathan Genevaux | Waterscapes of England and Wales | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 10 Feb 2026 | 3rd Open Print Competition | Joe Bird | - | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Talk | Jason Hyde CPAGB | Astrophotography | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 24 Feb 2026 | 3rd Set Subject Competition - Abstract | Roger Smith ABIPP | - | |
| 3 Mar 2026 | 3H's Competition | Andrew Mills MA (Photo) MEd | - | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 4th Open PI Competition | Paul O'Toole | - | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Members Evening / Demonstration | DxO Photography software | Remote talk live streamed in the Hall | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 24 Mar 2026 | 4th Open Print Competition | Robert Mowat | ||
| 31 Mar 2026 | Talk | Lorna Brown FRPS, DPGAB. EFIAP | 'Three Reasons and an Excuse' | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 7 Apr 2026 | 4th Set Subject Competition - Panorama | Paul Hendley LRPS, CPAGB | - | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Talk | Peter Crane ARPS | Street Photography My Way | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Tri Pic Competition | Suzie Kirkby CPAGB/AV | - | |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Talk | Julia Wainwright FRPS, MPAGB, BPE4*, AFIAP | Photographing Predators and Scavengers | |
| 5 May 2026 | AGM and Trophy Presentations | |||
| 12 May 2026 | Talk | Paul O'Toole | A talk in Two halves: Infra Red and Converting old lenses | Competition Entry Deadline |
| 19 May 2026 | Finals Night | Carl Reeve LMPA | - |
Provisional 2026-2027 Programme
| Date | Subject | Speaker/Judge | Title of Talk | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2026 | Welcome/ Challenge Cup Knockout Competition | ||||
| 15 Sep 2026 | Talk | Brian Pettit | Zimbabwe - Off The Beaten Track | ||
| 22 Sep 2026 | 1st Set Subject Competition - UK Landscapes/Edith Barnes | Jon Mitchell | |||
| 29 Sep 2026 | Talk | Annie Healey | Beautiful Bugs: Discovering a Hidden World | ||
| 6 Oct 2026 | 1st Open PI Competition | Bob Hart | |||
| 13 Oct 2026 | Talk | James Ratchford | Two Views of Sussex: Street and Landscape Photography | ||
| 20 Oct 2026 | 1st Open Print Competition | Paul Moran | |||
| 27 Oct 2025 | Members Evening / Demonstration | ||||
| 3 Nov 2026 | 2nd Open PI Competition | Samuel Dixon | |||
| 10 Nov 2026 | SCPF Print League | Jon Mitchell | |||
| 17 Nov 2026 | Talk / ZOOM or TEAMS | Mark & Judy Buckley-Sharp | There be dragons + The Bosporus End to End | ||
| 24 Nov 2026 | 2nd Set Subject Competition - Close-up | Andrew Mills | |||
| 1 Dec 2026 | Talk | Ric Gillams | Wild Canada | ||
| 8 Dec 2026 | 2nd Open Print Competition | Steve McKie | |||
| 15 Dec 2026 | Knockout Competition - Christmas Social | ||||
| 5 Jan 2027 | Talk | John Bradshaw | The Great Photographers | ||
| 12 Jan 2027 | SCPF PI League | Pietro Rocchiccioli | |||
| 19 Jan 2027 | Members Evening / Demonstration | ||||
| 26 Jan 2027 | 3rd Open PI Competition | Joe Bird | |||
| 2 Feb 2027 | Talk / ZOOM or TEAMS | Harry Kingman | Crossroads of Cultures | ||
| 9 Feb 2027 | 3rd Open Print Competition | Mike Taylor | |||
| 16 Feb 2027 | Talk | Darren Pulman | How to take bad pictures | ||
| 23 Feb 2027 | 3rd Set Subject Competition - Architecture | Suzie Kirkby | |||
| 2 Mar 2027 | Talk | Eddie Hyde | Iceland, Another World | ||
| 9 Mar 2027 | 4th Open PI Competition | Paul O’Toole | |||
| 16 Mar 2027 | Members Evening / Demonstration | ||||
| 23 Mar 2027 | 4th Open Print Competition | Chris Dixon | |||
| 30 Mar 2027 | Talk / ZOOM or TEAMS | Tom Peck | Imaging reality – a history of documentary and street photography | ||
| 6 Apr 2027 | 4th Set Subject Competition - Low angle | Caroline Preece | |||
| 13 Apr 2027 | Talk | Jerry Webb | Mono Photography on the Edge | ||
| 20 Apr 2027 | Tri Pic Competition | Carl Reeve | |||
| 27 Apr 2027 | Talk | Rosemary Wilman | The Way I see it | ||
| 4 May 2027 | AGM and Trophy Presentations | ||||
| 11 May 2027 | Talk | Paul Graber | Some Iconic Photographs of the 20th Century | ||
| 18 May 2027 | Finals Night | Jim Pascoe |
