Guest speaker: Mark Reeves (ARPS / FRPS) Presents!
2026-04-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Guest speaker: Mark Reeves (ARPS / FRPS) presents a talk titled ‘ Glass, Steel and Concrete’. This talk will explore the different approaches to photographing modern buildings, whether your interest is building portraits, decisive moments, abstracts or cityscapes. Mark is a professsional photogrpaher and his website can be viewed using the following link https://markreevesphotography.co.uk/

Internal Competition 5 - Open PDI
2026-04-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Competition 5 – Open PDI. Tonight we have our fifth open competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format

Internal Speakers
2026-04-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Speakers: Tonight we have a number of members with short talks about a photographic topic of their choice. Each shot talk may be about a particular photographic challenge, a series of images, photo gear or trying out new skills / techniques

Annual General Meeting
2026-05-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2027-05-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Annual General Meeting. Our final meeting and AGM will be held at Gawsworth village hall. The first half of the evening will cover the AGM and the second half of the evening will be set aside for discussion about next years club programme.

Welcome and Introductory Meeting.
2026-09-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Welcome and Introduction Meeting. Overview of the MCC 2026/27 programme, planned events and introductions to the committee. A number of club members will be presenting short talks about some of their projects from the summer break.

Internal Guest Speakers: Metering Modes
2026-09-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Guest Speakers: Metering Modes. This evening we explore how metering techniques can impact the final image. Martin Pickles and Vince Sparks will present their perspectives on image metering techniques, supported by input from other club photographers.

Photo Challenge: Five Images in Ten Minutes
2026-10-12 08:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Photo Challenge: Five Images in Ten Minutes This week’s photo challenge is to present five images in ten minutes. Images may be colour or monochrome and from any genre. You may wish to tell a short story with an image sequence or illustrate how you have perfected a particular technique

Vera International Photo Competition
2026-10-18 14:00 - 17:00 | Park Tavern, Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Vera International Photo Competition International Photo Competition between Vera International Photo Club and Macclesfield Camera Club. A fantastic opportunity for both clubs to take part in an open DPI competition that will take place via Zoom on Sunday 18th October. Please note that this is on a Sunday. Also we’ll try and arrange it so we can meet up at the Park Tavern and Zoom from there.

High Peak Trophy Competition
2026-10-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
High Peak Trophy Competition This year’s competition between local clubs (MCC, Bramhall, Stalybridge) will be hosted at Bramhall PS. Each club can submit 8 PDIs and 8 Prints.

First Internal Competition - Open DPI
2026-10-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Competition 1 – Open DPI. Tonight we have our first open competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format 1600 * 1200 DPI

Guest Speaker: Eddie Leach: Sports Photography
2026-11-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker: Eddie Leach: Sports Photography. Tonight we are delighted to welcome a multi-award winning, professional sports photographer Eddie Leach. Eddie will be presenting a talk titled ‘The Art of the Moment: My Approach to Capturing Sports’. Visit Eddie’s pages: Eddie Leach and Eddie Leach

Second Internal Competition - Open PDI
2026-11-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Second Internal Competition – Open PDI. Tonight we have our second open competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format 1600 * 1200 DPI

Second Guest Speaker
2026-12-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Second Guest Speaker TBC Waiting for confirmation of dates based on Colin’s travel assignments

Photo Challenge: Simply Red
2026-12-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Photo Challenge: Simply Red This week’s photo challenge is to present three images that you have taken where the colour RED is either a dominant colour or plays a significant part in the image impact. The image can be in any aspect ratio and of any genre and include monochrome images where red is colour popped.

Members Image Critique Evening
2026-12-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Members Image Critique Evening This evening we review members images submitted anonymously. We have a panel of three established club photographers to provide feedback on images and we can all provide additional input for a rounded perspective. Put yourself in the judging seat and appraise fellow members images in a constructive manner highlighting the attributes and noting any areas for improvement. In this session we aim to review the images impartially and constructively in order to learn from other members techniques, composition and photographic styles

Third Internal Competition PDI - Monochrome.
2027-01-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Third Internal Competition PDI – Monochrome. Tonight we have our third open style competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format

Third Guest Speaker: Colin Jarvis - ARPS
2027-01-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Third Guest Speaker: Colin Jarvis (ARPS) – Mono Moods. This evening we are delighted to welcome Colin Jarvis who will be presenting his talk ‘Mono Moods’. Colin holds an MA in Photography and has work published in many photographic journals. More detail about Colins photography and background can be found at his website https://colinjarvis.co.uk/

What's in your Camera Bag?
2027-01-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
What’s in your Camera Bag? Members are invited to talk about their favourite piece of photography kit. Whether it is an old favourite of new piece of kit, software or an app, bring along one of your favourite / most useful items and tell other club members why you like it

AV Image Challenge - Presentation Evening
2027-02-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
AV Image Challenge – Presentation Evening Tonight we review the AV’s submitted by club members. Members are challenged to create a short AV (pictures to exe style show) to tell a story via a sequence of choreographed images and background music or soundtrack.

Internal Club Speakers
2027-02-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Club Speakers Tonight we have a number of members with short talks about a photographic topic of their choice. Each short talk may be about a particular photographic challenge, a series of images, photo gear or trying out new skills / techniques

Fourth Internal Competition - Open PDI
2027-03-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Fourth Internal Competition – Open PDI. Tonight we have our fourth open competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format

Photo Challenge: Triptych Challenge
2027-03-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Photo Challenge: Triptych Challenge Members are invited to up to submit three triptychs. The competition is open style and images can be in colour or monochrome. The aim is to find three images that work most effectively to tell a pictorial story as a tryptych

Guest Speaker: Jim Holmes
2027-03-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker: Jim Holmes This evening we welcome professional freelance documentary photographer Jim Holmes. Jim has spent over 30 years documenting humanitarian work worldwide in over 50 countries. Jim’s work has involved working with the UN, UNICEF and WHO. This evening Jim will be presenting a talk titled ‘The Humanitarian Vision’. You can see more of Jim’s work via the link to his website: Jim Holmes

Members Image Critique Evening
2027-04-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Members Image Critique Evening This evening we review members’ images submitted anonymously. We have a panel of three established club photographers to provide feedback on images and we can all provide additional input for a rounded perspective. Put yourself in the judging seat and appraise fellow members images in a constructive manner highlighting the attributes and noting any areas for improvement. In this session we aim to review the images impartially and constructively in order to learn from other members techniques, composition and photographic styles

Fifth Internal Competition - Open PDI
2027-04-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Fifth Internal Competition – Open PDI. Tonight we have our fifth open competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format

Internal Speakers
2027-04-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Speakers Tonight we have a number of members with short talks about a photographic topic of their choice. Each shot talk may be about a particular photographic challenge, a series of images, photo gear or trying out new skills / techniques
