Macclesfield Camera Club

Guest Speaker : Martin Welch
2025-03-31 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Martin Welch – Railway Photography. Back by popular demand – This evening we will be entertained by Martin with his talk about railway photography.

Internal Competition # 5
2025-03-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Open DPI

Internal Speakers
2025-03-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
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

Guest Speakers: Stephen and Judith Coyne
2025-02-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Tonight we have the pleasure of welcoming Stephen and Judith Coyne, presenting a talk titled ‘The Royal Cities of Spain’. The talk encompasses the historic cities of Andalucía (Granada, Seville, Cordoba) before finishing in Catalunya at the home of Gaudi and the treasure trove that is Barcelona. This is a talk that involves photographs of some amazing sights, historical and cultural explanations with audio-visual presentations.

Members' Image Critique Evening
2025-02-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
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

Guest Speaker: Simon Buckley
2025-01-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker: Simon Buckley will present a talk encompassing his photographic work on Dawn & Dusk Architectural photography and a project undertaken covering Macclesfield Forest. Website: NotQuiteLight.Com

Internal Competition # 4
2025-01-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom

Guest Speaker: David Tolliday
2024-12-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
David Tolliday presents a talk titled ‘Wildlife of Finland in the Snow’. As a long standing club member David is well know for his skill and passion for wildlife photography.

Internal Competition # 3
2024-12-02 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Open DPI – Monochrome

Internal Competition #2
2024-11-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Competition #2 – Open DPI

Member Talks: Martin Pickles
2024-11-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Martin Pickles – Internal Guest Speaker – Martin will present a talk about his street photography and approach to taking and creating urban images. As many members will know, Martin is a keen documentary, street and landscape photographer, with the ability to capture key moments in meaningful compositions. I am sure we can all learn something new from Martin’s talk.

International Photo Challenge
2024-11-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
International Photo Competition between Vera International Photo Club of España 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 17th November at 2:00pm (UK time) [3:00pm (Spanish time)].

Internal Competition # 2
2024-11-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom

Members' Image Critique Evening
2024-11-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
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

High Peak Trophy
2024-10-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Cheshire
High Peak Trophy – Hosted by Whaley Bridge – Chapel Camera Club

Photo Challenge
2024-10-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Photo Perspective Challenge: Make it Wide – This week’s photo challenge is to present three images that are taken in 16:9 / letter box style format that demonstrate the aesthetic of the wide aspect ratio. The image should complement the nature of the wide aspect ratio and illustrate the benefit of the wider perspective.

First Internal Club Competition
2024-10-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Competition 1 – Open PDI. Tonight we have our first open competition.

Dave Boam - Fine Art Monochrome
2024-10-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker: David Boam. Tonight we have the pleasure of welcoming an ex club member and professional photographer who will present a talk about his fine art monochrome work. Examples of David’s work can be found via the following links https://www.daveboamphotos.com/ @wheresbusyb @streets_upnorth

Internal Speakers / Skills Session
2024-09-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Guest Speakers: Image editing for Impact – This evening we have two of our own club members will present some editing advice to help improve image impact. Alex will be outlining some editing and image processing techniques for enhancing images and creating images with impact and Martin will talk about considerations for taking and processing monochrome images.

Welcome and Introduction Meeting
2024-09-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Overview of the MCC 2024/25 programme, planned events and introductions to the committee. Bring your favourite images from the summer break to show other members what you have been doing. Vince Sparks will be presenting a short talk about the impact of image aspect ratios, illustrated with images from recent photography trips.

Annual Exhibition
2024-05-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Macclesfield Library, Jordongate, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1EE, United Kingdom
Annual Exhibition – Macclesfield Library. An opportunity to see a range of images from club members covering a wide range of photographic styles and genres

Annual General Meeting
2024-04-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Annual General Meeting. The AGM will be held at Gawsworth village hall.

Internal Competition # 5
2024-04-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Our fifth and final Internal Competition – Open PDI

Members' Image Critique Evening
2024-04-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Members Image Critique Evening 2 – 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

David duChemin: ‘The Heart of the Photograph’
2024-03-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
David duChemin: ‘The Heart of the Photograph’. In this video presentation David walks us through techniques and ways of thinking about the creation of images designed to engage human imagination and emotion, and creating images that are more than just visual but visceral. He discusses vision and intent, the use of space and time, the creation of depth, creative point of view, and other tools and ideas for making photographs that are more than just “of” something but about something more, something we can feel and experience more deeply.

Internal Competition # 4
2024-03-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Our fourth Internal Competition – Open PDI

AV Image Challenge – Presentation Evening
2024-03-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Zoom
AV Image Challenge – Presentation Evening – tonight we review the AV’s submitted by club members. Members were 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.

Guest Speaker : David Hewson – Successful Wildlife Photography
2024-02-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker : David Hewson – Successful Wildlife Photography. This evening David will present his wildlife talk illustrated with both prints and DPI’s and supported with technical advice and explanations about how to take better wildlife images.

Fabulous Falklands - A Wildlife Photographer's Paradise
2024-02-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Ex-members Alison and Kevin Lomax present images on the superb wildlife of the Falklands.
Black Browed Albatross by Kevin & Alison Lomax
Volunteer King Penguin by Kevin & Alison Lomax

Brian Law - Travels with my iPhone
2024-02-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker : Brian Law presents a talk entitled ‘Travels with my iPhone‘ . Brian will present a wide range of images from his recent tours including trips to Vietnam and Cambodia. Brian’s style of photography is to look for different perspectives, angles and details and capture creative images.
