Macclesfield Camera Club

Internal Competition 2 - Open PDI
2025-11-17 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Gawsworth Village Hall, Gawsworth Village Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9QY, United Kingdom
Internal Competition 2 – Open PDI. Tonight we have our second open competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format

Guest speaker: Phil Raden
2025-11-24 20:00 - 22:00
Guest speaker: Phil Raden. This evening Phil will show examples of his ingenious and rather unique photography and demonstrate how the images are taken. After the talk there will be a practical session with an opportunity to try some of the image techniques yourself, so bring along your camera and tripod.

Photo Perspective Challenge: Panoramic Images
2025-12-01 20:00 - 22:00
Photo Perspective Challenge: Panoramic Images – This weeks photo challenge is to present three images that are taken in a panoramic style format that demonstrate the aesthetic of the wide aspect ratio. The image should complement the nature of the panoramic aspect ratio and illustrate the benefit of the wider perspective.

Members Image Critique Evening
2025-12-15 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-03-30 20:00 - 22:00
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

Internal Competition 3 PDI - Monochrome
2026-01-05 20:00 - 22:00
Internal Competition 3 PDI – Monochrome. Tonight we have our third open style competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format

Guest Speaker: Chelsea Shoesmith
2026-01-19 20:00 - 22:00
Guest Speaker: Chelsea Shoesmith. Local professional wedding & corporate photographer, will be presenting a talk about the challenges and experiences of a professional photographer. More information about Chelsea can be found at her website https://www.chelseashoesmith.co.uk/

What's in your camera bag?
2026-01-26 20:00 - 22:00
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

Robert Shaw Trophy Competition
2026-02-02 20:00 - 22:00
Tonight Macclesfield Camera Club will be hosting the Robert Shaw Inter-Club Competition. This includes clubs from Leek, Crewe, Blyth Bridge and Holmes Chapel. Its a great night to see excellent images from our own members but also equally great images from our neighbouring clubs.

Internal Club Speakers
2026-02-16 20:00 - 22:00
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

AV Image Challenge - Presentation Evening
2026-02-23 20:00 - 22:00
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 Competition 4 - Open PDI
2026-03-02 20:00 - 22:00
Internal Competition 4 – Open PDI. Tonight we have our fourth open competition. Please submit up to three images in the club format

Photo Challenge: Square World Perspective
2026-03-16 20:00 - 22:00
Photo Challenge: Square World Perspective: Members are invited to submit three images which are all in a 1:1 (square format). The aim is to find compositions that work most effectively in a square format

Guest speaker: Mark Reeves (ARPS / FRPS) Presents!
2026-04-13 20:00 - 22:00
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
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
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
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.
