'Creative Macro Photography' with Guy Edwardes
2024-03-27 19:45 - 22:00 UTC
Guy Edwardes is a very highly regarded speaker, who will be zooming IN TO THE HALL.
His website is very impressive and is https://www.guyedwardes.com/

Round 4 PDI Competition, judged by Graham Parry
2024-04-03 19:45 - 22:00

Members Evening - Still Life Practical Evening
2024-04-10 19:45 - 22:00
Our very own Nenne van Dijk will demonstrate her technique with Still Life images. Participation is encouraged so bring your cameras.

Round 4 Print Competition, judged by Graeme Wales LRPS, CPAGB, BPE2*
2024-04-17 20:00 - 22:00

Larter Cup, judged by Steve Carroll ARPS
2024-04-24 19:45 - 22:00
This is a friendly competition between ourselves, Bromley and West Wickham

Trip to Burtynsky Exhibition
2024-04-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Ssstchi Gallery, Kings Road
We are visiting the Eward Burtynsky exibition Extraction / Abstraction at the Saatchi Gallery.
Meeting at 3pm on Thursday 25th April at the Saatchi Gallery.
Everyone is welcome, please email fredbarrington@gmail.com if interested (Members Only!)

AGM
2024-05-01 19:45 - 22:00
This is where you have your chance to volunteer for the committee.

End of Season Social
2024-05-08 19:45 - 22:00 | tba, United Kingdom
Bring a partner

Nature Group trip to Hassocks Butterfly Garden
2024-05-13 11:00 - 17:00 | Location described in Text
One of the best tropical butterfly collections
available, with an active breeding programme and excellent facilities for photographers. A
macro lens essential and flash useful. This weekday trip during term time is likely to be less
busy than at weekends. For those members who are unable to make weekdays, a second,
weekend trip to Hassocks is planned for later in the year. Meet in the car park at the garden
at 11.00am. Journey time by car from Beckenham around 1.5 – 2 hours. Let Julia Andrew
know in advance if you would like a lift. Members should order
their own entry tickets online in advance. Tickets cost £6.50 for adults of any age. Go to:
https://www.sussexbutterflygardens.co.uk/

Nature Group Image Review
2024-05-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-07-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Zoom at Home

BPS to BPS - Sportsgrounds, gardens, swimming pools and artistic mischief.
2024-06-12 15:00 - 17:00
Summer photowalk to Battersea Power Station, encompassing sportsgrounds, gardens, high rise architecture, swimming pools and artistic mischief.
Meet at The Oval Underground station at 3pm.
Organised by Fred Barrington (fredbarrington@gmail.com)

Nature Group Afternoon trip to Hutchinson Bank Nature Reserve, Croydon
2024-06-22 14:00 - 17:00
A short drive from Beckenham, this lovely wildlife reserve in the rolling North Down Hills offers
bees, insects, butterflies, flowers and a variety of birds aplenty. Bring macro and long lenses.
Some hills to climb, but well-established footpaths. Meet at 2.00pm at the footpath
entrance to the Reserve on North Downs Road, New Addington, CR0 0LD. Parking is free on
local roads.

Nature Group Midday walk around a Community Garden in Kennington.
2024-07-14 12:00 - 17:00 | Location described in Text
Midday walk around a Community Garden close to the junction
between Brixton Road and Caldwell Street in Kennington. This city-centre gem of a
community flower garden, created and maintained for a number of years by local people, is
hidden away amongst the flats and high-density housing of Kennington. From late morning
on wards in July and August, it teems with butterflies, bees, dragonflies, other insects and
birds. Macro and long lenses both useful. Not so easy to find parking spaces, but excellent
transport links by bus, train and tube (Northern Line). Meet at the junction of Brixton Rd
and Caldwell Street at 12.00 midday.

An Evening with Polina Plotnikova FRPS, EFIAP
2024-09-04 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom
Polina Plotnikova is a well known speaker and workshopper and is one of britain’s foremost flower photographers.

Nature Group Image Review
2024-09-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-29 19:30 - 21:30

The Power of the Headshot with Nick Gregan
2024-09-11 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom
Anyone can take a headshot. It’s just a photo from the shoulders up, right?
Nick Gregan has no qualifications, no formal training, no membership of any photographic bodies and has never won an award or entered a competition.
But he has been an expert headshot photographer for almost 30 years.
In that time he has photographed everyone from actors, authors, comedians, sports stars and politicians right through to entrepreneurs, local business people, models, child performers and just about everyone in between.
The power of the headshot takes you through the creative process and explains why not just anyone can take the right headshot for the right market.
He also runs workshops which I will send details around shortly.

Skills Carousel
2024-09-18 19:45 - 2024-09-25 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom
An interactive evening valuable to anyone who would like to learn. Will include a session on preparing and entering competitions.

Photography on the darkside: London Nights with Peter Benson FRPS, CPAGB, BPE3
2024-09-25 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom
“Photography on the Darkside, London Nights.”
Peter Benson FRPS MCrGP AWPF CPAGB BPE3, is a keen urban nightscape photographer. During this talk Peter takes us back into the history of Night Photography running alongside his family history in Photography and then on a tour around some of his favourite places for night photography in and around London. Here you can join Peter in exploring the magical beauty of the night, one frame at a time immersing yourself in the mesmerising urban nightscapes captured through his lens. During this journey he’ll be giving some hints and tips along the way sprinkled with a bit of history about some of the places, so there is something for everyone.

Nature Group Return to Hassocks Butterfly Garden
2024-09-29 11:00 - 17:00
As on the first trip to Hassocks, meet in the car park at the garden at 11.00am. Journey time by car from
Beckenham around 1.5 – 2 hours. Let Julia Andrew know well in advance if you would like a lift. Members should order their tickets online in advance.
Tickets cost £6.50 for adults of any age. Go to: https://www.sussexbutterflygardens.co.uk/

Round 1 PDI competition judged by Caroline Preece LRPS
2024-10-02 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom

Retina Cup judged by David Smith
2024-10-09 19:45 - 22:00
A friendly competition with South London PS

Nature Group Fungi walk at Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve
2024-10-13 11:00 - 17:00
Fungi walk at
Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve,
Old Farleigh Road
Selsdon CR0 9HW
United Kingdom
The final trip of the year is closer to home ground –
just a short trip to Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve to hunt for fungi. Meet in the car park off
Old Farleigh Road at 11.00. Macro and long lenses both useful.

Round 1 Print Competition - judged by Rosemary Wilman Frps
2024-10-16 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom

London Streets: The monopoly project with Peter Merry
2024-10-23 19:45 - 22:00

Feel the Land - Photography and Emotion with Astrid McGechan
2024-10-30 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom

Round 2 PDI Competition judged by David Eastley LRPS
2024-11-06 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom

Members Feedback Evening
2024-11-13 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom
A friendly evening – send images in which you would like advice or constructive critique on. Maybe considering entering them into a competition, or want a second opinion? Or you don’t think they are competition material?

A Picture of India with Dr Peter Walmsley LRPS, CPAGB, EFIAP
2024-11-20 19:45 - 22:00 | St Johns Church Hall, Eden Park Road, Beckenham BR3 3JN, St Johns Church Hall, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3JN, United Kingdom
