Upcoming Events

Trips Out

March 13th or 14th 2010	National Mining Museum	The visit will be either Saturday 13th or Sunday 14th depending on 'Mother's Day' Commitments. We'll try to organise a trip down the mine but electronic devices are not allowed! Travel will be by car - car sharing to be organised.
May 8th or 9th 2010	Beaurepaire Gardens, Bridge Foot Belper	Peter Robertson-Davies, who gave us an excellent lecture on his life as a professional photographer has invited the Society to his garden. Peter opens the garden in aid of charity and there will be plants and garden things for sale.The River Derwent is nearby providing an area full of photographic opportunity.

Previous Trips and Some Photos

11th October	Studley Royal and Fountains Abbey	By Car - see flickr here or discuss sharing at the Thursday meetings

28th February 2009	Lowry Gallery & Imperial War Museum North	By Car - the main purpose will be to see the exhibitions: A Long Exposure - 100 years of Guardian Photography and Clouds Descending by Jem Southam - http://www.thelowry.com/ and the Imperial War Museum North has a number of excellent exhibitions running at the moment. If there is time we can do some photography as well.
5th July 2009	Stoke - Gladstone Pottery & Etruria	By Car - This will take in some industrial archaeology - see flickr here, fill in the form at the meeting or talk to Ken if you are interested
5th & 6th September 2009	Shuttleworth Air Pageant Display	By Car - we are staying overnight at a Travelodge - arranged by David - remember to book your own tickets

Pictures from The Bletchley Park / Shuttleworth Air Pageant Weekend

	Watching the Fashion Show at Bletchley Park - Christine Hall

	Avro Tutor by Jonathan Ratnage

	Eagle at Shuttleworth by Christine Hall

Pictures from our Trip to Gladstone Pottery and Etruria Industrial Museum - courtesy of Jonathan Ratnage

	Gladstone Pottery - Bottle Ovens in the Works Yard


	Some of the members on the Caldon Canal near Etruria Industrial Museum

An Evening taking pictures in Hopton Quarry

A member of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust took us to this long disused quarry on the 3rd July. The weather was great but the long shadows made us work hard to capture some of the plants and other features of this place.

	Des, Brian & Steve photographing the moss on a rock

	That Moss - by Des Haslam

	Des captured the soft light on this orchid very well

	a change of subject and light - again by Des

	Fly orchid by Steve Williams

	Jerry Daniel's photograph of ferns

	another Jerry Daniel photograph of the evening light on the leaves and grasses

These were some of the workshops held Autumn 2007/8

Scroll down to see some pictures and links to member's flickr pages where you will see more.

July 11th, 12th & 13th 2008			Cambridge and Duxford - Please go to the Cambridge Visit Page

September 29th			Sculpture Park - Another successful outing - go to members' flickr pages (via their gallery pages) to see some work.

October 6th			Cromford - The light was dull but 12 members turned up and we should see some results soon. The intrepid photographers are portrayed below!

20th October			Sheffield at Night - Yet More Excellent Work was produced - some appears on members flickr pages

November 4th			The weather was GREAT! Jonathan keeps taking the kudos for this, Bah! There are photos below

Dec 1st			The trip to Donna Nook took place on Dec 1st and members have posted some good work on their own flickr pages.
Feb 16th			We had a great day in York when the Jorvik Festival was on. See Vaughan's, Christine's, Clive's & Jonathan's flickr pages by using the hyperlinks below.
March 8th			Wakefield Rhubarb Festival - this went down well with custard Jonathan has some shots on his flickr site.
John Ashover	Steve Williams	Jonathan Ratnage		Karen Fletcher	Dave Miller
Vaughan Williams	Christine Hall	Clive Rowland


	Panorama Shot taken at Bole Hill - Ken Davis
	The Group at Bolehill caught squinting into the camera and with a signpost growing out of Stuart's Head Picture by Camera on Tripod!

	Members setting off for a morning's photography at Cromford. Picture by Elin Smith

	A brilliant shot of a Grey Wagtail with a dragonfly taken by Steve Williams at Harlow Carr