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Our final meeting for the 2025/26 season was our Annual General Meeting, preceded by some social drinks and followed by ...
02/06/2026

Our final meeting for the 2025/26 season was our Annual General Meeting, preceded by some social drinks and followed by Trophy presentations.

Our Chairman’s report described a very healthy situation for our club with sustained membership numbers and excellent results for our members in external competitions. Our offering of lively hall meetings with options for zoom continues to provide options for all our membership. Our special interest groups and workshops add increasing value to the photographic experience and development of all. Our upcoming summer shoots have a great variety of on offer for the ‘off’ season.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Mark Randall, who has performed the role of Chair for the last three years, steering the club through post covid and providing an inspiring leadership whilst not forgetting his own photographic adventures.

We welcome Tony Watt into the new role of Chair and look forward to a new season. More information to follow on our opening event.

The Club Trophy presentations were made and they were as follows:

Photo Optix Trophy (Set Subject) - Jo Fenning
Stewart Cup (Monochrome) - Julia Tantram
Mary Darke Nature Shield - Julia Tantram
Daubenay Landscape Trophy - Mike Klein
Alan Moss Trophy (Portrait) - Sarah Reilly
Chairman’s Trophy (Three of a Kind) - Julia Tantram
Graham Mansfield Trophy (Mobile) - Sean McCarthy
P J Claude Trophy (Digital Club) - Nigel Rees
Intermediate Cup - (Digital Intermediate) - Julia Tantram
Jim Pamplin Trophy (Digital Advanced) - Sarah Reilly
Beginner’s Cup (Print Club) - Nigel Rees
Intermediate Cup (Print Intermediate) - Julia Tantram
Members’ Trophy (Print Advanced) - Mark Randall

Have a great summer!

29/05/2026

Another fantastic season is coming to a close.

Our final meeting of the season is this Monday 1 June, with our Annual General Meeting and Trophy Awards.

Many congratulations to all our members who entered images into competitions and contributed in all sorts of ways to the success of our club.

Next year will have another exciting array of presentations - already scheduled - with further information to appear here soon.

Thanks to all our visitors and anyone who booked a ticket to a zoom event - we look forward to seeing you again soon.

13/05/2026

Our final presentation of the season promises not to disappoint.

Monday 18th May at 19.30
Burpham Village Hall

We are delighted to welcome Geoff Young on ‘Flash Photography’.

A presentation on the creative use of flash - specifically ‘mixing’ artificial light with ambient light. If you have an independent flash gun, bring it along. Geoff will have a few flashguns that people can use for the session. We will do a few actual experiments to mix the practical with the technical. Please note that this session is starting a little earlier than usual to take advantage of the ambient light and for practical reasons, this will not be available on Zoom. We look forward to welcoming you to Burpham Village Hall.

Tickets at just £5.00 plus fees available from Eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1988820496643?aff=oddtdtcreator

08/05/2026

Coming up on Monday 11th May we have a very special event with two of our members presenting on some specialist areas.

Guildford - A photographer's perspective of a historic town" by Nick Bale.

Nick has been an official tour leader in Guildford for over 8 years. He will be sharing some of his stories and suggesting interesting places for photography.

"Eye in the sky - Drone photography" Quinton Vidal-Taylor.

Quinton recently had a drone image selected for the PAGB Masters of Print. His talk, illustrated with his images, will cover technical and legal issues and thoughts on kit.

Although we are not selling tickets for this event, as usual, anyone considering membership is welcome to come along to a free session for a ‘try before you buy’.

Just notify our membership secretary at: [email protected]

The presentations start at 8.00 p.m. at Burpham Village Hall, but come a little earlier for a chance to meet our members.

Following up on our mobile device PDI competition results. Here are all the remaining images that were scored a maximum ...
29/04/2026

Following up on our mobile device PDI competition results. Here are all the remaining images that were scored a maximum 10 points by our judge, David Hughes. Scroll down for the trophy winning image.

Well done to all

Our final competition of the season took place on Monday evening which marked a new enterprise for GPS. This comp was f...
28/04/2026

Our final competition of the season took place on Monday evening which marked a new enterprise for GPS. This comp was for phone (or mobile device) images only, but all usually permitted processing allowed.

We had a strong entry with a diverse mix of genres demonstrating the versatility and capability of our phone cameras.

Many thanks to all who participated.

Thanks also go to David Hughes, from Godalming, who stepped in at short notice to fill the breach for judging duties. Thank you David.

The winning image, and subsequently awarded the Graham Mansfield Trophy, came from Sean McCarthy with his creative image ‘Millennium Flow’.

Many congratulations Sean!

More high scoring images to follow.

On Monday 20th April, at 8,00 p.m., we are delighted to be welcoming Michael Berkeley who will be delivering his present...
19/04/2026

On Monday 20th April, at 8,00 p.m., we are delighted to be welcoming Michael Berkeley who will be delivering his presentation on Sports Photography.

There is still time for non-members to pick up a ticket (at just £5.00, plus fees) and you can either join us at Burpham Village Hall, or via zoom.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986758372775?aff=oddtdtcreator

The talk provides an insight into Michael's life as a freelance sport photographer and is structured around:

Before - what I do to prepare before going out on assignment (my kit, doing my homework, clarifying requirements etc);

During - what happens during the shoot itself (arrival routine, camera settings, shooting plan);

After - what I do after the assignment (post production workflow, what to do with the photos, charging).

The talk is profusely illustrated with images taken over the last few years, and metadata is provided for each photo, to show how it was taken.

We look forward to seeing you!

And now all the remaining images from our Portrait Trophy competition that received a maximum 10 score from David Smith....
16/04/2026

And now all the remaining images from our Portrait Trophy competition that received a maximum 10 score from David Smith.

The runner-up was:

‘Low Key Sorrow’ by Julia Tantram

These images were ‘Commended’

‘Contemplation’ by Nigel Rees
‘Aaliyah’ by Mark Randall
‘Azalee’ by Tina O’Shaughnesy
.and these images received a ‘Highly Commended’

‘Ruth’ by Mike Jorday
‘Live the Life you Love’ by Tim Brookes
‘Blossoming Tears’ by Julia Tantram

Congratulations to everyone above and all who entered, making this such an enjoyable and well supported competition.

Many thanks to David Smith for coming back to Guildford to judge our annual Alan Moss Portrait Trophy competition. A wid...
14/04/2026

Many thanks to David Smith for coming back to Guildford to judge our annual Alan Moss Portrait Trophy competition. A wide variety of sub genres and styles provided a lot of interest and the quality on view gave David a serious challenge in getting to the final awards.

The winning image is:

‘Morgane Coston - Tour de France Femmes’, by Sarah Reilly.

More images to follow.

…and finally, the Advanced top scoring images from Monday night’s Print competition.10 scores going to:Margaret Preston ...
02/04/2026

…and finally, the Advanced top scoring images from Monday night’s Print competition.

10 scores going to:

Margaret Preston - Zebras at the Watering Hole Kenya
Chris Phillips - Impressions of Spring

Well done to Margaret and Chris and thanks to all our members for this excellent entry.

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Burpham Village Hall, Burpham Lane
Burpham
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