Penryn Camera Club

Name: Penryn Camera Club
Address: Penryn Football club;, Penryn, TR108QE, GB
Telephone: +447807066509

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31/10/2026

Wildlife, Winners and Wonderful Advice

Our Ken Maynard Nature and Wildlife competition brought some excellent photography to the screen, with Adrian Langdon judging and sharing his expertise.

Adrian took time to review every entry, explaining what he enjoyed and suggesting where a different approach or angle might improve an image. The feedback was constructive and thoughtful, and a great example of how PCC combines high photographic standards with a friendly willingness to help everyone improve.

Congratulations to our winners:
Out of Camera: Sue Cummings, Sally Lightfoot Crab.
Prints: Bernice Kelly, first place with Weasel Portrait.
Digital and overall winner: Michael Langley, On Tap.

Well done to all our entrants. You can see every image at penryncameraclub.co.uk/team/2026zf-ken-maynard

Next week, Mark Quilter leads a practical ICM and Zoom-Burst workshop. Time to experiment with movement, blur and some rather different ways of looking.

28/10/2026

Easom's Yard by Alison Williams

24/10/2026

Canon at Pendennis Castle by Julia Bate

21/10/2026

Presidents Cup, Overall winner of the whole competition

20/10/2026

Presidents Cup, Prints

19/10/2026

Presidents Cup, Out of Camera images

18/10/2026

Presidents Cup, digital images

13/10/2026

Night Food by Mark Gilbert

09/10/2026

From Glendurgan to Camera Settings

Two outings this week, beginning with a guided walk around Glendurgan, courtesy of Paul Miller.

We explored the garden laid out by Alfred Fox in the 1820s and 1830s, starting on the red route overlooking the maze before descending towards the beach. Photographers stopped regularly to capture whatever caught their eye, before climbing back to the café for coffee, chocolate, cake and, for some, lunch.

A few spots of rain soon cleared, leaving a lovely October morning.

The formal meeting, “Manuals and Cameras”, showed another side of PCC. Experienced members helped others tackle those infuriating “how do I make my camera do that?” questions. We divided into camera brands, including Nikon and Canon, and worked through some tricky settings.

It was a good demonstration of the club’s friendly approach to learning. Even experienced photographers occasionally need to ask, “Where on earth is that setting?”

Chatter, coffee and biscuits were, naturally, also available.
Next week, Chris Robins judges our first formal competition.

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02/10/2026

Costa Rica in a camera bag

Lizzie Smith took us to Costa Rica for an extraordinary evening of wildlife, photography, humour, and chocolate.

From Tortuguero’s canals and sea turtles to the cloud forests of Monteverde and the wildlife of Manuel Antonio, her presentation delivered an astonishing parade of sloths, frogs, caimans, toucans, hummingbirds, monkeys, snakes and much more.

There was plenty for photographers to digest too. Lizzie shared camera settings, explained the need for very fast shutter speeds when photographing birds, and discussed the difference between documentary and artistic wildlife photography.

Her advice on composition, and on including habitat rather than automatically blurring everything into oblivion, was particularly useful.

The photographs were excellent, the information was densely packed, and the chocolate ensured nobody wandered off in search of emergency supplies.

Another thoroughly entertaining evening at the Friendliest Camera Club in Cornwall.

Visit www.penryncameraclub.co.uk.

Address

Penryn Football Club;
Penryn
TR108QE

Opening Hours

7:15pm - 9:30pm

Telephone

+447807066509

Website

http://penryncameraclub.co.uk/

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