Wilmslow Photography Club

11/11/2026

It was the second of the season's competition last night; the open colour round and the theme of 'shadows'. We saw a wide variety of entries and some innovative and original interpretations of the shadows theme. The quality of the submissions was instructive and informative to us all and it was good to see such high-quality printing.
Congratulations to David Hardy, Michael Hilton, David Royle who between them secured first, second and third in both competitions. Well done!
Next week is a members' evening with a hands-on workshop on macro photography, so don't forget to bring your cameras!
The winning photos from last night are below.
See you next week!

04/11/2026

We had a great meeting last night with 38 attendees coming to see a talk by Tony North. Tony is a highly accomplished photographer in the world of macrophotography and delivered his talk 'The Art of Macro'. We were treated to an amazing exploration into the world of macro which covered techniques, equipment and, not least, the patience and dedication required. The results spoke for themselves with a series of amazing shots. I recommend taking a look at his website below.

Next week is the second competition of the season. Hope to see you all there

On this page you can link to galleries of my best images, in various genres including macro, landscapes, astrophotography, urban and abstract

28/10/2026

Had a great project evening last night with a broad selection of images on the themes of 'bridges' and 'make a beautiful picture of something ugly'. There was wide participation from the club members and good interpretations of the themes.

Project evenings are a non-competitive way to display our pictures to the club and it's great to see such wide participation in these evenings and hear from the photographers. We all see differently and so there are plenty of opportunities for us to learn from each other.

Next week the guest speaker is Tony North on The Art of Macro. All are welcome (non-members £5).

Take a look at Tony's website here https://www.artofmacro.com/galleries

21/10/2026

An excellent evening's talk from Susie Freeman last night covering a wide range of topics. We heard about optical illusions, our reactions to them and how to use those reactions in our compositions. It was a wide-ranging talk with plenty to stimulate consideration in our own photography practice. By the end we even managed to get some of the questions right!
Susie's website can be seen here:

https://www.susiefreeman.com

Next week's meeting is the Project Group with the themes 'bridges' and 'making something ugly look beautiful' or 'something beautiful look ugly'. Members have five minutes each to present their interpretations.

Finally we would all like to extend a welcome to our new members, Tash, Colin, Graham and Mark!

British textile artist with permanent featured work at the British Museum.

07/10/2026

We had a great members' evening last night starting with a talk on Mongolia and the Eagle Festival, followed by some excellent wildlife photos from Zimanga in South Africa. We also had a brief talk on finding a professional printer for a batch of calendars. The evening was closed with an introduction to Snapseed.

Next week is our first competition of the season an open round and ‘rainbows’.

See you all next week!

30/09/2026

Last night we had our first Project Group meeting. Members share their images on themes set by the group. We had a wide variety of work displayed - with a few examples below - and lots of lovely images.

Next week will be the Members' Evening with presentations including;
- A trip to Zimanga, South Africa
- Developing a calendar for professional printing
- Visiting the Golden Eagle Festival in Mongolia
- An introduction to Snapseed

See you then!

23/09/2026

The first formal WPC meeting of the 2026/7 season commenced with a passionate presentation from Geoff Drake,evidencing his passion for his home city .. Liverpool !..Sharing with us a city, through his eyes, rife for every photographer’s imagination ,presented as a playground for capturing wonderful images .. All you need is a camera ! . The architecture, shapes ,shadows , cascading light , and weather adding vibrancy and effect to composition. Geoffs primary concern is preparation and think about composition. For interested parties he also offers guided photographic tours to see many interesting perspectives of his city and the lifeblood created by The River Mersey both day and night ( that’s almost a Beatles song title ! )
The evening was well attended with some 27 members ,including a returning ex member and 6 further potential new WPC photographers , all made very welcome into the WPC fold .. One visitor travelling from Nantwich to enjoy the evening . Geoffs presentation alongside The WPC ‘Let’s take photographs’ mantra was encouraging for a return visit to Liverpool. WPC next meeting is a members evening where new attendees and members are invited to bring a selection of up to 10 images from the Summer of your own choosing The good, the brilliant, the bad, including what went wrong, and how do we fix this, I pressed that and got this, and the second subject bring Silhouettes !!

Geoff Drake of drakephotography has taken some of the most iconic and original photographs of Liverpool. He sells them as fine photographic prints in various sizes, ideal for your home or business. His photo location guide book 'Explore & Discover Liverpool' features over 650 photographs on 384 page...

16/09/2026

A great start to the season last night, and welcome to our new members who joined us for the first meeting. We had a varied evening with an introduction to the coming season and a review of the photo walk challenge for the 26 May meeting. Members shared their images on the themes of self portrait, the colour red and X marks the spot with a number of varied and imaginative interpretations. Finally we had a brief talk from a club member on 'camera trapping' capturing images of the urban foxes in his garden.

Next week we have an evening with Geoff Drake on 'Photographing Liverpool'.

Geoff's website can be found at https://www.drakephotography.co.uk/

Looking forward to seeing you all next week!

Geoff Drake of drakephotography has taken some of the most iconic and original photographs of Liverpool. He sells them as fine photographic prints in various sizes, ideal for your home or business. His photo location guide book 'Explore & Discover Liverpool' features over 650 photographs on 384 page...

12/09/2026

Tuesday 15th September we welcome anyone interested in joining Wilmslow Photography Club. It’s the start of our new season.

Find out more at www. wilmslowphotoclub.org.uk.

17/08/2026

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the opening meeting on Tuesday 15th September, 7.30pm at The Wilmslow Conservative Club, 15 Grove Avenue, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5EG.

For details of the next season's events check out

Calendar The club has a Google Calendar showing the meetings, and this is kept up to date if we have to make changes through the season.   You can view the calendar on your phone etc.  Scroll to the bottom of this page for details on how to subscribe to the calendar.   The programme is displayed...