The first meeting of WYCOMBE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (then called HIGH WYCOMBE CAMERA CLUB) was on held 1st September 1938.
Today the Society is a group of enthusiasts and amateurs, from beginners to experts, younger and older, male and female, whose common interests are photography and image making. The Activities of the club embrace all types of still photography and image making, from digital imaging to traditional silver halide print making, and audio visual sequences using digital projection or slide projectors with colour and monochrome transparencies.
When We Meet
The Society's main meetings are held on the 1st, 3rd, and when it occurs, 5th Thursday of each month from September to June: Details of the dates and subjects for club meetings are given in our programme.
The Digital Imaging Group holds its meetings on the second Thursday of each month throughout the year.
Where We Meet
The Society's main meetings are held at the Micklefield Community Centre, Centre Approach, Micklefield Road, High Wycombe at 7:45pm for 8:00pm start.
Download directions here.
The Digital Imaging Group meets at a variety of locations, depending on the content and format of the evening.
What We Do
The Society covers all types of still photographic image making: digital imaging and film-based photography, prints and transparencies in colour or monochrome, and audio visual sequences.
The Society's activities include:
- Talks and lectures given by visiting speakers
- Member's evenings, many of which are hands-on demonstrations of techniques by members themselves
- Special Interest Groups, such as the Digital Imaging Group
- Outings to local and further afield places of photographic interest
- Print and Slide evenings, which are adjudicated by visiting judges
- Competitions with other clubs
- An Annual Exhibition during Wycombe Arts Festival
- Social events
Digital Photography and Digital Imaging
The Society's Digital Imaging Group explores ways of making, and improving, images using computer techniques.
The members of the Digital Imaging group range from those who are completely new to digital imaging
to those who have many years experience.
The content of the meetings is diverse and varied: some are tutorials, while others are discussion sessions covering software, computer hardware, film and flatbed scanners, digital cameras, inket printing papers, creative ideas, and problem solving.
The Digital Imaging Group's meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month throughout the year at a variety of locations, depending on the subjects that will be covered in that evening's meeting.
The fee for the Digital Group meetings (which are open to non-members) is £2 per session.
If you are a non-member and would like to attend the Digital Imaging Group's meetings, please contact the Society Secretary by phone or email for directions.
Annual Exhibition
Staged as part of the Wycombe Arts Festival, the Annual Exhibition is usually located in the Guild Hall at the head of Wycombe High Street, and allows the Society to showcase the work of its members to the general public, and for the individual authors to show the variety and quality of their images to a wider audience.
Competitions
The Society has internal Print and Slide leagues, with the Print and Slide evenings being friendly affairs which are judged at two levels, Novice/Intermediate and Advanced. Commentary from the judges contains constructive advice not only for the competitor but also for all club members.
You will find that the members are willing to help with problems, readily offering advice and sharing their experiences.
The Society is a member of the Federation of North West London Photographic Societies,and is active within the Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs (CACC).
Through the CACC, we are affiliated to the The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB), and we were chosen as one of two clubs to represent the CACC at the PAGB's 2006 Inter-Federation Print and Slide Championship at Connah's Quay.
Membership
The membership fee is £28 a year, and the membership year runs from October to September of the
following year. This fee is reduced for those joining partway through a membership year.
Visitors are welcome to attend a number of the Society's meetings without any commitment, although
a donation toward the cost of the evening would be very welcome.
There is a small fee for the Digital imaging Group meetings, which is payable per session.
For More Information
If you would like more information please contact the Society Secretary, Eric Carrington, on 01494 555792 or by email.
Alternatively, come to a meeting, make yourself known to a Committee member (who can be identified by their green name badges), and you'll be welcomed into the world of club photography and Wycombe Photographic Society.