Backbone of the Club
Club Nights
Pudsey Camera Club meets 7:30pm every Thursday from September to April at Pudsey Community Hub.
These meeting are the backbone of Pudsey Camera Club. At club nights we aim to bring our member a wide variety of external speakers interspaced with our regular competition nights and Practical evenings. Pudsey Camera Club nights are held on a Thursday evening at Pudsey Community Hub at 7:30pm (September to April)
2026/2027 Programme
September 2026
10th Speaker – Alistair How – Tools, Tips and Techniques to improve your landscape photography
17th Speaker – Stuart Allen – Urban Soundbites
24th What We Did On Our Holidays & Review of our YPU Results
Hand in date for Butchers’ Arms competition
October 2026
1st Butchers’ Arms Competition – see below for Subjects / Themes
8th Vale of Evesham Salon Images
Wednesday 14th Interclub Round 1 at Cookridge CC
15th Speaker – John Gill – After The Coal Dust
22nd Speaker – Richard Egan FRPS – Blokes, Ballerinas and Bare Ladies
29th Kathy Harcom FRPS – Light Sensitive, A Visual Essay Recorded Lecture with Commentary by Leigh Preston
Hand in: R1 Open Print and Digital competition
November 2026
5th Interclub Images from 2025/26
12th Print and Digital Competition – Round 1 – Judge Graham Gage
19th Speaker – Thomas Peck via Zoom – Architectural Photography
Tuesday 24th – Interclub Round 2 at Leeds PS
26th PDIs from the 2026 YPU Exhibition
Hand in: R2 Open Print and Digital competition
December 2026
3rd Speaker via Zoom – David Gilliver – The Art of Light Painting – (joining in with Otley CC)
10th Print and Digital Competition – Round 2 – Judge Tony Sheeky
17th Prints from the 2026 YPU Exhibition
Hand in: Smartphone Images Competition (up 4 images, any subject)
24th and 31st No meeting – Christmas Break
January 2027
7th Speaker via Zoom – Jet Lendon – Smartphone Photography (joining in with Otley CC)
14th Smartphone Images Competition – Judge Ray Bramall
21st London Salon Images
Hand in: R3 Open Print and Digital competition
28th Speakers – Larry Walker and Paul Murphy – Venice Revisited
February 2027
4th Print and Digital Competition – Round 3 – Judge Erica Oram
11th Salon de Refuse Prints – prints entered into the “Masters of Print” competition
18th Speaker – Alan Stopher – Presentation by Alan Stopher
25th Speaker Kevin Pigney via Zoom – My Top 30
March 2027
4th Speaker – Richard Sells – Miniature World
Hand in: Michael Diffley Digital competition
11th Speaker via Zoom – Mary McIntyre – Astro Without A Telescope
18th Michael Diffley Competition – 4 digital images on four different themes – Judge Sally Sallett
Monday 22nd Interclub Round 3 at Bingley CC
25th Speaker – Richard Sells – Miniature World Follow-up
April 2026
1st Pub Night – Crossed Shuttle in Pudsey – A Social Evening
8th Speaker via Zoom – Nigel Thomas – The Five Pillars of Landscape Photography
Wednesday 14th: Interclub Round 4 at Huddersfield CC
15th Speaker – Harry Kingman – Tigers of India Landscape Photography
22nd Brief AGM and Season Close – Pictures of the Year
Interclub / Butchers’ Arms Subjects and Themes
Subjects: | Themes |
R1 Illusion of A Scape | R1 Portrait People & Figure Studies |
R2 Towards Infinity | R2 Travel |
R3 Music | R3 Creative |
R4 Night Scene | R4 Monochrome |
Pudsey Camera Club
7:30pm Thursdays (September to April)
Pudsey Community Hub
Church Lane
Pudsey, Leeds
LS28 7TY