Dorking Camera Club est.1955

‘Guidance, Education, Enjoyment’

DCC Programme for 2025/26 

All meetings are in the Hall unless stated otherwise.

  • 1st September.  Welcome to the new Season.   Overview of the new 2025/6 programme.
    Competitions & Special Interest Groups

  • 8th September:  Outline of Club training and printing. Preparing for Competitions Advice & Tips.

  • 15th September:  TRAINING:  Critique Night 1.   NEW Print & PDI'S with David Smith LRPS, CPAGB, BPE1

  • 22nd September:  Moller PDI Round 1 League Competition by CLASS.  Upload TWO images to PDI specifications. OPEN subject. Judge:  Robert Ayto LRPS, CPAGB

  • 29th September:  ZOOM PRESENTATION:  Talk relating to our Set Subject 'Still Life' by Polina Plotnikova

  • 6th October: Tate Print Round 1 League Competition by CLASS. Upload your entries and bring up to two mounted images on the evening. OPEN SUBJECT.  Judge: Tim Morland ARPS of Kingston Camera Club https://www.instagram.com/tim.morland/

  • 13th October: ZOOM  PRESENTATION.   Finding Your Own Voice. Explore the challenges of finding your own photographic voice On location and in post processing.  Louise Welcome

  • 20th October:  TRAINING:  “Our Photography” No.1  Five images from all members.

    25th  October  SPA Individual competition PDI and Print

  •  27th October:  TRAINING:   Set subject training ' From a different viewpoint'.  

  • 3rd November: Special PDI  (by CLASS) - Set subject - 'STILL LIFE'  Judge:  Rob Bonfiled

  • 10th November:   TRAINING:  “Our Photography” No.2  Five images from all members.

  • 17th November: Moller PDI Round 2 League Competition by CLASS.  Upload TWO images to PDI specifications. OPEN subject.  Judge:  Justin Cliffe  ARPS

  • 24th November:  T BA 

  • 1st December:  TRAINING:   Set subject training 'Landscape Photogrpahy'.  Guy Edwards

    6th December  SPA Inter Club PRINT comp

  • 8th December:  Photo on a Phone Competition -   Fun competition where you get to have the final vote.  Hosted by  

  • 15th December: DCC Christmas Dinner Social

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  • 22nd December:   NO MEETING

  • 29th December:  NO MEETING

  • 5th January:  PRESENTATION BY ZOOM:  Lightroom as a DAM by Mark Stothard  MA ARPS

  • 12th January: TRAINING: Critique Night 2.  NEW Print & PDI's. Eddie Lord

  • 19th January:   TRAINING:  “Our Photography” No.3  Five images from all members.

  • 26th January: COMPETITION:  SPECIAL PRINT PANEL - Set subject: 'From a different viewpoint'. 

  • 2nd February:  TRAINING: 'How did they do that'  by Club members explaining their images

  • 9th February:  Tate Print Round 2 League Competition by CLASS. Upload your entries and bring up to two mounted images on the evening. OPEN SUBJECT.  Judge:  Anne Healey  FRPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/g, AAPS, BPE5*

  • 16th February: ZOOM MEETING: Pat and Ian Collection.  A collection of our favourite images taken for our own Club competitions and Exhibitions/Distinctions in a wide range of genre by Pat Couder & Ian Brash

  • 23rd February :  TRAINING: Critique Night 3.  NEW Print & PDI's.  Eddie Hyde FRPS Bookham Camera Club https://eddiehydephotography.zenfolio.com/

  • 2nd March : David Multon Trophy. SET SUBJECT 'Landscapes'. JUDGE:   Ian Brash CPAGB, BPE3

  • 9th March:     “Our Photography” No.4  Five images from all members.

  • 16th March: Moller PDI Round 3 League Competition by CLASS.  Upload TWO images to PDI specifications. OPEN subject.  JUDGE:  Martin Faires

  • 23rd March:   “Our Photography” No.5  Five images from all members.

  • 30th March: Inter Club Competition.  Match a PDI with Reigate

  •  6th April:  NO MEETING

  • 13th April : Tate Print Round 3 League Competition by CLASS.  Upload your entries and bring up to two mounted images on the evening.  Judge:  

  • 20TH  April:  ZOOM MEETING

  • 27th April:  ANNUAL PRINT COMPETITION by CLASS.   

    The annual print competition has been replaced by a new print competition designed to encourage new work. Entries are an OPEN category, and will be for one colour and one mono print, NOT two of each.

    JUDGE:  Paul Graber

  • 11th May:  NEW ANNUAL PDI COMPETITION - TWO FROM FOUR  by CLASS.  The judge for this competition will select four ‘set-subjects’, of which TWO can be entered – one of each.

    THE FOUR SUBJECTS TO CHOOSE TWO FROM ARE:   Wildlife, Landscape, Use a Tripod, Simplicity

    The advantage of asking the judge to choose these topics is that they will be wholly familiar with them and therefore the judging will be balanced and focused. 

    You must enter two images. You must choose two “set subjects”. 

    The images must not have been entered in any competition at Dorking Camera Club. (Images seen in a critique evening are acceptable)

     JUDGE:  Roger Reynolds HonFRPS,  APAGB, FBPPA, FBPE

  •  18th May: A.G.M

  •  25th May:  NO MEETING

  • 1st June:   Awards & Supper  Evening 

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