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On Friday 25 September the Club will be holding one of its Annual Digital Competitions. On this occasion the category is Open Colour and the judge will be Pat Couder CPAGB, BPE1*. Ilkley Camera Club is currently meeting via Zoom … Continue reading →

Ever wondered what you could do with glow-sticks and tiny miniature figures? Ilkley Camera Club welcomed Glasgow-based artist David Gilliver to their Zoom meeting on Friday 18 September for a look at his unique creations and techniques. His work has … Continue reading →

One of the competitions on 23 October is called “Abstract”. In case anyone was wondering how this is defined, the definition we shall be using is available on the “competitions – categories – general” page.

Ilkley Camera Club member Marion Payne has jumped out of a plane in aid of charity, with the Club among her sponsors. We are delighted that she landed safely and that she was willing to share her feelings about the … Continue reading →

The talk at Ilkley Camera Club on Friday 18 September features miniature worlds created using macro lenses and other techniques. By a happy quirk if we take the name of Lilliput’s Gulliver and change one letter we get the surname … Continue reading →

Covid-19 may have prevented all the members of the club from meeting face to face but it has not stopped this year’s awards being presented. At the Zoom meeting on 11 September members saw an audio visual presentation of all … Continue reading →

On Friday 11 September the Club will be showing images from last season’s competition awards, together with recent work by members. It’s also the final date for entries to the 25 September Open Colour photo competition. The Club is currently … Continue reading →

Ilkley Camera Club was privileged to welcome sports photographer Mark Pain to its online Zoom gathering on Friday evening. Around forty Club members enjoyed an impressive account of Mark’s career capturing some of the world’s biggest sporting events including some … Continue reading →

On 4 September the Club’s attention switches to sports photography with an online talk by Mark Pain who has twice been named as the Sports Photographer Of The Year (SPOTY) and was crowned Olympics Photographer Of The Year for his … Continue reading →

Irish photographer and trainer, Joe Houghton, gave a salutary warning on 28 August about being aware of your surroundings. While taking long exposure photos of a South African waterfall he stepped back to discover a deadly poisonous Black Mamba snake … Continue reading →