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Ilkley Camera Club starts 2021 with photographs of great emotion and intensity. Guest speaker, Astrid McGechan, joins members via Zoom on 8 January with her lecture ‘Feel the Land – Photography & Emotion’. Astrid is a freelance photographer and book … Continue reading →

Winning images from the competitions announced on 11 December 2020 are now available for viewing. Please click on the links. Urban Scapes People  Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who entered including Gareth Martin for judging.

On Friday 11 December, Ilkley Camera Club hears the views of visiting judge, Gareth Martin AWPF, CPAGB, on entries for two members competitions: ‘urban scapes’ and ‘people’. The Club is currently meeting via Zoom on Friday evenings at 7.30pm. For … Continue reading →

Club member, July Kay, was one of the last westerners out of Bhutan when the covid-19 virus locked-down the remote Himalayan kingdom early in 2020. On 4 December she told her story to the Club and showed the images she … Continue reading →

On Friday 27 November, acclaimed flower and still life ‘picture maker’, Polina Plotnikova, shows members how to create images from a blank canvas. Polina is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and holds many photographic awards, including eight Gold … Continue reading →

All round photographic skills were rewarded by Ilkley Camera Club on 20 November when its Rundle Trophy was awarded to Len Downes from Hampsthwaite. Members had been set the task of producing three photographs that showed a good range of … Continue reading →

Friday 13 November is going to be lucky for some. The Club will be entertained and educated when guest speaker Tony North presents “The Art of Macro”. He will show how small things can be photographed in exquisite detail. See … Continue reading →

Not many people would jump into the water when they see a crocodile. But David Keep, Ilkley Camera Club’s guest speaker on 6 November, did just that in 2019. The result was a compelling series of underwater photographs. The guides … Continue reading →

There is a further competition on Friday 30 October when visiting judge Martin Patten looks at the images submitted in the Open Monochrome category with the R H Walker Trophy being awarded to the winner. Ilkley Camera Club is currently … Continue reading →

How to take an abstract photograph was the challenge for Ilkley Camera Club members in the first of two competitions held on 23 October. The answers, in this unusual category, came back many and various. First place went to Skipton’s … Continue reading →