


Programme 2025-2026
2025
Unless otherwise indicated, competitions are themed ‘open’.
4 September START OF NEW SEASON
Opening meeting, display of club prints and social evening
18 September PROJECTED IMAGE COMPETITION - ROUND ONE Judge: Jim Bennett
2 October IN CLUB DISCUSSION EVENING
16 October LECTURE ‘ Me, Myself, Eye’ by Jonathan Vaines CPAGB
30 October COLOUR PRINT COMPETITION - ROUND ONE Judge: David Steel DPAGB
13 November INTERNATIONAL TWIN TOWN COMPETITION Braintree & Pierrette / Colchester & Wetzlar / Halstead & Haubourdin Judge: Mike Fuller
27 November MONO PRINT COMPETITION - ROUND ONE Judge: Roy Essery MPAGB
11 December CHRISTMAS SOCIAL. Details TBA
18 December A WANDER AROUND BRAINTREE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS Note: Meeting point to be confirmed, weather dependant
2026
8 January DISCUSSION EVENING VIA ZOOM Members’ pictures - PDI
15 January LECTURE - ‘All the gear but no idea!’ by Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP DPAGB BPE5*
29 January PROJECTED IMAGE COMPETITION - ROUND TWO Judge: Daphne Hanson DPAGB Hon PAGB
12 February LECTURE VIA ZOOM - ‘Dystopian Romanticism’ - Street Photography by Tunde Valiska
26 February STUDIO SESSION IN CLUB - Bring your hats!
12 March COLOUR PRINT COMPETITION - ROUND TWO Judge: Caroline Preece LRPS
26 March MERSEA/HALSTEAD INTERCLUB COMPETITION VENUE: Halstead. Judge: Tony Bramley FRPS
9 April LECTURE - Composition by renowned local artist, Malcolm Root
23 April MONO PRINT COMPETITION - ROUND TWO Judge: Thomas Peck LRPS CPAGB
7 May OF THE YEAR FINALS Judge: Ian Ryall CPAGB
21 May IN CLUB TALK - ‘Desert Island Photos’ Images that inspire us – taken by us or by others
28 May AGM followed by TOP DOG COMPETITION Judge: Roy Essery MPAGB
Two themes – Motion & Abstract
25 June SUMMER MEETING Sunset photography - venue TBA
1 August CLUB DINNER and AWARDS EVENING Kings Head Pebmarsh
