Syllabus 2026/27

We will be reconvening the club meetings for the 2026/27 season at The Church of St Martin and St Hilda, Fleetwood Road, Carleton FY6 7NU. Zoom will continue to be utilised as a tool for hosting the occasional online video evenings, these will be highlighted to members either in the syllabus or via email.

The syllabus secretary has been busy working on the new syllabus which is now available below, and on the Downloads page.

September 2026

Tuesday 1st – Open Evening
Show us your photos from the Summer break

Tuesday 8th – Guest Presenter
Adrian Lines MPAGB HonPAGB FBPE EFIAP SPSA AWPF – Monochrome is not a filter

Tuesday 15th – Members’ Night
Workshop – Photograph your hobbies

Thursday 17th – Blackpool Illuminations
Outing to the Loomies

Tuesday 22nd – Members’ Night
Nicki Greenwood – Mounting prints & model photography
*Closing Date: 1st Seasonal PDI & Knockout

Tuesday 29th – Guest Presenter [ZOOM]
Colin Henderson FRPS FIPF FBPE MFIAP MPAGB EFIAP/d3 MPSA GPSA AWPF APAGB – My Salon Photography

October 2026

Tuesday 6th – Members’ Night
L&CPU Folio

Tuesday 13th – Members’ Night
It’s a Knockout – PDI competition
*Closing Date for 1st Seasonal Print

Tuesday 20th – Competition Results
1st Seasonal PDI. Judge: Cath Marlor

Tuesday 27th – Members’ Night
Workshop – anything autumnal (leaves, fungi, pumpkins, nuts, nutcrackers) and/or autumnal colours

November 2026

Tuesday 3rd – Guest Presenter
Garry Cook – Street photography

Tuesday 10th – Competition Results
1st Seasonal Print. Judge: Steve Proctor MPAGB BPE5* PPSA

Thursday 12th – 4 Way Battle
Poulton Methodist Church

Tuesday 17th – Members’ Night
Image rescue – bring in your problem pics
*Closing Date for 2nd Seasonal PDI

Tuesday 24th – Members’ Night
Photographing through glass with Andrew Walker (B&FC)

December 2026

Tuesday 1st – Guest Presenter [ZOOM]
Jane Lazenby LRPS EFIAP BPE3* LMPA CPAGB – The magic of brushes

Tuesday 8th – Competition Results
2nd Seasonal PDI. Judge: Barry Dickinson MPSA AWPF DPAGB BPE4* EFIAP PFIAP
*Closing Date for 2nd Seasonal Print

Tuesday 15th – Christmas Social

January 2027

Tuesday 5th – Guest Presenters
Richard O’Meara MPAGB ABPE & Gill O’Meara DPAGB BPE4*

Tuesday 12th – Members’ Night
Review of September & October workshops
*Closing Date for 3rd Seasonal PDI

Tuesday 19th – Competition Results
2nd Seasonal Print. Judge: TBA

Tuesday 26th – Guest Presenter [ZOOM]
Christine Widdall FBPE MPAGB EFIAP APAGB – What are we going to do about AI?

February 2027

Tuesday 2nd – Guest Presenter
Lee Metcalfe – Landscapes
*Closing Date for Set Subject PDI

Tuesday 9th – Members’ Night
A fun night with your smart phones

Tuesday 16th – Competition Results
3rd Seasonal PDI. Judge: James Hardy CPAGB LRPS EFIAP Hon LCPU
*Closing date for 3rd Seasonal Print

Tuesday 23rd – Members’ Night
Editing workflow demonstration

March 2027

Tuesday 2nd – Guest Presenter
Steve Proctor MPAGB BPE5* PPSA – What have camera clubs ever done for me?

Tuesday 9th – Competition Results
Set Subject PDI. Judge: Richard Nicholson CPAGB BPE2*

Tuesday 16th – Members’ Night
Angela Carr – What can you edit in Nature?

Tuesday 23rd – Competition Results
3rd Seasonal Print. Judge: Keith Richardson DPAGB BPE4* [our L&CPU President]

Tuesday 30th – Review Night
Review of the season and ideas for next

April 2027

Tuesday 6th – Guest Presenter
Nick Hilton EFIAP/b DPAGB BPE5* – Sports Photography

Tuesday 13th – Exhibition Evening

Tuesday 20th – Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 27th – Presentation Night
Trophies and Entertainment – and Food!

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