Thank you to Ian Pinn of Nottingham and Notts Photographic Society who visited us in mid-December to judge our annual Print of the Year competition.

First place went to ‘Underneath the Arches’ by Dave Jones.

‘Misty Woodland’ by Ian Clay came 2nd.

David Barnett took 3rd place with ‘Light Bulb Moment’.

‘Fire and Ice’ by David Barnett, ‘Sharing an Ice Cream’ by Ian Clay and ‘Preserved in Glass’ by Martin Satur were all Highly Commended.

Darren Worthy’s ‘P.I.’, Dave Jones’ ‘Cold Comfort’ and Ian Clay’s ‘Blue Sky Thoery’ were all Commended.

Thank you to Phil Newman, of Bolsover Camera Club who visited us in early December to judge our Projected Image of the Year competition.

First place went to ‘Vertigo’ by Dane Jones.

‘Misty Morning’ by Mandy Hodgson came 2nd.

David Barnett took 3rd place with ‘Masonry Bee at Rest’.

‘I Used to be Famous’ by Dave Jones, ‘Jellyfish Rising’ by Darren Worthy and ‘Hanging On’ by Ian Clay were all Highly Commended.

Dave Jones’ ‘Smoke on the Water’ and Don Jacklin’s ‘Stourhead Picnic’ were both Commended.

Our annual Earthscapes competition took place in November. As always, we had some wonderful entries, ranging from rural to urban landscapes with seascapes featured as well.

First place went to Dave Jones’s image of the ‘plughole’ at Derwent reservoir.

Ian Clay’s atmospheric shot of a woodland path took second.

It was a good month for Dave Jones, with his long exposure jetty image taking third place. 

As always our members delivered some very strong images for our annual Images of People competition.

First place went to Martin Satur’s photograph of his grandchild.

Don Jacklin’s emotive image came second.

There was a tie for third place, with images by Neil Frith, Darren Worthy, Dave Jones, Ian Clay and Alyson Evans all scoring the same!

As always our members delivered some very strong images for our annual Images of People competition.

First place went to Dave Jones’ image of someone he photographed on a club trip to Sheffield.

Ian Clay’s photograph of a man (and a bear!) enjoying an ice cream came second.

A shot of someone returning by boat from a dirty job by Martin Satur came in third.

September saw a fantastic selection of images of plants and animals submitted by members for the Fauna and Flora projected image competition.

First place went to David Barnett’s bee.

It was a good month for Martin Satur with his spider image taking second place.

Third place went to Martin’s dragonfly photograph.

Members made some creative decisions for our June close up print competition, with a range of shots that encompassed fauna and flora, still life and aviation!

Dave Jones’ two entries (a water drop and a flower) both took joint first place!

Third place went to Martin Satur’s duck.

Members made some creative decisions for our June close up print competition, with a range of shots that encompassed fauna and flora, still life and aviation!

First place went to Neil Frith’s image of a cow’s eye.

Martin Satur’s twisted spider came second.

A shot of a five pence piece by Dave Jones came in third.

We got lots more images to view in May, with our Triptych projected image competition.

First place went to Martin Satur’s detailed images of a bi5rd in flight. wheel.

Darren Worthy’s triptych of his son came second.

In third place, we had Dave Jones’ Union flags.

Entries to April’s Glass competition varied widely from shots of stained glass windows to more creative interpretations of the theme.

The monochrome competition was very close, with 2 images sharing the top spot – Martin Satur’s receding cups and Nick Wheat’s walkway scene.

David Barnett’s simple image of milk pouring came third.