RDCC Programme For Session 2025 - 2026 (click to download)

2025 - 26 RDCC Programme

2025

COMPETITION INFORMATION

For Club Competitions, please see the CLUB CONSTITUTION & COMPETITION RULES BOOKLET from September 2023, which can also be found on the website www.rdcc.co.uk

Monday 8th September Chairman’s Welcome Evening

Round up of last season, looking forward to the coming season plus members to share 1-2 images of the summer break PDI or Print (any size)

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September RDCC Annual Club Print Exhibition

St. Mary’s Centre, Rye - Set up Friday 19th

10:00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m

Monday 22nd September - Speaker Helen Taylor

A talk on composition and the arrangement of visual elements within the frame to create and aesthetically pleasing images, including how to emphasis certain elements to draw the eye, or not as the case may be. Plus how to plan and present print panels

Monday 6th October - 1st Club Competition

a) Gostrow Colour Print Trophy - Subject: OPEN

b) Small Print - Max size A4 - Subject: ‘A Treasured Possession’

c) PDI - Open

Judge - Dave Silk

Monday 20th October - Speaker: KT Bruce

A talk about her career, which started with photographing the late Queen

Monday 3rd November - 2nd Club Competition

a) Douglas Moss Trophy – PDI - Subject: ‘Music, Dance, Action’ - B Group Only

b) PDI - Open for all Members

c) Roy Stubbs Monochrome Trophy - Print - Subject: ‘Portraits’

Judge - Russ Pullen

Monday 17th November - Speaker: Alma Leaper

The story of her photography and work with the Big Cat Sanctuary Smarden

Monday 1st December - 3rd Club Competition

a) Gostrow Colour Print Trophy - Subject: ‘The Seasons’

b) PDI - Opern

c) PDI - Subject: ‘Where I live (inside, outside, around)’

Judge - June Sharp

Monday 15th December - Pre-Christmas Meeting

This will be a Club judged competition

Bring up to two PDIs or Prints (any size) representing the title of a book or film, or the words of a poem or song.

Judging will take place by everyone in the room and we hope you enjoy this fun creative challenge, which can be as literal or abstract as you like. Having this information early should give you time to find inspiration over the summer and the start of next season for your image

2026

Monday 5th January - Speaker & Tuition: Norman Ferguson ‘Landscapes and Wildlife from Here and There’

Plus editing tuition (possibly via YouTube) and discussion

Monday 19th January - 4th Club Competition

a) Print - Subject: ‘Light’

b) Roy Stubbs Monochrome Trophy - Print - Subject: Open

c) PDI - Subject: ‘Decay’

Judge - Cherry Larcombe

Monday 2nd February - Activity for All

Members are invited to present a Print or PDI and talk about their image, describing what they intended and what they like about it

Group discussions will following

Monday 16th February - 5th Club Competition

a) Print Panel (One Panel Per Member, please) - Subject: Open (3-6 Prints per Panel)

b) PDI - Subject: ‘Wildlife’

Judge - Paul Parkinson

Monday 2nd March - Activity lead by Helen Taylor

All members who wish to take part to edit a single RAW image at home in advance of the meeting (cropping, using different treatments etc.) Results will be projected as .Jpg images at the meeting. Helen Taylor to lead discussions and observations from all members.

Monday 16th March - 6th Club Competition

a) George Delamare Trophy - PDI Subject: ‘British Countryside & Coast’

b) Douglas Moss Trophy - PDI - Subject: Open - B Group Only

c) Small Print - Max size A4 - Subject: Open

Judge - Andy Smith

Monday 30th March Speaker: Stu Muswell Astrophotography basics with a camera

Monday 13th April - End of Year Club Competition

Please see the Club Constitution & Competition Rules Booklet from February 2023 which can also be found on the website

a) Print of the Year

b) PDI of the Year

c) Peter Chillingworth Shield - Subject: Open for an Unseen PDI

Judge - Steve Carroll

Monday 27th April - Annual General Meeting & Award Presentations

Awards presented by Chairperson of RDCC

Agenda items and proposals for Officers, duly seconded, should have been handed in to the Secretary in writing before the AGM.

The Hon. Treasurer reminds Members that Annual Subscriptions are due at this meeting.

CHAIRMAN:

VICE-CHAIRMAN:

TREASURER:

SECRETARY:

PRINT SECRETARY:

DIGITAL SECRETARY:

PUBLICITY:

PROGRAMME SECRETARY:

WEBMASTER:

NON-OFFICERS:

WORKSHOP ORGANISER: