Welcome to the 2022 club progamme
If you have any enquiries at all, please don’t hesitate to message any of the committee.
JANUARY 2022
10th January - Using Lighting in your Portrait Photography
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) at 7pm
£1 for members
£2 for Non Members
Non-Members: £8
17th January - Posing Workshop with Stephanie Thornton
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) at 7pm
31st January - Beginners Workshop
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm


FEBRUARY 2022
7th February - Finding Your Own Story by Janey Lazenby
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm

Non-Members £8
14th February - A night at Millenium Bridge
We will be meeting up at The Millenium Bridge in castleford for an evening of night photography.
This is a free event & advice and help will be given to those that need it.
Non members welcome as always.
14th February - A night at Millenium Bridge
We will be meeting up at The Millenium Bridge in castleford for an evening of night photography.
This is a free event & advice and help will be given to those that need it.
Non members welcome as always.
21st February - Photo Feedback & YPU Competition Review Night
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill at 7pm
Tonights camera club meeting is all about feedback on our pictures and also a time to submit your photos into the YPU competition.
IMPORTANT! If you are wanting to submit an image into the YPU 2022 Annual Competition this is the only evening we will be accepting images, so it is important to come along.
Non members welcome as always.
Normal weekly subs apply
28th February - Model night with The Bard
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
The Bard AKA Ciaron Davies will be joining us as a barbarian.
This is set to be a fantastic night of portrait photography, for everyone. Lighting will be supplied. Help will be given to anyone that needs it
Non members welcome as always.
Prices
Members £5
Non-Members £8
March 2022
7th March - AGM
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
This is your chance as a member to have input your ideas and feelings about the club and how it is running.
Members Only – No fees
14th March - Life as a sports photographer - John Early
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club at 7pm
£3 Members
£5 Non Members
21st March - A walk through Lightroom - My workflow by David Hartley, A breif look at Photoshop, Affinity Photo & Gimp
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
If you struggle getting to grips with Adobe Lightroom, then this walk through and workflow will help you understand how lightroom works and help you understand the cataloging process. We will then move onto Photoshop, Affinity Photo & Gimp. These cover all bases needed when it comes to editing your photos.
See the below links to the software below
Adobe Photoshop /Lightroom – Click Here
Affinity Photo – Click Here
Gimp – Click Here
Prices
Members £1
Non-Members £2
28th March - Internal Club Competition
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
Competition 1 of 4
We will be joined by a judge (still to be confirmed) who will score your images entered into our quarterly internal competition. The judge will score and critique images entered with 1 overall winner for the evening, with 2nd, 3rd and commended placings and scores.
Scores will be added up over the course of the year to have a final placement of 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners in the December presentation.
See the rules and requirements here
Good Luck!
Prices
Members £1
No members £2
April 2022
4th April - Photographing Flowers in Water
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
This will be a night to get your creative juices flowing. We will be using flowers in tanks of water along with splashes of colour from food colourings to finish up with a slightly surreal abstract image of a flower with a slash of colour around it.
As usual we will be on hand to help you along through the whole process and also editing the image with you if you bring your laptop with you.
Prices
Members £1
Non members £2

11th April 2022 - Back To Basics
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
Back To Basics Evening – In this back to basics evening we will be exploring your cameras shutter speed. This will consist of a short demonstration and quickly moving on to some practical objectives which will show you how you can use your shutter speed creatively and effectively in your photography.
Prices
Members £1
No members £2
18th April 2022 - Outdoor Meeting
We will be meeting up at TBA
As it is Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) we will be having an outdoor meeting.
Prices
Members – Free
No members – Free
25th April 2022 - Video Presentation by Sue Berry
We will be meeting up at the Roundhill club at 7pm
Sue Berry – Capturing the feelings that lie beneath the surface
This presentation by Sue Berry will sure be a great evening for all, it will be presented to us on a DVD format on the big screen projector
Prices
Members – £1
Non members – £2
May 2022
2nd May 2022 - Outdoor Meeting
We will be meeting up at TBA
As it is Bank Holiday Monday we will be having an outdoor meeting.
Prices
Members – Free
Non members – Free
9th May 2022 - Screw City
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
Screw City – In this practical evening is sure to get your creative and artistic juices flowing! You will be creating a city scene using nuts, bolts, washers and screws or any other object that takes your fancy. we will provide a selection of items for use but please feel free to bring a batch yourself to share around the group.
The backdrops and lighting will play an important role in your finished image and we can hep you with this on the evening. there are no special lenses required.
Prices
Members £1
Non members £2
16th May 2022 - How to prepare an image for exporting.
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
This will be a great evening for anyone who struggles when it comes to resizing & exporting images for differing purposes. We will demonstrate how to resize your files and also what format types are and also how to actually export your images to the correct or best format for its purpose.
Prices
Members £1
Non members £2
23rd May 2022 - Back To Basics
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
Back To Basics Evening – In this back to basics evening we will be learning aspects of your aperture and depth of field. This will consist of a short demonstration and quickly moving on to some practical objectives which will show you how you can use your aperture creatively and effectively in your photography.
Prices
Members £1
Non members £2
30th May 2022 Hi-Fashion Shoot with Benjie Kusita
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Non-Members £8

June 2022
6th June 2022 - 2nd Internal Club Competition
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
Competition 2 of 4
We will be joined by a judge (to be confirmed) who will score your images entered into our quarterly internal competition. The judge will score and critique images entered with 1 overall winner for the evening, with 2nd, 3rd and commended placings and scores.
Scores will be added up over the course of the year to have a final placement of 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners in the December presentation.
See the rules and requirements here
Good Luck!
Prices
Members £1
Non members £2
13th June - Water Drop Photography
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
This is a super fun technique to try out and gives some awesome abstract & colourful results. We will be using glue sticks, coloured lights and water to create little pieces of art.
Prices
Members £1
Non members £2
20th June - Andy lovell's little monsters
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
This will be an evening which involves photographing Andy Lovells little monsters, you will be up close and personal with lizards and spiders. It may not be the best event for you if you are petrified of spiders, but you will be in safe hands and you wont need to touch them.
Prices
Members £1
Non members £2
27th June - Back To basics - White Balance and Drive Modes
We will be meeting up at The roundhill club at 7pm
Back To Basics
We will be looking at white balance and ways you can use this bot practically and creatively in your photography. in the second half of this evening we will also be going over your camera’s different drive modes as this sometimes gets confused with other features within your camera, but this plays an important role in you photography
Prices
Members £1
Non members £2