Welcome to the 2024 club progamme
If you have any enquiries at all, please don’t hesitate to message any of the committee.
JANUARY 2023
8th January - Welcome to 2024 Evening
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) at 730pm
On our first meeting in 2023 we will be hosting an open evening which will have a whole host of activities available, such as Still Life, Portrait Photography with a model and some other activities too. If you are not a member of Castleford Camera Club yet this is a great evening to come and meet us all.
Costs.
Annual memberships are now available, if you are a current member, please renew your memberships when possible.
The membership for 2024 is £25
The standard weekly subs are
£2 for members
£3 for Non Members
£2 for members
£3 for Non Members
Non Members are always welcome, so come along and develop your photography
15th January - Mastering Shutter Speed
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) at 7pm
This evening we will be running the shutter speed workshop “Mastering Shutter Speed” As this name suggests it is aimed at beginner photographers and it may also help existing photographers brush up on the exposure triangle settings. It will be mostly a practical evening which you will be honing in your skills on our Shutter Speed set ups to really get to know how to master your shutter speed.
Costs.
The standard weekly subs are
£2 for members
£3 for Non Members
£2 for members
£3 for Non Members
Non Members are always welcome, so come along and develop your photography
22nd January - Mastering Aperture
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) at 7pm
This evening will really bring out your creative flair as we demonstrate how you can use shadows in your photography. This part of the programme is also here to help anyone struggling for inspiration for the Shadows Competition which is our first theme for our 2023 annual competition.
Costs.
The standard weekly subs are
£2 for members
£3 for Non Members
£2 for members
£3 for Non Members
Non Members are always welcome, so come along and develop your photography
29th January - Model Evening -Silver Model
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) at 7pm
We have the fabulous fire breathing model Hattie Byrne lined up for the evening, this will take place at the rear of the Roundhill Club, at the side of our container. So it is advised to wrap up warm, if the weather is too bad ie raining the Hattie will be modelling inside for us.
Costs.
£5 for members
£8 for Non Members
£8 for Non Members
Non Members are always welcome, so come along and develop your photography
FEBRUARY 2023
5th February - Talk on Art Nude Richard Egan ???
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
This evening will be perfect for you to learn how to prepare your images for competitions, both print and Digital Projection.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome 
12th February - Valentines Still Life
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Another evening aimed at beginner photographers, this time its mastering your aperture. You will learn how to get the best out of your cameras aperture by using our activities that will be available.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
19th February - Mastering Exposure Triangle
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
This will be a fabulous evening in which you can get really creative by using water colour paints, inks and other fluids in water to create some really pretty and abstract pieces of art. If you have any paints that you think would work well, please bring them along, also any interesting glassware that would look good.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
26th February - Art Nude Model
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Finney Bulmer will be modelling for us, Finney is a Cosplay model and will be dressed as a character called Ciel Phantomhive from the black butler Anime series.
This is sure to be a great evening and a chance to get some great images of something a little different. .
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £8
Non-Members £8
Non Members always welcome
March 2023
4th March - Internal Competition Judging night
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
This evening is the judging night for the internal competition “Shadows”
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
11th March -Antique Photography
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Nicholas Teal will be giving us a talk about his successful wedding photography business, he will be presenting a slideshow of some of his outstanding work and also going through some essential kit that a wedding photographer needs. If you would like to check out some of Nicks work you can do so by the link to his website below.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
18th March - RPS Distinctions
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
We will be exploring product photography / pack shots. This evening will be based on both theory & practical. Cameras and tripods will be needed. This evening will give you an insight into what it is like and what is needed to be a product photographer.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
27th March - Captain Jack Sparrow Model Night
CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW
Captian Jack Sparrow will be modelling for us, of course we couldnt afford to get the actual Johnny Depp into us but we have the next best thing with this authentic cosplayer called Dan. This will be a fantastic evening for everyone.
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Model TBA
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £5
Non-Members £8
Non-Members £8
Non Members always welcome
April 2022
3rd April - Mastering Dodge & Burn with Sharron Manson & Mastering Enhancing Eyes in post processing.
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Mastering Dodge & Burn with Sharron Manson & Mastering Enhancing Eyes in post processing. Sharron Manson will be demonstrating the use of Dodge & Burning in post processing & David Hartley will be demonstrating how to enhance eyes in your portraits using Curves/Levels tool & Lightroom.
These methods are quite easy so dont be scared off by it and if you being your own laptops along you can also try it out yourself.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
3rd April - Mastering Dodge & Burn with Sharron Manson & Mastering Enhancing Eyes in post processing.
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Mastering Dodge & Burn with Sharron Manson & Mastering Enhancing Eyes in post processing. Sharron Manson will be demonstrating the use of Dodge & Burning in post processing & David Hartley will be demonstrating how to enhance eyes in your portraits using Curves/Levels tool & Lightroom.
These methods are quite easy so dont be scared off by it and if you being your own laptops along you can also try it out yourself.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
10th April - Bank Holiday Check Facebook for any planned meets
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £0
Non-Members £0
Non-Members £0
Non Members always welcome
17th April - Member Focus Night
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Member TBA – will be presenting a showcase of their photography and speaking about the images they show and what inspires them
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
24th April - Sophie Ellwood - Aerial Hoop Model
Sophie Ellwood will be joining us to perform her fantastic Aerial Hoop modelling.
This will be in the normal room in the Roundhill as Sophie has a portable frame to perform with .
costs are
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £5
Non-Members £5
Non Members always welcome
May 2022
1st May - Bank Holiday Check Facebook for any events or outings
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £0
Non-Members £0
Non-Members £0
Non Members always welcome
8th May - Bank Holiday
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £0
Non-Members £0
Non-Members £0
Non Members always welcome
15th May - Mastering Speedlights
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
Mastering Speedlights
David Hartley will be providing a presentation on the use of Speedlights and going over some useful functions and techniques. By the end of this session you will be able to do the magic black background effect
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
22nd May - Food Photography Talk and Practical Evening
We will be meeting up at The Roundhill Club (Roundhill Rd, Castleford WF10 5AE) 7pm
PRESENTATION & PRACTICAL EVENING WITH FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER DEEPTI JAIN
Food Photographer Deepti Jain will be joining us to do a talk and presentation of her stunning food photography, this evening will be split into 2 parts, the first part being the presentation and the second part a practical. Deepti has kindly agreed to do a little set up of food for us to photograph, so cameras and tripods will be needed for what is set up to be an excellent nights photography that will certainly get your mouths watering and creative juices flowing
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
29th May - bank Holiday Check Facebook for events or outings
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £0
Non-Members £0
Non-Members £0
Non Members always welcome
June 2022
3rd June - Internal Competition Judge
Internal Competition Judging night
A Judge will be joining us for the evening to score all our “Open Theme” competition entries. We encourage you to come along and see what the judge has to say about the images that have been entered.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
12th June - An evening with Adapalux
An evening with Adapalux
Macro Lighting specialists ADAPTALUX will be joining us for the evening. They will provide a presentation and also a demonstration on their fantastic and unique Macro Lighting systems. Following the presentation we also get the opportunity to try out this amazing equipment for ourselves.
This really is set to be a great evening for everyone.
You can find more info about Adaptalux here
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
19th June - Portrait Evening with Elouise Lovell
Portrait Evening with Elouise Lovell
We will be joined by Fashion model Elouise Lovell for the evening. As usual all lighting and universal triggers will be supplied and help given to anyone that needs it
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
26th June - Mastering Composition with Sharron Manson
Mastering Composition with Sharron Manson
Sharron Manson will be providing a presentation about composition, Sharron will be going over the basic rules and theories showing how to apply these into your photography
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
JULY 2022
3rd July - Toy Photography
Toy Photography
Tonights evening will sure bring out your inner child as we will be creating art using toys, toy photography is great thing to do and you can be as creative as you like. we have a good range of toys available as well as lighting, however you are more than welcome to bring in any of your own lights, kit and toys to use for your photographs.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
10th July - "Judge With Me" Talk by Stephen Dean
Judge With Me – Talk by Stephen Dean
Have you ever wondered the what’s, why’s and whatever’s when a judge is marking your images? We are pretty sure the answer to this will be yes, well fear not! Stephen Dean will be joining us for the evening going through his way and method of judging. This will be an interesting evening for all.
This meeting will be hosted at the following venue due to our regular meeting place being unavailable
The Magnet Hotel
Pontefract Road
Castleford
WF10 4BG
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
17th July - Flower Photography
Flower Photography – Practical
We will be going full floral this evening photographing flowers. You are more than welcome to bring some flowers along with you as well as any kit you want, CCC will also be providing some flowers for us to use too and as usual we have our own lighting available for you to use too.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
24th July - Member Focus
Member Focus Evening
3 of our members will be showcasing some of their own work on the big screen (Projector) These types of evenings are always great as we get to see a more intimate showing of our members work.
If you would like to volunteer please contact one of the committee to arrange
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
28th July - CCC Exhibition at The Queens Mill
Exhibition at The Queens Mill
7pm Onwards
We will be opening our 2023 Annual Exhibition at The Queens Mill on the 28th July, The Mayor of Wakefield Josie Pritchard will be present to officially open the exhibition. This will be a proud moment for CCC and our members and a rare opportunity to see our works on display. All welcome to come along, feel free to bring guests, family & Friends
There will also be a raffle and a prosecco reception along with free refreshments
Queens Mill, Castleford, WF10 1JL
There is free parking in the mill car park or the car park behind the Lion pub.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non Members always welcome
31st July - Open Day at Queens Mill
FREE Open Day at The Queens Mill
7pm-9pm
We will be having an open day at The Queens Mill in Castleford with access to parts of the mill that are not usually accessible, so bring your cameras and tripods to take advantage of this opportunity. We will also have access to our exhibition display too.
Queens Mill, Castleford, WF10 1JL
There is free parking in the mill car park or the car park behind the Lion pub.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non Members always welcome
AUGUST 2023
7th August - FREE Open day at the mill with a period character model
FREE Open Day at The Queens Mill
7pm-9pm
We will be having an open day at The Queens Mill in Castleford Along with a character model that will be playing a period grave robber. This is sure to be an excellent evening for all. This is open to everybody and full instruction and tuition will be provided if required.
Queens Mill, Castleford, WF10 1JL
There is free parking in the mill car park or the car park behind the Lion pub.
Costs are:-
Members of CCC FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non Members always welcome
14th August - Mastering the Rembrandt Lighting Technique
Mastering the Rembrandt Lighting Technique
7pm-9pm
This will be the start of our dramatic lighting series, we will be focusing on the Rembrandt Style of lighting. This will be done using ourselves as models and a single one light set up. Cameras will be required, the lighting equipment will be supplied by us, however if you wish to use your own, you are more than welcome to do so.
Roundhill Club, Castleford, WF10 5ae
There is free parking in the Roundhill Car Park
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
21st August - Recap evening, Camera settings and Editing advice
21st August – Recap evening, Camera settings and Editing advice
7pm-9pm
Recap evening, This is the perfect opportunity to come with your cameras and any photography related issues you need help with, this could be basic settings or lighting, whatever your query, please feel free to ask for help. We will also be available to help with any editing advice you may have with Lightroom or Photoshop.
Whatever level of photography you are at, there is always something extra to learn
Roundhill Club, Castleford, WF10 5ae
There is free parking in the Roundhill Car Park
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
28th August - Bank Holiday, No official meet
28th August – No Official Meet
There is no official meet at The Roundhill Club as it is Bank Holiday, but keep an eye on our Facebook Group for any adhoc events or trips out that we may organise
SEPTEMBER 2023
2nd September - Internal Competition Judging
4th September – Internal Competition Judging (Nature)
7pm-9pm
We will be joined by a YPU judge who will be judging and critiquing your internal Nature competition entries.
Good Luck all
Roundhill Club, Castleford, WF10 5ae
There is free parking in the Roundhill Car Park
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
11th September - Paint in Water & Photo-Elasticity
11th September – Paint inWater
7pm-9pm
The Paint in water is a technique that will bring out your creative flair by photographing paint and maybe other liquids injected into water to create abstract and pretty patterns. Cameras and Tripods will be needed, if you have any macro lenses please also bring these along too.
The Photo-Elasticity has always proved a very popular activity for us when we have done it before, with the help of a UV filter and a digital device screen such as an Ipad or laptop we will be photographing clear plastic objects creating psychedelic style images
Help will be given where needed
Roundhill Club, Castleford, WF10 5ae
There is free parking in the Roundhill Car Park
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
Selection Night for the Sherburn Interclub Competition
18th September
730pm-930pm
Selection Night for the Sherburn Interclub Competition
In preparation for our Interclub Competition with Sherburn Camera Club we will be having a selection night, this is where you guys get to choose what we enter as a club.
If you would like to enter images into the competition please forward 2 images to competitions@castlefordcameraclub.co.uk and title the subject Sherburn Interclub so Sharron knows what they are for.
This is an open themed competition
This is a digital competition so sizes are as follows
Portrait – No more than 1200px tall
Landscape – No more than 1600Px wide
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Non Members always welcome
25th September 2023 - Hill Billy Blanco
25th September – Hill Billy Blanco Model & Car evening
7pm-9pm
Hill Billy Blanco and his vintage american car will be meeting us for us all to photograph. This is always a great night for us adn Hill Billy Blanco never dissapoints.
The location is yet to be confirmed
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £5
Non-Members £8
Non-Members £8
Non Members always welcome
OCTOBER 2023
2nd October - Water Drop Photography
2nd October – Water Drop Photography
7pm -9pm
This activity will surely test your high speed photography skills, we will be photographing water droplets at the very moment of them hitting the surface of water creating awesome splashes .
Equipment need for this is :-
Camera
Tripod
Macro (if you have them)
Flashguns (if you have them)
This will be held at Normanton Camera Club at the following address.
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Road, Castleford, WF10 5AE
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Tuesday 3rd October - Head To Head print competition with Normanton camera Club
3rd October – Head To Head print competition with Normanton camera Club
7pm Onwards
We will be going head to head with Normanton Camera Club in a new style of competition, This will be print based and the competition style will be explained nearer to the time.
This will be held at Normanton Camera Club at the following address.
St Johns Terrace WMC, Queen Elizabeth Dr, Normanton WF6 1DT
Costs are:-
Members of CCC FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non-Members FREE
9th October - A Walkabout Pontefract
23rd October – A Walkabout Pontefract
7pm – 9pm
We will be meeting in Pontefract town centre on a little photowalk, this will be a good time to get some night shots for the night photography competition in December.
Please meet at The Cornmarket War Memorial at 7pm
Cornmarket, Pontefract WF8 1AN
Costs are:-
Members of CCC FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non-Members FREE
16th October - Talk - Images From A Small Shed by Brian McCarthy FRPS
Monday 16th October – Talk – Images From A Small Shed by Brian McCarthy FRPS
730pm – 930pm
Brian McCarthy FRPS will be joining us this evening to present his fantastic talk “Images From A Small Shed”.
We are sure this will be a fantastic evening for us all and will look forward to seeing you all.
As normal Non Members are more than welcome to join us.
This will be held at The Roundhill as normal
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Rd, Castleford, WF10 5AE
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
23rd October - Member Focus Night
9th October – Member Focus Night
730pm – 930pm
This is where 2 – 3 of our members get to showcase their work to the rest of the club, its always a cracking evening for both the presenters and our visitors.
If you would like to take part in our member focus night and present your work, please contact any of our committee to organise this for you. All you will need is your images either sent to us or bring them in on a memory card or USB stick.
This will be held at The Roundhill as normal
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Rd, Castleford, WF10 5AE
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
30th October - Batman Model Night
30th October – Model Night
Jack Walsh is BATMAN
Batman will be modelling for us, The Batman cosplay that Jack does is amazing, you are sure to get some cracking images of Batman.
Lighting will be supplied and any help and guidance will be available should you need it.
730pm Onwards
Roundhill Club
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Road, Castleford, WF10 5AE
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £5
Non-Members £8
Non-Members £8
NOVEMBER 2023
6th November - Sherburn Interclub Competition
6th NOVEMBER SHERBURN INTERCLUB COMPETITION
7pm Onwards
We will be going head to head with Sherburn Camera Club, This will be PDI based and the competition style.
This will be held at Castleford Camera Club at the following address.
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Road, castleford, WF10 5AE
Costs are:-
Members of CCC FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non-Members FREE
13th November - Still Life Photography - Remembrance day theme
13th NOVEMBER Still Life – Remembrance day Theme
730pm – 930pm Onwards
A night of Still Life photography with a remembrance day theme, if you have any objects or items that would be good for still life, please feel free to bring them in, we will also have some set ups available too.
This will be held at Castleford Camera Club at the following address.
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Road, castleford, WF10 5AE
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
18th November - 4 Towns Interclub Competition
730pm – 930pm
4 Towns Interclub Competition
This will be held at Castleford Camera Club at the following address.
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Road, castleford, WF10 5AE
Costs are:-
Members of CCC FREE
Non-Members FREE
Non-Members FREE
Tuesday 25th November - AGM
21st November – AGM
27th November - CCC Headshots Night
27th November – CCC Headshots Night
730pm – 930pm
We will setting up studio backdrops and all taking headshots of each other to update your profiles on our website. If you have a CCC T-Shirt, please wear it if you can, if you dont have one yet, dont worry about it. If yo are not a member yet, you can still join in as it is a great learning curve an an ideal opportunity to learn hw to take corporate headshots
Hope to see you all there
Costs are:-
Members of CCC £2
Non-Members £3
Non-Members £3
Tuesday 28th November - 4 Towns Competition Night at Normanton camera Club
Tuesday 28th November – 4 Towns Competition Night at Normanton camera Club
7pm onwards
Come along to support us in our bid to win the 4 Towns Competition. This will be held at Normanton Camera club.
Normanton Camera Club, Queen Elizabeth Dr, Normanton WF6 1DT
DECEMBER 2023
2nd December - Photography Competition Judging night
4th December – Night Photography Competition Judging night
730pm onwards
The results of our Night Photography Internal Competition, good luck all
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Rd, Castleford. WF0 5AE
Prices
Members – £2
Non Members – £3
11th December - A Steampunk Model Night
11th December – Model Night
A steampunk Christmas with The Vintage Dapper Couple
730pm onwards
Dean & Lynda AKA The Vintage Dapper Couple will be modelling a steampunk christmas theme for us. This will be a great night for all.
Help and guidance will be on hand for anyone that needs it and all lighting equipment will be supplied. You just need your own camera gear and imagination
Roundhill Club, Roundhill Rd, Castleford. WF0 5AE
Prices
Members – £5
Non Members – £8
18th December - Presentation and Awards Night
18th December – Model Night
We will be having our annual presentation and awards party night, We will be joined by a special guest, The Mayor Of Wakefield Josie Pritchard.
The winners of our internal competitions will all be receiving a trophy along with the overall winner with the highest points throughout the year. There will also be some special awards given out too on the night. The Awards will be presented The Mayor of Wakefield Josie Pritchard.
After the presentations we shall be having Beef sandwiches and a good old pint.
Merry Christmas everyone
Members – Free
Non Members – Free