Thursday 4th April: We have Steve Varman.

Steve Varman LRPS is an award-winning photographer whose work spans a diverse range of genres, including infrared, street, landscape, creative food photography, composites and more. His photography has been recognised on multiple occasions, most notably, being awarded 3 times in the International Garden Photographer of the Year and a commendation from the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year. Steve has also been involved in the production of the RPS Creative Eye Group magazine (now design editor, and previously, commissioning editor) since 2016.

Steve’s ‘Eclectic and Creative Photography’ talk includes a wide range of interests and insights to how the images were edited and created – hopefully, something for everyone and a little inspiration to try for yourself.

Next week we are hosting the 2025 Midphot Exhibition of Photography, our opening times are as follows.

Weds 19th March – Doors open 7pm – 7.30pm Presentation of Awards followed by Accepted Pdi show

Thurs 20th March – Doors open 7pm – 8pm accepted Pdi show (to be streamed on this night only}
Fri 21st March – CLOSED

Sat 22nd March –           Doors open 10am to 4pm – Accepted Pdi Show – 11am and 2pm
Sun 23rd March –          Doors open 10am to 4pm – Accepted Pdi Show –  10.30am and 4pm
Sunday Only Selection of Sequences from AV Comp shown at 2pm

To watch by live streaming ON THURSDAY NIGHT ONLY you must be registered and logged in and purchase a ticket. For information go to our Streaming page HERE

Programme begins at 8.00pm.

Thursday 14th March: We have Eion Johnston.

Since being able to devote substantial amounts of time to the activity, the fundamentals of Eion’s photography are now based on images of the human form.  These range from classic portrait work to art nude.  He has been inspired by figurative artists ranging from the early exponents of ‘Chiaroscuro’ (the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume) to New Yorker Robert Mapplethorpe’s unique black and white work from the 70s and 80s.

Eion photographs prolifically, capturing looks and feelings.  Fully aware of using a camera to see what things look like as a photograph, creating his own representation of the subject matter.  The work often involves intensive creative post-processing and therefore the image is no stranger to ten (or more) layer Photoshop files.  Eion personally believes that a photograph should be a physical artifact and he prints a lot of his work just for the joy of seeing it as a high-quality image on paper

Thursday 7th March: We have Malcolm Hupman returning for his third time to SPS.

The First PDI competition of 2024 is 29th February

Judge: Paul Radden

Entry TBA

To watch by live streaming you must  purchase a ticket. For information go to our Streaming page HERE

Programme begins at 8.00pm.

Commended image by Van Greaves

Banner image by Sheila Ballentyne.