Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-12-05)

When was the club founded?

Potters Bar and District Photographic Society

(PBPS) was founded in November 1948, with

meetings commencing in January 1949. The

society held its rst exhibition in December

1949 and has held them every year since. 

Until this March we had an unbroken line of

meetings going back over 70 years.

What does your club offer new members?

New members can expect a warm welcome

and our Membership Secretary will make sure

they are involved in activities from day one.

Potential members can attend three meetings

free and then our very nice treasurer will offer

them the opportunity to pay a subscription.

Under current circumstances, new members

can join free of charge until March 2021. With

four or more exhibitions a year, PBPS allows

its members plenty of opportunity to show

This friendly club

enjoys socialising and

sharing their skills

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their work to a wider public. Some shows

allow us to exhibit over 100 prints.

Describe a typical club meeting.

We meet on most Mondays from September

to early summer (except the Bank Holidays)

with a wide range of external and internal

speakers, competitions and practical

demonstrations. During the summer we hold

social meetings in a local pub to discuss our

latest photographic projects, holidays, the

weather etc. This, of course, all changed in

March. Since then we have encouraged

members to post their latest photographs on

the Society’s Facebook page and a dedicated

page on our website. We are also holding

meetings through video conferencing to allow

us to keep in touch with each other and to

expand the (geographic) range of speakers

available to us. Sadly, we expect to continue

5 Hawk Moth by

Graham Adamson By

freezing movement in

the insect’s wings, this

shot achieves a good

sense of movement

1 Fire Walk by Helen

Frost This intriguing

shot is reminiscent of

something from a film

poster, the silhouette is

perfectly framed

2 Bedruthan Steps

Beach by Lesley Alsford

A painterly abstract that

shows how creative and

artistic you can get with

photography

6 Dovercourt Low

Light by Philip Jones

Simply shot and

composed, this classic

scene works extremely

well in monochrome

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