Brooklands Photographic Club
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Sutton on Hull
East Yorkshire
The current membership stands at 40,
which is the capacity of our meeting room.
Therefore, sadly, the club is closed to new members
for the time being.
MEETINGS
details are tabled below
Wednesdays at 7.30 pm
in
The Methodist Church Hall
Church Street
Sutton on Hull
See the bottom of this page for a brief history of our club,
and something more about us.
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The Competitions for the 2009-10 Winter Season
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MACHINERY FROM A BYGONE AGE STREETSCENE WATERFRONT A NEW BUTTON !! The attention of members is drawn to the button links in the left-hand menu. For those who haven't yet explored these, and may be looking for some more local outdoor photography opportunities, these are excellent sites covering a vast range of Hull and East Yorkshire's history . The newest link is to the website of the Driffield Navigation Trust , and the wealth of info in there as to access to both the River Hull and the Driffield Canal. Click on the 'River Hull' button to access a real local gem. Our Meeting days are Wednesday evenings, throughout the year. Usually, during the darker, winter months, we have a full programme of guest speakers and more technical evenings, published in advance. But for the summer and the lighter evenings, we have more "impromptu evenings" where we discuss anything that comes to the fore, or even go out and about around Sutton capturing local scenes. The new programme for Autumn 2008 and onwards is now below. |
| Programme of Meetings | |
| 2009 - 2010 |
| Aug 5 | Members show own work |
| Aug 12 | Practical : bring camera and subject |
| Aug 19 | Digital workshop |
| Aug 26 |
Projected Image Competition
2 set machinery and 2 open |
| Sept 2 | TBA |
| Sept 9 | Beginners - composition |
| Sept 16 | Portrait evening |
| Sept 23 | Digital workshop |
| Sept 30 | Audio-visual workshop |
| Oct 7 | 'Nature through our camera' - Ken Barker |
| Oct 14 | An evening with Dave Walker |
| Oct 21 | Digital workshop |
| Oct 28 | Print competition : From a Bygone Age |
| Nov 4 | Practical: Bring camera |
| Nov 11 | Graham Marshall LIBPP |
| Nov 18 | Portrait evening |
| Nov 25 | Members night: Macro R. Smith |
| Dec 2 | Beginners - Bring pictures for assessment and advice |
| Dec 9 | TBA |
| Dec 16 | Ann's Christmas Quiz |
| Dec 23 | Closed |
| Dec 31 | Closed |
| 2010 | |
| Jan 6 | Audio-visual workshop |
| Jan 13 | AGM - think of ideas to improve our club |
| Jan 20 |
Projected Image Competition
2 set Street Scene and 2 open |
| Jan 27 | Portrait evening |
| Feb 3 | Digital workshop |
| Feb 10 | TBA |
| Feb 17 | YPU Annual Print Exhibition 2009 |
| Feb 24 | YPU Digital images 2009 |
| Mar 3 | Digital workshop |
| Mar 10 | Members night - Colin Hill |
| Mar 17 |
Print competition
2 set Waterfront + 2 open |
| Mar 24 | TBA |
| Mar 31 | Portrait evening |
| April 7 | Audio-visual night |
| Apr 14 | TBA |
| Apr 21 | Digital workshop |
| Apr 28 |
Image of the Year
Projected and Print |
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A Brief History of Brooklands Photographic Club.
We were founded in 1968 as the
Reckitts Photographic Society
, as part of their Sports and Social Club in Chamberlain Road. In about 1997
the Sports and Social Club was sold by the company to The Hull Brewery Company.
They then renamed the Reckitts Sports and Social Club to Brooklands Sports and
Social Club and so the Photographic Society decided to change its name too, to
Brooklands Photographic Club. In 2005 the Hull Brewery Company asked the
Photographic Club to leave their premises. We were kindly offered our present
room at the Methodist Church Hall Sutton, which we were happy to accept.
Since moving to Sutton our membership has steadily grown. Shortly
before the move, we applied for a grant from the National Lottery and were
successful. This enabled us to purchase a laptop computer, a digital projector,
a flatbed scanner and a printer. As most members are now using digital cameras,
we are now able to help with their use.
We also have studio lights and have regular practical evenings
using this equipment. A varied programme of speakers, presentations and
members' own print competitions all makes us a very busy club indeed. There's
always something going on. Our more knowledgeable members are always happy to
help the beginners.
Last, and by no means least important, we have facilities on the premises to provide refreshments during the evening, which gives members the opportunity to socialise. Visitors will find our members welcoming and friendly.
About our new logo : a comment by your Webmaster
This website went 'live' in the early hours of Feb 15, 2007. The club had determined that, with the onset of a website of their own and full entry into the digital age, it would be appropriate to have a logo. Gordon Gledhill presented us with four designs to choose from, three of which had the heraldic device of Sir John de Sutton, who died in 1357 and was a veteran of Agincourt. The logo chosen, seen above, has the device which appears on Sir John's tomb in St James' church in the village, a device which could be said to be Sutton's own, and further cements our club's relationship in its new home. We wouldn't want anyone to think that we 'exclude' possible members from West Hull ... the design of the logo and the red & white 'bend', as it's properly called, is obviously well over 700 years old, and I'm afraid we can't do anything about the late Sir John's choice of colour. Some may say that, notwithstanding three-quarters of a millennia of history, Sir John was obviously a Hull Kingston Rovers supporter. He may well have been. In the words of a recently departed bard of the English stage ... "They may say that ... I couldn't possibly comment ... "
So West Hull, any part of Hull & the East Riding, members
from anywhere, are all most welcome and will be assured of a friendly club
where a good laugh is as much part of the evening as the photography and a cup
of tea. And to show we are impartial when it comes to support all our local
teams, links to all three of Hull's fine football clubs, of both disciplines,
are to be found on our Links page ... Rovers first, of course.
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FINALLY, A GOOD JOKE
Good photography jokes are not easy to come by. So when I came across this one,
I thought of the club.
The Smiths were unable to conceive children, and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye and said, "Well, I'm off now. The man should be here soon." Half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer happened to ring the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. "Good morning, Ma'am", he said, "I've come to..." "Oh, no need to explain," Mrs. Smith cut in, embarrassed, "I've been expecting you." "Have you really?" said the photographer. "Well, that's good. Did you know, babies are my specialty?" "Well, that's what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat". After a moment she asked, blushing, "Well, where do we start?" "Leave everything to me. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch, and perhaps a couple on the bed. And sometimes the living room floor is fun. You can really spread out there." "Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn't work out for Harry and me!" "Well, Ma'am, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. But if we try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven angles, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results." "My, that's a lot!", gasped Mrs. Smith. "Ma'am, in my line of work a man has to take his time. I'd love to be in and out in five minutes, but I'm sure you'd be disappointed with that." "Don't I know it," said Mrs. Smith quietly. The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. "This was done on the top of a bus," he said. "Oh, my God!" Mrs. Smith exclaimed, grasping at her throat. "And these twins turned out exceptionally well - when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with." "She was difficult?" asked Mrs. Smith. "Yes, I'm afraid so. I finally had to take her to the park to get the job done right. People were crowding around four and five deep to get a good look" "Four and five deep?" said Mrs. Smith, her eyes wide with amazement. "Yes", the photographer replied. "And for more than three hours, too. The mother was constantly squealing and yelling - I could hardly concentrate, and when darkness approached I had to rush my shots. Finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just had to pack it all in." Mrs. Smith leaned forward. "Do you mean they actually chewed on your, uh...equipment?" "It's true, Ma'am, yes.. Well, if you're ready, I'll set-up my tripod and we can get to work right away." "Tripod?" "Oh yes, Ma'am. I need to use a tripod to rest my Canon on. It's much too big to be held in the hand for very long." Mrs. Smith is reported to have fainted. |