Programme

2023 to September 2024

August 2023
Date Day Event Venue
7thMonPhoto Walk Battersea (FULL)Battersea
17thThuPhoto Walk Brentford (FULL)Brentford
September 2023
Date Day Event Venue
7thThuMore...Lomokev from casual snapper to published author: a tale of Flickr, serendipity and the oldest swimming club in England
Kevin Meredith		KCC
Kevin Meredith is primarily a people and street photographer based in Brighton. He says he’s not what most people consider to be an average photographer, as is evident when you look at his online portfolio. He says he never leaves home without a camera and is always ready to capture anything that happens around him. He came to us in 2013 and greatly impressed.- to quote the Forum, there was never a dull moment and it was a very different and refreshing approach to photography. He has published 3 books on photography and his work has been widely seen in magazines and the press. He works commercially as a photographer for a range of different clients including names such as British Airways, American Express, Phillips, The Times, Body Shop, O2, Dr Martens, Dell, Somerset House and the British Film Institute. He describes a passion for passing on his knowledge of photography and regularly runs courses to help people think more creatively about the style and content of their image making.
11thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
12thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
13thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
14thThuMore...How travel makes us better photographers
Rob Irving		KCC
Rob Irving is a London based commercial photographer shooting people, products, architecture & events. Aside from his commercial work, he is also a lecturer at The British Academy of Photography, taking students through to Degree level. He also acts as a consultant, helping photographic organisations within the industry. Rob’s favourite and life-long hobby is photography and though he finds peace in photographing just about anything & everything, he’s particularly passionate about street photography.
16thSatVisit Hampton Court GardensHampton Court
19thTueAwards & Distinctions GroupZoom
21stThuMore...Members Evening - Even Better Mono
Simon Street		KCC
Now with a record 10 RPS Fellowships, Simon will share highlights of his most recent books and projects since last presenting to RTPS. He is keen to engage everyone attending in a spirited discussion of People, Macro, Abstract, Travel and Landscape images. Members of a less nervous disposition may enjoy the sections on ‘My Photo Disasters’ where he will reluctantly share some of his largest and funniest mistakes. Simon will also walk us through examples of his processing workflow. Finally, he will introduce us to ’60 Photographic Rules to Use or Abuse’ as a takeaway. Apart from that it will be a quiet evening. 
25thMonCommittee MeetingZoom
26thTueMonochrome GroupZoom
28thThuPrint Analysis
Rob Bonfield		KCC
October 2023
Date Day Event Venue
5thThuMore...2024 Exhibition Poster and SIG EveningKCC
1. Infrared SIG by Jocelyn Horsfall, 2. Monochrome and Pictorial SIGs by John Phillips, 3. 2024 Exhibition poster submissions, 4. Creative Eyes SIG by Bob Fisher, 5. Table Top SIG by Seamus Reid
10thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
11thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
12thThuMore...Tales from the Bush
Andy Skillen (Paying evening £3)		KCC
Andy Skillen came to us in 2016 and 2017 and many will remember his fascinating talk about photographing polar bears and their cubs on foot in the Canadian Arctic for BBC Wildlife, and then later his talk on Patagonia. He has been a wildlife photographer for over 25 years, shooting all manner of creatures around the world for articles, books and media. His fine art images feature in many galleries and collections. He has numerous awards and commendations to his name, including Sony World Photographer of the Year, National Geographic Photo of the Year, Travel Photographer of the Year and Winner of the Zoological Society of London ‘Photographer of the Year’. Andy also leads photo safaris and workshops and writes for several publications.
16thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
19thThuMore...But is it Art?
Keith Snell		KCC
Keith Snell has been a keen photographer for over 50 years working mainly in nature, travel, people, landscape, studio/portrait and creative image making. His website galleries exhibit his range and personal take on these genres. His talk 'But Is It Art', addresses the age-old question of whether photography can be considered as 'fine art'. He explores the more creative genre of fine art photography involving impressionistic and other approaches. Keith has achieved numerous Gold Medals in several international salons and commendations at the Sony World Photography Awards and other top exhibitions. We welcome his first talk for us at RTPS.
24thTuePictorial GroupZoom
26thThuPDI Analysis
David Hughes		KCC
November 2023
Date Day Event Venue
2ndThuMore...Underwater 2 - from Manatees to Crocodiles
David Keep		KCC to confirm
David Keep is an extraordinary photographer who, as you will see from his website, has mastered many areas of photography from sport through to nature, landscape, people and dance. He’s best known for his superb underwater images that elevate this genre to works of art. He’s been a photographer for a relatively short time but in the last six years has won over 50 Gold Medals in prestigious competitions as well as achieving an FRPS and MPAGB and other major awards. David gave us a zoom talk back in April 2020 and RTPS members who posted critiques on the Forum were unanimous in their praise of the evening with such remarks as…. A superb presentation and breathtaking images - amongst the very best I've ever seen - the quality of David’s photographs is second to none- totally original imaginative work - a truly magical evening, bring him back ASAP. We’re delighted David has agreed to come again. He’s travelling a long way, from Chesterfield, so we’d like to provide a warm, well attended welcome for him at RTPS.
8thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
9thThuIntermediate Challenge Trophy Competition
Eddie Hyde		KCC
14thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
16thThuMore...Creative and Experimental Photography
John Humphrey		Zoom
John came to us once before in 2018. He impressed us with his superb, creative images and his engaging style and manner. Members asked to have him back. John is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. His pictures have been shown at many exhibitions, including the London Salon of Photography and the RPS’s International Print and Projected Images. He runs a range of photographic events including RPS workshops on Macro and Art Photography, and Creative Techniques in Photoshop. He has also lead sessions at the UK's annual Photography Show. His photographs cover a wide range of subjects, including landscape, portrait and close-up floral and abstract studies. His travel photographs are used for corporate and promotional work, including exhibitions, calendars and advertising. Take a look at his website to get an idea of his very creative eye.
20thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
21stTueAwards & Distinctions GroupZoom
23rdThuMore...Figures in the Landscape
Patrick Nicholas		KCC
Patrick has given us talks on two previous occasions and many members have been very keen to have him back. Comments posted about those evenings included…superb and imaginative photos – varied, artistic and highly creative – a breath of fresh air – a highly entertaining speaker with great stories. Patrick has worked as a fashion and advertising photographer and has his own photo gallery in the small jewel town that is Orvieto, on the borders of Tuscany and Umbria. He divides his time between professional photography for the fashion industry, advertising and portraiture. Through his company Camera Etrusca, he also runs training courses and workshops in Italy, Portugal and Bohemia for photographers of all levels of competence. Patrick is undoubtedly one of the most creative photographers you will find anywhere. Don’t miss this evening!
26thSunMore...Infrared SIG Christmas TripRichmond
Trip to Richmond Christmas Market. We will meet at 3pm at Whittaker Avenue, Richmond to visit the market in Riverside and Whittaker Avenue including the Winter Wonderland. After some image taking as many as wish to can join us at either or both of the following: The Olde Ship Inn for drinks at 5pm or Sebastians for dinner at 6pm. Contact Pat Barbour to book a place for the meal
27thMonCommittee MeetingZoom
28thTueMonochrome+Pictorial GroupZoom
30thThuMore...Remembering Wildlife
Margot Raggett (Paying Evening £3)		KCC
Her talk will be about her conservation work and her newly launched book Remembering Leopards.
December 2023
Date Day Event Venue
6thWedMore...Infrared GroupZoom
Sharing of images from Christmas trip and talk about plans for 2024
7thThuMore...Fine Art Flower and Nature Photography
Andy Small		KCC
Andy Small is a highly creative Nature, Flower and Landscape photographer. He studied Fine Art at Bristol and his art college background meant he spent as much time painting and drawing as he did on his photography. His images are described as being ‘very painterly’ in their appearance. He is now recognised as one of the UK’s most original flower photographers. The natural world is a lifelong passion and provides inspiration for his work. He says that he is fascinated by the intricate structure and design found in nature and his photography celebrates this diverse but orderly world that often goes unnoticed. Andy exhibits regularly in the UK particularly at RHS events and select Art and Craft Fairs such as those organised by Craft in Focus details of the shows can be found on the Events page on his website.
12thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
13thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
14thThuChristmas Social - Arrangements to be confirmedKCC
January 2024
Date Day Event Venue
4thThuBest of the Best
Roger Reynolds 		KCC
8thMonCommittee MeetingKCC Meeting Room
9thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
10thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
11thThuMore..."Landscapes A to Z"
Alex Hare		Zoom
Alex is a full time professional commercial and landscape photographer. He came to us last in September 2020 and greatly impressed members with his work and his approach to the technical and creative challenges of landscape photography and to learning from both successes and failures. Learn more about him at www.alexharephotography.com. Alex also runs workshops and tutorials. One of these is an online course covering home photo book making. See details of this at www.alexharephotography.com/photography-workshops/view/photo-book-making​.
15thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
18thThuMore...A Collection of Moments
Viveca Koh		KCC
Viveca is a fine art photographer with a highly creative and original output of work that defies easy classification by genre or style. She works in colour and monochrome and often overlays multiple images or adds textures or documents as new layers to create final results that are more than a little bit different. See her galleries at www.vivecakohphotography.photoshelter.com. She was awarded a Fellowship of the RPS in 2014 and a Fellowship of the Irish Photographic Federation in 2021. She has been to us before and we welcome her back to see what she has been up to since her last visit more than 5 years ago,
23rdTueMonochrome GroupZoom
25thThuPDI Analysis
Pauline Martindale		KCC
February 2024
Date Day Event Venue
1stThuMore...President's Evening - Photo Art
Stan Farrow FRPS EFIAP DPAGB		Zoom
Stan Farrow is a highly creative digital photographer with a hugely impressive portfolio of work which has been widely exhibited and awarded worldwide. He enjoys applying an interest in modern art to his photographic work and the results are evident in the strength of his compositions and use of colour. See some of his work on his website at www.stanfarrowphotography.co.uk
8thThuMore...Talk
Roger Ford FRPS EFIAP/p		KCC
Roger Ford came to us once before in 2014 and impressed us with his superb images. A look at his website at www.rogerfordimages.com shows the extraordinary range of work in which he excels across almost every genre of photography. Roger holds a Fellowship at the RPS, a top distinction at EFIAP and is a member of the London Salon of Photography. We welcome him back to RTPS after nearly a decade of absence.
12thMonCommittee MeetingZoom
13thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
14thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
15thThuMore...A Journey from Pixels to process: Memory, mourning and materiality
Jo de Banzie FBIPP FMPA		KCC
Jo de Benzie is a London based photographic artist with a highly creative, unusual and unique style ranging across different genres covering people, places and strong visual narratives. She has an MA in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography, a Fellowship of The British Institute of Professional Photographers (BIPP), and has a Fellowship of The Master Photographers Association (MPA). Her work is held at the V&A Museum and has been shown and awarded at several galleries including the Saatchi Gallery, the RHS and many others.
19thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
20thTueAwards & Distinctions GroupZoom
22ndThuPrint Analysis
Brian Burden		KCC
27thTuePictorial GroupZoom
29thThuMembers Evening KCC
March 2024
Date Day Event Venue
7thThuAGMKCC
12thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
13thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
14thThuOpen PDI Trophy Review
David Smith		KCC
18thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
21stThuMore...Wildside
Richard Sharman ARPS 		KCC
Richard's photography takes him to many varied nature conservation locations in the UK and he is particularly interested in rewilding locations and organisations. He hopes to inspire others, particularly the young to enjoy and participate in nurturing our vulnerable and dwindling UK wildlife. In 2018, he attained the Judges Choice award from the Surrey Photographic Society in the annual, Nature Category, competition. He is surrounded both by natural beauty and all manner of wildlife - birds, animals, insects, and flora of all kinds. He uses his camera to document nature and then print images with a focus on the magic he find in daily life, in the garden, parks, nature reserves and wetland centres. His pictures endeavour to show action and tell wildlife stories although pure animal portraits shots can also be stunning.
26thTueMonochrome GroupZoom
28thThuMembers Critique Evening
Jay Charnock and Jon Phillips		KCC
April 2024
Date Day Event Venue
4thThuMore...Talk
Paul Sanders		KCC
Paul has been a professional photographer since 1984beginning his career as a fashion and advertising photographer. He moved into newspapers finally becoming Picture Editor at the The Times in 2002. His photography company, Still, brings together his love for landscape phtoography and his personal experience of using photography for wellbeing, offering a new way to use photography to express yourself and explore the world.
9thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
10thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
11thThuMore...Talk
Simon Ellingworth		KCC
Simon Ellingworth is a professional photographer and photography educator running photography tutorials and workshops through his business and through the Royal Photographic Society. His personal style covers many genres including street, people, portraits, landscape, monochrome and others. He has been a finalist in the iPhone Photography Awards, Professional Photographer of the Year, Mobile Photography Awards' and 'Sony World Photography Awards'. His workshops aim to challenge people’s thinking, change the way they see the world, and provide techniques to craft compelling images through a lens. You can see his work at www.flickr.com/people/simonellingworth/ and www.SimonEllingworth.com.
15thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
18thThuExhibition Opening Landmark Arts Centre
22ndMonCommittee MeetingKCC Meeting Room
23rdTuePictorial GroupZoom
25thThuPDI Analysis
Paul Hendley		KCC
28thSunExhibition ClosesLandmark Arts Centre
May 2024
Date Day Event Venue
2ndThuMore...Talk
Paul Waller		KCC
Paul Waller is President of Kingston Camera Club and this is part of our Society exchange programme. In this talk he will share how he gains access to the areas he photographs.
9thThuMembers evening KCC
14thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
15thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
16thThuMore...Talk
Vanda Ralevska & Linda Wevill		KCC
Vanda Ralevska: Vanda has been to RTPS three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and impressed us on every occasion with her wonderful and atmospheric landscapes and seascapes. She is a member of the prestigious Arena Photographers Group, the Landscape Collective UK group, We have had 9 Arena photographers at RTPS over the years but no-one has come to us more than Vanda. To be reminded why, look at her website at www.mylenscapes.uk. Linda Wevill: Linda is a highly creative photographer whose characteristic style is to achieve a soft painterly effect which captures the atmosphere and essence of a place. She has two Fellowships at the RPS, in 2013 and in 2022, both in the Visual Art Photography category. She also has an EFIAP Bronze distinction. Linda’s work is exhibited widely both within the UK and internationally, including at the Royal Albert Hall, the National Theatre, the Oxo Gallery and the Saatchi Gallery in London. See her work at www.lindawevillphotography.com.
20thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
23rdThuMore...Talk
Bill Ward		KCC
Bill Ward is a well know and highly acclaimed TV and Theatre actor, but also a top UK photographer. He has won many awards and commendations, both nationally and internationally and he has been widely exhibited and awarded in numerous exhibitions and galleries. In the last two years he has been a judge for UK Landscape Photographer of the year. He is also a tour/workshop leader for Light and Land. He runs his own workshops around the country and has given talks for the RPS. His work is highly creative and on occasions includes techniques such as close up work, Intentional Camera Movement and multiple exposures. See some of his work at https://billwardphotography.co.uk/galleries/
28thTueMonochrome GroupZoom
30thThuPDI Analysis
Paul Parkinson		KCC
June 2024
Date Day Event Venue
6thThuOpen Print Trophy Review
Tim Morland		KCC
11thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
12thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
13thThuMore...Talk
Leigh Preston FRPS EFIAP MPAGB 		Zoom or KCC to be confirmed
Leigh Preston’s work covers travel, portraiture, street, documentary, urban, landscape and studio, His style of photography relies heavily on atmospherics, dramatic lighting and strong storylines. Much of it is taken either in isolated places or is of buildings and landscapes that are well past their ‘sell-by’ date. Much is in monochrome. Leigh holds two RPS Fellowships, one for pictorial images taken of the mill towns in Lancashire and Yorkshire and the other for Darkroom printing. He belongs to the ARENA group of photographers and is a member of The London Salon. Now semi-professional, his work involves teaching photography and running workshops in the UK. He also is as a tutor and lecturer for Permajet. See his work at www.leighpreston.co.uk .
17thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
18thTueAwards & Distinctions GroupZoom
20thThuPrint Analysis
Peter Merry		KCC
24thMonCommittee MeetingZoom
25thTuePictorial GroupZoom
27thThuAwards Dinner
September 2024
Date Day Event Venue
5thThuTalk
TBC
10thTuePost Processing GroupZoom
11thWedTable Top GroupRaleigh Road
12thThuTalk
TBC
16thMonCreative Eyes GroupZoom
19thThuMembers' Presentation
24thTueMonochrome GroupZoom
26thThuPDI Analysis
Alan Copeland		KCC
30thMonCommittee MeetingZoom

Venue Key

KCC - Kew Community Centre

Kew Community Centre, Upper Hall, The Avenue, Kew, Richmond, TW9 2AJ (Main Thursday meetings)

St Lukes

The Avenue, Kew, Richmond, TW9 2AJ (Specialist Group meetings, except Studio Groups).
It is suggested that attendees at these meetings congregate at the main entrance to St Lukes. All meetings to start at 8.00pm

SHS - Signal House Studio

Signal House, 127 Molesey Avenue, West Molesey, Surrey, KT8 2FF (Studio Portraiture Group meetings)

RRUC - Raleigh Road United Church

Raleigh Road, Richmond TW9 (Table Top Group meetings)

Landmark

Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Lane, Teddington, TW11 9NN (Annual Exhibition)

VH - Vestry - Vestry Hall

RPLC, The Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, TW9 1SA (Committee meetings and Open Evenings)

Note that KCC, Landmark and RPLC are accessible to wheelchair users.
Unless otherwise stated all meetings begin at 8:00 pm
(£) indicates there will be a small charge to be paid upon entry

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