Sileby Photographic Society

Programme

Our season runs from September to May. During the summer break we take part in walks around the area, with a view to having a good time and maybe even taking some pictures. Whether or not we take any pictures, the evening invariably ends in a local hostelry. Please do contact us if you would like details of the walks. Find below details of all meetings and events for the season. A PDF version of our complete programme is available here. You will need Acrobat Reader in order to view the document. Click the icon below to download Acrobat Reader.  If you decide to print it and your printer has a "booklet" setting, then this PDF version is ideal, having been typset for booklet printing.  If changes to the programme become necessary, they will be notified below but not changed in the PDF version.

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Please note the start time of 7.15 for 7.30pm.

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September | October | November | December
January | February | March | April | May

September

Mon 1 Social Evening: Bring and Tell
Your chance to show and talk about some of your pictures and to receive feedback from other members; a sort of self-critique evening.
Mon 8 "Camera Clubs - My Takeaway" Paul Burrows
Mon 15 No meeting
Mon 22 "A Norwegian Coastal Voyage" Bob Andrews
Mon 29 "Sicily"
Closing date for entries for the
3rd Quarterly Competition
Malcolm Coulton

October

Mon 6 "The Danube Delta" John and Di Tilsley
Mon 13 3rd Quarterly Competition
Submit 12-Shot Challenge Entries
Judge: Steffan Nicholson
Mon 20 Committee Meeting
Mon 27 Graham Johnson 12-Shot Challenge Judge: Malcolm Sales ARPS ABIPP

November

Mon 3 NEMPF Exhibition 2025: Prints
Mon 10 “How Do I … ?”
Bring along questions about, well, anything photographic really. If you’re in need of precise answers to very specific questions, email them in advance to progsec@silebyps.org.uk.
Mandy Sherrington
    and Colin Machin
Mon 17 No meeting
Mon 24 “Galapagos: Enchanted Islands”
Closing date for entries for the
4th Quarterly Competition
Gianpiero Ferrari FRPS DPAGB BFBPE EFIAP

September | October | November | December
January | February | March | April | May

December

Mon 1 "The Magic of the Settle to Carlisle Railway"
Robert Falconer
Mon 8 4th Quarterly Competition
Judge: Sean Taylor
Mon 15 Pictures and Pies
Bring six of your images to show or some mince pies (maximum 1 box)
Closing date for entries for the
Annual Competition
 
Mon 22 No meeting - Christmas Break
Mon 29 No meeting - New Year Break

January

Mon 5 Annual Competition Critique Judge: David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5* CPAGB/AV
Mon 12 “Namibia”
Closing date for entries for the Knockout Competition - refer here for the instructions for entry

Pete Smith CPAGB
Mon 19 Annual Dinner  
Mon 26 Digital Image Knockout
Judge: Phil Peat BPE3* CPAGB EFIAP

February

Mon 2 “East Midlands Steam and Vintage Society Annual Photographic Competition”
You are invited to critique these pictures, which represent a variety of topics from photographers of very different levels of competence; a fun evening.
James McKay
Mon 9 “The Soar Valley Revisited”
Malcolm’s U3A group has been working for a year to update two of Sileby’s Exhibition AVs to show how the Soar Valley has changed, and we’ll see the comparisons, some very stark, here.
Closing date for entries for the
1st Quarterly Competition
David Putt and Malcolm Coulton
Mon 16 No meeting
Mon 23 1st Quarterly Competition Judge: David Kissman OBE CPAGB BPE3* AFIAP

September | October | November | December
January | February | March | April | May

March

Mon 2 "The Dinosaur Goes Manx" David Putt
Mon 9 "Three Generations in Shanghai"
Lois Webb CPAGB
Mon 16 No meeting
Mon 23 "Capturing Mood and Atmosphere in Landscapes"
This talk will be live-streamed into our usual venue at St. Mary's, so just turn up as you would any other week.
Sarah Howard
Mon 30 "Surviving an Antarctica Expedition"
Closing date for entries for the
2nd Quarterly Competition
Margaret Hawkesworth

April

Mon 6 No meeting - Easter Monday
Mon 13 2nd Quarterly Competition Judge: Robert Falconer
Mon 20 NEMPF Exhibition 2026: Digital Images
Mon 27 Mix and Match Battle with Shepshed
and Ashby
Many of you will remember Mix and Match Battles from way back. Three teams compete and one leads with a picture in each round. The other two teams have a set time to show an image that matches the lead one in some way, obvious or not. Points are awarded for a match and for the best image. The judge will not be surprised to receive help in coming to his conclusions.
Judge: Steve Myall EFIAP/b BPE5*

May

Mon 4 No meeting - Bank Holiday
Mon 11 No meeting
Mon 18 Annual General Meeting  

September | October | November | December
January | February | March | April | May