Crediton Photography Club
Programme of Events for 2025-2026
OPEN EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 2025/26 SEASON
Friday, 19 September 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
There will be 29 club meetings in the season, followed by a final meeting on 24 April 2026 for our end-of-year presentations and AGM.
This is the first meeting of the new season, the first half of the evening will be to welcome all Members, introduce the Programme for the coming year and answer any questions, in the second half we will show images that Members have taken during the summer and be regaled by holiday stories.
INTERNAL SPEAKERS - DAVID REID AND MICK WELLS
Friday, 26 September 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
David Reid from Crediton Photography Club will present Part 1: “Flash Photography” and then Mick Wells from Crediton Photography Club will present Part 2: “Architecture”.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER - DAVID PIKE
Friday, 3 October 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
David Pike from Exeter Camera Club will present “From the Bottom of the Garden to the End of the World”.
OPEN COMPETITION 1
Friday, 10 October 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Open Competition 1 - Visiting Judge Chaz Madge from Exmouth Photo Group.
DON’T GIVE THE JUDGES WHAT THEY WANT … … MAKE THEM WANT WHAT YOU GIVE THEM!
EXTERNAL SPEAKER - JOHN PERRIAM
Friday, 17 October 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
John Perriam from Exmouth Photo Group will present “An Evening with John” a variety of individual presentations covering topics including: Creative, Places, Street Photography, Landscapes, Events, and more with the emphasis on photography for fun.
MEMBERS WORK
Friday, 24 October 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
It is always the intention to encourage Members to take photographs and have the opportunity to discuss and share those images with the other Club Members. Bring in your prints or digital images for constructive advice and suggestions from your fellow Club Members.
MY FAVOURITE PHOTOGRAPHER
Friday, 31 October 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Club Members to share images from a photographer they admire and explain why they mean something to them.
PROJECT NIGHT
Friday, 7 November 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
TBC.
OPEN COMPETITION 2
Friday, 14 November 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Open Competition 2 - Visiting Judge Ian Bateman FRPS, MPAGB, AV AFIAP, APAGB.
DON’T GIVE THE JUDGES WHAT THEY WANT … … MAKE THEM WANT WHAT YOU GIVE THEM!
SDPL COMPETITION
Friday, 21 November 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Round 1 Print Competition - Visiting Judge Donna Spencer from Honiton Camera Club.
This season Crediton Photography Club will be hosting the print competition round and Members from the other clubs involved will also be invited to attend.
INTERNAL SPEAKER - MIKE ELLIOTT
Friday, 28 November 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Mike Elliott from Crediton Photography Club will present Part 1: “Members to talk to Mike about their photography” and then Part 2: “How to Evaluate Pictures - looking at a selection of famous photos”.
PROJECT NIGHT REVIEW
Friday, 5 December 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Members to share and critique each others images taken on the Project Night.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER - JANE KEARNEY
Friday, 12 December 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Jane Kearney from Barnstaple Photographic Club will present Part 1: “Intro (varied) & Costa Rica” and then Part 2: “Landscapes & a bit of Astro”.
PRE-CHRISTMAS EVENING
Friday, 19 December 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
A social night for Members to be discussed and agreed at the opening night.
WELCOME BACK
Friday, 2 January 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
A review of images from the first half of the season and an opportunity for Members to share their winter and Christmas images.
VISITING SPEAKER - PAUL MCLOUGHLIN
Friday, 9 January 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Paul McLoughlin of Exeter Camera Club will present Part 1: “Landscapes of Nort West Scotland” followed by Part 2: “Bugs and Beauties, photographing insects, spiders, butterflies and damselflies” including some tips on equipment, techniques and processing.
MEMBERS WORK
Friday, 16 January 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
It is always the intention to encourage Members to take photographs and have the opportunity to discuss and share those images with the other Club Members. Bring in your prints or digital images for constructive advice and suggestions from your fellow Club Members.
OPEN COMPETITION 3
Friday, 23 January 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Open Competition 3 - Visiting Judge John Baker from Exeter Camera Club.
DON’T GIVE THE JUDGES WHAT THEY WANT … … MAKE THEM WANT WHAT YOU GIVE THEM!
INTERNAL SPEAKER - JULIAN KEMP
Friday, 30 January 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Julian Kemp from Crediton Photography Club will present “Event Photography”.
EXTERNAL SPEAKER - ADRIAN HARRIS
Friday, 6 February 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Subject TBC.
TRIPTYCH NIGHT
Friday, 13 February 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Members to bring in three digital images united by a common theme to share and be critiqued by the other Club Members.
WCPF DPIC - Visiting Appraiser TBC
Friday, 20 February 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Appraisal of images from the WCPF Inter-Club DPIC competition.
Results of this annual competition are presented at the Corn Exchange in Exeter in February of each year. Images are scored in tandem by three experienced national judges - the quality and standard of most of the images is outstanding.
We’ve taken a selection from this year’s competition entries and invited an experienced appraiser to give us their view - this is something that we may all benefit from - from the novice to the experienced.
PROJECT NIGHT
Friday, 27 February 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
To be discussed at the opening night.
WCPF TRAVELLING PRINT EXHIBITION
Friday, 6 March 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
The exhibition is a set of prints selected from the images accepted for the WCPF Members’ Exhibition held in May 2025. This is circulated around clubs in the region, with each club handing the prints on to the next club following a pre-arranged rota.
There are 72 prints in the selection this year and 58 clubs in the WCPF area have booked a slot to see the exhibition.
OPEN COMPETITION 4
Friday, 13 March 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Open Competition 4 - Visiting Judge Christine Marshall a former member of Crediton Photography Club.
DON’T GIVE THE JUDGES WHAT THEY WANT … … MAKE THEM WANT WHAT YOU GIVE THEM!
EXTERNAL SPEAKER - GORDON ASPLAND
Friday, 20 March 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Gordon Aspland from Newton Abbot Photographic Club will present “In Search of Uniqueness” a new and ‘unique’ presentation from Gordon that he has worked on over the winter and this may well be it’s first performance.
INTERNAL SPEAKERS - MIKE PORTER AND MICK WELLS
Friday, 27 March 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Mike Porter from Crediton Photography Club will present Part 1: “Wildlife & Hides” and then Mick Wells from Crediton Photography Club will present Part 2: “TBC”.
TBC
Friday, 10 April 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
TBC.
SUMMARY AND WRAP UP THE 2025/26 SEASON
Friday, 17 April 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
In the first half there will a retrospective of the season celebrating all of the wonderful images Members have taken this season.
In the second half Members will be invited to suggest and discuss ideas for next season’s Programme.
AGM
Friday, 24 April 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm Masonic Hall, Crediton
Presentations followed by the AGM - and the scramble for one of the committee roles for next season.