Lutterworth Photographic Society Co-op
Annual Programme up until December 2025
Revised 05/11/2025
If on Zoom a link will be sent to members a few days before each Club meeting
Final Entry Dates for Competitions - please email images to peter.sands1951@outlook.com
Please note – all images must be submitted in advance
Hand in dates:-
12/11/2025 PDIOTY Heat 3
26/11/2025 Set Subject "The Blue Hour"
14/01/2026 PDIOTY Heat 4
18/02/2026 Conservation Trophy
01/04/2026 Set Subject 'Mono'
08/08/2026 Hand-in for Annual Exhibition PDI’s
14/08/2026 Annual Exhibition (the Quartet theme – Bridges)
15/08/2026 Ditto
The pdf download is here but note the programme may change at short notice.
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05/11/2025 Cedars Challenge @ Earl Shilton
A print competition that we have yet to win, so we’ll need our best prints tonight.
Early start – 6:40 from car park (7:30 start @ Constitutional Club, LE9 7GE)
12/11/2025 “Uniquely Zimanga”, with Jayne Hutchings
This is sure to be a special evening with Jayne’s images from the renowned KwaZulu-Natal game reserve, specially designed for wildlife photographers.
Hand-in Heat 3 of the annual PDI comp. (Any subject)
19/11/2025 “The Art of Macro” with Tony North, MPAGB (on ZOOM)
Tony is an extremely successful photographer who is probably best known for his award winning wildlife macro shots. Tonight, he will be Zooming in from Manchester to give us some tips on how he goes about getting them. This is sure to be a special night, so don’t miss it.
26/11/2025 Heat 3 Judge for yourself – PDI of the year (on ZOOM)
Your votes will be used to promote some of our top images at the end of the year.
Hand-in for “The Blue Hour"
03/12/2025 3rd Set-Subject PDI Comp, "The Blue Hour" (on ZOOM)
An internal PDI competition (up to 3 entries per member) judged by ourselves.
10/12/2025 Xmas Social
17/12/2025 “Elliot’s Exploits in 2025” with Julian Elliot (on ZOOM)
Julian is an award-winning professional freelance landscape and travel photographer specializing in photographic commissions. He has plans for each month of 2025 and intends to show us some images culled from these recent trips to exotic places far and wide. You’ll need deep pockets, but check out his website if you fancy joining him.
www.julianelliottphotography.com
No meetings – Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
07/01/2026 “Creative Differences”, with Jane & Adrian Lines (on ZOOM)
A PAGB recorded lecture by Adrian Lines, MPAGB, FBPE, EFIAP, SPSA, AWPF and his wife, Jane, LRPS, MPAGB, BPE5*. The couple are rightly celebrated in photographic circles - expect something special.
https://janelines.com/ https://adrianlines.com/wordpress/
14/01/2026 “Project Infinity” with Ken Scott (on ZOOM)
Who could forget Ken’s landscapes in his “Touching the Light” talk that he brought us this time last year. “Project Infinity” could challenge you this coming year. It’s bound to be an exceptional evening, so don’t miss it.
https://touchingthelight.co.uk/portfolios/project-infinity/
Hand-in Heat 4 of the annual PDI comp. (Any subject)
21/01/2026 Member’s Image Clinic, with David Kissman (on ZOOM)
We’ve invited David Kissman back to critique our images and to offer suggestions on how to improve them. We’ll need lots of your PDIs (in advance) so as to provide David with a steady source of images upon which to comment. Why not take advantage of this timely opportunity to better your chances of gaining an acceptance or two at Midphot.
28/01/2026 Heat 4 Judge for yourself – PDI of the year (on ZOOM)
Your votes will be used to promote some of our top images at the end of the year.
Members fortunate enough to have lots of images in the final, will have to choose which three to keep. (Please make your selections known by the 11/02/26)
04/02/2026 “Tip sharing” night (on ZOOM)
Tonight we would like you to share any useful tips (printing tips, workflow tips, image manipulation tips, smartphone tips, etc.) using your own images as examples.
Alternatively, if you would like some advice yourself with a particular problem, then please make it known in advance and perhaps supply an illustrative example.
11/02/2026 In Search of “Je ne sais quoi”, with Aleks Gjika (on ZOOM)
Aleks (EFIAP/b, DPAGB, BPE1*) is a very successful freelance photographer based in Gloucestershire, selling prints, books and tutoring. He says on his website that “To me photography is not a profession or a job - to me photography is an art, a passion to work with light and to produce works of art that we enjoy seeing again and again.”
Tonight’s talk promises to be another special evening searching for that “something that you can’t quite put your finger on”.
https://aleksgjika.com/pagebox/lectures
18/02/2026 PDIOTY with Bob Goode, ARPS LIPF EFIAP/p DPAGB BPE4* (on ZOOM)
Over the course the last 12 months our PDI heats have identified tonight’s top images. Only a fortunate few have made it through to the final. Tonight we shall find out which image deserves to be called our “PDI of the Year”.
Hand-in PDI’s for next week’s “Conservation Trophy”
25/02/2026 The Johnson Conservation Trophy, with John Haines
LPSC has a strong cohort of natural history photographers and the Johnson Conservation Trophy is their most coveted prize. Tonight, one of our favourite judges has the unenviable task of selecting a winner from what’s bound to be a strong field. (Note we are back at the Church tonight.)
04/03/2026 Member’s night - short presentations.
Tonight is your opportunity to shine by entertaining the rest of us (for say 10 minutes). It could be pics from your recent holiday or just some random thing you’d like to share. We’ve two hours to fill, so don’t be shy - the more the merrier.
11/03/2026 Away battle vs Dunchurch PS
Early start – 7:00 from car park (7:45 start @ WI Hall, CV21 4PH)
18/03/2026 President’s Evening
On reaching the end of his term as President, Paul will have something up his sleeve for us tonight - don’t miss it.
25/03/2026 AGM
It’s the appropriate time to make your input into the club’s future direction, plus thanking those members who’ve served the club over the last 12 months and to offer your support for the next 12. (Next season’s subscriptions will be decided and will come due next week.)
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LPSC Program – 2026-27
(Please note – all images must be submitted in advance)
01/04/2026 Your Mobile Phone Pics
The latest mobile phones can take some amazing images. Members can each bring up to six (in .jpg format) for an evening of informal/enlightening discussion. The originals must have been taken in the last 12 months.
Hand-in for "Mono"
08/04/2026 1st Set-Subject PDI Competition "Mono"
An internal PDI competition (up to 3 entries per member) judged by ourselves.
15/04/2026 Practical Evening with Marlies Chell – bring your cameras
Marlies (of Rolls Royce Derby PS) will be bringing us a selection of small creatures to photograph. There will be a number of “set-ups” for you to try out, each with their own lighting and background. Bring your tripods too.
Hand in Heat 1 of the annual PDI comp. (Any subject)
22/04/2026 An Evening with JH
John will be entertaining us tonight with a number of presentations containing some of his favourite images. It’s sure to be interesting.
29/04/2026 Heat 1 Judge for yourself – PDI of the year
Your votes will be used to promote some of our top images at the end of the year.
06/05/2026 8th Salon des Refuses Prints (“Masters of Print” near misses)
The “Masters of Print”, in many people’s opinion, is the most prestigious print exhibition in UK amateur photography. Only 60 prints from 60 different photographers are accepted. Tonight we will see (up close) some of the near misses - those that didn’t quite make it into the exhibition.
13/05/2026 Summer social, at a venue with a Pub.
Summer Break
There may be some field trips or other social events this summer so please keep checking the website for details.
Sat 08/08/2026 Hand-in for Annual Exhibition PDI’s
Fri 14/08/2026 Annual Exhibition (the Quartet theme – Bridges)
Sat 15/08/2026 Ditto
Our annual exhibition will run alongside that of the Lutterworth “Stitchers” in the Methodist Church. Together, the exhibitions will promote the undoubted creative talent within the town. There are three trophies at stake, the George Hunt trophy for the best PDI, the Ray Needham trophy for the best Print, and the Quartet Trophy for a set of small prints on a chosen theme. For our part, the exhibition requires a big effort, to make the pictures, to put up and take down the displays and also to be on hand to talk to members of the public during the exhibition. I’m sure we will be up for it.