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Stratford upon Avon Photo Challenge for 21052024
May 22, 2024 -
The photo challenge in the two weeks up to the AGM on 21st. May 2024 was to take ten pictures around Stratford as follow...
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Victory in Banbury Battle 2023
April 19, 2023 -
On Tuesday 18th April 2023 we held the Annual Battle between SPG and Banbury Camera Club. This year SPG were the hosts....
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Creative Field Trip 12th Mar 2023
March 12, 2023 -
On the morning of Sunday 12th March, eight members met up with our tutor, Andy Page, for a creative field trip along the...
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SPG Stand at Bishopton Community Open Day 11th February 2023
February 11, 2023 -
SPG had a stand at the open day on 11th February manned by Phil Welch and David P Howard. A print stand was filled with...
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Malcolm Ranieri Memorial Treasure Hunt Competition 07 February 2023
February 08, 2023 -
On Tuesday 7th February the club held the annual Treasure Hunt competition in memory of past member Malcolm Ranieri. Me...
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Match That! Competition at Evesham Town Hall 19th Dec 22
December 20, 2022 -
The first post-pandemic, annual, Match That! competition took place last night at Evesham Town Hall between Droitwich Ca...
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Chedham's Yard Field Trip 14th Dec 2022
December 18, 2022 -
A small group led by David P Howard went to Chedham's Yard in Wellesbourne for a photo session with a blacksmith at his...
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Ettington Roundabout Orchid Field Trip June 2022
June 30, 2022 -
Three of the most common, indigenous, uk orchids can be found on and around the roundabout at Ettington where the A429 (...
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Audio Visuals Night 26 Jan 2021
January 27, 2021 -
The annual SPG AV night was held on Tuesday 26 Jan 2021 over Zoom for the first time. Despite a number of technical hitc...
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3 Way Competition with Evesham and Studley, 23rd November 2020
November 24, 2020 -
On Monday evening the annual 3 Way Competition between Stratford, Vale of Evesham and Studley took place, this year host...
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Mono Interest Evening 271020
October 28, 2020 -
The club held its latest Mono Interest Evening by Zoom on Tuesday 27th Oct. Photo: Welcome to SPG Mono Interest Group...
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Birmingham Xmas Market Night Shoot
November 21, 2019 -
Six intrepid photographers from Stratford Photo Group braved the cold, November night air on Tuesday 19th, to travel to...
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Stratford Photo Group Exhibition Draw Winner
October 28, 2019 -
During the recent Stratford Photo Group 73rd. Annual Exhibition, visitors were invited to vote for their favourite print...
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Stratford Photo Group 73rd Annual Exhibition
September 03, 2019 -
The 73rd annual exhibition of the Stratford Photo Group opened on Monday 2nd September 2019 in the upstairs gallery at S...
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AGM and Presentation of Annual Awards
June 05, 2019 -
The Annual Awards Presentation took place on Tuesday 4th. June 2019, after a well attended AGM. The trophies and certifi...
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Annual Cups Competition 28 May 2019
June 02, 2019 -
The competitive efforts of the year are now behind us following last Tuesday's Annual Cups competition. Michael Krier AR...
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Midphot 2019 Awards for Stratford Photo Group Members
March 22, 2019 -
The Midphot 2019 56th. Annual Exhibition of the Midland Counties Photographic Federation was held on Tuesday 20th. March...
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Malcolm Ranieri Memorial Treasure Hunt Competition 19 March 2019
March 20, 2019 -
On Tuesday 19 March 2019 the club held the Annual Treasure Hunt Competition. This competition was created by Malcolm Ran...
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Interclub Competition vs Leamington Spa PS on 12 March 2019
March 15, 2019 -
Last Tuesday we were expecting a small team from Leamington Spa PS to visit us, but were overwhelmed by a large platoon...
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Annual Cups Panels Competition 26th. Feb 2019
March 13, 2019 -
The Annual Cups Panels Competition was held at the clubhouse on Tuesday 26th. February 2019. The judge for the evening...
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Match That! Competition 11th December 2018
December 12, 2018 -
The annual, pre-xmas competition between Stratford Photo Group, Droitwich Camera Club and Vale of Evesham Camera Club to...
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Studio Workshop with Flash 27th. November 2018
November 28, 2018 -
On Tuesday 27th November the club hosted the professional actress and model Georgia Annable for a studio flash workshop.
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3 Way Competition Against Evesham and Studley on Wednesday 14th November
November 18, 2018 -
The annual 3 way competition between Stratford, Evesham and Studley was held on Wednesday 14th November, hosted this yea...
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Malcolm Edward Ranieri FRPS MPAGB BPE5* AFIAP, 15th. Dec 1945 - 12th. Oct 2018
November 03, 2018 -
A number of Stratford Photo Club members, past and present, attended Malcolm's funeral on 1st Nov at Oakley Woods Cremat...
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Midphot Panels Exhibition 2018 by Dick Prior
October 15, 2018 -
Midphot Panels Exhibition 2018 Most of you will be aware that we are affiliated to the Midlands Counties Photographic F...
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SPG Season Starts With A Cracking Merit 1 Competition
October 14, 2018 -
Derek Walton's 1st in the DPIs with "Summer Plumage Dunlin" There was a good turnout for our first Merit Competition...
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Birmingham Trip 19 April 2018
June 19, 2018 -
Six of us went to Brum; Malcolm, Dick, Michael, Paolo, Andrew, and myself. The forecast was for hot weather promising 24...
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MCPF Championships 21st. April 2018 by Stewart Band
April 24, 2018 -
Four of us, Dick, Mary, Michael and myself, had an early start arriving just before 9am for the MCPF Championships at Br...
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Interclub Competition vs Banbury 17th April 2018
April 18, 2018 -
The annual interclub competition with Banbury took place last night at the clubhouse. As usual the competition was close...
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Interclub Competition With Leamington 6th March 2018
April 04, 2018 -
We now have the fully verified results from the Leamington Interclub competition. As you may already know: Overall, Lea...
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Visit to LumeJet
November 09, 2017 -
Stratford Photo Group members were invited to visit LumeJet, on Tuesday 7th November 2017. LumeJet are a young company b...
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Annual Exhibition Winners
September 10, 2017 -
Our Annual Exhibition, held at Stratford Arts House from 13 to 31 July 2017, was again a great success. Visitor numbers...
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New SPG season starts soon…..
August 26, 2017 -
It’s not long now until the start of the new season at Stratford Photo Group. We hope you have had a happy and productiv...
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I’m not a natural history photographer! by Dick Prior
July 12, 2017 -
I’m not a natural history photographer but I do enjoy my photography and will have a go at any photography challenge (at...
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SPG Win in Interclub Competition with Banbury Camera Club 08 May 2017
May 09, 2017 -
The annual interclub print competition between Stratford Photo Group and Banbury Camera Club took place yesterday evenin...
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Photography in Oakley Wood 2017 by Dick Prior
April 27, 2017 -
Bluebells in Oakley Wood: There are a number of areas in Oakley Wood to photograph the bluebells but one of the best of...
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MidPhot Awards for Mary Kirkby
April 13, 2017 -
Mary Kirkby was recently presented with the David Moore Trophy for the Best Mammal Print in MidPhot 2017, for her pictur...
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Malcolm's Annual Treasure Hunt Competition
April 13, 2017 -
Malcolm's Annual Treasure Hunt Competition was judged on 4th April 2017. The challenge for this year's competition was t...
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Why not start the New Year by taking your interest in Photography a step further?
January 07, 2017 -
This year, at Stratford Photo Group, we have a new training programme aimed at new and less experienced photographers. Y...
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Members Workshop Evening 13 December 2016
December 16, 2016 -
The well attended workshop evening on Tuesday 13 December was held in two parts. Before the break, Michael Robertson-Sm...
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Interclub Battle SPG vs Evesham vs Studley 15 Nov 2016
November 18, 2016 -
The annual 3-way battle between SPG, Evesham and Studley took place at Bishopton Clubhouse on Tuesday 15 November 2016....
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Mono Interest Group Presentation
October 29, 2016 -
The Mono Interest Group showed a variety of projected images at the Club meeting on Tuesday 25th. October 2016. Of parti...
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Stratford Photo Group: A Personal View by Michael Robertson-Smith
September 01, 2016 -
My photographic journey started in the early ‘60s when my mother gave me her No. 1 Pocket Kodak, which I still have. I p...
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Annual Photographic Exhibition 2016 - Visitors' Favourite Image
September 01, 2016 -
Congratulations to Mary Kirkby, winner of the Visitors’ Favourite Image with her striking print Clean Sweep and to Derek...
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Memories of Passing Strangers by Dick Prior
August 13, 2016 -
‘Memories of Passing Strangers’ Welsh International 2016 FIAP Gold Medal for Best Picture in the Experimental Section...
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Can you take the LRPS Challenge? by Dick Prior
June 30, 2016 -
What is the challenge? You have just 10 pictures to prove that you are a competent and skilled photographer. How doe...
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Annual General Meeting and Award Ceremony
June 14, 2016 -
Stratford Photo Group’s Annual General Meeting and Award Ceremony took place at the club house on the evening of 7 th Ju...
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Mary Kirkby - My Photographic Journey
May 24, 2016 -
When I retired, my main occupations, apart from my job which I loved, had been housework, gardening and anything outdoor...
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Malcolm's Treasure Hunt evening
April 27, 2016 -
Tuesday 26th April 2016 was Malcolm's Treasure Hunt evening when club photographers brought their eight DPI images on th...
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Caption Competition No 5 - Prize kindly donated by Maplin
April 13, 2016 -
Caption Competition No 5 - Prize kindly donated by Maplin Michael Robertson-Smith completed back to back wins in Capt...
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SPG successes in Midphot 2016
March 21, 2016 -
The club had some outstanding successes this year in the Midphot 2016 exhibition. The highlights were an MCPF Ribbon aw...
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SPG win close Interclub battle with Leamington on 8th March 2016
March 21, 2016 -
Stratford Photo Group's reputation as a force to be reckoned with keeps growing! At long last our warrior forces have d...
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Caption Competition No 4 – Prize Voucher from Permajet
February 25, 2016 -
This month’s Caption Competition winner was chosen by Graham Walton, our judge for Merit 3 DPIs. Having achieved a clea...
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Everyone enjoyed a successful Chairman’s night at Stratford Photo Group
February 10, 2016 -
A group of SPG members gathered on Tuesday 9 th February 2016 at the clubhouse to tackle the Chairman’s challenge. Stewa...
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December Caption Competition – Prize £50 Voucher from Halo Print & Frame
January 13, 2016 -
Bob Train LRPS was our judge for Merit 2 Prints and as well as doing an excellent job, he also chose the winner of last...
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SPG win 3 way Interclub at Studley 25th. November 2015
November 26, 2015 -
SPG win 3 way Interclub at Studley 25th. November 2015 Last night 10 of our keen members went to Studley to support the...
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FIAP Gold Medal awarded to Doug Watson
October 08, 2015 -
Stratford Photo Group member Doug Watson has just been awarded the FIAP Gold Medal and Presidents Plaque in the 58th. Du...
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New Mono Interest Group to launch on 6th. October 2015
October 02, 2015 -
Stratford Photo Group launches its Mono Interest Group at 19.45 on Tuesday 6th. October at the Clubhouse. The session w...
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The new 2015/16 season starts Tuesday 8th. September 2015
September 07, 2015 -
Autumn is nearly upon us and the new club photographic season is about to commence. An exciting programme has been put...
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FIAP Distinctions Awarded
June 09, 2015 -
FIAP Distinctions awarded - report by Dick Prior Last week I received 2 envelopes in the post from FIAP. One of them...
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Outstanding Photofolio 2015 Successes
May 12, 2015 -
SPG Successes in Photofolio 2015 by Dick Prior We entered 15 PDIs and had 5 accepted (33%). We entered 15 Colour print...
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John E. Harding LRPS BPE3* EFIAP/s 22nd November 1948 - 3rd May 2015
May 05, 2015 -
It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that John passed away this weekend following a massive heart attack....
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SPG are the MCPF Small Club Champions 2015 in Prints and DPIs
April 26, 2015 -
Stratford Photo Group scoops the Small Club Award for both Prints and DPIs at the MCPF Championships 25th April 2015 Re...
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Studio Challenge at the Clubhouse 28th. April 2015
April 24, 2015 -
Studio Team Challenge led by Stewart Band. Come along to the Studio Team Challenge evening, 7.30 pm at the Clubhouse ne...
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Cotswold Salon 2015 - Monochrome Print Competition
April 21, 2015 -
Malcolm Ranieri reminds us that entries open shortly for the Cotswold Salon 2015 monochrome prints competition. Full det...
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A Most Successful Annual Cups Panels Competition
April 15, 2015 -
Annual Cups Panels Competition. Assessor Graham Walton DPAGB 15th April 2015. This year’s Panels Competition was judged...
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More Canals than Venice - Field Trip to Birmingham 23rd April 2015
April 13, 2015 -
On Thursday 23rd April, Malcolm Ranieri will lead a photographic field trip to Birmingham to explore the canal network....
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The 66th. Midland Salon - Entries Close 20th. April 2015
April 06, 2015 -
Dick Prior reminds us that entries close for the 66th. Midland Salon in 14 days time on 20th. April 2015. There are sect...
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MCPF Photofolio 2015
April 04, 2015 -
Dick Prior reports on the entry details for the MCPF Photofolio 2015 competition which can be found here. This is a clu...
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Merit Print Competitions - Get Your Digital Copies Sent In
April 04, 2015 -
Call for digital copies of Merit Print Competitions award winners. To complete the award winner's galleries for the Mer...
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Stratford Photo Group Launches New Look Website
April 03, 2015 -
Stratford Photo Group launches its new look website to improve your experience and to act as a focal point for club info...
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