Victory Cup Digital Comp 2015-16 (DL2)  This competition took place on Thursday 7th January 2016. There were 60 images. It was judged by Ray Bridges LRPS, CPAGB, ADPS, BEP3* First: Spoon Reflections by Ignatius Mauceri   Second: Blue Smoke Trail by Ignatius Mauceri     Third: Ball in Hand by Tony Clayton   HC: Reculver Towers at Sunset by John Walsh HC: St Augustines Asylum Ghost Well done indeed to the above and all those that presented images for this competition. (The full score sheet for this competition is available from the “Members only” section)              

  2015-16 Season PANEL COMPETITION This competition was judged by Mr Kevin Bell, LRPS. There were 10 entries . The winning images were as follows: 1st Place (20) Flowers by Brigita Amey 2nd Place (20)   Tree Patterns by Bert Gilchrist 3rd Place (19) Autumn Trees by Bert Gilchrist Well done indeed to the above and all those that presented images for this competition. (The full score sheet for this competition is available from the “Members only” section)   2015-16 Season DISCOVERY DAY CHALLENGE  (Digital images taken on the day within a specified area) This competition was judged in-house by four members who had no images of their own on…

  2015-16 Season SMALL PRINT COMPETITION & Social evening Small prints were judged in-house by members of the club and their friends. The winning prints were as follows: Colour Prints: 1st      MOSQUE by Mick Mackman 2nd   BUTTERFLY by Janice Anderson 3rd= THIS COULD BE AWKWARD! by Tony Clayton 3rd= TRI-COLOURED HERON by Tony Clayton Monochrome prints : 1st      FIVE FORKS by Ignatius Mauceri 2nd    WHITBY ABBEY by Tony Clayton 3rd     MEERKAT by John Amey Well done indeed to the above for their success and all those who brought prints on the night thereby helping to make for an enjoyable evening.  

Last night at the Reflex Photographic Club was a true “print fest”. We had a superb evening courtesy of John Read from Marrutt, a professional inkjet and paper company based in East Sussex. John started the evening with a brief description of Marrutt’s history from cabinet making, darkroom equipment and finally to the professional inkjet inks and papers that are the mainstay of the companies trade. This was followed by an informative session on “darkroom style” printing from an inkjet printer. John finished off with a demonstration of the new Pro Photomount system for displaying prints and a Question and Answer session. The evening was further enhanced by the sale of discounted…

It is with deepest regret that I have to inform you that one of our long standing members, Ronald (Ron) Packman, sadly passed away early Monday morning.   Despite a long standing illness Ron was a frequent and very active member of the Reflex Photographic Club and was the “go to” person for help with photographic prints, both darkroom and digital.   I will keep you informed of the date for Ron’s funeral for those who wish to pay their respects. I am sure all pour thoughts go out to Ron’s family at this difficult time.

Last night was the 2nd Reflex meeting of  the season. We were very grateful to John Walsh for presenting a lecture entitled “JPEG vs RAW”. The lecture was very informative, even to those members who had some prior knowledge of the RAW process. There was a short introduction to the benefits or otherwise of each image format and some practical demonstrations of some of the powerful tools available to RAW users. There was even a section on Black and White conversion in RAW which could prove very useful to members wishing to enter the John Amey Print competition in a months time (theme – Black and White). Looking forward to…

Last Thursday 3rd September saw the 1st evening of the new Reflex Season. The year started off well with an explanation of the recent rule changes as well as a brief overview of the club’s programme for the year. This was followed by a print mounting demonstration by Vic Cassar – which proved very useful to members wishing to start print competitions. There was one issue raised:- it appears that a number of members are not receiving Reflex information by email. Could all current members please check that their email programmes are accepting emails form our email address. Please ensure that you are including your email address with your membership…

The programme and handbook for the Reflex Photographic Club 2015-16 season are now available on this website. There have been a number of changes to the programme this year so do read the programme and handbook carefully to see what we have in store. Don’t forget – This season will start on 3rd September at the new start time of 19.45. There will be an explanation of the new rules and season programme so the evening will be of interest to all members – both new and established. I will be emailing a copy of the Programme and Handbook to all members shortly.   Martin Mitchell. Chairman. Reflex Photographic Club.

Unfortunately I had a phone call yesterday regarding our planned trip on the MV Pocahontas. The company who own the ship have had to cancel our trip on 20th June as they do not have enough passengers to make the trip viable. They have suggested that we could re-book for 27th June instead – please let me now if you would be able to attend on this new date ASAP by emailing the club at the usual address.. I will then make a decision as to whether to change the date or just cancel until later in the year. I am very sorry to have to cancel at such short…

Medway Cup 2015 RESULTS  Many congratulations to Jim Pocknell on being awarded a well deserved first, second and third! (I think that is probably a first in itself?) … AND ….  many congratulations on getting first place in the digital league as well! Well done Jim!   1st: 2nd: 3rd: