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SEPTEMBER 2026 |
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07 |
Open Intro evening: for members and public: about ECC, recent outings and images |
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14 |
Lecture 1: Steve Kingswell ARPS AFIAP - Understanding Art Photography (stevekingswell.com) |
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21 |
Critique 1 : Paul Graber ARPS ( SPA) |
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28 |
Members' Evening 1: Stories behind pictures that have been successful in external competitions |
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OCTOBER 2026 |
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05 |
Lecture 2: Mike Longhurst FRPS: Creating a Sense of Place in Travel Photography |
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12 |
PDI Competition 1: David Hughes ARPS DPAGB BPE5* (SPA) |
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19 |
Print Competition 1: Eddy Hyde FRPS (SPA) |
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24 |
(Saturday) Surrey Photo Assoc: AGM and individual print and PDI championship |
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26 Zoom |
Lecture 3: Adam Gibbs (adamgibbs.com) |
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NOVEMBER 2026 |
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2 |
PDI Competition 2: Robert Ayto LRPS CPAGB (SPA) |
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9 |
Members Evening 2: |
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16 |
*Concorde Trophy: Hosted by Dorking CC |
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16 |
Lecture 4: Louise Welcome Landscape - Finding your own style (louisewelcomephotography.co.uk) |
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23 |
Print Competition 2: Graham Mansfield (SPA) |
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30 |
Critique 2: David Wheeler FRPS MFIAP EFIAP/d1 MFIAP (PAGB) |
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DECEMBER 2026 |
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5 |
(Saturday) PAGB SPA Surrey: Inter-club PDI competition |
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7/8 |
Christmas Dinner Week: Monday or Tuesday depending on venue |
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14 |
Lecture: Julia Wainwright: Natural World Photography in the Western Palearctic (juliasimages.com) |
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21 |
No Club Meeting |
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28 |
No Club Meeting |
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JANUARY 2027 |
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04 |
PDI Competition 3: Andrew Webster ARPS (SPA) |
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11 |
Members Evening 3: |
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18 |
Critique 3: In house with John Atherton |
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25 Zoom |
Lecture 6: Nigel Goldsmith: Smart Phone Photography (nigelgoldsmith.co.uk) |
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FEBRUARY 2027 |
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01 |
Print Competition 3: Simon Bedwell LRPS (SPA) |
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08 |
Members Evening 4: |
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15 Zoom |
ICC Invitation Challenge: Ralph Snook DPAGB ARPS EFIAP/s (PAGB) v Maidstone CC, Molesey PC, Steyning CC and Windlesham & Camberley CC |
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22 |
Monochrome Competition – Print: Paul Waller DPAGB ARPS EFIAP/s (SPA) |
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MARCH 2027 |
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01 Zoom |
Lecture 7: Roger Hance FRPS DPAGB AFIAP BPE5*: ‘All the Gear and No Idea’ Is full of ideas in varied genres; includes raw and final images (rogerhancefrps.com) |
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08 |
Chairman’s Evening: |
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15 |
3-of-a-Kind Competition (Print): Anne Healey FRPS DPAGB EFIAP/g BPE5 (SPA) |
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Tues 16? |
Surrey Advertiser Rosebowl (Hosted by Woking PS at Sheerwater) Judge: TBD |
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22 |
Members Evening 5: |
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29 |
No Club Meeting: Easter Monday |
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APRIL 2027 |
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05 |
Print Competition 4: Pat Couder CPAGB BPE1 QPSA (SPA) |
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12
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Lecture 8 : Rosemary Wilman HonFRPS ABPE APAGB: ‘Some of The Way I See It’ (wilmanphoto.co.uk) |
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19 Zoom |
Nature PDI Competition: Kevin Elsby FRPS (Zoom) |
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26 |
PDI Competition 4: Sheena Rogers ARPS (SPA) |
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MAY 2027 |
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03 |
No club meeting – May Bank Holiday |
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8 |
*SPA Inter-Club Print East Horsley |
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10 |
Annual Exhibition Commentary: Tim Morland ARPS DPAGB (SPA) |
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17 |
AGM and Set Subject PDI Competition: Judge: Internal – TBA |
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24 |
TBA |
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JUNE 2027 |
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1 Tue |
Annual Exhibition (Tuesday) - Venue Horton Arts Centre: Private View and Presentation of Awards. Our judges and lecturers, friends and family are invited to the Horton Arts Centre for this annual event. |
ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Venue: The Horton, Epsom (TBC)
01 June – 12 June 2027 (TBC)
All meetings at the Wellness Centre, Longmead unless listed as ‘Zoom’
? = Date not yet known *= external comp
ACTIVITIES OVER SUMMER
We shall be aiming to arrange a number of meetings, workshops and outings between the end of the Exhibition and the re-commencement of regular meetings at the Longmead Centre. Details may be found on the website.
MEETINGS
This friendly club meets on Mondays at 7.45 for 8.00 pm at the Wellness Centre, Sefton Road, Epsom KT19 9HG (off Longmead Road). If you are interested in photography whether new to photography or experienced, this is the club for you.
POTENTIAL MEMBERS are welcome. Please attend a couple of meetings before joining.
VISITORS are also welcome and will, of course, be encouraged to join the club.
WORKSHOPS on topics of special interest will be arranged on an ad hoc basis throughout the year.
DISCOUNTS are available at some local retailers on production of membership card.
OUTINGS to external exhibitions and events take place throughout the season; details will be announced at Club meetings and posted on the website.
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Rosemary Wilman Hon FRPS ABPE* APAGB
Mike Longhurst FRPS
Simon Powell
John Atherton
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
Annual Subscriptions for 2026-27 are payable by 1st October 2026
Payments by bank transfer.
Competition entries may be refused from non-paid-up members after 1st October.
For Membership Enquiries:
email Vanessa at [email protected]
SURREY PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION
Over 50 clubs in Surrey and West Sussex belong to the SPA, one of 15 members of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB). It runs competitions, a biennial exhibition, other events and services.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank the SPA and the PAGB for help in obtaining judges and lecturers
Website: www.epsomcc.org.uk
PROGRAMME AND COMMITTEE
2026 – 2027
Chairman: Peter Barnes
Vice Chairman: T.B.A
Secretary: Nicky Rochussen ARPS
Treasurer: Sheena Gordon
Print Secretary: John Wylie
External Competition Secretary:
Rosemary Wilman Hon FRPS ABPE APAGB
Exhibition Secretary: Roy Twyman
Programme Secretaries: Michelle Pierce,
Gillian Tiplady, Rosemary Wilman Hon FRPS
Projected Images Secretaries: John Boyer
Website: Simon Powell
New Members Secretary: Vanessa Soares