
Programme of events 2021 - 2022

We have some themed competitions for the 2021/22 DPI League:
11th October 2021 – Open subject.
6th December 2021 – Nature (including flora) and animals in the wild or captivity (no pets please).
24th January 2022 – Landscape, Seascape and Urban Landscape.
21st March 2022 – Open Mono (any subject, straight or creative and any mono colour ie black and white, sepia, cyanotype etc).
You can submit 3 images per competition.
Here are some things you can be working on over the year:
13th September 2021 SUMMER CHALLENGE: ESSENCE OF A PLACE – SHOW UP TO 6 IMAGES THAT PORTRAYS YOUR INTERPRETATION OF A TOWN OR PLACE. This can be anything you like, including a garden, building, town, park, seaside resort etc.
7th March 2022 – show your Audio Visual presentations.
4th April 2022 – show your panels following Roger Hance’s talk on 10th January 2022.
16th May 2022 – Another Project evening as the last one was so popular. Up to 10 images allowed. Choose your subject and get cracking!
Programme for 2021 / 2022 Season
Meetings at Whitstable Rugby Club 7:30 pm
13th September: Welcome Back. Show photos from the Summer Challenge – Essence of a Place – show up to 6 images that portrays your interpretation of a town or place
27th September: Speaker Derek Michalski on Infra Red Photography
4th October: Last hand in date for DPI Round 1 (Subject Open)
11th October: DPI Round 1 Judge: Paul Parkinson LRPS CPAGB. Subject: Open
25th October: Speaker Caroline Preece LRPS with “Tools not Rules” (Zoom)
8th November: Members’ Evening – Still Life tuition by Kirsty Ralfs ARPS QGP
22nd November: Speaker Ruth Grindrod with Colours, Tones and Textures. 7.30pm start. Meet in the hall, speaker on Zoom. Find out more about her photography on her website, https://www.ruthgrindrodlandscapephotography.co.uk/
29th November: Last hand in date for DPI Round 2 (Subject Nature and Animals in the wild or captivity)
6th December: DPI Round 2 Judge Sue Green ARPS DPAGB Subject: Nature (including flora) and animals in the wild or captivity. On Zoom, not in the hall!
14th December: DPI Battle with Malling Photographic Society (Tuesday) hosted by Malling PS (Online, 8pm)
20th December: Christmas get together On Zoom, not in the hall!
27th December and 3rd January NO MEETINGS
10th January: Speaker Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP BPE5 “Working in Panels”. This will be on Zoom, not in the hall!
17th January: Last hand in date for DPI Round 3 (Subject Landscape/Seascape/Urban landscape)
24th January: DPI Round 3 Judge: Andy Smith LRPS CPAGB
Subject: Landscape/seascape/urban landscape. On Zoom.
7th February: Members’ Evening – Show still life images, then "An Introduction to AV’s" talk by John Newell, in which he will show us all how to create an audio visual presentation.
21st February: Speaker: David Jenner, "Night and Day Panoramas", more information on his web site.
7th March: Members’ Evening – show AV’s
7th March: Last date to hand in prints for Swale Trophy and battle with Herne Bay
14th March: Last hand in date for DPI Round 4 (Subject Mono)
21st March: DPI Round 4 Judge Pat Couder CPAGB BPE1 QPSA Subject: Open Mono
22nd March Battle against Herne Bay, at Herne Bay, doors open 7:30 for 8pm start. Beacon Centre, 78 Sea Street, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8QE. Judge: Paul Parkinson ARPS CPAGB BPE2*
4th April: Members’ Evening – Show your panel images
18th April: NO MEETING - EASTER
25th April: Best of Year DPI League & "Your Best Print of the Year"; Judge Tony Bentley ARPS CPAGB
9th May: Swale Trophy (3 way battle with Faversham and Sittingbourne) at Whitstable, judged by Chris Shore FRPS MPAGB EFIAP BPE5*
16th May: Members’ Evening – Project Evening
23rd May: AGM