Reading Camera Club

28/10/2026

Last Friday, 23rd October, Reading Camera Club welcomed Sue Morris to the club giving her presentation “Wildlife Close To Home”. Sue restricts her photography to 1 hours travel from her home, but managed to find a very varied set of animals to take pictures of. She began her talk with a discussion of the equipment that she uses and then went on to feature beautiful images of a range of animals and birds, starting with otters living in a lake in her home town.

Sue gets to know her subjects and their habits which enables her to know where the animals will be and what they will be doing, leading to better pictures. Besides, the subjects themselves, Sue gives a lot of attention to making sure that the backgrounds are clean and sympathetic to the main subject, and also to the lighting. Sue shared with us her pictures of birds, including geese, ducklings and owls, including Barn Owls, as well as the rare Marsh Harrier and several hawks. Her pictures of Kingfishers were particularly striking with dramatic lighting showing the colours at their best, and she finished up with her pictures of Peregrines which nest in the tower of her local church every year.

Reading Camera Club meet at St Peter’s Church Hall in Earley every Friday from September to May with meetings starting at 8.00pm and lasting around 2 hours. There are also several members who will join on-line each week. We very much welcome guests both in the Hall and on-line, from where-ever they are based.

We are a very friendly club and welcome anyone with an interest in photography, from beginners to experienced competition photographers. We take part in regional competitions organised through the Southern Counties Photographic Federation including the SCPF league for projected digital images.

Our next meeting is on Friday October 30th and is an evening where members are going to submit images taken on a device that is not a conventional camera, so images will be from camera phones, scanners etc . Something a bit different, and a great opportunity to meet the club and to get an idea of the photographic work of members.

Our programme, and further details of the club, can be found on our website: https://readingcameraclub.co.uk/

07/10/2026

Last Friday, 2nd October, Reading Camera Club welcomed Brian Gennery who shared with us his talk on the D-Day landings in Normandy. In a fascinating presentation, Brian began by discussing the very extensive preparations for D-Day including the lengths which the allies went to disguising the true location where the landings would take place. Illustrated with Brian’s own photography, and some contemporary photos from the time, he gave us an idea of the military build-up across south east England in early 1944 and of the huge scale of the force that was assembled. He then went through the details of the invasion, with some of the challenges that the allies overcame.

Reading Camera Club meet at St Peter’s Church Hall in Earley every Friday from September to May with meetings starting at 8.00pm and lasting around 2 hours. There are also several members who will join on-line each week. We very much welcome guests both in the Hall and on-line, from where-ever they are based.

We are a very friendly club and welcome anyone with an interest in photography, from beginners to experienced competition photographers. We take part in regional competitions organised through the Southern Counties Photographic Federation including the SCPF league for projected digital images.

Our next meeting is on Friday October 9th and is the first of our competition evenings with an Open Competition. A great opportunity to meet the club and to get an idea of the photographic work of members.

Our programme, and further details of the club, can be found on our website: https://readingcameraclub.co.uk/

24/09/2026

Remember tomorrow we reach for the stars. Or at least our guest speaker will talk about them :)

Join us for a stellar night.

12/09/2026

🏆 Reading Camera Club Trophy Night

We celebrated the achievements of our members at Reading Camera Club’s Trophy Night, recognising some of the fantastic photography produced throughout the season.

Congratulations to all of this year’s trophy winners:

🏆 Chandler Cup — Janet Jackson
🖥️ Quarterly PDI Competition — Len Quinn
🖼️ Quarterly Print Competition — Janet Jackson
📷 Photographer of the Year – PDI — Sue Hatch
🖼️ Photographer of the Year – Print — Janet Jackson
🎯 Shoot a Theme — June Hanson
🌳 Brian Hodgson Trophy — Janet Jackson

A particularly successful season for Janet Jackson, taking home four trophies! Congratulations also to Len, Sue and June, and thank you to everyone who entered competitions and shared their photography with the club throughout the year.

It was a great way to celebrate another season of photography at Reading Camera Club — and now we get to do it all over again! 📸

Congratulations to all our winners! 👏🏆

We welcome new members every Friday. See our website for more info: https://readingcameraclub.co.uk/

11/09/2026

Please come along to our first meeting of this season tonight. All are welcome. If you are new, you will get a chance to see what we did last year, we will go through our programme and award some trophies. And we do have refreshments as well.

Join us:

19:45

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St Peters Church Hall, Church Rd, Earley, Reading RG6 1EY

We are upstairs in the large meeting hall room. Take a left at the entrance, up the stairs and follow the sounds 🙂

10/09/2026

We would like to invite new potential members to come along to our season start tomorrow.

We’ve put together a varied programme with something different almost every week, including guest speakers, competitions, practical evenings, image critiques, social events and plenty of opportunities to share and discuss photography.

Some of this season’s highlights include:

• Astrophotography with Jason Hyde
• Wildlife photography with Sue Morris
• Getting Started with Multiple Exposure with Janina Wilde
• Rock Photography with Bo Hansen
• The Essex Coast with Justin Minns
• The Work of David Rutter FRPS
• Photography Beyond Adobe – exploring free, open-source and browser-based photo editing

And it’s certainly not all talks and competitions.

We have evenings such as No Camera Allowed, where anything goes except a traditional camera; Straight From The Camera, where there’s no editing allowed; a Shoot a Theme challenge; Lucky Dip Subject Evening; practical still-life and portrait photography; friendly Members Image Critique sessions; and our Great Club Auction.

There are also four regular PDI and print competitions throughout the season, the Brian Hodgson Trophy with the theme “Trees”, and the season culminates with our Photographer of the Year competition in May.

COME ALONG AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK

Our meetings are held on most Friday evenings from 7:45pm to 10:00pm at:

St Peters Church Hall
Church Road
Earley
Reading
RG6 1HG

Our first meeting is Friday 11 September, followed by our Meet & Greet Social Evening on Friday 18 September – a relaxed and informal evening specifically designed to welcome new and returning members.

There’s no need to worry about what camera you use, how much equipment you own, or how experienced you are. Photography is what brings us together, but enjoying it is what matters.

We’d love to see you during the new season. Come along, meet us, have a chat and find out what Reading Camera Club is all about.

You can see our full programme and further details at:

We meet on Fridays between 19:45 and 22:00. New members are always welcome. There will be a small fee for guests, but you will get tea and a biscuit :) You can find a pdf version and a quick reference guide at the bottom of this page. ///surely.using.zones St Peters Church Hall, Church Rd, Earley, ....

08/09/2026

Sarah will be bringing refreshments, so there will be a drink and a biscuit waiting for you. Come along this Friday for our first night of the season. New members welcome. Full programme on

We meet on Fridays between 19:45 and 22:00. New members are always welcome. There will be a small fee for guests, but you will get tea and a biscuit :) You can find a pdf version and a quick reference guide at the bottom of this page. ///surely.using.zones St Peters Church Hall, Church Rd, Earley, ....

30/08/2026

Our 2026/2027 Programme is ready

We start up again on the 11th of September.

New members welcome.

https://readingcameraclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Reading-Camera-Club-2026-2027-Programme.pdf

09/01/2026

Please note tonight's meeting 9th January 2026 is cancelled.

12/09/2025

Our 2025/2026 Season starts tonight at 19:45, St Peters Church Hall, Church Rd, Earley, Reading RG6 1EY.

We are in the large meeting hall on the 1st floor, left and up the stairs.

Tonight is a meet and greet session so you get to find out more about the club and our programme for this season which includes talks on topics like:

African Wildlife
Aviation & Defence Photography
Up the Kalahari
Wildlife Photography
Four Thoughts – How and Why We Take Photographs
Autumn in Japan
Improving Your Photography
Introduction to Nature Photography
Beautiful Bugs
Photography on Stage

New members welcome.