Positive Image Camera Club

12/09/2025

For anyone in the Sheffield area who would like to see some of our members work then why not come along to our second annual exhibition at Chapeltown Library from tomorrow until Wednesday. Representatives of the club will be in attendance tomorrow so why not come and have a quick chat to find out a little more about what we do.

31/08/2025

Club members an an excellent evening in the grounds Wortley Hall, with models Rachael and Sophie, at the end of July. Great evening with great company.

26/08/2025

Our annual exhibition is now arranged for 13th to 17th September and will once again be held at Chapeltown Library. Location: Nether Lay Avenue, Chapeltown S35 1AE

26/08/2025

Counting down to our new season that starts on 1st September.
We have an exciting programme planned for the year covering a range of practical sessions, presentations and member image reviews.

If you want to learn more about what we do send a message or visit our website www.positiveimage.org.uk

13/09/2024

Already for our first exhibition starting tomorrow 14th September at Chapeltown Library from

03/09/2024

My local camera club "Positive Image Camera Club" of which I am a member will be holding our first ever exhibition at Chapeltown Library just outside of Sheffield on the 14th to 20th September and showing off a selection of members photographs covering a small selection of topics. If you are local why not go along and spend some time viewing our selection. You may even spot a couple of my photos which are not my usual theme of choice.

For those who are familiar with my musical tastes, there is one of my photos included in the poster of the vocalist from a well established band that I enjoy seeing live.

29/05/2024

Our final Zoom session before the summer recess was Ruth Grindrod’s presentation titled “My Vision, My Practice” and what an enthralling presentation it was.

Following a brief round of introductions and a formal welcome from our chairman, Ruth began her talk with breakdown of the cameras, lenses, tripods and filters that she uses.
This was followed by a quick overview of the aims of the presentation and an overview of the topics that made up the presentation.

Ruth then took us on a journey, so to speak, which provided the clue members with a view into how she applied her creative process, explaining the background into how the individual images are visualised, planned for and executed. During this journey, she explained the camera settings she used, how she utilised the various ND filters and also provided advice on composition and a demonstration on how she applies a limited amount of post processing to her images using Adobe Lightroom.

In addition to receiving a detailed breakdown of Ruth’s creative process and how she applies her own rule of taking photographs for your own pleasure, rather than following the herd, we were presented with a wide range of stunning images covering seascapes, landscapes, arial shots, frosty fields, misty woodlands and a selection of abstract and creative images.

Positive Image Camera Club would like to thank Ruth a thoroughly enjoyable and visually enthralling presentation which gave us all plenty to think about and take onboard when shooting land and seascapes.

Ruth Grindrod has won many accolades, including ‘Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year’ in 2019, ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year’ in 2021 and has featured in a number of popular photographic publication. If you would like to know more about Ruth’s work you can visit her website here

I am a landscape photographer currently living in Norfolk, East Anglia. My work takes me to a variety of locations and my real passion is for coastal photography. I started taking photographs many years ago but work intruded upon this. In those days I shot film and processed mono images. I now shoot

24/05/2024

2024 YPU Exhibition

Well, didn’t we do well!

Seven of our members enter 43 images into the YPU Exhibition, for most it was their first time.
As a club we achieved 7 acceptances for the exhibition, which included 2 images awarded a certificate. Our acceptance rate was well ahead of the exhibition average and placed Positive Image 12th out of 41 clubs in the Projected Digital Image (PDI) category. A very respectable performance for a small club like our.

Well done to all those who entered and hopefully in future the judges will recognise more of our talented photographers with acceptances and awards. Special congratulations to Larry Candler who has 3 acceptances, of which 2 were awarded certificates, and to Marilyn Roberts and Rob Sanderson who had 2 acceptances each.

09/04/2024

On the 20 May 24 we host a Zoom presentation by Ruth Grindrod - My Vision My Practice
Ruth is a landscape photographer currently living in Norfolk, East Anglia. Her work takes her to a variety of locations and her passion is for coastal photography.
Ruth was a winner in Landscape Photographer of the Year and overall winner of the Scottish Nature Photography awards 2019, plus many other awards.
This presentation considers elements of theory and my practice in landscape photography and shows a range of Ruth’s work, in colour and black and white, from around the the UK and other parts of the world. Her talk will focus on how she achieves her style of photography and will feature many new photos and how Ruth shot and processed them.

The talk is free to our members (Positive Image Camera Club). But we also welcome non members, however, we do ask that non members make a small contribution of £3.50 which goes towards our speakers fees. If you would like to join this Zoom meeting please send a message using the button below or contact us via our website.

More information about Ruth can be found on her website:
https://www.ruthgrindrodlandscapephotography.co.uk/

09/04/2024

As part of helping members develop their photography a “homework” is set on a 6 week cycle. At the end of the 6 weeks all the images are presented and shared on a club night. This provides the opportunity for members to share information about their images and to learn from each other.
The homework for March was on the theme of Flowers, Plants and Spring Walks. Members are free to interpret the subject as they choose.
Below we are sharing the images and hope that you find them interesting.

20/02/2024

Macro Photography with Derek Gale

Club members enjoyed an excellent talk last night given by Derek Gale on the subject of macro photography. His practical advice on what equipment is needed for macro was enlightening. From the use of macro lens, extension tubes with normal lens and a £4.99 lens for a mobile phone he showed that anyone, on any budget, can enjoy macro photography.
We look forward to inviting Derek back at some point in the future for another of his entertaining and informative talks.

15/02/2024

Zoom meeting on 19 February 24 @ 7:30pm
PHOTOGRAPHY TALK: Close-up and macro, with Derek Gale
Derek has been a photographer for many years, enjoying both the film and digital eras. He loves looking for the less obvious and is an experienced tutor.
His talk will be delivered via Zoom on 19 February 24 @ 7:30pm and covers:
The Equipment: Normal lens closest focus, Compact camera close-up mode, Reversed lens, Supplementary close-up lenses/filters, Water droplet on mobile lens, Extension Tubes, Dedicated Macro lens, Macro lens plus tubes.
He will discuss issues such as:
Camera Movement, Subject Movement, Focusing - Peaking/magnifier, Depth of Field, Focus Stacking, Lighting for macro.
The talk is free to our members (Positive Image Camera Club). But we also welcome non members, however, we do ask that non members make a small contribution of £3.50 which goes towards our speakers fees. If you would like to join this Zoom meeting please comment below, send a message using the button below or contact us via our website.

More information about Derek can be found on his website: https://galephotography.co.uk