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Ray Brammall presented with Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society

It is a quarter of a century since the last YPU Club member was awarded the coveted Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, so it was particularly appropriate that Richard Egan, the previous Yorkshire recipient, was on hand to record Ray Brammall receiving his certificate from Acting President, Andrew Pell at the recent YPU Representatives…
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Chris Hodgson ARPS CPAGB, YPU President

A message from Alan Sopher, YPU Secretary: “It is with great sadness that I report the untimely passing of our friend and YPU President, Christine Hodgson. Chris died peacefully in hospital on Monday 18th August, after a rapid deterioration in her health. Chris’s husband, Simon and daughter Natalie are very much in our thoughts as…
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Batley and District Camera Club lecture: Derry Brabs – James Herriot’s Yorkshire and Beyond; Tuesday 7th October 2025; Batley Community Centre

Batley & Distrct Camera Club present: Derry Brabs – James Herriot’s Yorkshire and Beyond For the second of our Lecture evenings, we are delighted to welcome Derry Brabs to the club on Tuesday 7th October. Derry is regarded as one of the UK’s most renowned landscape photographers, best known for his collaborations with James Herriot…
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Viewfinder PS: Annual Exhibition 2025; Skidby (26th-28th September) and Walkington (3rd-5th October)

The Viewfinder Photographic Society’s (VPS) annual exhibition gets underway once again this autumn at Skidby Village Hall with its usual diverse range of members’ images before then moving on to the Society’s regular new home at The Ferguson Fawsitt, Walkington. VPS Chairman, David Marshall said; “We’ll continue to hold our popular photographic exhibition each year…
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Bishopthorpe CC: Charlie Waite: “Behind The Photograph” talk via Zoom; Tuesday 9th September 2025

Bishopthorpe Camera Club are delighted to welcome renowned landscape photographer Charlie Waite on Tuesday 9th September, 7.30pm via zoom. Charlie Waite has been an advocate of ‘the photograph’ and the importance of engaging with the landscape through photography for over 40 years. He has had a lifetime’s experience of talking to photography enthusiasts and has travelled…
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Change to the YPU Keighley Day, November 15th 2025

Unfortunately for us, Bill Ward has landed a very big theatre job that runs from 18th August 2025 all the way through to June 15th 2026 therefore, and so he is unable to lecture at our Keighley Day this year.  The good news is that Judith Macbeth has managed to secure the services of celebrated…
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