The 2023 Annual Exhibition is now open for entries via the YPU Portal. Rules and Conditions of entry can be found in the ‘Document’ section of the Portal. Please downloaded a copy for future reference – for convenience there is a copy here too. The closing date for the online entries is 23rd Feb. 2023…
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On Thursday evening 8th December, Otley Camera Club’s speaker is Steve Race – a well-known award-winning professional wildlife photographer based in Scarborough, He has been a keen naturalist and photographer for over 35 years, lived on the Yorkshire Coast all of his life and believes there is no better place for variety of different habitats and…
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Settle Photographic Group present Amy Bateman talking about her current “Forty Farms” exhibition showing at Rheded Gallery. Amy’s talk will be held at St John’s Church Hall, Settle, on Monday 5th December 2022 at 7:30pm. Zoom is available to SPG members only, but others are welcome to come to the meeting in Settle. Admission £4. …
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Alex Nail is a full-time landscape photographer, particularly known for his mountain and wilderness images. He regularly travels to Iceland, Norway and Drakensberg, but it is the North-West Highlands of Scotland that draw him back time and again. These visits north of the border resulted in his highly acclaimed 2018 book ’Northwest’, which Joe Cornish described…
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On Thursday evening, 10th November, Otley Camera Club’s speaker will be Linda Bembridge, an accomplished photographer who has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society as well as the award for Excellence by the Federation Internationale De L’Art Photographique. “My approach to photography continues to evolve as I learn more about what inspires me.…
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The YPU Executive Committee has the pleasure of inviting members of YPU clubs to our Annual Keighley Day event, on Saturday 26th November 2022. This will be the first Keighley event since the pandemic where we can meet once again and enjoy some inspirational and informative speakers. The event is dedicated to the memory of Alexander…
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The Royal Photographic Society’s Historical Group, in collaboration with Sheffield Museums Trust and Museum Friends, is delighted to invite you to Meet the Author. Did you know that the first moving pictures were created in Yorkshire? Internationally renowned author Paul Fischer will read from his new book The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures and discuss this true tale of…
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Chris Upton is a professional photographer based in Nottinghamshire who specialises in travel, landscape and social documentary photography. Chris has received awards in national photographic competitions and has twice been commissioned to photograph in Thailand on behalf of the Tourism Authority of Thailand. His images are represented by several international stock agencies and clients have used them worldwide across…
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It is with deep sadness we mourn the loss of our beloved Queen Elizabeth. On behalf of all of our member clubs, the President and Executive Committee of Yorkshire Photographic Union extend our sincere condolences to the Royal Family. May she rest in peace after a lifetime of unparalleled public service to our nation and…
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The result of the Inter Club Print Championship, held on Saturday 10th September, is: Ilkley CC (235 points) Huddersfield PIC (230 points) Leeds PS (217 points) Thanks to the three judges who were: Marilyn Roberts DPAGB BPE2 Erica Oram CPAGB BPE1 Ray Brammall ARPS DPAGB APAGB The top two clubs go through to represent the…
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The Votes Have Been Counted . . . And The Results Are InHebden Bridge Camera Club’s annual exhibition was held at the Town Hall again this year. Deputy Mayor Cllr Bernice Hayes and her consort James Hayes opened the exhibition, and over 1000 visitors viewed the 47 prints on display. Visitors were asked to vote for their…
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Whitby Photographic Society has announced its winter 2022-23 programme which can be viewed below.
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The Viewfinder Photographic Society’s annual exhibition gets underway once again in October at Skidby Village Hall and is also the perfect venue for the launch of the club’s recently published book. Entitled ‘Outstanding’ and with a foreword written by former MP Alan Johnson, the book contains around 200 photographs that celebrate the natural and man-made…
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The RPS AGM 2022 takes place on 24th September and we are happy to share the following information: “The RPS AGM 2022 has been designed with you, our members, at the forefront. Themed around ‘The Photographer’s Journey’, it’s hoped that the AGM will show you ways in which the RPS can help you on your own…
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Otley Camera Club’s first speaker of this new season is Harry Wheeler-Brand of Harry Behind the Lens. His Zoom talk is “The Three Coasts” focuses on Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex’s individual and delightful coasts, including long exposure techniques and featuring the magic of water. Harry Behind The Lens is a premier photography tour company from…
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Martin Parr is a documenter of our age. His photographs offer us the opportunity to see things from his unique perspective. His early photographic days were spent in Hebden Bridge, where for a short while he was a member of Hebden Bridge Camera Club. He set up a workshop in the 70s and found a rich…
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