Welcome back and Awards evening
2025-09-11 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
The 2025/26 season will commence on Thursday 11th September at the Deall Room, Southwick Community Centre with a Welcome Back and 2024/25 Awards evening.
Potential new members are encouraged to attend this informal start to the new camera club season.
No need to invest in specialist camera equipment, smart phones produce great images too!

Photo Shoot - Widewater Lagoon and Galeon departure
2025-09-18 19:00 - 21:30 | Widewater Lagoon, Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8JT
This evening we are meeting by the ice cream kiosk at the main car park, Widewater Lagoon at 7pm, (please note the earlier time) to take full advantage of the evening light.
This is an informal evening where members can get their cameras or mobile phones out and take part in a gentle walk around the lagoon and surrounding area.
We will then be moving on to Shoreham Fort at about 8:30 pm to hopefully see and capture the departure of the Spanish galeon Andalucia at 9pm approx.
More experienced members well be on hand to give advice on camera settings along with hints and tips on photography.
Bring a tripod with you, if you have one.

Presentation by Steve White "Subject to Change"
2025-09-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
Our own Steve White will be giving another informative presentation to Club members tonight.
The title of the talk is “Subject to Change” so expect some creative tips and tricks.
Steve’s presentations on camera and post processing techniques are always informative and entertaining.

Studio Evening - The 1880's
2025-10-09 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
Irene and Allan, from last year’s Magic Lantern Show, return in period dress for a studio shoot evening.
Members will learn how to set up various different studio lighting options and will be invited to take photos with their own cameras.
An informative and enjoyable evening is in store.

Mobile Phone Knock-Out Competition
2025-11-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
An informal and popular club night with members over the last couple of years returns tonight.
A knock out competition, judged by members, is restricted to images taken on mobile phones, but can be enhanced by your usual software if you wish.
Entering this competition, will not restrict entry into more formal club competitions.

Print Evaluation Evening
2025-11-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
Tonight Steve and Sylvia White will be leading an evening on evaluating prints.
Members will evaluate and discuss the merits of prints in small groups and decide on a group score.
A great opportunity for newer members to learn more about what makes a good print.

Studio evening - Painting with Light
2025-12-04 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
A practical evening in the Deall Room at the Southwick Community Centre with our studio lights set up.
This is an opportunity to learn about being creative with light and to have a go yourself, so make sure you bring your camera along this evening.
Further details will be given in due course.

Quiz night
2025-12-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
A pre Christmas social evening for club members.
This will be a fun quiz night and social event to get us in the Christmas spirit.
Mince pies and biscuits will be provided.
You are welcome to bring along your own non alcoholic drinks and nibbles.

No Editing!
2026-01-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
Our own Peter Merrick will again be leading one of his popular informal competition evenings for club members to take part in or enjoy.
This time it will be a challenge to capture an image correctly in camera or phone, no post processing of the image will be permitted other than cropping, resizing and adding a keyline.
Taking the image in JPEG rather than RAW may be beneficial.
If the original image is taken in RAW, you may convert it to a JPEG.
Closing date for entries is Monday 26th January.

Show and Tell
2026-02-05 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
Our popular Show and Tell evening returns where members have the opportunity to share some of their work in the form of an audio visual presentation or a selection of photos with other members.
Time will be limited to a maximum of 5 minutes per presentation.
Bring your images on the night on a memory stick.

Sharing work with Storrington Camera Club
2026-02-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
Tonight we welcome members of Storrington Camera Club to the Deall Room who will share and talk about some of their images, in an informal presentation.
A great opportunity to see some different photos and hear the stories behind them, and learn from the experience of others.
An interesting evening is in store.

Post Competition Review
2026-03-12 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
Something a bit different tonight with a look back at the competitions so far this season.
Did the judge get it right?
Members may submit two images from competitions this year for informal discussion, to help educate and advise, a form of VAR!
It promises to be an interesting evening.

Annual Club Dinner - The Red Lion, Ashington
2026-04-09 19:00 - 21:30 | The Red Lion, London Road, Ashington, RH20 3DD
Save the date for our annual club dinner.
This year we are planning to visit The Red Lion on London Road in Ashington.
Menus and cost will be available a bit nearer the time.

Discussion / Forum with Steve and Peter
2026-04-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Southwick Community Centre, Deall Room, Southwick, West Sussex, BN42 4TE, United Kingdom
This evening will include a short presentation by Peter Merrick, who will then assist a discussion/forum with Steve White.
It is sure to be an interesting and informative evening conducted by two of the clubs most experienced photographers.
An evening to look forward to.

AGM
2026-05-07 19:30 - 21:00 | ZOOM
Join us tonight via ZOOM for the AGM of Southwick Camera Club from the comfort of your own home.
