Our first meeting of the new season set out to reacquaint members after the long summer recess and provide feedback on various topics. The annual Prints Exhibition in the local library has been well received and was visited by the Deputy Mayor who expressed a keen interest in the images on display. Notifications on upcoming events such as the process to re-elect a new President, the Photography Show at the NEC and external competitions were provided. Now that print competitions are being resumed, there was discussion around the easiest way to provide the judge with a digital image of the prints to enable them to start the judging process without having to physically deliver the prints.

After the interval, we looked at the activities and services that the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) can provide and their e-news magazine and recorded lecture series are of particular interest. We concluded the evening by viewing the PAGB Inter-Federation competition entries from last year which, not surprisingly, featured a host of inspiring images, especially in the Nature category.