Thursday 15 December 2022 - Mix and Match Challenge

Members enjoyed a most entertaining meeting in Niton for the annual Mix and Match competition most ably judged by Carol Walker. The gentlemen of the club recorded a resounding win over the ladies, considerably improving on last season's winning margin.

During the event, Paul presented Tracey with the trophy for the Autumn Cup which she won via Zoom in the previous meeting.

Thursday 24 November 2022 - Autumn Cup Trophy

The club welcomed Chris Dixon ARPS via Zoom to judge the 59 images entered in the Autumn Cup competition. He held back nine and the winner with 10 points was Tracy with her beautiful Passion Fruit still life. Three images were awarded 9.5 points; two were atmospheric black and white shots by Mike and the third was a poignant image of a poppy by Darren.

Thursday 10 November 2022 - 'Transport' Critique

Our meeting was a very interactive one with the members divided into 3 groups and then shown the 42 Transport images. Each group discussed amongst themselves whether they thought the image was worthy of 'holding back'. If it wasn't - it was marked as 6 and we moved on.

23 images were held back. Paul then led a discussion as to why they had been held back - again some failed on various technical issues and were marked 6 - and we moved on.

Nine images remained and Paul then marked them from 8 to 10. Mike's excellent sharp exciting helicopter image was the only 10 followed by six 9s. Everyone agreed they had learnt a lot and the right image had won!

Thursday 27 October 2022 - Discussion on Images

Our meeting was hosted by Paul who got us all to put our 'Judges' hats on and to critique and mark some images. We worked in groups and then after the break we 'marked' 20 images in a short space of time! It proved to be a very enlightening evening!

Thursday 13 October 2022 - 'Weird' and Open Competition

Amanda Miller joined us via Zoom to judge our Weird and Open competitions. There were 33 images in Weird and 27 in Open.

In the Weird section, Mike won with an atmospheric shot of a single bird perched on a fence. Tracey was 2nd with 'Magical Woodland' and Paul B 3rd with 'Bad Day at Sea'.

Tracey triumphed in the Open section with her beautiful study of dead seedheads and was also 2nd with 'Catch of the Day'. Shani came 3rd with a fine study of a Puffin.

Thursday 29 September 2022 - First club night of the new season in the library

We discussed the topic of 'Weird' for our upcoming competition on 13 October and looked at images from members to decide if they fitted the criteria!

We reviewed some of the beautiful images produced by Paul Lucas over the years.

Thursday 15 September 2022 - Club Lunch at the Donkey Sanctuary

Eleven Club members met in the Grazers' Café at the Donkey Sanctuary for an excellent lunch in an exclusive private section upstairs. There was a lot of discussion about the new season and upcoming competitions.

Thursday 14 July 2022 - Club Outing to Appuldurcombe House and the IOW Donkey Sanctuary

The Club's second Summer outing was also blessed with perfect summer weather. We spent the morning at the impressive ruin of Appuldurcombe House and meandered around its picturesque park. Then moved on to the Donkey Sanctuary for a tasty lunch in Grazers Cafe followed by an afternoon in the sun wandering around the paddocks.

Thursday 16th June 2022 - Tea and Cakes at Sue and Don's

The Club had its first Summer outing with a walk around Don and Sue's beautiful garden in glorious sunshine...followed by tea and scrummy cakes in the shade.

Thursday 19th May 2022 - Coffee Morning

The Club met at Niton Post office and Tearooms for morning coffee and social chat. There was a lot of discussion about the programme for the summer and next season with lots of help and suggestions from all who were there and some exciting new ideas.

Sunday 8th May 2022 - SCPF Finals

On Sunday the SCPF held its Finals Day - all 67 clubs had their top scoring image put forward to be Judged by Dr Anne Sutcliffe. She didn't score each image but instead just held a few back to eventually choose a 1st, 2nd and 3rd image and award certificates of 'Highly Commended' and 'Merit'.

Niton's top image was 'Trapped' by Don. Trapped was among only 9 images held back and eventually was awarded a 'Certificate of Merit'!!

The Judge said; "this image totally captured how we all felt during Lockdown". So onwards and upwards to the new season!

Thursday 5th May 2022 - Chairman's Trophy

The Club met in person in the Library to hold the AGM and then the Chairman's Trophy Competition. Paul B judged 60 images which included a 'panel of three' at the end.

Tracey won with her black and white dandelion sequence, Sue C was 2nd with an Osborne House set and joint 3rd were Darren (Quarr Abbey) and Shani (Birds).

Thursday 21st April 2022 - Spring Cup

Dr Paul Hendley from the Bracknell club judged the 60 images entered for the Spring Cup. His comments were both instructive and helpful.

A wide variety of shots were entered for this Zoom Open competition which was won by Tracey with an atmospheric photo of a Highland Cow. Second was Tracey again with daybreak at Yaverland beach and Don was third with a clever monochrome of rocks.

Wednesday 6th April 2022 - Jack Skeel Competition

This is an annual monochrome inter-club competition held by the Wight Balance club and is open to all Island camera clubs. This year it was held on Zoom and was judged by Southern Federation judge Rob de Ruiter.

Ten images were entered from each club and Niton's were submitted by ten seperate members. Six clubs participated and Niton were delighted to come second; probably our best result ever!

There were only 6 maximum 10’s awarded – THREE of them were from Niton!

Thursday 24th March 2022 - 'Water' and Open Competition

Ashley Francis joined us via Zoom to judge our Water and Open competitions. There were 36 images in Water and 24 in Open.

In the Water section, Tracey won with an intriguing image of a glass sphere on the beach with rolling surf. Shani was second with a magnificent wave breaking over the promenade at Freshwater. Paul B was third with an action shot of a dog shaking itself dry on the beach.

Sue B triumphed in the Open section with a macro shot of a drop of water on a dandelion seed head. Tracey was second with a broken heart mended by safety pins and Norma came third with an image of seaweed.

Thursday 10th March 2022 - Mix and Match Challenge

In a hotly contested competition, the gentlemen of the club recorded a historic first win over the ladies by the narrowest of margins; 239 points to 238. It was a fun night enjoyed by all with the judging performed admirably by Carol Walker.

Thursday 24th February 2022 - Club Meeting

The Club met in person at the Library on Thursday and it was lovely to be back face to face!

In the first part of the meeting we watched some videos on 'Water Photography' for demonstrations on how to do work indoors and outside. This included an amazing video of underwater photography in crystal clear water and we also looked at some abstract patterns and light on water.

After the break we looked back at the 6 rounds of the League with the average scores for Niton and the other 5 Clubs. Don’s 'Trapped' was our highest average score at 8.83. The highest scoring image from all 48 was 'Don’t forget the Seasoning' from Reading with an average of 9.4.

We also discussed the format and teams for the upcoming Mix n Match competition on 10th March.

Thursday 10th February 2022 - SCPF PDI Competition

Members from the other clubs in League Division 7 joined Niton on Zoom for our home fixture. Maria Leekblade was the judge in this, the final fixture of the year's competition. Reading won by a clear 5 points and then it was all very close for the other places.

Our highest scoring images were Tracey's 'Crab Man' and 'Floral Fantasy' and we await the final placings in Division 7.

Thursday 27th January 2022 - 'Pot Luck' and Open Competition

Peter Markwick joined the club via Zoom to judge our Pot Luck and Open competitions. There were 29 images in Pot Luck and 23 in Open.

In the Pot Luck section, despite being allocated a tricky letter 'U', Shani won with a clever shot of the 'Underneath' of a Mushroom. 2nd was Mike with 'Kite' and joint 3rd were Trevor with 'Iris', Sue C with 'Spinnaker Tower' and Norma with a vibrant 'Orange' building.

In the Open section 3 pictures were awarded a 10 resulting in a difficult choice to choose between 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Paul B won with a dramatic seascape, Liz F was 2nd with a beautiful study of magnolia buds and Sue B was 3rd with a camera movement shot of trees.

Thursday 20th January 2022 - IPC Competition

The club hosted the annual IPC Cup on Zoom and Chris Hutchinson was the judge. The IPC is an inter-club competition between all 6 Island based clubs. Sandown and Shanklin club won overall and Niton were in 3rd place.

Our highest scoring image with a 10 was by Tracey, 'Enlightenment', Paul L scored 9.5 with his abstract 'Stand Off' and Paul B also scored 9.5 with his image aboard the Underground 'Hi ho'.

Thursday 13th January 2022 - Coffee Morning

The Club met at Niton Post Office for a coffee, cake and sausage roll social chat. Paul B produced a sheet of 5 photos and invited us all to 'Be the Judge'. We made comments and marked the photos and most of us agreed with each other!