Kingsclere Photo Club

28/02/2026

Our next club meeting is Weds 4th March, in the Kingsclere Village Club main hall.
Doors open 7.15pm for 7.45pm start
Entry £3 for PAYG Members, £5 for Visitors.

A talk by our Ian Wallace on ‘Zines’

Ian Wallace will give us an introduction to zines — what they are and the opportunities they bring to get your work seen without incurring a lot of expense and hassle.
He’ll talk about his experiences of producing them (some will remember having seen some examples at previous meetings) and give us a few practical tips to guide us if we feel like experimenting with them. He’ll also bring along some examples from his collection for us to view, and promises a few practical exercises to be undertaken during the tea break!

Time permitting, we’ll finish the evening with a swift run-through of the remainder of the images people submitted to January’s ‘Our Three Favourite Images from 2025’ review — those that we didn’t get time to view at that meeting. They nevertheless deserve to be seen and enjoyed.

01/01/2026

2026 Programme
Our 2026 programme is here, something for everyone with a mix of talks, challenges and reviews, and of course our exhibition this year on 17th & 18th October..........
New members are always welcome! 🙂

08/12/2025

With sadness we hear about the passing of the legendary Martin Parr, an inspirational 'Street' photographer who I am sure has influences many photographers.
See:

It is with great sadness that we announce that Martin Parr (1952-2025) died 6th December 2025 at home in Bristol. He is survived by his wife Susie, his daughter Ellen, his sister Vivien and his grandson George. The family asks for privacy at this time. The Martin Parr Foundation and Magnum Photos w...

05/12/2025

After our recent AGM we held our 'Print of the Year' competition, we had a real variety of pictures to enjoy looking at!

This year’s favourite (with 13 points) was Tony Matthews with ‘Medusa’ taken in Savernake Forest, congratulations Tony!

Joint runners up (all with 10 points) were Liz Hammond with ‘Reflecting on the Moment’, Tony Matthews with 'Fallen Oak’ and Bob Day with ‘Fireworks over the Village Club’.
Very closely followed in joint third (with 9 points) were Chris Brown, Rowena Hensman and Sheilah Openshaw, well dome all!

Our 2026 programme has been finalised and will be posted here soon.................

Gareth Martin, KPC

13/10/2025

Thank you to everyone who visited our exhibition, we had a very nice selection, but strangely no birds this year!
Thank you to members who help to set up, steward, and/or help to take down, a real group effort, and especially Rebecca for preparing the inviting sales table in such a nice way.

Chris Brown’s lovely G4 ‘Skjeret Island, Lustrafjorden’ took the public vote this year, with his G1 ‘Sogndal, Barnesfjorden’ coming second, both from his ‘Reflections of Norway’ panel.
Bob Day’s impressive D3 ‘Orbit’ came third.

Paul Enters’s stunning panel of black & white images of trees was voted most by members as their favourite panel, with Chris Brown’s lovely ‘Reflections of Norway’ second, and Mike Harrison’s dramatic ‘Lake District in Snow’ third.

I’m glad many visitors and members were able to see the show.
Photos of all the panels on our website in due course, as a lasting record of our work.

Sales of our 2026 calendar @ just £7 each helps to fund the hall hire, if anyone was not able to purchase one they will soon be in Swan Street Stores, or direct from myself or Tony.

Gareth Martin 🙂

03/10/2025

2025 PHOTO CLUB EXHIBITION
We are pleased to announce our 18th annual Photo Exhibition on 11th & 12th October, at Kingsclere Village Club (Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4), which lots of pictures to see, and of course to vote for your favourite!
We also have a special display covering our 25th anniversary, and the launch of our 2026 calendar, sales of which help us to stage the exhibition.
All welcome but unfortunately no dogs please in the hall (Village Club rules....).
Free entry (any donations welcome), look forward to seeing you there! 🙂🙂