Due to the Coronavirus situation and the uncertainty over when the current lockdown restrictions will be relaxed, all currently planned meetings are suspended until further notice. We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment this causes.
2019/2020
Programme
There is no membership fee to attend YMG meetings.
Each full-day event costs £15.00 and that includes a buffet lunch and refreshments.
Meetings start at 10:00 and finish at about 16:00.
You can attend as many or as few of our meetings as you like, but....
You must book a place to attend one of our meetings
Please book at least 5 days in advance so that we can plan the seating and buffet.
8 December 2019
Our traditional day of self entertainment.
12 January 2020
Nudrat Afza
Nudrat was born in Rawalpindi in 1955 and moved to Bradford in 1966. In 1986 Yorkshire Arts awarded her a grant to document the Bangladeshi community in Bradford.This is Nudrat's first visit to YMG and you can read all about her in this excellent article: -
notjusthockney.info/nudrat-afza
9 February 2020
Colin Trow-Poole FRPS FIPF MPAGB
Originally a darkroom worker, Colin has embraced the digital age. He enjoys the tactile physicality of the print and consider that the way an image is printed can influence the meaning and the emotional values attached to it. He believes that printing is an intimate and exquisite craft that lies at the heart of photography and that photographers should print their images and encourage others to do the same.
Colin is a lecturer for PermaJet Imaging.
8 March 2020
Steve Cheetham
This is a welcome return to YMG for Steve who was very well received on his last visit to us.
12 April 2020
This meeting is cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation. We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment this causes.
Les Forrester BA Hons photo, ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3*
Les is a very well respected Yorkshire photographer who has many awards to his name including 'Fujiholic/Fujifilm - Landscape Photographer of the Year 2019' and he is a member of The London Salon of Photography.
10 May 2020
This meeting is cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation. We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment this causes.
David Garthwaite
David is a fine art photographer and his talk will focus on the production of black & white fine art images using Adobe Photoshop. David promises to reveal many of the advanced Photoshop secrets that most photographers don't want to reveal.
No meetings are held in June, July and August.
Due to the Coronavirus situation and the uncertainty over when the current lockdown restrictions will be relaxed, all currently planned meetings are suspended until further notice. We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment this causes.
13 September 2020
Dave Butcher
Dave is a full-time professional photographer, darkroom printer and author since 2004. He is a previous speaker at YMG but hasn't visited us for quite some time. You can read all about Dave on his website: -
11 October 2020
A full day's entertainment will be provided by
Chris Shore FRPS MPAGB EFIAP BPE5*
and his partner
Helen Walker ARPS
Chris is held in high esteem by many photographers. He lives at Dungeness and is probably responsible for turning that area into a photographers paradise. He is not seen in our area very often and lasted visited YMG over 15 years ago.
Helen is also an excellent photographer and water colour artist with some of her work on display at Dungeness Gallery.
See what Ashford PS say about Chris
Take a look at Dungeness Gallery
8 November 2020
Leigh Preston
Leigh is an old friend of both YMG and our co-founder Dr Don Whitley (Leigh's tribute to Don can be read in our News section). Leigh has visited us many times in the past but this may be his swan-song.
13 December 2020
Our traditional day of self entertainment.