This event has been moved to the reserve date of 14th April due to forecast weather conditions on the original date. Again, for flying - no rain and light winds, has to be confirmed a few days beforehand. If again on the 14th April and we have to cancel the event we shall try again when more stable weather is likely. Please reserve Sunday 16th June just in case.

Graeme Taplin - the NDPS President, has been a CAA accredited commercial drone operator since 2016 and is the director, pilot and photographer at Drone Photography Ltd.

Graeme has kindly offered to run a workshop for NDPS members, aimed at experienced and beginner drone pilots. To be held on Sunday 7th April.

During the workshop, he will give a demonstration of the various drones he operates, and offer some tuition to those who want it.

Graeme has arranged a Norfolk farmland location to fly the drones over open land. It's easily accessible and away from any obstructions such as crowds of people, main roads and buildings.

This workshop is the ideal opportunity for those members who already operate one, to get together to 'talk drones'. In addition, members who are thinking of buying a drone may find it useful to see what it's all about and learn more from experienced pilots and photographers. Coffee, Tea and Refreshments will be provided at the end of the workshop.

This is a unique opportunity for NDPS members to participate in a one day Autumn landscape workshop featuring a mix of woodland and coastal photography led by Ruth Grindrod

Location - Upper Hollesley Common , Rendlesham Woods, Staverton Thick's , Captains Wood and finishing with sunset at Shingle Street.

All participants must be able to walk on uneven ground carrying their kit and tripod. They must also be prepared for bad weather. Toilet facilities very limited. The pub is our best bet !!

This workshop caters for all levels and Ruth’s role will be to assist and teach.

The aim of the workshop will be for each photographer to bring home 3 good images. One woodland one a more intimate image and one coastal.

In addition, Ruth will lead a 90 min zoom processing session for all who took part the following week using some of the participants images.

The cost for attending the workshop is £46 per person payable by bank transfer not later than WEDNESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2021

All participants will need to bring their own refreshments. Although a pub stop maybe possible time permitting

Finally Ruth will provide comprehensive notes that will be sent to all prior to the course.

Educational Lecture by Simon Garratt from LEE Filters
This educational presentation and ‘how-to’ guide covers the benefits and wide use of filters across multiple genre’s including - Street, Architecture, Wildlife, Macro, Landscape, and Portrait to name but a few.

Showing how the use of filters can give greater flexibility in your photography, greater creativity, and ultimately higher images due to the reduced need for complicated or time consuming post editing.

Advice using a wide range of stunning images is provided on all the usual filters including Graduated ND, Full ND, Polarisers, Mood filters and Special effects filters such as soft focus and mists

Second Session with Ian Wilson
Following Ian Wilson’s successful presentations to the Society on digital image processing he is kindly delivering a programme of six monthly tutorials for NDPS members.

This is the sixth tutorial and and full details will be pblished in the week before the event by which time Ian will have had enough time to work through the comments and questions from those members who are enrolled on the programme and attended the first session.

Details for joining the zoom call will be sent out to members enrolled on the course of tutorials a few days before the session..

Second Session with Ian Wilson
Following Ian Wilson’s successful presentations to the Society on digital image processing he is kindly delivering a programme of six monthly tutorials for NDPS members.

This is the second tutorial and and full details will be pblished in the week before the event by which time Ian will have had enough time to work through the comments and questions from those members who are enrolled on the programme and attended the first session.

Details for joining the zoom call will be sent out to members enrolled on the course of tutorials a few days before the session..

Second Session with Ian Wilson
Following Ian Wilson’s successful presentations to the Society on digital image processing he is kindly delivering a programme of six monthly tutorials for NDPS members.

This is the second tutorial and and full details will be pblished in the week before the event by which time Ian will have had enough time to work through the comments and questions from those members who are enrolled on the programme and attended the first session.

Details for joining the zoom call will be sent out to members enrolled on the course of tutorials a few days before the session..

Third Session with Ian Wilson
Following Ian Wilson’s successful presentations to the Society on digital image processing he is kindly delivering a programme of six monthly tutorials for NDPS members.

In this third tutorial we shall learn about Smart Objects. Smart Objects are layers that contain image data from raster or vector images, such as Photoshop or Illustrator files. Smart Objects preserve an image's source content with all its original characteristics, enabling you to perform nondestructive editing to the layer.

Details for joining the zoom call will be sent out to members enrolled on the course of tutorials a few days before the session..

Second Session with Ian Wilson
Following Ian Wilson’s successful presentations to the Society on digital image processing he is kindly delivering a programme of six monthly tutorials for NDPS members.

This the second tutorial will cover Layers and Masks. which are fundamental to the concept of non-destructive editing in Photoshop, and they have been part of the application since version 3.0 way back in 1995. There have been lots of developments since then (especially the introduction of Smart Objects and Filters), but the overall philosophy remains unchanged from 25 years ago.

Understanding how Layers and Masks operate is the key to being able to use them effectively for any selective procedures (e.g. sharpening and noise reduction). The session will include both an introduction to how they work and examples of how they can be used in practice.

Details for joining the zoom call will be sent out to members enrolled on the course of tutorials a few days before the session..

Tonight is one of the evenings throughout the season allocated to Activity,/Practical/Technique issues.

NDPS are delighted to welcome back Colin Hulley from Permajet to deliver the second of a series of presentations - Print 2 Perfection

Bring along a couple of your images on a memory stick and Colin will look at and discuss the various images and suggest the paper type that Permajet would choose to print them on, then run off the image on the paper for all to see using a Canon Pro 10 printer.

Following his very successful presetation on opening night of this Season we have organised an exclusive strret photography workshop here in Norwich for TEN (10) NDPS members

This isn't a 'photo walk' but a day of proper learning. It will start at 10:00am with a coffee and a chat, and finish at 4:00pm with a debrief and chat about what was learnt. The cost £9 each payable by 10th December.

Meeting up details will be sent out in the week before the workshop.

This is a practical hands-on day of learning how to improve your street photography through seeing in new ways. Damien demonstrates a range of principles around using light, finding backgrounds and working in public areas, and then helps the group to find their own way at their own pace. It's a day suitable for all levels of experience, and is certain to change the way you see and shoot - no matter what subjects you are usually interested in.

Cameras and lenses will be provided, so you only need to bring your imagination

For tonight Special Prsentation NDPS are delighted to have Ian Wilson ARPS with us who will lead us through ‘Post Processing using Photoshop’ - something he is a specialist in.