Club News

This page will contain details of events that are taking place within Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club.

Programme of Meetings - 2025/26 Season

The full programme of events for next season has now been published.  This can be found at Programme 2025/26

Updated on 2nd February 2025

Groups and Forums

Our Groups and Forums pages are a useful tool for all members to share experiences and to learn from others.  Please use this facility as you will find a wealth of very useful information is held within its group pages.

This is a great facility to share images with other club members and to gain some great positive critique. 

Future Presentations and Events

As part of our programme SBACC hosts evenings where we invite well known and recognised photographers to our hall to give us a presentation.  These evenings are always popular.  We open our doors up on these evenings to non-members who may wish to see the speaker.  Ticket prices are £7.50 per adult and £2.50 per child (Under 16).

Anyone wishing to buy a ticket should contact our Treasurer Mat Philips at sbacc.treasurer@gmail.com 

Bradford Abbas Shield - Viewing Evening

On 27th January members will view all the entries into this years Bradford Abbas Shield for the first time.  Feedback will be invited which will be taken into account by the committee when they meet to decide on the final entries.

This years theme is FARMERS AND FARMING (THIS IS TO INCLUDE THE ACTIVITY OR BUSINESS OF GROWING CROPS AND RAISING LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY)

Alison Webber - The Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation

ALISON WEBBER – THE CLOAK OF CONFORMITY AND THE CORSET OF EXPECTATION
On 10th February we will be pleased to welcome Alison Webber to our club.  Alison describes herself as a neurodivergent (autistic) photographer from Dorchester in Dorset and during this evening she will present a talk about photography and autism.
As someone on the autism spectrum, she has expended a great deal of time and energy creating different versions of herself in an attempt to fit into society’s expectations of how she should behave. She refers to this disguise as the Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation. The corset shaped her into an idealised form whilst the cloak displayed a version of her to the world which said, “Look I fit in.”
The Cloak of Conformity and the Corset of Expectation tells the story of Alison’s relationship with photography and autism and the ways in which her photographic journey has helped her realise that the cloak and the corset have been suffocating creativity and that by discarding them she can express her true identity.

The Smartphone Challenge 2026

On February 24th SBACC will be holding the annual Smartphone Challenge.

This is a relatively new competition to the club, but has been introduced as a recognition to the changing face of photography, and to recognise that most of us routinely use our smartphones to capture images.  Often seen as a poor relation to "a proper camera', this evening always demonstrates how advanced these cameras that we carry in our packets have become.

The Theme for this years challenge will be Reflections
Whilst this is a competition, it is not formally judge.  On this evening we look to the members to choose their winning image.

Photoshoots

A full programme of photoshoots throughout the year is currently being organised.  This will be published as soon as it is finalised.

Recent Club Meetings

The Wincanton Battle 

On 21st January many members of SBACC travelled to Wincanton Camera Club to view images that had been entered into The Wincanton Battle.  This was an open competition, with both clubs entering 25 images for judging.  The judge, Huw Alban, was set an extremely difficult task as the standard of images was exceptionally high.

The result was a win for Sherborne Bradford Abbas by a margin of 470 to 468. 

The “Shoot a Theme Competition”.  ‘Sign of the Times’.

On 13th January 2026 SBACC members enjoyed a full evening of images taken over the last year under the theme - A Sign Of The Times.

After viewing the members voted to choose their winner - which was a stunning image taken by Mark Tatchell.

As the winning photographer it now falls to Mark to choose the theme of next year's competition.

Postproduction Challenge

On 25th November SBACC members were invited to demonstrate their skills in post production.

This was another fun evening where members 12 members showed a before and after processing image, and explained what they did to achieve the amazing results that were achieved.

This was followed by a short input by our Training Lead - David Brine who explained some basic principals of Post Processing and explored the programs that are available to be used.

Workshops

Mastering Manual Settings

A workshop is planned on 29th November for all members interested in a basic introduction to camera settings.  Many members have requested an input that will give them confidence to switch off the auto settings and to start using the full functionality of their cameras through an understanding of the manual setting.

There is still limited availability to the day so should you wish to enquire about attending please make contact with David Brine

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