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
Critique Evening
On 14th October members will have the opportunity to present up to three images for critique by local judge Penny Piddock. Penny is a very experienced photographer and judge, who will discuss the images on show with the photographer, and may explore what led to the image being taken.
This is a great opportunity to gain an understanding of how others may view images as well as receiving constructive critique on how best to improve the image presented.
The Overton Cup
On 28th October SBACC will hold our annual black and white competition. This competition will consist of a DPI and Print Section.
The Judge for this evening will be Stephen Wilcox
The Keith Lane Lecture 2025
DAVID BOAG – THE WORLD OF A WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER
On 11th November SBACC will be delighted to welcome local photographer David Boag to the Bradford Abbas Village Hall.
David is a wildlife photographer and author and photographer of 18 published books.
This entertaining lecture spans 35 years of photography and takes us to 5 continents. David will explain how he began his journey as a wildlife photographer, the commissions he has undertaken and will touch on the books he has had published. This talk is intended to be an inspirational one aimed at photographers of every level. He will offer advice on capturing images of wildlife in unfamiliar surroundings as well as those more familiar to us. The ethos of the talk is not to make wildlife photography a speciality but to make it available to anyone with enthusiasm and persistence.
This really will be an evening not to miss.
Photoshoots
Thorncombe Woods
On Saturday 18th October members will have an opportunity to visit Thorncombe woods to capture images of the Autumn Colours.
Spreading across many hectares there are a wide range of opportunities for woodland, landscape, wildlife and macro photographers. For those attending it should be noted that there is a charge for car parking, and toilet facilities are limited.
Recent Club Meetings
Tony Worobiec - Night and Low Light Photography
On 23rd September members of SBACC were entertained by our great friendTony Worobiec who gave a presentation on Night and Low Light Photography.
A Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, Tony is a fine art photographer with work in the permanent collection of the RPS, The Fox Talbot Museum and in numerous corporate and private collections here in the UK, in Europe, Japan and in the USA.
It was also pleasing to see so many friends from Wincanton CC in the audience as well as some new faces who pop along to the club to see what we did.
Tony provided an excellent presentation that left all with a renewed inspiration to grab their cameras and head out in low light conditions.
AGM and Members Evening
On 9th September our club season began with our usual Annual General Meeting.
As part of the evening all committee members were approved to continue in their positions for another year.
After the conclusion of the business meeting the club enjoyed a wide selection of images taken by members during the summer recess. Some of these images can be enjoyed within the Gallery page https://www.sbacameraclub.co.uk/gallery
Workshops
Mastering Manual Settings
A workshop is planned on 27th September 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
Introduction to Studio Photography
On Saturday 11th October a workshop is arranged in a professional studio with expert lighting demonstrations and guided photo sessions featuring a professional model.
There is still limited availability to the day so should you wish to enquire about attending please make contact with David Brine
Club Facebook Page
Our Facebook page is simply called Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club. It is a closed group and is administered by our member Vicky Napier. If any member takes an image that they would like to share then could they please send this to her and she will do the rest. Send the images to her using the SBACC Camera Club WhatsApp page.
Facebook is great facility available to us all and will complement the club website. I would recommend making use of it as much as you can. The more we use it, the more enjoyable this page will be.