Christine Hodgson will demonstrate the art of "Colour to Black and White Conversion."

You may post up to six images that you are considering as entries for the YPU exhibition, so that you can receive valuable feedback at our next Members' Meeting.

A chance to review, debate and maybe even improve your potential entries for the Yorkshire Photographic Union exhibition. We will also review the "My Month - December" gallery.

Open gallery for anything from your activities or thoughts during January. Suggested location: Close to Home.

A talk by Keith Beven. We will also review the "My Month - January" Gallery.

Several members will show their audio-visual projects. We will also review "2020 - A Year to Remember" and "The Long and Short of it" galleries.

Open gallery for anything from your activities or thoughts during February. Suggested location: Settle Scenery.

Colin Williams has kindly agreed to judge our images. The exact format of the competition will be communicated nearer the time.

In addition to Desert Island Photos and a member's project, we will review the "Black and White" and "My Month - February" galleries.

A Year after Covid-19 restrictions forced us to rethink our activities, and we introduced the "My - Month" gallery concept, we once again have an open gallery for anything from your activities or thoughts during March. Suggested Location: Water.

After a belated AGM last year, we return to our traditional timing this year for this important meeting. The AGM will be followed by a review of the "Night Scenes" and "My Month - March" galleries.

Open gallery for anything from your activities or thoughts during April. Location Suggestion: Wildlife.

A chance to learn some new post-production skills in this practical demonstration of Photoshop and Lightroom techniques.  We will also review members' images from the "Symmetry" and "My Month - April" galleries.

Open gallery for anything from your activities or thoughts during May. Location Suggestion: Rock.

This month we have the first in a series of galleries focusing on various aspects of composition - "Thirds"

David Boag will entertain and educate us on the theme of wildlife photography, and hopefully inspire more of us to try this challenging genre. David's website is at http://naturalfocus.co.uk There will be no gallery review this evening.

Open gallery for anything from your activities or thoughts during June. Location Suggestion: "Man-made".

Final date for submission of image choices and titles.  Further details will be communicated to members in due course.

The second of our composition-themed galleries.

In the first meeting of its type, members will have the opportunity to put forward questions about any aspect of photography in advance, and hopefully some one will be able to provide the answer during the meeting. Full details of how this will be organised will be communicated nearer the time.  We will also review the galleries "Thirds", "Lines" and "My Month - May".

Open gallery for anything from your activities or thoughts during July. Location Suggestion: Not man-made.

Another gallery with a compositional theme - this time the subject is "Shapes".

Due to uncertainties over possible Covid restrictions this summer, we have decided that we cannot commit to our traditional Annual Exhibition, and once again we will hold a Virtual Exhibition to showcase our members' excellent work. Tonight we will meet online for a Virtual Opening and Viewing of the exhibition. We will also review the galleries "Shapes", "My Month - June" and "My Month - July".

Our first outing for quite a while. Further details will be communicated in due course.

Open gallery for anything from your activities or thoughts during August. Location Suggestion: High Summer.

Have you spotted the pattern yet? This month's composition theme for the gallery is "Patterns".

Members will have the opportunity to process a selected set of images provided ahead of the meeting. At the meeting we will compare and discuss the various post-production treatments. We will also review the "Shape" and "My Month - August" galleries.

More details will be provided nearer the time.

Amy, our last "live" speaker prior to the arrival of Covid, returns to give us ideas and insights on how we might look for competitions external to the group that might interest members to apply, understand the entry conditions and expand the opportunities for our images.

Another compositionally themed gallery for you to interpret.

For the first time we are swapping digital images with another club. Kendal will send us 30-40 of their images which we will review, comment upon, and may even select our top 5. SPG will reciprocate and supply photos to Kendal later in the year. We will also review the "Pattern" and "Form" galleries.

A chance to capture the colours of Autumn. More details will be communicated later.

Lucy will enlighten us about her social documentary project on the rural village of Ampleforth. Her website can be found here.

Another gallery based on compositional elements to challenge you.

Member John Bentley will talk to us about his hill farming project. We will also review the "Pattern" and "Texture" galleries.

Further details will be announced nearer the time.

A chance to see Pete's stunning images of the Dales as we don't usually see them - at night.

Our traditional pre-Christmas get-together. We will review the "Patterns" gallery.