Exmouth Photo Group
Est. 1969
Wednesday 21st October 2026 - Members evening with Christine Chittock CPAGB, AFIAP and Brian Westaway
An enjoyable and interesting evening was given by our two members, Brian and Christine. The first half of the evening was a presentation by Brian whose main interest is sport and action photography.
Image courtesy of Chaz Madge
Brian began the evening with a varied range of topics using his skill to capture the stunning firework displays over Exmouth harbour. The high speed action of the speed boat racing on the River Exe and spectacular photos of the Bicton Cross Country Horse trials, catching the horses and riders in mid jump, were impressive.
Other subjects covered by Brian were the wildlife on the River Exe, Women’s Rugby, a recent Tour of Ireland and the Brixington Blues Football match.
Brian’s high standard of images should give added motivation to our members!
In the second half Christine gave a presentation on landscape photography , but made it much more interesting by including the actual locations and camera details in order to be useful for others wishing to visit the locations.
Christine started with photographs taken from the top of a bus going along the new Dinan Way Link Road, showing the magnificent panoramic vista now available
Other photographs included some nostalgic photos of the Heritage Steam Railways and details of how they were taken, some were taken using actors which was very effective.
Christine concluded with a delightful AV titled the ‘Hills of Devon’ set to music, which one would have thought could be used by the Tourist Board!
A great evening from both members was had by all. Review by John Cowman
Wednesday 14th October 2026 - Competition 1
Judge: Janet Miles, ARPS, CPAGP, BPE2, AFIAP
The evening’s Competition was judged by Janet Miles who had travelled down from Somerset to judge and comment on the variety of photographs. These had been submitted by members for her to award if chosen, the Highly Recommended, Bronze, Silver or Gold categories.
Click Here to see the winning images
Above: Stella won Best Overall Image with 'Wild Flowers in Summer'
Below: Prints on view at half-time.
Photography by Chaz Madge
The categories and number of submissions were:
Colour Dpi 36
Mono. Dpi. 11
Colour Prints. 11
Mono Prints. 7
Janet gave an in depth appraisal to all the entries with tips of how to improve the photographs such as observing the symmetry, vertical lines, considering the borders framing a picture, the amount of clutter to be avoided, the effect of mono versus colour and exposure.
The overall winner of the Competition was Stella French with a picture entitled ‘ Wild Flowers’.
A very enjoyable evening was had by everyone and credit to all those who took part.
Review by John Cowman
Wednesday 7th October 2026 - An Evening of AV Presentations by
Ian Bateman FRPS, MPAGB, AV-EFIAP APAGB
It was vey unfortunate that due to family circumstances the guest speaker, Alex Walton, was unable to come, however, at short notice, EPG member, Ian Bateman, offered to give a presentation on Audio Visual Photography.
Ian, who is the founder member of the AV group, showed the members who attended the variety of styles of those who submitted their work for the presentation.
He started with an interesting sea trip around Thatcher Rock showing the wonderful bird life and the seals and dolphins around Torbay.
He continued with other subjects by the group which displayed the high standard and talent of members of the AV group and included an interview with the artist Michael Heslop, A day without rain, A face in the crowd and Scenery from the Pacific to the Arctic.
An AV titled “Resonance of the unliving”, involving images of mannequins, may have given some members a sleepless night!
Ian concluded by showing us also how effectively the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used in AV sequences telling a story. We learnt a lot and I suspect a few of us may be inspired to try AV.
The whole evening was entertaining and informative and thanks go to Ian .
Review by John Cowman
Wednesday 30th September 2026:
Members Evening with John Perriam ARPS, DPAGB, AFIAP
Our President, John Perriam, gave members an enjoyable and informative evening showing his images taken since last October, 2025. John has certainly been busy with the range of topics and collection of images including, amongst others, street photography. His explanation of his technique to achieve these pictures was most interesting.
Other images were of the Devon County Show, wildlife, and action shots of bikers and scooters in Phear Park capturing the speed and skills of the riders.
It was also entertaining to see the shots of the previous week’s practical evening where, judging by the concentration shown, a lot was learnt.
Of great interest were John’s abstract photographs and he explained how these were taken with the amazing colours and angles produced on such everyday items as a fork and a dandelion seed.
John suggested that the website produced by Angie Wallace on creative photography would be worth studying.
Review by John Cowman
Wednesday 23rd September 2026
Christine returned this evening following her short illness, the practical evening with table top workshops included Lightroom with Nick, Photoshop with Carol and Peter, Light refraction with Ian, Portrait with Chaz, and Table top with Lynn.
A huge thank you to those displaying their skills in photography, a very good evening enjoyed by all. Review by Brian Westaway
16th September was a Show & Tell evening.
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This was a delightful and interesting evening, chaired by Ian Bateman, who had linked up the large TV screen at our new venue in the Town Hall to the laptop enabling the good number of members present to view the pictures to be shown.
Nineteen members had submitted eight of their favourite photographs which were all of exceptional quality covering various topics, ranging from architecture, wildlife, exotic holidays abroad and interestingly infra red photographs. The photographers gave a brief informative talk about each of their pictures.
Mo reported that she has booked the Maltster’s pub in Woodbury for the Christmas meal on the 16th December and would let people have further details at a later date.
Best wishes were passed on to Christine who is still isolating and recovering from a nasty bout of shingles.
Review by John Cowman
The 9th September saw meeting 2 of the new season, our chair person not able to attend through bad health so our vice chairman Ian Bateman stood in with a welcome to all members, guest and the speaker for the evening Chris Robins from Cornwall. Chris is a proclaimed photographer, and a judge with Western Counties Photographic Society.
The evening consisted of an in depth incite into Chris's life in the Navy and life on a submarine.
We had a show of some of selected photos, all in all a very good evening.
Review by Brian Westaway
September 1st 2026 saw the start of a new winter season 026/027 for the Exmouth Photo Group at the new venue. Christine chaired the meeting with a welcome to all members and guests.
A few prints where displayed for guests to peruse, while Carol and Peter showed the members summer challenge task which included images from twelve set subjects.
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Each member showing a mixture of four images from any chosen subject:- Abandoned, Bridge/bridges, Geological, Indoors looking out, Infra Red, juxtaposition, Movement, One colour dominates, Shooting from the hip, Tiny, Vanishing point, and Water/Waterways.
Home made cakes and tea was provided at interval and enjoyed by all, a big thank you to the cake makers.
Review by Brian Westaway
Club room photographs by Chaz Madge
