The Isle of Man Photographic, Society welcomed its Patron, His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Sir John Lorimer, to its prestigious 2025 Annual Competition, held in mid-April. This is a keenly anticipated event each Spring when members submit their best images of the past year...
What, you might ask, do we mean when we speak about “Still Life” in photography? Well, for the first meeting in April, the IOM Photographic Society held a ‘Practical Evening’ at the St John Ambulance Headquarters, off Glencrutchery Road, about photographing still life. This is a...
Consistent with its desire to ‘move with the times and embrace emerging technology’, the second meeting of the Isle of Man Photographic Society in March, was devoted to a competition of images captured exclusively on mobile phones. The growth in the use of phone camera's has been...
Good natured, yet hotly contested, is probably the best way to describe the latest friendly ‘Battle’ between 3 of the top photography clubs from the North West. Such annual competitions have proven to be the best way to gauge progress against comparable standards being set by...
Very strict rules apply when entering images in ‘nature’ competitions at Club level! For example, images that directly or indirectly show any human activity that threatens the life or welfare of a living organism are forbidden. That is both good and understandable. Human beings should be...
‘Convivial’ might be the most appropriate word to describe the nature of the gathering of the three Photographic Clubs on the island, the Isle of Man Photographic Society – formed way back in 1938 - the Southern Photographic Society, formed in 1971, and the Western Photographic...
The Society’s Vice-President is not one known for the use of overly effusive language. So, when he described in his closing remarks to yet another successful Society evening that the visit of our guest adjudicator on the night had been “like a breath of fresh air” was praise indeed!...
The adverse weather that often greets the start of a new year caused disruption to the Society’s Winter programme, once more, after Christmas and a previously planned evening, postponed from its original slot, was finally able to be held in mid-January, 2025!
Table top Reflections...
The final meeting of the old year began with a projection of images for the latest monthly Challenge, the topic being “After Dark.” The evening was introduced by Society President, Andrew Cairns, who quickly summarised several changes to the scheduled 2024/25 Programme. More about...
It’s that time of the year again when our regular meetings are prone to postponement or, even, cancellation in the interests of members’ safety. The Island’s roads can become quite treacherous during the Winter months because of adverse weather conditions. It is often the case that...
Photography enthusiasts and regular readers of this column might recall that last month ended in a similar fashion to the way this month has begun, with a return visit by popular ‘local’ photographer, Jason Kinrade, as the guest speaker and tutor. Incidentally, Jason revealed that he...
Experienced ‘local’ photographer and judge, author and researcher, Patricia Tutt was the guest when the Society members (and several guests) gathered for the first ‘open’ competition for prints and projected digital images last week. Patricia, says her career in Malawi, and the British...
These are exciting times for the Island’s oldest established Photographic Society (also known as Isle of Man Photography Club) as it prepares for the start of yet another new season of events, with a Programme (...
Dave Kneale from Media Isle of Man was the Society’s popular and entertaining final guest presenter for 2023, so we knew his would be a fascinating retrospective, pictorial record of the past year. In what has become an eagerly anticipated annual event now, Dave showed us many...
“Always prepared to try something new” seems to be the maxim of the Isle of Man Photographic Society (“IOM Camera Club”) as members discovered on a highly successful Wednesday evening recently. This was yet another ‘first’ for the Society...
The most recent meeting of the Society marked a very special anniversary for the Island’s lonest established camera club because its members celebrated the Society’s 85th Anniversary. A specially commissioned cake was skilfully produced by Louise Hitchin from ‘...
Our early November evening took the form of an ‘Open’ photography competition when virtually anything could be entered as a legitimate subject matter. This, of course, makes it more difficult for our invited judge who, on this occasion, was experienced amateur photographer,...
A constant plea from the membership is “Could we please have more practical evenings to help us to learn and refine our skills?” Well, the recently elected Committee has listened carefully to these requests and has responded positively by building into the 2023/24 programme several such...
The previous week’s hiccup - a postponement caused by major storm Agnes – was quickly forgotten when the new Society President, Barry Murphy, introduced himself to members, old and new, last Wednesday evening. His lively presentation touched briefly on the history of the Island’s...
As the English philosopher and statesman, Francis Bacon, once said “Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.” Even today, such wise words are so true. Unsurprisingly, therefore, variety has been paramount for the Isle of Man Photographic Society recently in devising a...
Meeting on a Thursday evening, perhaps for the first time in a history that dates back as far as 1938, the Isle of Man Photographic Society held its third outing in the streets of our Capital City, for another tutorial on Urban Photography last week.
In the very capable...
Bring your camera's and join us and our models on Thursday 16th February for our next Urban Photography evening led by Andrew Barton.
We will be meeting at 7.00pm on Level 3 in Chester Street Car Park (the end nearest the Manx Museum and St Thomas' Church) and using various locations...
The Isle of Man Photographic Society launched into February with another ‘first’ when Ron Strathdee presented the relatively new topic of Dark Skies Astro Photography, a genre in which he specialises. Yet again, all credit is due to our Committee’s desire to introduce new ideas to...
Join us on Wednesday 1st February at 7.00pm in the St John Ambulance Building, off Glencrutchery Road, for what will be a great evening of photography when Ron Strathdee will give a presentation of his Dark Skies/Astro Photography.
Last week, the Isle of Man Photographic Society held its second ‘Open’ competition of the season. Our judge for the night was Dave Salter from the Western Photographic Society who was welcomed by our President, Tony Curtis, and by those present. The Winter weather had...
Drones, these days, come in all shapes and sizes and can range in price from less than £100 to several hundreds of pounds, but they should no longer be regarded as ‘just toys’, but as the photographer’s tool! As with most purchases in life, you get what you pay for and the cheapest might...
Our first meeting of 2023, at 7.00pm this coming Wednesday 4th January at St John Ambulance Building, is now a presentation which was due to take place earlier in the season but had to be postponed so please join us this week for what will be an evening of amazing photography presented by Craig...
Determined to honour their promise, made at the start of the season, to respond positively to requests from the less experienced members to provide more opportunities to help and support them, the hard-working members of the Committee had arranged another practical evening for our...
Bring your camera's and join us and our models this Wednesday 26th October for our Urban Photography evening led by Andrew Barton.
We will be meeting at 7.00pm on Level 3 in Chester Street Car Park, the end nearest the Manx Museum, and using various locations around the immediate area....
The Isle of Man Photographic Society is about to resume its meetings again now that Autumn and Winter are just around the corner! So, what better way to spend those cold, wet and windy Wednesday evenings between now and next May than among friends who have a common interest in photography...
Fortnightly meetings at St John Ambulance Building begin at 7pm and finish no later than 10pm
More location events will be added to the programme as they are arranged.
5th Oct: Introductory evening...
For the March ‘Open’ competition, our President, Tony Curtis, was the judge in what was a Covid-enforced departure from the normal practice of having an external person to judge competitions. Tony is an experienced photographer but one who has not entered the Society’s competitions for a...
A recording of a Zoom competition in which the IOM Photographic Society participated was the subject of this week’s meeting of the Society – and a highly unusual format provided one of the main interests. With the Covid pandemic having caused chaos for the holding of regular photographic...
The Isle of Man Photographic Society enjoyed an excellent evening hearing all about the inside story of professional photography from local well-known commercial, wedding, portrait and press photographer Andrew Barton.
Andrew ...
The judge for the evening was John Keelan who delivered some excellent...
At the start of each new year, Society members look forward to the presentation by their President, wondering what delights he (or she) has planned to entertain us.
This year’s President, Tony Curtis, projected what he described as “a series of random...
With the current covid situation continuing to cause some concerns for the holding of the normal weekly indoor meetings, the IOM Photographic Society committee took the decision to switch to an outdoor session for the society’s meeting this week.
The meeting of the IOM Photographic Society this week was the occasion for the judging of the Second Open Competition, for both prints and digitally projected images. Given the current covid situation, it was perhaps not surprising that our audience was rather smaller than normal....
David Kneale, Chief Photographer with Isle of Man Newspapers, was the guest speaker for the Society’s last November evening. Interestingly, though he has judged for, and given presentations to, the Society about his many jaw-dropping experiences as a professional photographer in the...
This week the Isle of Man Photographic Society meeting was the first assignment of the season, entitled 'Three of a Kind'. We were delighted to be able to have this as it had to be postponed from last year's lockdown, and members had already submitted images.
Ray Davies...
The meeting format of the Isle of Man Photographic Society this week was a presentation by one of the IOMPS members Chris Blyth, entitled “Travels Around America.”
An introduction to the early history of the USA, including the treatment of the indigenous tribes and the...
The only time in the year when all three island photographic clubs meet in competition is for the Three Way Digital Battle, the event overseen in rotation between the clubs on an annual basis. This year it was the turn of the IOM Photographic Society to...
The “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” provided us with a very windy evening and heavy rain for this week’s meeting of the IOM Photographic Society – so perhaps not surprisingly it was a rather smaller group of members than usual in attendance for the 1st Open Competition of the new...
On Wednesday 13th October at the Isle of Man Photographic Society, we had a wonderful presentation by Dr Patricia Tutt. She is a well-known architect, and also a keen and experienced photographer.
Her topic was Composition. Her talk was lavishly illustrated with photos, she showed us...
“Please, could you please arrange greater opportunities for us to improve our photography by holding more practical evenings?” is a plea often heard from members of the Society. It was extremely gratifying, therefore, to witness such a supportive turnout last Wednesday. The hard-...
The meeting format of the Isle of Man Photographic Society this week was tutorials, however before the tutorials commenced, Tony Curtis Chairman of the IOMPS announced that His Excellency Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant General Sir John Lorimer, KCB, DSO, MBE had graciously...
The first meeting of the new season of the IOMPS took place this week with a warm welcome and introduction to new members. Newly elected...
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The nights are drawing in and this tells us that we are almost in the Season of Autumn, with Winter just around the corner! So, what better way to spend those cold, wet and windy Wednesday evenings between now and next April than among photographic (...
One of the events organised this summer for members of the IOM Photographic Society was an evening practical workshop...
Given the instructions to avoid going out, now is a good opportunity to photograph the birds in your garden – they are truly beautiful, each species has its own special charm, and they make great subjects. But getting a high-impact shot can be difficult – many species are shy of allowing humans...
“When the going gets tough….”
In the absence of a regular weekly report of our meetings and in the current unusual circumstances, the IOM Photographic Society is taking the opportunity to provide some insight into the art of photography and some techniques and guidelines...
Still life images are a fundamental skill for anyone with a camera – the reasons are many but essentially a still life is the rare opportunity to take an image totally under the photographer’s control, and in some respects similar to painting. The subject matter is inanimate –...
The “wee beasties” in your garden…
Following on from a previous article about depth of field, this week we will look at photographing insects and the “wee beasties” to be found in the garden – spiders, beetles, butterflies, and even snails for example. The advantage is that...
For those of us of an older generation, photography started as a black and white medium – in a cupboard under the stairs or in a bathroom draped with black-out cloth, smothered in the smell of developer and fixer, our prints hanging from a clothes line hung over the bath or a basin…. and...
The season of weekly meetings of the IOM Photographic Society has now finished and it is...
The IOM Photographic Society had the pleasure this week of welcoming Dorothy Flint to present a host of her travel images, and to comment on them during the showing. Dorothy is a...
In the absence of a regular weekly meeting, this week saw the return of our annual Three Way Battle with the Oldham and Rochdale clubs. This is...
With the current circumstances requiring cancellation of this weeks meeting of the IOM Photographic Society, this...
Another week of the covid19...
Well, to quote Robbie Burns the best laid schemes o mice and men gang aft a-gley and...
The IOM Photographic Society provides a weekly programme of meetings during the period late September...
The Isle of Man Photographic Society is supported by the Arts Council
The Isle of Man Photographic Society is supported by the Arts Council
The IOMPS this week held the judging of the 2nd Open Competition of the...
The meeting of the IOM Photographic Society this week was a showing of the much...
The IOM Photographic Society this week held its first assignment competition of the season, the set subject being Still Life, in theory a very easy theme in that the photographer has total control over...
The Three Way Digital Battle is the only occasion in the year when all three of the islands photographic societies meet as a group in friendly competition, to share a mutual enthusiasm for taking...
The judging of the first Open Competition of the season was the subject for this weeks meeting of the IOM Photographic Society, comprising nearly 60 digital images and more than 30 prints, These were being judged in both Monochrome and...
Isle of Man Photographic Society
Hot on the heels of the Societys annual photographic competitions, delayed this year until November because of the Pandemic, came the annual two-way battle with the North West Bristol Camera Club.
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The IOM Photographic Society had a filled-to-the-brim audience for the latest meeting a judging of the delayed Annual Projected Digital Images competition, one sponsored by the Arts Council whose support is very gratefully acknowledged. Our judge...
This week the IOM Photographic Society held their annual competition for the Bank Cup, the assignment being Nature. We were very fortunate to have Neil Morris, Managing Director of Manx Birdlife and a lifelong advocate for nature and...
We all like looking at images its part of our everyday lives when reading a newspaper or watching television. And we all know when we see a really striking image, one with that extra wow factor that makes an impact,...
This week, the President of the IOM Photographic Society, Jeremy Broome-Smith, welcomed back members for the start of our regular Wednesday evening meetings and hoped they would enjoy the superb facilities at our new venue of the St John...
The Isle of Man Photographic Society is delighted that at last we are able to re-start our club meetings. The first one this season is extra special!
We are starting with a flourish! Our first meeting will be on 7th October at 7.30pm at the...
Our programme of weekly meetings for the IOM Photographic Society concluded this week with the judging of our second assignment, this one being on the topic of Book /...
There was again no meeting for the IOM Photographic Society this week. However the recent excellent if rather cold weather has given opportunity to explore our countryside and to develop an...
The IOM Photographic Societys meeting was again cancelled this week due to the Covid-19 lockdown still continuing, However, it has provided the perfect opportunity to explore and enjoy some of the delights of the...
The Covid-19 lockdown continues, so again the IOM Photographic Society meeting was cancelled this week. However, it has provided the perfect opportunity to explore and enjoy...
With the island still in lockdown, there was again no meeting this week for the IOM Photographic Society. However, as with my article last week, lockdown has provided the opportunity to get some exercise...
There was no meeting for the IOM Photographic Society again this week, so my topic is long exposure photography, a subject that can be practised at home.. Most...
Another week of lockdown . Another week when the IOM Photographic Society was forced to cancel its weekly meeting . Another week when a Zoom session provided the photographic interest for our members. Fortuitously, it was on the subject of...
This week, as a result of the uncertain situation with the Covid outbreak, the IOM Photographic Society postponed its meeting. The alternative offering was to tune in to a Zoom session on the subject of street photography which proved very interesting and well presented.
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