DorkingCameraClub

Our FREE exhibition is now OPEN for one week only @denbiesvineyard See you there! 🫵🏼

Come to @denbiesvineyard and see our annual photographic exhibition on from 8/12/25 to 14/12/25. Beautiful prints taken by our members available to buy in time for Christmas 🎁

Lilac dawn. Photograph taken on Glastonbury Tor.

Grasmere, Lake District 🏡

What a fantastic year! To finish, we had our annual awards evening. Members also celebrated the club's 70th anniversary. Thanks to everyone who made it such a wonderful event. And THANK YOU to the brilliant Committee who work hard all year to make the club successful! 🏆🍾🎉📸🥳

@Callum75 @FionaHumphrey And our winner in the Advanced class was @DrSheenaRogers - Into the woods with the runner up prize going to Ivan Anderson - Post Covid cuddle with great grandmother. Fantastic images and a huge pat on the back to everyone! 🎉🍾🏆 4/4

@Callum75 The highly commended prizes in the Advanced class went to: Bogdan Schiteanu - Under the curved staircase, Barrie Ward - Graphite Square, & @FionaHumphrey - Dark Undercurrent, Bogdan Schiteanu - Under the curved staircase. 3/4

Rounding off the year with a brand new comp. Members picked 2 subjects from a choice of 4. The subjects were: Curves, Emotions, Trees & Water. Highly Commended Club Class winners: Jill Mortimer - A moment of compassion, Ron Matthews - Heartache, Steve Sampson - Fisheye Curves.1/4

@dj_h And the Advanced class runner up was: Barrie Ward - 62 Violins. The winner of the class was Bogdan Schiteanu - Skylight. Congratulations everyone! 📸🍾🏆 4/4

Over in Advanced class the Highly Commended prize winners were: @dj_h - Looking out, Gareth Balle - Industrial reflection & Genetta Aprilante - Old Saxon Church. 3/4

We had a new print comp this season where members submitted one colour & one mono print. Club class Highly Commended prizes went to: Mel Gear - Well Cathedral, Lorraine Rowbottom - Remnant of the Thurlsey Common Blaze & Extruded Maine Coon🥳👏 1/4

@Callum75 And finally, the top scores in the Tate 3 Print League Advanced Class were: Andrew Webster - Three Limpets, Bogdan Schiteanu - Gotham, @dj_h - Arts Palace & Paul Hodson - Evening Light at Luskentyre. Fantastic images and excellent work from our winners 🌟📸🏆🥳 4/4

@Callum75 The Advanced class winner, scoring 9 in the Tate 3 Print League class was: Gareth Balle - Sunburst. Scoring 9.5 were Bogdan Schiteanu - Popping Out & Paul Hodson - Early light at Uig Sands. 3/4

The Tate 3 Print Competition. In Club Class we had ten entries. Scoring 9.5 were: Helen Bannan - Otterly Happy & Preparing for take off. 1/4

And the winners of the Advanced print class were: @dj_h - Powerhouse Building and Gareth Balle's - View of Opulence. Congratulations to all our winners! 🥳👏📸3/3

In the Advanced class there were 27 entries. Well done to Barrie Ward - Victorian, Genetta Aprilante - The Violinist for scoring 9. Then 9.5 scores went to Genetta - Barbican after the rain & Bogdan Schiteneau - Just the three of us. 2/3

Round 2 of our print competition saw nine images in the Club Class comp. Second place went to Ron Matthews - Samantha in the spotlight. Top scores went to Helen Bannan - Whoo you looking at? & Ron (again) for his Venus in Furs. Ron also scooped the Judges Award for best image!1/3