Creative Photography Group
Time - 10:00 to 12:00
Week - Second
Day - Monday
Venue - Cornerstone
Attendance Fee - £4.00
Vacancies - 6
Group Convenors
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Events
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Other than normal Group meetings, there are currently no additional events scheduled for this Group

If you would like to create photographs that are a little more interesting than the usual snap then you'll enjoy this group. We meet once a month to look at our photos together and get some new ideas for the future.

We are at all different levels of ability, from novice upwards. Members use any type of camera, from mobile phone camera to advanced digital cameras. It doesn't matter what camera is used, creativity is not just about the technicalities of the camera, or the editing app, it is so much to do with the original idea for the photo.

We meet monthly to see our photos projected on a large screen (so there's no need to print your photos). We tell each other how we created our photos, so we can learn new techniques from each other. Sharing ideas to improve our photography, solving any little problems and giving us new ideas for the next time.

In the monthly meeting, we choose two new topics for the following month. The topics can be interpreted as creatively as we wish, which means we have a nice variety of images to see in our following meeting.  

Occasionally some of us go to photography exhibitions for inspiration and to see what professional photographers have achieved. But mostly we focus on our own creative photography. 

If you like the idea of taking photographs which stand out from the usual snap, then contact our convenor to find out more and to arrange to come to a monthly meeting as our guest and see if you would enjoy being part of our group. 

We like to have some fun with our photography and hope you do too!

You can see our past efforts - just click a link below 

2026 01 - Smoke

2026 01 - Abstract (Winter Assignment)

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2025  >>>>>

2025 12 - Subject starting with "A"

2025 11 - Light Painting

2025 11 - Water Drops

2025 11 - Christmas Picture

2025 10 - Street Photography (Seasonal Assignment)

2025 10 - Food

2025 10 - Slow Shutter Speed

2025 09 - Summer

2025 09 - Graveyards

2025 09 - Beautiful

2025 07 - Urban Jungle

2025 07 - Silhouettes and Shadows

2025 06 - Wood

2025 06 - Mobile Phone Photograph

2025 05 - Uplifting Countryside Sculpture

2025 05 - Optical Illusion

2025 05 - Close-up (Seasonal Assignment)

2025 04 - The Season of Spring

2025 04 - 35 Years of Wokingham u3a

2025 03 - Subject starting with "B"

2025 03 - In the Style of an Artist

2025 03 - Double Exposure (Seasonal Assignment)

2025 02 - Words and Text

2025 02 - Repetition

2025 01 - Everyday Object in Close-up

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2024  >>>>>

2024 12 - Decay (Seasonal Assignment)

2024 12 - Christmas Card Picture

2024 12 - Bokeh

2024 11 - The Colour Orange

2024 11 - Playing with Shapes

2024 10 - Photograph from Behind

2024 10 - Lights

2024 09 - Street Food

2024 09 - Creative Self Portrait

2024 09 - Abstract (Seasonal Assignment)

2024 08 - States of Matter

2024 08 - Not What It Seems

2024 07 - Rails

2024 07 - In the Style of a Book

2024 05 - Window

2024 05 - Deconstructed Landscape

2024 04 - Inside

2024 04 - Adamski Effect

2024 03 - Red White and Blue

2024 03 - Number 5

2024 02 - Still Life 

2024 01 - Boxes Squares Rectangles Triangles

2024 01 - Yellow

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2023  >>>>>

2023 12 - Reflections

2023 12 - Folds Creases & Grooves

2023 12 - Hi Key (Seasonal Assignment)

2023 11 - Movement

2023 11 - Doors & Entrances

2023 10 - Natural Patterns

2023 10 - Different Sizes

2023 09 - Eliminate Distracting Elements

2023 09 - Seedheads

2023 08 - Dreams

2023 08 - Contrasts

2023 07 - Subject Beginning With "S"

2023 07 - Numbers

2023 06 - Curves

2023 06 - Old & New

2023 05 - Links

2023 05 - A Subject Beginning With "P"

2023 03 - Shadows

2023 03 - Forced Perspective

2023 03 - Personal Choice (Seasonal Assignment)

2023 02 - Mobile Phone Photograph

2023 02 - Black & White

2023 02 - Framed

2023 01 - Wokingham Market Place

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2022  >>>>>

2022 12 - Spots & Stripes

2022 12 - Photo Merge

2022 11 - Intentional Camera Movement

2022 11 - Subject Starting With "D"

2022 10 - Black & White (Seasonal Assignment)

2022 10 - Mirror Image

2022 10 - Layers

2022 09 - Windows

2022 09 - Subject Starting With "C"

2022 08 - Predominant Colour Red

2022 08 - Hidden

2022 07 - Postcard

2022 07 - In a Different Light

2022 06 - Orton Effect

2022 06 - Down

2022 05 - After Effects (Seasonal Assignment)

2022 05 - Squares

2022 05 - Slow Shutter Speed

2022 04 - Weathered

2022 04 - High Contrast

2022 03 - Machines

2022 03 - Cat's Eye View

2022 02 - Paths

2022 02 - Double Exposure

2202 01 - Minimalist (Seasonal Assignment)

2022 01 - Triangles

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2021  >>>>>

2021 12 - Decoration

2021 12 - An Object in Three Different Styles

2021 11 - Repeated Objects

2021 11 - Letters

2021 10 - Motion Blur

2021 10 - Strangers

2021 09 - Minimalist

2021 09 - Landscape

2021 09 - Hi Key

2021 08 - Architecture

2021 08 - Abundance

2021 07 - Everyday Moment

2021 07 - Contemplative Photography

2021 06 - Smart Phone - Zero Editing

2021 06 - Advertisement

2021 05 - Water

2021 05 - Black & White

2021 04 - Intentional Camera Movement

2021 04 - Selective Lighting

2021 04 - Leading Lines

2021 03 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Back to School

2021 03 - Soft Lighting

2021 03 - My Garden

2021 02 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Reflections

2021 02 - Textiles

2021 02 - In the Style of an Artist

2021 01 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Looking Through

2021 01 - Collage (Seasonal Assignment)

2021 01 - Warm & Cosy

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2020  >>>>>

Technique - Focus Stacking

2020 12 - Puzzling

2020 12 - Differential Focus

2020 11 - Dodge & Burn

2020 11 - Autumn

2020 10 - Waiting

2020 10 - Emphasis on Shape & Form

2020 11 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Rectangles

2020 10 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Numbers

2020 09 - Playing Cards

2020 09 - Narrative

2020 08 - Metallic

2020 08 - Light Painting

2020 08 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Editing

2020 08 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Objects in Silhouette

2020 07 - Smoke

2020 07 - In A Box

2020 07 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Liquid

2020 07 - Lockdown 90 Minute challenge - Circles

2020 06 - Crushed

2020 06 - Angles

2020 06 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Rustic

2020 06 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Little & Large

2020 06 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Flowers

2020 05 - Food Landscape

2020 05 - Tiny

2020 05 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Texture

2020 05 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Pink

2020 05 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Glass

2020 04 - On The Bright Side

2020 04 - Aesthetics

2020 04 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - The Written Word

2020 04 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Eggs

2020 04 - Lockdown 90 Minute Challenge - Two of a Kind

2020 03 - Texture Rough & Smooth

2020 03 - Decay

2020 02 - Splash & Splatter

2020 02 - Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)

2020 01 - Surreal

2020 01 - Everyday Object

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2019  >>>>>

2019 12 - Infra Red

2019 12 - After Dark

2019 11 - Surreal

2019 11 - Silhouettes

2019 11 - Hand Made Object

2019 10 - Pictorialism

2019 10 - Anything on Wheels

2019 09 - Uniform

2019 09 - Faces on Things

2019 08 - Sky

2019 08 - Lines

2019 07 - Predominant Colour

2019 07 - Guilty Pleasures

2019 06 - Summer Sport

2019 06 - Asymmetry

2019 05 - Juxtaposition

2019 05 - Holes

2019 04 - Broken

2019 04 - Brenizer Photography

2019 03 - Upside Down

2019 03 - Piception Photography

2019 02 - Joy

2019 02 - Dawn or Dusk

2019 01 - Duo Tone

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2018  >>>>>

2018 12 - Drops

2018 12 - Curves

2018 11 0 Urban-scape

2018 11 - Book or Film Title

2018 10 - Supermarket Car Park

2018 09 - Three Lightings of One Scene

2018 08 - Heat

2018 08 - Abstract

2018 07 - Nature Patterns

2018 07 - Legs or Feet

2018 06 - Town Photo

2018 06 - Country Photo

2018 05 - Creative Shadow

2018 05 - Camera Movement

2018 04 - Double Exposure

2018 04 - Contemplative Simplicity

2018 03 - One Predominant Colour

2018 03 - A Drawing

2018 02 - Window Light

2018 02 - An Object in Three Images

2018 01 - False Colour

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2017  >>>>>

2017 12 - Night Time

2017 12 - Macro

2017 11 - Pattern Emphasis Composition

2017 11 - Autumnal

2017 10 - Selfie

2017 10 - Metal Object

2017 09 - Water

2017 09 - Back Lighting

2017 08 - Square Format Photo

2017 08 - Framing a Scene

2017 07 - Break The Rules

2017 07 - Animal

2017 06 - Creative Light

2017 06 - Black & White

2017 05 - Simplification

2017 05 - Glass

2017 04 - Spring Season

2017 04 - Diptych

2017 03 - Vegetables

2017 03 - Contemplative Texture

2017 02 - Rain

2017 02 - Guess What

2017 02 - Guess What - Revealed

2017 01 - One Shot Shots

<<<<<  Our Best Photos of 2016  >>>>>

2016 12 - Christmas Card

2016 12 - Negative Space

2016 11 - Cobwebs

2016 11 - Amputation or Crop

2016 10 - Rose Street

2016 10 - A Child's Photo

2019 09 - Tonal Impact

2016 09 - Photo Straight out of Camera

2016 09 - Enhanced Photos

2016 09 - Complementary Photos

2016 08 - Enhanced Photos

2016 08 - Straight Lines

2016 07 - Abstract Colour

2016 07 - White balance

2016 06 - Reflections

2016 06 - EV Compensation Comparison

2016 05 - Shutter Speed

2016 05 - Four Objects

2016 04 - Garden of Delights

2016 04 - Aperture

2016 03 - Time

2016 03 - ISO

2016 02 - Dawn or Dusk

2016 02 - Cutlery

2016 01 - Three in One Image

2016 01 - Christmas

2015 12 - Bathroom

2015 12 - Architecture

2015 11 - Autumn

2015 11 - Fungi

2015 10 - Apple

2015 10 - Rose Street

2015 08 - Test Album

Camera Skills - Aperture

Camera Skills - EV Compensation

Camera Skills - ISO

Camera Skills - Metering

Camera Skills - Shutter Speed

Composition Skills - Negative Space

Composition Skills - Straight Lines

Lighting Skills

Display Skills - Screen Test

Editing Skills - Auto Levels

Editing Skills - Photoshop - Focus Stacking

Editing Skills - Photoshop - Blending Images

Editing Skills - Photoshop - Custom Brushes

Skills - Colour

Skills - White Balance

Skills - Mini Studio Set-up