Matlock Camera Club

To keep pace with the rapidly changing digital age, Matlock Camera Club has just taken delivery of latest specification Laptop, Digital Projector, Scanner and Printer for the benefit of Members and visitors alike. The Club was granted funding from the Awards for All Lottery Fund enabling the purchase of the equipment. The Club will now be able to widen its activities for the benefit of the wider community. ‘Many speakers ask us to provide digital equipment whilst more members are exploring the opportunities which digital photography offers. So we felt it important to provide the facilities to meet this demand’, said past Chairman Jim Lambeth, ‘we hope also to be able to help new members who wish to explore this medium further’.

Photographic club members from all over the North and East Midlands submit their best pictures for selection by expert panels. The winning entries are entered into an exhibition of pictures which are exhibited at the Durban House Heritage Centre, Eastwood, Notts. From 5th Jan to 2nd Feb 2008. In addition, the images are viewed by camera club members throughout the Region. The show came to Matlock Camera Club on 16th Jan. Congratulations go to those members who were successful. From a Club membership of 26, seven images were selected from the work of 4 members.

Audrey Lambeth scooped first and second place in this nail-biting contest. By a process of elimination, members choose their preferred slide picture until numbers are whittled down to the final 4 images. Runner-up places went to Derek Holmes and Peter Ward.