Author: Brian Osborne

Our Annual Print competition

Hello big wide world and fellow ‘shutter snappers’, DCC annual print competition!  Yep the Grammies or the Grannies, the Oscars…..they all pale when compared to the Annual Prints. What an evening! Black tie….err, sorry.  Getting a little carried away by…

Club Weekend Away

Last weekend was the time we went on our annual jaunt to somewhere.  This year ‘somewhere’ was Northumberland.  A trip further that previous ones but one worthy of the extra miles.  We spent a long weekend in a little village…

Back again!

Gosh I have missed you all during our end of summer, mini-break, which included the clubs annual  weekend away; this year in Northumbria.  Hadrian’s wall, dark skies, Milky Way, miles of open roads.  But enough of that for now! I…

Rain Rain Rain

Oh this weather! We met last Wednesday the 15th with the intention of going off in a car share to do some Panning shots of traffic.  This time of year, a 7:45 pm start does not leave a generous amount…

Quiet period

Hi Folk….sorry if you have been looking on the blog, only to find last entry was on the 4th. (I know, the blog is as addictive as a good book – hard to put down) The club is on summer…

Landscape walk

Landscape day up around the Macclesfield Canal and with the weather on our side.  Warm without getting sun stroke.  Now, you intrepid eagle eyed spotters, the first photo has a deliberate mistake in it.  One an experienced photographer just would…

No Club Night 8th Aug

Hi folks, we had a really good time last night doing self portraits and switching cameras to Manual……manual settings!  Down to the user and not the camera.  Waiting for folk brave enough to send me images for posting on the…

Leeds Armouries

Saturday 28th July hosted one of the clubs day trips to somewhere nice.  We chose the Royal Armouries in Leeds for this one.  The visit was a first for me and I enjoyed it.  There was a threat of inclement…