XRR PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain - Member of the Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs
We are a small, friendly, and active club with a distinguished record within the local region. We started life as the De Havilland club based at Leavesden airfield, north of Watford, but a number of industrial mergers resulted in us eventually becoming the Rolls-Royce club. In 1993 when RR closed the factory we became independent under the XRR designation. Membership is open to all and is drawn from between north London and Luton.
We meet on Wednesday evenings from early September to the end of May in the Williams Hall, on the first floor of the Stanborough Centre, 609 St. Albans Road, Garston, Watford WD25 9JL (excepting the occasional ‘away’ fixture). See Programme for details. The Centre has illuminated off-street parking for 100+cars.
We have a programme of lectures, digital workshops and regular competitions for both prints and projected images (both slide & digital). We take part in many inter-club activities, some with individual clubs and some as part of the local inter-club leagues.
All our members are happy to pass on their extensive and varied knowledge to new members, whether it be traditional film-based techniques or the ever expanding new digital technology.
We began a series of digital workshops demonstrating the use of Adobe Photoshop software for the preparation and manipulation of photo images in 2004. In 2005, with the aid of a grant from the Lottery “Awards for All” scheme, we were able to acquire digital projection equipment. With this new equipment our workshops have been extended to includes digital audio-visual sequences.
Apart from taking part in CACC organised competitions and exhibitions and one-to-one events with other clubs, individual members enter their work in many other exhibitions. Each year we also produce exhibitions of prints for display in local centres.
In both 2003 and 2005, we represented the CACC in the PAGB national print competition and in 2008 we represented them in both the national slide and national print championships.
In 2009 we won the prestigious CACC Rosebowl competition.
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Every year we run a Day of Photography involving the participation of many other clubs, called Pre-Visions . The next such event will be our 24th and will be held on 29th November. Any PAGB affiliated club which wishes to be involved should email a snail-mail contact address to our Secretary (see Contact Us page) for circulation of documentation in mid 2009.
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We meet on Wednesday evenings from early September to the end of May in the Williams Hall, on the first floor of the Stanborough Centre, 609 St. Albans Road, Garston, Watford WD25 9JL (excepting the occasional ‘away’ fixture). See Programme for details. The Centre has illuminated off-
We have a programme of lectures, digital workshops and regular competitions for both prints and projected images (both slide & digital). We take part in many inter-
All our members are happy to pass on their extensive and varied knowledge to new members, whether it be traditional film-
We began a series of digital workshops demonstrating the use of Adobe Photoshop software for the preparation and manipulation of photo images in 2004. In 2005, with the aid of a grant from the Lottery “Awards for All” scheme, we were able to acquire digital projection equipment. With this new equipment our workshops have been extended to includes digital audio-
Apart from taking part in CACC organised competitions and exhibitions and one-
In both 2003 and 2005, we represented the CACC in the PAGB national print competition and in 2008 we represented them in both the national slide and national print championships.
In 2009 we won the prestigious CACC Rosebowl competition.
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Every year we run a Day of Photography involving the participation of many other clubs, called Pre-
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