The concept of making any kind of living from birds was a mere pipedream for Keith, until he began taking wildlife photography more seriously and giving talks to interested clubs and societies. In between he writes articles for journals such as Birdwatching Magazine and tutors bird watching courses at a number of residential centres in the country. Visit www.keithofford.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

In a lifetime of professional photography, among other recognitions of achievement, Ron Callender FRPS has received the RPS Hood Medal, two Lancet awards, and the Medical Group's technical award. In 1979 he delivered the RPS Hurter and Driffield Memorial Lecture, and in 2004 received a doctorate for his scrutiny of the two men's 19th century photographic experiments. Face to Face is based on an exhibition at Fenton House in 2007, and displays the pictorial photography that he enjoys.

At Grosvenor Museum

Member's Mini Lecture - Rob Adams unveils more of Cheshire's hidden gems

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Chester's own Rob Lewis shares his Lightroom and Photoshop experience with a behind the scenes de-construction of a number of competition winning images. Discover how the images were taken and processed from the RAW file out of the Camera to the print-ready image. A must-see presentation for photographers of all abilities who are serious about squeezing the best from their photographs and using them in a creative way to produce original and interesting images.

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

The International Projected Image Exhibition has been well established within the photographic fraternity for many years and continues to attract a very high entry worldwide. It is an open competition in which there are slide and digital sections in the Open and Nature categories. Ticket price includes free entry to the zoo. Chester Zoo members entitled to reduced ticket price.

From 2:30pm to 5:30pm. Doors open 2:00pm.

At Chester Zoo

Lives in Mold and works…anywhere! Won the PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD at the "WELSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2010". Speaker at LENS VI Photography Festival, National Library of Wales. She exhibits a collection of fine art photographic prints and takes commissions from businesses and individuals. Visit www.llinoslanini.com

At Grosvenor Museum

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Ted Leeming's real love of photography began whilst travelling through the Far East and Australia. He set up as a freelance photographer in the late 1980s in London working mostly for trade magazines and commissions for actors and model portfolios. Following a commission to be the photographer on a 6 month expedition to Chilean Patagonia in 1990 he returned to Cornwall with an ever strengthening commitment to the environment. He became involved in the field of renewable energy, continuing to take photos and setting up his own company with a friend in Glasgow in 1996. Whilst maintaining a commitment to the environment, in 2004 Ted decided to acknowledge his passion for photography, leaving the company and travelling for a year through Scotland, the UK, Europe and Northern Africa to update his portfolio of landscape and environmental images - the fields of photography he now specialises in. Visit www.tedleeming.com

At Grosvenor Museum

An opportunity to socialise and relax with other society members over drinks and nibbles.

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Curzon Park Golf Club (this event is for members only)

Afzal Ansary now enjoys photography - specialising in documentary, travel, editorial, environmental portraiture and nature photography. He is particularly interested in photographing people in their daily working environment with available light. He has had two exhibitions, one at the TouchStones Art Gallery in Rochdale and the second at Fenton House, Royal Photographic Society in Bath showing photographs on "People of Pakistan". His images have been published worldwide in books, journals and newspapers, and other media. His images have also been used by the Discovery Channel, BBC and Channel 4. Visit www.afzalansary.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Gordon, who gave his lively talk on Colour last September, returns to give his unique take on Photoshop.

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Denis joined the (Manchester) Guardian in 1974 ‘just to go out and take pictures’! With an eye for the spectacular, the romantic and the Bresson inspired moment, Thorpe has won numerous awards, including the 1979 Worlds Press Photo Gold Medal and Ilford Photographer of the Year in 1988. Photographed the home of L S Lowry.

At Grosvenor Museum

Stephen has been working in Black & White for over twenty years and takes his influences from the masters, Ansel Adams, Paul Stand, John Sexton, Walker Evans and more recently Michael Kenna & Fan Ho. His work has been published in UK & USA photography magazines as well as the “Best of friends “ yearbook 2002, 2003 & 2005. In Sept 2008 he was lucky enough to have a photograph selected from 4000 entries in the USA photography gallery magazine "Black & White". Visit www.morethanmono.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

Brian’s work is has been influenced more by painters, particularly the Symbolists and Expressionists. Recently he has become interested in the Pictorialist photographers who were pioneers of art photography in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. What particularly attracts him to these images is the way they used texture and surface manipulation to create a painterly effect or often the look of an etching. Visit www.brianlawphotography.co.uk

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Former Chester PS member, Steve has been photographing the landscape of Britain for over 25 years. Closely associated with the Snowdonia National Park in particular, his knowledge and understanding of the area have allowed him to produce images unrivalled in their portrayal of the ephemeral light and wild atmosphere of that special part of the world. His work is an intimate and lovingly crafted celebration of wild landscapes. Visit www.landscapesofwales.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Dianne is a distinctive photographer with a creative mind, who last visited us just prior to gaining her fellowship. The RPS felt privileged to see such “exciting work”. Her talks help her to meet various other inspiring people from other clubs from all over the country. Visit her website www.dianneowen.info

At Grosvenor Museum

Graham is a multi-award winning photographer and judge. He has been lecturing around the UK for more than 25 years and his relaxed, informal style combined with a wealth of experience makes for an entertaining and informative presentation. Sponsored by Lion Fine Print

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Howard Barlow is a much sought after photographer, freelancing for The Guardian, The Observer and Sunday Times. He has picked up numerous photographic awards including Newspaper Photographer Of the Year. Howard began his career photographing the bands of the 70's and 80's for NME and Melody Maker. His iconic images of The Ramones, Queen and Iggy Pop are still regularly published around the world, syndicated by Getty Images. Visit www.howardbarlow.com

At Grosvenor Museum

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Rob shares his Lightroom and Photoshop experience with a behind the scenes de-construction of a number of competition winning images. Discover how the images were taken and processed from the RAW file out of the Camera to the print-ready image. A must-see presentation for photographers of all abilities who are serious about squeezing the best from their photographs and using them in a creative way to produce original and interesting images.

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

A presentation on how to manage your photographs on your computer, covering workflow, non-destructive image editing, metadata and key wording, organising and naming files and folders, backup and archiving, and cataloguing strategies. Lots of practical advice and tips.

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

Wild Britain is a medium format slide show projected on the Hasselblad PCP 80 projector. All the slides are shot on Velvia 50 slide film. It’s almost certain you will see slides from the Derbyshire and Yorkshire Dales, the English Lake District and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, along with some of the characters Barry meets on his travels.

Barry is one of the top speakers on the photographic circuit and his amusing anecdotes can be quite colourful so political correctness is not a feature of the show. Therefore if you are easily offended best to stay at home this particular night and watch Corrie on the television. Visit www.barrypayling.co.uk

At Grosvenor Museum

Chris is an award-winning portrait photographer from Ruthin, North Wales. He works with his wife, make-up artist Jayne Birchall “with camera and cosmetics working in perfect harmony to bring out the very best in each and every sitter”. Visit his website www.beautyphoto.co.uk

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

a change to the advertised programme

We now have professional photographer and editor of "Professional Imagemaker Magazine" Mike McNamee to talk about Photoshop related topics. Full talk synopsis to be confirmed.

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church

At Vicars Cross United Reformed Church