Great first night of 2016. Some great shots for our knockout competition. Well done Andrew Webb for your winning pigs in blankets

Congratulations to our 2015 winners: Photographer of the year – Richard Huckett Landscape Photographer of the year – Richie Cunningham Portrait Photographer of the year – Richard Huckett Image of the Year – Marion Sidebottom Presidents cup – Bob Braine A selection of the best entries from the 4 competitions on the awards night below:

The final deciding round of this years Photographer of the Year (POTY) culminating in a nail biting finish.  Thanks to Judge Gordan Bramham for delivering his expert feedback on all our entries.

Thanks to Bob, Richie, Simon and Tim for sharing their equipment with club members to try capturing splash pictures and trigger trap Balloon pops. Nice blind dart playing Bob…  See below images.

Thanks to Harold Mousley from Manningtree for judging so expertly our Black & White print round of this years Photographer of the year (POTY). Results here  

Thanks to Stevie, Rob, Ellie and Danni at Rawlight Studios last night. A great night of tuition on studio portraiture.

Great fun last night at our annual “Be the judge” night. A wide range of scores from the different teams showing how hard it is to score objectively. Well done to the winners who showed that life experience really does count!

Thanks to judge Patrick Higham for bringing his insight and comments to proceedings in the September round of the photographer of the year.  Check out some of the images:

A great night out with old friends and new.  Great to see some new faces on our trip to Mountnessing Windmill.

Listen to Club Chairman talking to Steve Scruton on BBC Essex live from the awards presentation at this years Photo Marathon: