Programme Sep 2026-May 2027
Programme may be downloaded here: Programme 2026/27
Note members can now enter up to FOUR prints or PDIs for each competition where appropriate.
Please submit your entries via the PhotoEntry software using your personal log-in.
2025
11 Sept 26
Alisoun MacDermid a Leicester photographer
‘A month of an idea’ and ‘How to get it out there’.
18 Sept 26
Martin Cooke
Favourites
MCPF speaker
Hand in Colour pdi
25 Sept 26
Competition evening: Colour pdi
Judge: Elizabeth Peat CPAGB
2 Oct 26
Catherine Hallsworth
“The Photographic Archive of Leicester City Council. 80 years of the city of Leicester in photographs"
Hand in Mono prints
9 Oct 26
Robert Falconer
Iceland
NEMPF speaker
16 Oct 26
Competition evening: Mono prints
Judge: John Whitby MFIAP EPIAP/d3 MPAGB BPE3
23 Oct 26
Members evening
Images on a theme of individual member’s own choice.
Hand in Scape pdi
30 Oct 26
Phil Peat CPAGB EFIAP BPE4*
A Cuban experience
NEMPF judge
6 Nov 26
Competition evening: Scape pdi
Judge: Robert Falconer
13 Nov 26
Kevin Pigney ASINWP ARPS DPAGB
Passion for scapes
By ZOOM
Hand in Nature pdi
20 Nov 26
MCPF travelling portfolio
27 Nov 26
Competition evening: Nature pdi
Judges: Peter Jones ARPS DPAGB BPE3 LINWP & Sue Wilson DPAGB BPE3
4 Dec 26
Graham Neville presents
An Audio-Visual Kaleidoscope" by The East Midlands AV Group.
11 Dec 26
Andrzej Jablonski LBIPP LMPA
Beneath the Red Sea -North and South
18 Dec 26
Members evening Social
25 Dec 26
CHRISTMAS BREAK
1 Jan 27
NEW YEAR BREAK
8 Jan 27
Andy Gray
Woodland photography
by ZOOM
Hand in Creative digital pdi
15 Jan 27
Competition evening: Creative digital
Judge: David Bray AFIAP CPAGB
22 Jan 27
Recorded lecture TBA
Hand in colour PRINTS
29 Jan 27
Michael Farley
On Photography
by ZOOM
5 Feb 27
Competition evening: Colour prints
Judge: Andrzej Jablonski LBIPP LMPA
12 Feb 27
Steffan Nicholson
No whiskers on kittens, but these are a few of my favourite things
NEMPF speaker
Hand in Mono pdi
19 Feb 27
MEMBERS evening
Members’ favourite images -but ones that did not fit competition criteria.
26 Feb 27
Competition evening: Mono pdi
Judge: Peter Irons
5 Mar 27
Ian Pinn BPE3
Hebridean Isles
Print lecture NEMPF speaker
Hand in People pdi
12 Mar 27
Alan Cann
Up Close and Personal: Exploring Leicestershire Wildlife with Macro and Microphotography. Alan is a Leicester photographer and entomologist. This talk explores the tiny microworlds of Leicestershire wildlife, and discusses the methods used and the resulting images
19 Mar 27
Competition evening: People pdi
Judge:Martin Cooke
Hand in Architecture pdi
26 Mar 27
GOOD FRIDAY
2 Apr 27
Competition evening: Architecture pdi
Followed by talk by the judge: My trip to Zimanga
Judge: Jayne Hutchings CPAGB BPE2,
9 Apr 27
Ken Rasmussen ARPS
Recent adventures in wild life photography
Hand in President’s set topic COLOUR. PDI
16 Apr 27
The River Soar past and present. A project presented by Sileby Photographic Society..
23 Apr 27
Competition evening: President’s subject ‘COLOUR’ pdi
30 Apr 27
DINNER
7 May 27
AGM
14 May 27
EXHIBITION
11 Sept 26
Alisoun MacDermid a Leicester photographer
‘A month of an idea’ and ‘How to get it out there’.
18 Sept 26
Martin Cooke
Favourites
MCPF speaker
Hand in Colour pdi
25 Sept 26
Competition evening: Colour pdi
Judge: Elizabeth Peat CPAGB
2 Oct 26
Catherine Hallsworth
“The Photographic Archive of Leicester City Council. 80 years of the city of Leicester in photographs"
Hand in Mono prints
9 Oct 26
Robert Falconer
Iceland
NEMPF speaker
16 Oct 26
Competition evening: Mono prints
Judge: John Whitby MFIAP EPIAP/d3 MPAGB BPE3
23 Oct 26
Members evening
Images on a theme of individual member’s own choice.
Hand in Scape pdi
30 Oct 26
Phil Peat CPAGB EFIAP BPE4*
A Cuban experience
NEMPF judge
6 Nov 26
Competition evening: Scape pdi
Judge: Robert Falconer
13 Nov 26
Kevin Pigney ASINWP ARPS DPAGB
Passion for scapes
By ZOOM
Hand in Nature pdi
20 Nov 26
MCPF travelling portfolio
27 Nov 26
Competition evening: Nature pdi
Judges: Peter Jones ARPS DPAGB BPE3 LINWP & Sue Wilson DPAGB BPE3
4 Dec 26
Graham Neville presents
An Audio-Visual Kaleidoscope" by The East Midlands AV Group.
11 Dec 26
Andrzej Jablonski LBIPP LMPA
Beneath the Red Sea -North and South
18 Dec 26
Members evening Social
25 Dec 26
CHRISTMAS BREAK
1 Jan 27
NEW YEAR BREAK
8 Jan 27
Andy Gray
Woodland photography
by ZOOM
Hand in Creative digital pdi
15 Jan 27
Competition evening: Creative digital
Judge: David Bray AFIAP CPAGB
22 Jan 27
Recorded lecture TBA
Hand in colour PRINTS
29 Jan 27
Michael Farley
On Photography
by ZOOM
5 Feb 27
Competition evening: Colour prints
Judge: Andrzej Jablonski LBIPP LMPA
12 Feb 27
Steffan Nicholson
No whiskers on kittens, but these are a few of my favourite things
NEMPF speaker
Hand in Mono pdi
19 Feb 27
MEMBERS evening
Members’ favourite images -but ones that did not fit competition criteria.
26 Feb 27
Competition evening: Mono pdi
Judge: Peter Irons
5 Mar 27
Ian Pinn BPE3
Hebridean Isles
Print lecture NEMPF speaker
Hand in People pdi
12 Mar 27
Alan Cann
Up Close and Personal: Exploring Leicestershire Wildlife with Macro and Microphotography. Alan is a Leicester photographer and entomologist. This talk explores the tiny microworlds of Leicestershire wildlife, and discusses the methods used and the resulting images
19 Mar 27
Competition evening: People pdi
Judge:Martin Cooke
Hand in Architecture pdi
26 Mar 27
GOOD FRIDAY
2 Apr 27
Competition evening: Architecture pdi
Followed by talk by the judge: My trip to Zimanga
Judge: Jayne Hutchings CPAGB BPE2,
9 Apr 27
Ken Rasmussen ARPS
Recent adventures in wild life photography
Hand in President’s set topic COLOUR. PDI
16 Apr 27
The River Soar past and present. A project presented by Sileby Photographic Society..
23 Apr 27
Competition evening: President’s subject ‘COLOUR’ pdi
30 Apr 27
DINNER
7 May 27
AGM
14 May 27
EXHIBITION