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Thursday, 2 April 2015
Flickr-Now being used for Group Photos


Photo by Cliff Astles-Business end of a Pirhanna Fish

Member Use of the new Group Flickr Photo Galleries
Great to see that many of our group members are signing on to Flickr, 
and creating a personal account for use of their own photos, and are then 
adding photos themselves onto the group Flickr account for the three 
topics for APRIL's member photo presentation.

You will no doubt see for yourselves that the presentation, clarity and 
facilities for the use of photos using Flickr, are so much better for the 
group than when we were using Facebook.

Hopefully, more members will do the same, so that we have plenty of 
photos for APRIL, and loads of time to get the photo presentations 
compiled using the new group Flickr accounts.

Topics for this month’s member presentation are:-

Still Life
Family Pets
Queens Park, Crewe.

We will progressively be making more use of the Group Web Site, with less 
activity on Facebook, so members need to start to use the Web Site as the 
main group activity and information centre.

Cliff 

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
North Wales Photography Coach Tour


Photo by Cliff Astles-Swallow Falls-Betw's-y-Coed-North Wales


21st Century Technology & Camera Group

North Wales Photography Coach Tour- Sunday May 17th 2015

A full day photography tour of North Wales has been planned by the group. 
We have a number of seats left on the coach, and we are now making these 
available for interested people to join us. 

Cost is only £15.00 per person, from 9.00 am until 8.00 / 9.00 pm.

Interested ? Then please use the group e-mail of  21stctncg@gmail.com to 
find out more information and book your places.

You can also view more details using the group web site at 
www.watch-it-c.co.uk and the group BLOG information.

Final payment for the places booked will be Wednesday April 15th 2015.

You can also call Cliff Astles on 07971 136360 for information and to 
book places.

Saturday, 28 March 2015
Photography Coach Tour-North Wales


Photo by Cliff Astles-Swallow Falls-Betws-y-Coed-North Wales

North Wales Photography Coach Tour-Sunday May 17th-2015
This is the last request for group members (particularly for our newer
members) who would wish to attend this day out for the group, to confirm 
to myself they would like to go. The coach will take 38 passengers, and 
currently we only have 24 confirmed bookings with a number of members 
paying in full, for the trip.

Fuller details of the day can be found on the Web Site BLOG pages.

Who..........21st Century Technology & Camera Group Outing.
What.........Photography Group Coach Tour.
When.........Sunday 17th May from Middlewich Town Hall Car Park
Times........Leaving at 9.00 am & arriving back between 8 and 9.00 pm.
Costs........Cost per person is only £15.00.

There is a toilet on board the bus and we have had prepared 
(by a North Wales Photographer) an itinerary for the day, with places 
to stop to get the best photos from the journey.

Please CONFIRM your intention to go on the trip........ASAP if you 
wish to join us on the trip, and also let me know of the number of 
seats required. Members can bring with them guests and children, costs 
as above.

Monies will be finally collected on the night of the group meeting on
Wednesday 15th April at the Willowmere-Middlewich.

Cliff

Thursday, 26 March 2015
Queens Park Crewe-Free Instructional Photo Outing.


Photo by Cliff Astles


April-Members Monthly Instructional Photo Outing
Queens Park-Crewe

Saturday 11th April-2.00 till 4.00 (ish)

Have checked out Queens Park Crewe, by visiting and believe this could 
be a nice local afternoon, with plenty to view and take a good selection 
of photos.

Flowers (hopefully) but certainly some nice trees, and at this time a 
number of wild birds both flying and water based will be very good for 
many of our newer members.

There is a Cafe' if wet, and plenty of places to rest, with the best 
access to date for wheelchairs and scooters, with ample free parking.

Plan to meet at the cafe' at 2.00 pm. Please, don't forget when you 
first get out of your car, set your camera to AUTO, get that shot, 
and practise, practise, practise. We will stop at differing spots during 
the afternoon, where we can all try getting photos, when all using the 
same camera settings.

Group photo outings are FREE to group members, and are a good way to 
quickly improve your photos, as well as meeting with other group members 
socially in a relaxed and informal way. 
Also, this is a good place to try out landscape shots using a tripod. 
I will be on hand to give members advice and no doubt other more skilled 
members will be doing the same.


Cliff

Thursday 26th April 2015.

PS Also remember this next month's photo topics are STILL LIFE-FAMILY PETS 
and of course any of your photos from CREWE PARK.

Saturday, 21 March 2015
Members MARCH Photo Presentation.


Photo by Nicola Keenan----Spring Flowers
Member Photo Presentation---MARCH 2015.

Member Photo Presentation-MARCH 2015-PowerPoint Presentation

This is to remind members that the MARCH member Photo presentation in 
FULL, can be seen by looking at the FILES in the 21st Century Technology
& Camera Group.

Members can view their own photos and compare with other members to see 
for themselves just how they are progressing.

Don't forget to make contact with other members to discuss with them 
their own photos, and to help you progress further with your own shots at 
future photo outings.

Cliff

Thursday, 19 March 2015
Post-March Group Meeting.


Photo by Cliff Astles............Group Meeting Venue-Willowmere-Middlewich.

March Group Meeting-Post meeting revue / update.

I would like to thank all of the members for a very good turnout for our 
March group meeting.

We were also very happy to see quite a number of new members, and the 
topics of technology and photography with member questions going down 
well with the whole group.

Wondering if half the attendees had deserted and gone home after the 
half time tea break,  I was delighted to see that the new Member Training 
Facility, was being fully investigated by some half of the members. 
Many were just checking out what we had and how to get on-board with 
some more specific technology and photography at a later date. 

Member Ken Rane is our Training co-coordinator for technology, photography,
and photo post processing, and much, much more.

Interested ? then let Ken know of your needs and he will discuss this 
with you, and recommend the way ahead for each person, as each persons 
needs can be quite different.

Member training is available for members wanting specific 1 to 1 help, 
and we are also interested in running small group training (4 to 6 
members per group). Costs are from £ 5.00 per hour for group training 
to £10.00 per hour if you would prefer 1 to 1.

Currently, all training will take place at the Willowmere-Middlewich on 
Sunday afternoons for those interested. ALL monies raised by our volunteer 
trainers will go directly to help the group finance's, after paying for 
the hire of the Willowmere.

Next group meeting at the Willowmere will be on Wednesday 15th April-7.00 
to 9.30 pm. Presentation Topic is TBA at this time.


North Wales, Group Photo Outing-Sunday May 17th 2015


Photo by Cliff Astles-Llanberis Pass Stream

We now have some 27 places filled for the tour, and the bus will take 38.
....PLEASE BOOK UP NOW !!!!

A number of the members have already paid for this day out but I would 
like to say one FINAL TIME. The trip will go ahead should the bus be full 
or not :)

However, if members are not wanting to take the trip I will be forced to 
put the tour out to the general public to fill the places left. 
I would therefore make this last request for member to book seats, 
if they wish to go. 

After this next full week (Sunday 29th March) the trip will be then 
put out to the general public to ensure we have a fully paid up coach 
full. The group cannot afford to pay out for unused seats :(

FINAL and FULL payment in full for the trip will be required to be paid 
to Bab's by the end of APRIL, but preferably by the April Group Meeting 
on Wednesday 15th April.

I am also considering another CANAL BOAT trip along the Shropshire Union 
Canal, perhaps end of AUGUST / SEPTEMBER, when I hope it will be a tad 
warmer than the trip in Jan. If this trip is only half as good as the 
last one it will be one to remember :)

Cliff

Saturday, 14 March 2015
Member photos for March 18th Group Meeting.


Photo by Jonathan White. 

New group member-photo submitted for this months members presentation.
Photos required for inclusion into this month's member photo presentations.

The COUNTDOWN for member photos is nigh :)

10.00 pm this evening will be the cut off for photos to be with myself 
for inclusion in the March member photo presentation.

The presentation has already been completed, and thus far with some 120 
plus photos submitted, this is by far the best members photo contribution 
since we started this, some 12 months ago this month. It must be working :)

I have included above a photo submitted by one of our new group members 
Jonathan White, which fully illustrates the way in which different people 
see topics we present each month for members photos. Well done Jonathan.

There is still space available for members photo contributions, who may 
not have had time to process their photos and get them in to myself, 
before the 10.00 pm deadline.

SO,  SATURDAY AFTERNOON this weekend is for PHOTO PROCESSING & MAILING...
never mind watching the RUGBY!!!

Thanks.

Cliff