Welcome

FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Thank you for visiting our website. I will thank you even more if you visit our club, especially as we are entering an exciting new phase in moving to a new venue: Strutts Community Centre in Belper.

Over 40 years, Derby City Photographic has also built up a reputation as a friendly club where prospective members are given a warm welcome. They also come into a healthy fold of eager-to-learn beginners right through to experienced practitioners who both inspire and help others.

We also have an enviable reputation for the quality of our lectures, and encourage the spirit of competition through monthly themed contests in both digital and print.

We have a flourishing photo library, too – over 100 books.

Derby City PC is also one of the 40-plus members of the North & East Midlands Photographic Federation (N&EMPF) which is itself affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB).

Ashley Franklin ARPS | APAGB | BPE3*


Website updated 13th November 2026

Tuesday 17th November

COMPETITION 3
REFLECTIONS (PDI)

Judge: Ralph Duckett MPAGB, EFIAP, APAGB

Definition: Reflections can add a wonderful dimension to images. It might be trees reflected in a still lake, your own reflection in a shop window, or a street scene reflected in a puddle. Reflections can be fun and worked creatively into your image.

Tuesday 24th November

AN EVENING with ALEX HYDE

Alex is a Derbyshire-based professional natural history photographer recognised as one of the leading macro specialists in the world. Whether in a rainforest in Borneo or his own back garden in Youlgrave, Alex can usually be found crawling around in the undergrowth, peering under stones or rocks in search of those smaller creatures that so often get overlooked.
As Alex points out: ‘I've seen some truly breathtaking natural spectacles whilst journeying to all corners of the world.’ Indeed, Alex undergoes major commissions and runs workshops in Europe, Central & South America and the Far East, and is equally at home shooting in alpine peaks as he is in tropical rainforests. This is an evening to discover a largely unseen and fascinating world.

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