A Very Warm Welcome to the Tettenhall Wood Photographic Club (TWPC)
Weekly meetings are held at The Institute, although we can link them to Zoom for those people who need to use that facility.
You are most welcome to join us at The Institute simply by contacting our Chair, Vice Chair or Membership Secretary in the first instance. We look forward to hearing from you.
We normally meet at The Institute, Wood Road, Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton WV6 8NF, Tuesdays at 7.30pm, and there will usually be someone in attendance from 7pm onwards. We meet on the first floor in Room 4 and lift access is available.
Sat Nav Co-ordinates 52.590223 (N) -2.181792 (W)
Our season runs between September and June, and prospective new members and visitors are always welcome to attend without obligation. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member is advised to contact our Membership Secretary in the first instance.
The club was formed in 1982 and is affiliated with the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (
PAGB) through the Midland Counties Photographic Federation (MCPF).
PAGB) through the Midland Counties Photographic Federation (MCPF). The aims of the club are to promote photography and photographic achievement and skills in a relaxed, friendly and supportive atmosphere. Members are encouraged to progress at a pace they are happy with, whilst allowing them to judge themselves against their peers, both within the club and externally.
The membership is made up of people of wide-ranging interests and ability, from absolute beginners and those with a passive interest in photography to those who have reached an advanced level of competence. We all like to enjoy photography in its many guises, and no one takes matters too seriously.
Tettenhall Wood Photographic Club (TWPC) is fully committed to supporting the principles and practices of equality and is against all forms of discrimination, both direct and indirect, harassment, victimisation or any other form of inappropriate behaviour that may bring the club and/or its members into disrepute.
Meetings take place in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere with the emphasis on enjoyment of the common interest. The programme is varied and interesting and generally consists of:
- Demonstrations
- Inter-Club Competitions
- Member’s Nights
- Monthly Competitions
- Practical Sessions
- Presentations/Lectures by Well Known and Respected Photographers
- Visits to Exhibitions
There is even time for a chat over a cup of tea and a biscuit.
Members are welcome to enter prints and digital projected images (commonly known as PIs) in monthly competitions, with trophies being awarded to the most successful photographer in each class at the end of the season.
There are currently three classes: General, for those just starting in competition, and Intermediate and Advanced for those with an increasing degree of proficiency and skill. There are also one-off events for all members to participate in at intervals throughout the year.
The club also enters into inter-club battles with other local clubs where we have the opportunity to judge ourselves against other photographers who will have different ideas and thoughts. These events are always enjoyable and are part of the learning process.
The club encourages all forms of image production and has its own digital imaging equipment. Most members now use digital capture and image-making techniques, so help and advice are always readily available from our in-house ‘experts’.
Members are encouraged and assisted to enter images in local, national and even international exhibitions, and as a club, we have been quite successful in recent years. Visits to such exhibitions are also encouraged so that members can view and learn from a wide variety of top-class photographers.
We try to arrange field trips throughout the year. The purpose of the trips is to have fun taking photographs in a group situation so that thoughts, ideas and techniques can be interchanged. The venues for these trips vary from local landmarks to day or even weekend trips to places further afield where good photo opportunities are to be obtained.
The Club is run for and on behalf of the members by a Committee of officers and members. The Committee has the responsibility to ensure that the Club runs smoothly and efficiently and that the various interests and requirements of members are reasonably met. Unfortunately, we have to pay for our enjoyment. However, with Annual Subscription of £30.00 and a nightly charge of £3.00, we think that you will find it to be good value for money.
After reading this taster, we are sure you will want to know more. Please feel free to drop in and see us on any Tuesday between September and May; you will be more than welcome. See our programme page for details. Alternatively, for further contact details, please visit the Contact Us page.
here. The monthly competitions are divided into three classes, General for those just starting in competitions, Intermediate and Advanced for those with an increasing degree of proficiency and skill. There are four rounds of prints and four rounds of projected images for each class and all entrants are judged in their respective class by the invited judge who awards 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and Highly Commended and Commended at his discretion. Points are awarded according to placing and are used to formulate a league table. At the end of the year, the member with the highest score in each section in each class is awarded a trophy.
A copy of the information sheet, Preparing for Competition, general and detailed, is available to download from the Resources page. These are important documents for all those wishing to enter the competitions, so please do read these carefully and if you have any questions or are unclear on any matter, do contact the Competition Secretary for clarification.
We do battle with other local clubs where each club normally enters 10 to 15 prints and the same number of projected images, although other combinations may be used depending on the agreement between the participating clubs. These are displayed before a judge who will give each image a score out of 20. The club that accumulates the most points is declared the winner. It is a simple formula but a good evening’s entertainment.
Entrants submit a panel of three PIs before a judge, with the best panel, in the judge's opinion, being declared the winner. The images are linked together by a theme of the author's choice. Depending on the overall entries, members can submit up to three PI panels. For further information please see the Tryptych entry in the General Rules, as well as the detail instructions in the 'Links and Tutorials' section at the bottom of the website.
This is aimed at the production of never-before-seen work. The rules of which are available within the published competition rules.
A fun competition, the theme of which is set by the Chairman. Basic rules can be found by clicking the link below...
The monthly competitions are running events, with the award winner being the photographer who has accumulated the most points from the four rounds in each category and in each class. The other one-off competitions also attract awards, and these are all presented at the end of the season at the Presentation Evening.
The scores collected from all competitions apart from the Chairman’s Challenge count towards the title of “Photographer of the Year” or more commonly known as POTY.
Results
Placed Images 2024-2025
These galleries show those images that are placed by independent judges, in the three sections (General, Intermediate and Advanced), in each of the rounds of this season’s monthly competitions, and can be found by clicking on the links below, as the competitions take place.
Competition Results: Placed Images will be shown as each Competition is run
Posted Results
Please see the results below from the various competitions that run through the year. Please come back at regular intervals throughout the season to keep up to date on how each competition is progressing.
For information, we have included last season’s results on the page also.
Visitors and prospective new members are always welcome to come along to any of our Club Nights without obligation. We meet nearly every Tuesday in room four at The Institute, Wood Rd, Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton, WV6 8NF. Proceedings start at 7:30 PM prompt, and there are usually some members in attendance from about 7:00 PM.
However, if you want to contact someone first or just want more information, please do use the contact information below:
