YPS Programme 2025 - 2026
See below for the upcoming events this season:
| Date | Event | Description |
| Wed, 03 Sep 2025 | Open Evening and Projects | Show five of your images from summer 2025 |
| Wed, 10 Sep 2025 | Guest Speaker | Mike Bennett - Capture the Moment |
| Wed, 17 Sep 2025 | Guest Speaker | Tesni Ward - The Wildlife Masterclass |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2025 | Club Speaker | Four Short Talks from Club Members |
| Wed, 01 Oct 2025 | Project Night | Topic: Inspired by Movies |
| Wed, 08 Oct 2025 | Guest Speaker | Richard Walls - The Yorkshire Landscapes |
| Wed, 15 Oct 2025 | Club Exchange | Four Short Talks from the York Camera Club |
| Wed, 22 Oct 2025 | Guest Speaker | Les Forrester - My Lltest Architecture Images |
| Wed, 29 Oct 2025 | Guest Speaker | Keith Snell - My Restless Lens |
| Wed, 05 Nov 2025 | No Meeting | The Poppleton Centre is hosting its fireworks fundraiser |
| Wed, 12 Nov 2025 | Competition Night | Open DPI - Judged by Simon Marsh. |
| Wed, 19 Nov 2025 | Guest Speaker | John Gill - Retro: A presentation on mono street and documentary images |
| Wed, 26 Nov 2025 | Project Night | Topic: Monochrome |
| Wed, 03 Dec 2025 | Guest Speaker | Alan Lait - The Natural Landscape |
| Wed, 10 Dec 2025 | Competition Night | Colour Print - Judged Max Malisan. |
| Wed, 17 Dec 2025 | Project Night | Topic: Hobbies |
| Wed, 07 Jan 2026 | Club Speaker | Four Short Talks from Club Members |
| Wed, 14 Jan 2026 | Practical Night | Critique Night |
| Wed, 21 Jan 2026 | Guest Speaker | John Bolloten - A new presentation of social documentary images |
| Wed, 28 Jan 2026 | Guest Speaker | Julian Elliott - Circumnavigating Uzbekistan |
| Wed, 04 Feb 2026 | Competition Night | Mono Print - Judged by Haydn Bartlett. |
| Wed, 11 Feb 2026 | Guest Speaker | Tracey Lund - My Month in the Falklands |
| Wed, 18 Feb 2026 | Project Night | Topic: A Touch of Blue |
| Wed, 25 Feb 2026 | Club Speaker | Four Short Talks from Club Members |
| Wed, 04 Mar 2026 | Guest Speaker | Simon Hill - Not quite the journey I had imagined - a social documentary project |
| Wed, 11 Mar 2026 | Project Night | Topic: Water |
| Wed, 18 Mar 2026 | Competition Night | Leatt Cup - Judged by Alistair How. |
| Wed, 25 Mar 2026 | Club Speaker | Videography Special Interest Group - encouragement to try moving images |
| Wed, 01 Apr 2026 | Guest Speaker | Steve Bavill - My Journey from A to Z |
| Wed, 08 Apr 2026 | Project Night | Topic: Trying Something New |
| Wed, 15 Apr 2026 | Competition Night | John Saville Trophy judged by David Oxtaby. Theme: Streets and Lanes of Yorkshire. |
| Wed, 22 Apr 2026 | Guest Speaker | Leah Cole - Travel and Portrait Images |
| Wed, 29 Apr 2026 | Club Speaker | President's Night |
| Wed, 06 May 2026 | AGM | Annual General Meeting |
Competition Submission Dates
Entries must be submitted by midnight 3 weeks prior to the competition night
Last Date for Submission:
Wed 22 Oct 2025 - Digital Projected Image
Wed 19 Nov 2025 - Colour Print
Wed 14 Jan 2026 - Monochrome Print
Wed 25 Feb 2026 - Leatt Cup
Wed 25 Mar 2026 - John Saville Trophy - Theme: Streets and Lanes of Yorkshire
Project Night Submission Dates
Entries must be submitted by midnight 1 week prior to the project night.
Last Date for Submission:
Wed 27 Aug 2025 - My Summer (open night)
Wed 24 Sep 2025 - Inspired by Movies
Wed 19 Nov 2025 - Monochrome
Wed 10 Dec 2025 - Hobbies
Wed 11 Feb 2026 - A Touch of Blue
Wed 04 Mar 2026 - Water
Wed 01 Apr 2026 - Try Something new
Digital competition and project night entries must be uploaded to PhotoEntry.
Print competition entries will passed to the Print Secretary (Peter Brett) before or after the meeting. A digital copy of the print must be uploaded to PhotoEntry.
YPS exchange visits to other clubs
This years YPS exchange is with the York Camera Club:
Wed 15th October 2025: Home Leg - York Camera Club present to the York Photographic Society.
Thu 16th October 2025: Away Leg - York Photographic Society present to the York Camera Club.