YPS Programme 2026 - 2027
See below for the upcoming events this season:
| Date | Event | Description |
| Wed, 02 Sep 2026 | Open Evening and Projects | Show five of your images from summer 2026 |
| TBA, ?? Sep 2026 | Club Outing | Coffee, Camera and a Catch Up |
| Wed, 09 Sep 2026 | Guest Speaker | Richard and Janet Burdon - Striving to make nothing look interesting |
| Wed, 16 Sep 2026 | Guest Speaker | Martin Litchfield - The (M) Art of Monochrome |
| Wed, 23 Sep 2026 | Club Speakers | Four Short Talks from Club Members |
| Wed, 30 Sep 2026 | Project Night | Topic: Transport, Transporting and Transportation |
| TBA, ?? Oct 2026 | Club Outing | Visit to see the Autumn Colours |
| Wed, 07 Oct 2026 | Guest Speaker | Samual Dawes - Behind the scenes in the Movies |
| Wed, 14 Oct 2026 | Club Exchange | Four Short Talks from the Wetherby Camera Club |
| Wed, 21 Oct 2026 | Guest Speaker | Charlotte Rhodes and Vince Maidens - Wildlife |
| Wed, 28 Oct 2026 | Club Speakers | Four Short Talks from Club Members |
| Wed, 04 Nov 2026 | Guest Speaker | Nick Hodgson - Free Mines Coal Faces |
| Wed, 11 Nov 2026 | Competition Night | Open Digitial Image competition judged by Roger Poyser. |
| Wed, 18 Nov 2026 | Guest Speaker | John Illingworth - A snapshot of 3 months in the Faroe Islands and Iceland |
| Wed, 25 Nov 2026 | Project Night | Topic: Seeing Red |
| Wed, 02 Dec 2026 | Guest Speaker | Steve Rogala-Kaluski - Wildlife |
| TBA, ?? Dec 2026 | Club Outing | Visit the York Christmas market |
| Wed, 09 Dec 2026 | Competition Night | Colour Print competition judged by Darren McDonald. |
| Wed, 16 Dec 2026 | Project Night | Topic: Time and Change |
| Wed, 06 Jan 2027 | Open Evening and Guest Speaker | Geraldine Westrupp and Martin Sammtleben |
| Wed, 13 Jan 2027 | Club Speaker | Alison Taylor - My search for Paddington and other Adventures |
| Wed, 20 Jan 2027 | Guest Speaker | Peter Caton - Unyielding floods |
| Wed, 27 Jan 2027 | How To .. | Four club members focus on Editing and Post Processing |
| TBA, ?? Feb 2027 | Club Outing | Follow the York Ice Trail / York Viking Festival |
| Wed, 03 Feb 2027 | Competition Night | Monochrome Print competition judged by Grahame Gage |
| Wed, 10 Feb 2027 | Guest Speaker | Thomas Peck - The Photographic Sublime |
| Wed, 17 Feb 2027 | Project Night | Topic: Pictures taken no more than 1 mile from your door |
| Wed, 24 Feb 2027 | Guest Speaker | Alistair How - Urban and Street Photography |
| Wed, 03 Mar 2027 | Guest Speaker | Keith Snell - Is it Art? |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2027 | Competition Night | Leatt Cup judged by Peter Wells |
| Wed, 17 Mar 2027 | Project Night | Topic: Photographic A to Z.(More instructions to follow) |
| Wed, 24 Mar 2027 | Club Speakers | Four short talks by club members |
| Wed, 31 Mar 2027 | Guest Speaker | Lucinda Grange - Outside the lines, a world tour of forbidden spaces |
| TBA, ?? Apr 2027 | Club Outing | Visit Bluebell Wood |
| Wed, 07 Apr 2027 | Project Night | Topic: Photographs from the Club Outings. |
| Wed, 14 Apr 2027 | Competition Night | John Saville Trophy judged by Erica Oram. Theme: Life in Yorkshire. |
| Wed, 21 Apr 2027 | Guest Speaker | Martin Priestley - Landscape Photography |
| Wed, 28 Apr 2027 | Club Speaker | President's Night |
| Wed, 05 May 2027 | 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 21 Oct 2026 - Open Digital Image
Wed 25 Nov 2026 - Colour Print
Wed 20 Jan 2027 - Monochrome Print
Wed 17 Feb 2027 - Leatt Cup
Wed 24 Mar 2027 - John Saville Trophy - Theme: Life in Yorkshire
Project Night Submission Dates
Entries must be submitted by midnight 1 week prior to the project night.
Last Date for Submission:
Wed 26 Aug 2026 - My Summer (open night)
Wed 23 Sep 2026 - Transport, Transporting and Transportation
Wed 18 Nov 2026 - Seeing Red
Wed 09 Dec 2026 - Time and Change
Wed 10 Feb 2027 - Pictures taken no more than 1 mile from your door
Wed 10 Mar 2027 - Photographic A to Z
Wed 31 Mar 2027 - Photographs from Club Outings
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.
Exhibitions
The Summer Exhibition will be held the weekend of 27th / 28th June 2026 at Poppleton Tithe Barn.
The Winter Exhibition will be held from 6th December 2026 to 9th January 2027 at the York City Screen.
YPS exchange visits to other clubs
This years YPS exchange is with the York Camera Club:
Wed 14th October 2026: Home Leg - Wetherby Camera Club present to the York Photographic Society.
Tue 22nd September 2026: Away Leg - York Photographic Society present to the Wetherby Camera Club.