I’ve always been interested in taking photographs to “record a moment in time forever …” and have albums packed full of memories of places visited to remind me of where I’ve been and what I’ve seen. Also, albums of our children over time to show family celebrations and to record physical/facial changes as they’ve grown into the people they now are. I’m not a great fan of manipulating photographs via software packages and try to keep the editing of pictures I take to a minimum. I joined Wolverhampton Photographic Society in September 2015 after returning from a holiday in South Africa, following retirement at Easter. I took my beloved Nikon D40 with me and was lucky enough to have taken some memorable pictures of what we saw. I found the club members at WPS very welcoming to a ‘newbie’ and many of them made a real effort to help me to settle in and feel comfortable. Mike Piper, Carol Bailey and Gyna & Roy were particularly helpful and kind in my early days in the club. Many are now valued friends who continue to encourage and support me. Rob Cowell is an amazing teacher who gives up his own time to help us to learn new things during monthly evening sessions. From September 2025 these sessions will take place on Monday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm I had a reasonable season 2024/2025 and was lucky enough to win two lovely trophies at the End of Season Awards Evening. During 2025 I have started to enter some of my photographs into International Competitions and I'm delighted to say that many of my photographs have been accepted; many receiving Acceptance Certificates and two receiving E-Certificates.