Photography Interest Group
The inaugural meeting of the U3A Pretoria Photography Interest Group (PIG) took place in April 2019.
The members of the group meet once a month to discuss photography related topics and share experiences. Occasionally outings are organised and creative tasks are set regularly.
The Photography Interest meetings take place on the second Tuesday of the month in the library of the Newlands Park Retirement Village (230 Gloxinia Ave, opp. the SPAR in Dely Rd).
Time 9:30 for 10:00.
The challenge for September has been set by Annemieke is "Lines", due date is Saturday 5 September 2026, 22:00.
The creative task for October is Emotion and was proposed by Annette; take a photo the makes you smile or frown.
Please submit your photos before 22:00 on Saturday, 10 October 2026.
Provisional programme for 2026
January: Noel Schillinglaw & Uwe Soltau - "Creative Adventures in AI"
February: Ulrich Nordhoff - Jürgen Schadeberg (1931 - 2020) - South African photographer and artist
March: Outing to the Smuts House Museum, Jan Smuts Avenue, Centurion.
April: Annemieke - Impressionism in Photography
May: Ulrich & Helga - "Converting old photographs to digital - a demonstration"
June: Giil & Noel - "Creative Adventures in Cellphone Photography"
July: Outing - Outing to the Freedom Heritage Park.
August: Annemieke on "Vivian Maier - mystery photographer"?
September: ?
October: Gill - 2 TED talks: The Photographer as Witness to History
November:
December:
Convener: Annemieke van Middelkoop, email:
A list of useful photography tips can be found on our resources page.
Photos taken by members for the monthly creative tasks can be viewed in the galleries linked below.
Galleries
Please note:
due to limited disk space, only the large photos of the latest challenges will be on the web site.
- Lines
- Global Photo Day (view submissions on the Global Photo Project website)
- Cell Phone Photo
- Outing to the Freedom Park on 14 July 2026
- Reflections 2026
- Food, Drink & Convivial Company
- Impressionistic Photo
- Tree(s)
- Smuts House, assignment: create a collage of 3 photos of the same subject
- Juxtaposition
- In the Moment
- Favourite Photo of 2025
- Grass
- Repetition25
- Spring
- Outing to the Botanical Gardens on 9 September, 2025
- Shadow(s)
- Visit to the Renzo Vignali Artistic Foundry, 12 August 2025
Archive
Thumbnails of the older creative tasks can be viewed on the archive page. Should you want to view a photo with a larger resolution, please contact the photographer directly.