26th February: Open and Annual Monochrome Print Competition, judged by Amanda Wright

Many thanks to Amanda Wright, Ealing and Hampshire House camera club for her pertinent and informative critiques across  both competitions.

Congratulations to Judith Gimber for winning the Open section with ‘Bathing Frenzy’ and her third placed ‘Passion Flower’;  Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘House Tree 2’ was second.  Highly commended was Peter’s ‘Suburban Sunset’ and Avril Candler’s ‘Dreaming of Africa’.  Thanks to everyone who submitted prints.

Winning Open Print by Judith Gimber

The Monochrome trophy was won by Avril Candler with ‘Patterns of Neglect’ and her ‘Silver Fields’ was second.  Judith Gimber’s ‘Six Windmills’ was third.  Highly commended were Peter Keeble’s ‘Look for the Girl with the Sun in her Eyes’, Judy Buckley-Sharp’s ‘Salisbury Cathedral Cloister’ and Peter Polkinghorne’s ‘Wren Library Gate’.   Congratulations and thanks to everyone who participated.

Monochrome Trophy Winner by Avril Candler

Thanks to everyone for supporting the evening and special thanks to Amanda for her judging and participation in the feed-back discussions post-competitions.

Next week we are on Zoom for our sets of up to eight projected images which will be judged by Paul Radden DPAGB EFIAP/s PSA4*

Before we say farewell to February, many congratulations to Sanjay Mistry for  winning the Best Projected Image trophy with  ‘Samuel’ at the North West London Federation Final. This was chosen from all the images starred in the preliminary rounds held amongst the elven clubs.

Have a good week and we’ll see you in March!

19th February: China – Ancient and Modern by Andrew Hersom APSA EPSA AFIA

Thanks to Andrew Hersom, F4 Photographic Group, West Hull for his Zoom talk covering his travels some years ago to China during his business life.  As such, he frequently had to improvise with whichever camera he had to hand,  limited choice of viewpoint, weather conditions and time constraints etc.  This quote by Tony Worobiec FRPS seemed to encompass his mantra ‘Take it while it grabs your attention.  You might never come back”.   We had a tour of Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Hutong Neighbourhood, Summer Palace, Olympic Village, The Great Wall, Ming Tombs, China Aviation Museum before a whistle stop in Shanghai Expo and Financial Centre.  Unfortunately many of the accompanying images were not the best quality but the highlight of the talk was definitely those depicting the Great Wall, portraying not only its magnitude but also haunting atmospheric lighting and mountain recessions.  Perhaps one day……….

Back down to earth next week at Century for our Monochrome and Open Print competitions which will be judged by Amanda Wright, Ealing and Hampshire House.All Posts

In the meantime have a very good week.

12th February: Workshop led by Mark Buckley-Sharp and Judith Gimber

Very many thanks to Mark and Judith for leading this  well-attended evening.  In the first half members were given a presentation and demonstration by Mark on image processing and submission requirements for projected image competitions.  A revelation for some and a timely reminder for others!

In the second half of the evening, Judith showed a short video by Sean Dalton showing a simple exercise that helps to capture more unique and interesting compositions using an every-day object.   After that, members accepted the challenge of photographing a simple mug on a wooden table-top, picking up on the video points – viewpoint, direction of light, angles etc.  A really good exercise and one which encourages creativity.  Some of the images will be viewed at the next workshop – processed and resized in line with Mark’s presentation.  We look forward to seeing the ‘mug’ shots!

Next Monday we are back on Zoom for a talk by Andrew Hersom APSA EPSA AFIA – China, Ancient and Modern.

In the meantime, have a good week.