08 Sept 2022

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H2 NEWSLETTER
 

Welcome to members and friends of
H2 Photographic Society


 
Curves by Warren Martin
This week it's Surrealism

This week on Zoom (details below) we have a presentation by John Bermingham AIPF.  John is a visual artist in the South East working in photography, digital media and compositing, music videos, aerial footage, and animated shorts.

Check out Johns's Website for a view of how attractive and exciting his work is.

Got a Pet?
29th September we have a pet photography evening planned, If you have a pet that you could bring along for everyone to photograph.  It could be a Dog, Cat, goldfish, reptile, hamster, tiger..whatever.  If you can help us out please mail newsletter@hcphoto.org.uk

Membership payments
It is also time to renew your membership in the club and the details for this are in the panel below.  Membership entitles you to enter all our competitions and allows you access to our Flickr & Whatsapp groups and pays for speakers,judges and equipment.

The price has been frozen for the last 3 years so it is probably the only thing that isn't affected by inflation this year!
Grey Heron by Graham Woolmer
Last Thursday...

..we met in The Green Room for the first time ever and very nice it was too. It was great to see so many back at the club and to welcome 3 new members: Ken, Diane & Jill

The evening started with a presentation of the best of last year. If you missed it, you can view it on YouTube here. A few people asked about the accompanying music (which quite frankly was nowhere near annoying enough) so the artists & songs are listed below:
 
Song Artist
Intro The XX
Hùg Air a' Bhonaid Mhòir Julie Fowlis
Your Song Ellie Goulding
Dirty Paws Of Monsters And Men
A Song for the drunk & Broken Hearted Passenger
Little Talks Of Monsters And Men
Sword From The Stone Passenger
Wrong Direction Passenger


Then it was on to the tea break and a chance for a natter followed by a fun review of the Summer challenge images and a chance to try out the new projection software.  It seems like a profile issue but I am sure Jeff will have it sorted for the next time we are in the hall projecting stuff.
IT'S SUBSCRIPTION TIME, FOLKS

For those members and potential members, please can we request your annual subscription payment.
Please pay online to H2 Photographic Society ( BACS 30-99-97 33923668 ) and putting your surname in as reference. If you are considering joining, and would like to contact us first, please use the below email and a member will get in touch.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES

SINGLE £45.00
COUPLE £77.00
CONCESSIONS SINGLE* £30.00
CONCESSIONS COUPLE* £47.00
STUDENTS £5.00

*Concessions i.e. unwaged

If you would like to pay in a different way, please email us: committee@h2photo.org.uk

For further information just click the 'Join Us' tab on our website

Framingham Castle by Paul Simpkin
New Rules for Competition entries

Please be aware, the hand-in process for all competitions has changed. 

Prints need to be handed in a week before the competition as previously, but a digital copy of the image must also be submitted via email.

Digital Images need to be submitted a week before via email (no more bringing cards & memory sticks in).


How to Submit Images via Email

  1. First prepare images following the guidelines for projected images.
  2. Create a new email  to dpi@h2photo.org.uk  
  3.  Set the Subject of the email to the name of the competition from the lists below.
  4. Attach your files and send them
 You should get a reply within a few minutes telling you if your entry has been successful.

 Example
To enter the Summer Challenge Critique Evening competition we send an email to dpi@h2photo.org.uk with the subject SummerChallenge with your pictures attached to it.
 
Email Subject Competition Description Last Entry Date Type
League1 League Competition Round 1 29/09/2022 DPI
Portraits Portrait Competition 13/10/2022 DPI
StillLife Still Life Print Competition 17/11/2022 Print
League2 League Competition Round 2 12/01/2023 DPI
Mono Mono print Competition 02/02/2023 Print
Knockout Knockout Competition 23/02/2023 DPI
League3 League Competition Round 3 09/03/2023 DPI
Panel Panel Competition 13/04/2023 DPI
League4 League Competition Round 4 25/05/2023 DPI
Wildlife Wildlife Competition 22/06/2023 DPI
DPIOTY DPI of the Year Competition 29/06/2023 DPI


Any problems please drop me a mail: chris@shepherdpics.com 
British Summertime by Dave Hobbs
H2 Flickr Page: Keep 'Em Coming

Wow, we have over 3.2k images on our H2 Flickr page now. And each week members continue to upload their finest work for us to enjoy.

Flickr is a brilliant platform: it give us an insight into how and when the image was taken; what the photograph's 'vital statistics' are - shutter speed, f/stop and ISO - and the author can write information about their image.

Having a members-only page is also useful for our members to show us their work and gain positive comments and critique on them should they wish. Many are shown in this Newsletter week-on-week.

And members also have the added opportunity for the best-of-the-best to be exhibited in SHOWCASE; our Flickr page that is open for the world to view and enjoy.

We would encourage all members to upload their best work regularly.

                       Keep 'em coming, guys

(If any member requires assistance to use Flickr, please contact our committee by emailing mail@h2photo.org or just click here)

Summer by Ken Graham
The Zoom invitation for all our meetings is below.

All are welcome to come along; members & non-members alike.


Zoom Invite


Topic: H2 Club Evening
Time:  "Doors" open at 07:30 PM for 7:45 Start
        Every week on a Thursday

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82906584413?pwd=dnFuRG9LUzBzU0hlSFZ3NDAzYkluQT09

Meeting ID: 829 0658 4413
Password: 927576
Summertime by Marie King
Physical Meetings

Thinking of joining?  Feel free to pop along for a warm welcome

Meetings are Thursday evenings 7.45p.m. to 9.45p.m.

At

Much Hadham Village Hall
Oudle Ln
Much Hadham
SG10 6DQ
United Kingdom

There is a carpark and entrance at the back of the hall.
(Note: do check our programme - we now run a hybrid model with meetings at the hall alternating with virtual Zoom meetings)

Google Maps

What 3 Words: reward.code.bumps
 


Entrance Fees
£3 Members
£5 Couples
£4 Guests
Surveying the Manor by Jeff Cinclair

Social Media - Website

The club website features our programme and rules for any competitions.  
Plus details of the committee and constitution.
At some point we hope to have a learning zone on there full of tips & tricks.
Weird & Wonderful by Alan Palmer

Social Media - Twitter

 Twitter users can find the H2 twitter feed here.  It consists of reposts of the newsletter and articles that have caught my eye.


H2 Programme

 
 
H2 operates a hybrid programme with meetings in the hall on weeks 1,2 & 3 of the month whereas 2 & 4 are on Zoom.

 Here is our programme for the next few weeks.
 
Date Location Event
08 Sept 2022 Zoom Surrealism Art of John Bermingham/Conceptual Photography
15 Sept 2022 Hall Surrealism Practical
22 Sept 2022 Zoom Portraiture Pet Photography
29 Sept 2022 Hall Pet Portraits Practical
Hand in for League 1 Competition.
06 Oct 2022 Hall Portrait Practical
13 Oct 2022 Zoom League comp 1.
Hand in for portrait cup
20 Oct 2022 Hall Image Editing Pratical
27 Oct 2022 Zoom Zoom Portrait Cup Comp
03 Nov 2022 Hall Still life and miniature worlds practical
10 Nov 2022 Zoom Zoom Still life talk on Miniature Worlds
17 Nov 2022 Hall TBA
24 Nov 2022 Zoom TBA
01 Dec 2022 Hall Hall still life comp
08 Dec 2022 Zoom Talk on Zoom Architecture
15 Dec 2022 Hall Xmas Photography Quiz
22 Dec 2022   Christmas Break

Social Media - Facebook

  If you are a Facebook user you can find our group here 
Please do all you can to support it by posting interesting images, articles and discussing posts with other members of the group.
Committee Minutes

If you want to keep up with what our committee is discussing you can find all the details here.
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