1 July 2021 ~ H2 Photographic Society

1 July 2021

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H2 NEWSLETTER

Summer's Arrived Folks
A warm welcome to members and friends of
H2 Photographic Society

Hanging On by Warren Martin

WELCOME: To This Week's H2 Newsletter

St Lawrence's Church
(picture courtesy of their website)

This Thursday: Another Face-to-Face Meeting!

H2 are out-and-about again this Thursday. We're going to meet at the Priory Church of St Lawrence in Blackmore. The church itself dates back to 1170 when Richard, the then Bishop of London, gave authority for the foundation of an Augustine priory at this location - more about the history on its website (see below).

Directions: Blackmore is a short distance south of the A414, approximately half way between Harlow and Chelmsford. It's near to Ingatestone and for your sat navs the postcode is: CM4 0RN. Take a look at its website. We will meet at 7pm with our fingers crossed for fine weather.

Non-members are more than welcome to join us.
Just come along on the night -
we'll be the friendly bunch with cameras, tripods and smart-phones

Dragonfly by Paul Tatman

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

Weir on the River Stort by Jeff Sinclair

Images Galore

Members this week have gone above and beyond with their photographic skill and creativity.

Along with images taken at our meeting last Thursday in Pishiobury Park, we have already had one or two images for our Summer "Song Title" challenge (more about this below). Some members have obviously been out and about in Ol' London Town too.

And then we have had a bevy of wildlife shots, from monkeys to mayflies, uploaded to our H2 Flickr page. And even a member using a home-made macro diffuser to shoot stunning close-up shots.

You can see many of these images in this Newsletter
Great stuff H2 members

Best Mayfly (2) by Lynne Fletcher

The Weir - Pishiobury by Maurice King

Fischer's in Marylebone by David Lukey

The Long and Winding Road by Jeff Sinclair

H2 Summer Project: The Song Title Challenge

Our latest project to encourage and motivate our members is to create images that illustrate the following well-known song titles:

Lean On Me (Bill Withers)
A Face In The Crowd (Tom Petty)
The Long and Winding Road (Beatles)
Sound & Vision (David Bowie)
London Calling (The Clash)
Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)
One in Ten (UB40)
Remember The Time (Michael Jackson)
I Have A Dream (Abba)
God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday)

We would love to see all members create one image illustrating and depicting each of the 10 song titles. Now this can involve us using our in-camera skills or our post capture talents. Or both.

As you can see above and below, members already have their thinking caps on; we have the Summer ahead of us to create our ten images; plenty of time for our creativity to flow - who knows what images we will think up...

Lean on Me (Bill Withers) by Paul Major

Rose 1 by Geoff Yates

Sky Reflection by Marie King

H2 SHOWCASE is where our club shows its work "to the world"
Do take a look by clicking here

H2 Programme

Here is our programme for the next few weeks.

Programme as Google Calendar

1 July - Outdoor Meeting at St Laurence Church, Blackmore, Ingatestone
(more information given above)

8 July - Erez Marom from Israel - Zoom meeting

15 July - An evening at Gibberd Garden

22 July - Walk along the Stort

For our Thursday evenings during July and August we will be organising some evening meetings at various locations, (weather & our organisational skills permitting).

In September we are hoping to organise some face-to-face meetings at the Village Hall (obviously subject to Government regulations) - watch this space...with our fingers crossed

Do Join Us in 2021

We will be out and about during the Summer (keep an eye on our programme above) and you would be very welcome to join us for a Thursday evening of photography

Visitors are welcome to join our virtual meetings, too, just use the zoom links in this newsletter.

To contact H2PS click here