15 Dec 2022

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H2 NEWSLETTER

 

SEASON'S GREETINGS

To all members and friends of H2.

Here's to a pictorial 2023
untitled-14-2 by Paul Simpkin
This week, in the Hall..
 
We have our Christmas Party and quiz. Bring along your brains primed for questions on general knowledge and who-knows-what else (plus some photographic questions, we're sure).

As always when we meet in the hall, hot drinks and biscuits will be freely available, but do bring along your favourite tipple if you wish; it is the season to be merry after all.
 
See you on Thursday, Peeps
 
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Reflecting on 2022
At this time of year it is useful to look back over the past year. It has been a year where we at H2 have consolidated ourselves after the pandemic.

We are developing both as individual members and as a club. There is greater confidence and creativity, evidenced by several of the independent judges' positive comments we have heard this year.

We are learning new skills. And re-learning skills we have 'misplaced', perhaps? Certainly, we are acquiring a greater feeling of achievement and satisfaction from our art form. 

We are successfully harnessing and leveraging the "goodies" of the digital age. We have embraced social media; our busy club WhatsApp group is where members are kept up to date of developments, and members can pass on useful hints and tips easily.

Our (private) H2 Flickr page has our members' best work uploaded on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis allowing members to view, enjoy and constructively comment on. 

But that's not all. We have our outward-facing public media too: our H2 website, Facebook and Twitter. Importantly, we now have our (public) SHOWCASE Flickr page allowing the world to view our images. 
 
At their core these technologies are a modern hub for learning and sharing, allowing us to enjoy and improve our photography online every day 24/7.

Onward to 2023!
Jacob by Geoff Yates
Last week...

What an excellent presentation we watched last week by Richard O'Brien.

His "Architecture: Exposure to Edit" talk had something for everyone, be it the skills of camera craft, effective composition or using Photoshop and Lightroom in the digital darkroom with useful tips on their new and revised tools.

Thank you Richard
London's Greatest Bridge by Warren Martin

Help Wanted


We have a vacancy at H2 Towers for a newsletter editor, no experience necessary.

Currently, two of us share the load of producing the newsletter and it would be great to have another person on board to help.

It generally takes about an hour once a week to update it and if we have another person it would help us especially when one is unavailable.  Full training will be given and you can help shape the perception of the club amongst our readers.

If you are interested please mail newsletter@h2photo.org.uk
700 Street by Jeff Sinclair

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 Activity
15 Dec 2022 Hall Xmas Quiz
22 Dec 2022 Christmas Break
5 Jan 2023 Hall 3 Wise Monkey (Critiques)
12 Jan 2023 Zoom Talk - Seeing is believing (Mono)
19 Jan 2023 Hall Mono Editing Practical
26 Jan 2023 Zoom League Comp Round 2
2 Feb 2023 Hall Valentines Practical
9 Feb 2023 Zoom Talk
16 Feb 2023 Hall Mono Print Competition
23 Feb 2023 Zoom My Kind of Photography
Into The Mist by John Thompson
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
Harvest Time by Paul Major
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
Tightrope Street Performer by Stan Chippett

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.

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.
Rules for Competition entries

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
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 

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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