Welcome to this week's H2 Newsletter. These newsletters do seem to get quite long but there is a lot happening in the club and I want to keep you all up to date with it. Don't forget to click "show Images" in your email client to get the full experience ;)
Now the summer sessions are over, please give us your feedback so we can improve things for next year.
Exhibition
Last Saturday was the public day of our Much Hadham Timestamp Exhibition this represented the culmination of a lot of work by the committee and others. It has been awe inspiring to see the amount of effort people have put into this project. Mark, Jeff, Jo, Paul Major, Lorna, Warren, Alison, Paul Radden and Andrew Wallace have put in lots of work on this and should be proud of their efforts (if i missed anyone...sorry).
We had lots of visitors during the day and a fair few sales. The afternoon concluded with a judging of all the images (results below), I videoed the judging and will be making that available when I get a moment. The whole thing really raised the club profile in the local area and helped us make us of good contacts and possible new members.
Opening Night
Thursday was the first official night of the year with a good turn out of members and six potential new members (Kate, Leslie,Danielle,Dianne,Colin,Vicky) coming along to see what it was all about.
We opened with the presentation of trophies from last years followed by an audio/visual presentation of the best images of last year.
After tea Paul Radden gave an informative presentation on how the club fits into the EPF, PAGB, FIAP and the awards you can achieve as a member.
Best of Presentation
I have uploaded the https://youtu.be/2k95YVlWy_kbest of presentation to our brand new youtube channel, you can find it here though I have had to swap the music for some royalty free stuff.
For those who asked what the music was, these are the tracks I used:
Intro - TheXX
Julie Fowlis - Hug Air a' Bhonaid Mhoir (Scottish Gaelic)
Love Will Tear us Apart - June Tabor and The Oysterband
Big Blue Ball - Big Blue Ball
Running up that Hill - Placebo
Private Universe - Crowded House
Alas - Murder by Death
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Upcoming Events
Next week we have "My Top 20" - presentations by 3 members talking about their favorite photos, how and why they took them.
Members also should be preparing prints for submitting into the Tony Perryman Monochrome Print Competition on Thursday 10 October; entries should be entered the week before on Thursday 3 October - please see below for new arrangements for entering prints and projected images.
For those members who have not entered mono prints before, this is your opportunity. And we are here to help; please ask one of the committee members and we can assist with everything from image preparation and presentation - come on, guys and gals, go for it.
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Curvature of the Earth by Andrew Wallace
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 The Summer Sessions Survey
Part of the H2 philosophy is to try new stuff and see what works and what doesn't.
Now we have come to the end of the summer sessions we would love to know what you thought about them. So we have created a short survey to get your feedback, so please click the button below & let us know what you thought about it all.
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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
- First prepare images following the guidelines for projected images.
- Create a new email & select the correct email address:
- Set the Subject of the email to the name of the competition from the lists below.
- 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 Mono Print competition we send an email to print@h2photo.org.uk with the subject MonoCup with our pictures attached to it.
Print Competitions
| Email Subject |
Competition Description |
Last Entry Date |
| MonoCup |
Mono Cup Competition |
06/10/2019 |
| UpClose |
Up Close Critique Evening |
27/10/2019 |
| NaturalHistory |
Natural History Competition |
12/01/2020 |
| StillLife |
Still Life Competition |
29/03/2020 |
| Water |
Water - Critique Evening |
17/05/2020 |
| PrintOfTheYear |
Print of the year Competition |
31/05/2020 |
Projected Image Competitions
| Email Subject |
Competition Description |
Last Entry Date |
| InTheDark |
In then Dark Critique Evening |
24/11/2019 |
| UpClose |
Up Close Critique Evening |
31/10/2019 |
| Portrait |
Portrait Competiton |
23/02/2020 |
| DpiOfTheYear |
Projected Image of the year Competion |
07/06/2020 |
Any problems please drop me a mail: chris@shepherdpics.com
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Social Media - Flickr
 The new H2 Flickr group is administered by Jeff and Paul Major. Members should have been sent an invite via an email, if you haven't received one, please email them for access.
Please upload your work to the group for comments, critiques and a chance for it to be used in external competitions.
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Exhibition Judging
All the exhibition prints were critiqued and judged By Dr Julie Hutson DPAGB
(Thanks to Paul Radden for organising)
Results
1st Penelope Wrong by David Hobbs
2nd Table tennis Partners by Mark Edwards
3rd The Path by The Old Tree by Mark Edwards
HC Steve Bate and Judy Waples by Andrew Wallace
HC Much Hadham Firefighter by Paul Major
HC Cracking Time by Warren martin
HC The Good Doctor by Mark Edwards
HC School Crossing Patrol by Paul Major
HC Penny Taylor by Paul Radden
HC Reflections by David Honns
HC Cyclist by Mark Edwards
HC The Sun Shines on the Righteous by Alan Plamer
HC Star Gazing by Graham Chipett
HC Chief Bell ringer by Mark Edwards
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 H2 Membership fees due
As the new photographic year is about to start everyone needs to pay their yearly subscription and fill in a membership form.
You can find the form (including details of how to pay by cheque or banks transfer here.
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Against the Flow by David Woods
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Photographic Opportunities this weekend
Heritage Open Days
The annual Heritage Open Days weekend is happening over the next two weekends, celebrating it’s twentieth anniversary. There are 131 places to visit in Essex according to their website search engine – click here to view the Essex search results or use the advanced search to find a place within a set number of miles from you.
Duxford Air Show
The Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show 2019 will see the skies full of planes, whereas London Southend Airport has but one plane and it will remain on the ground, but then again on Visit the Vulcan Day you can get close up to Vulcan XL426 and will have the chance to climb inside the cockpit.
Maldon Regatta
Essex's sailing heritage will be celebrated this Saturday with a number of fantastic water-based events and a number of activities back on land. Smacks, old gaffers and yachts of all ages will race from West Mersea to Osea while there will also be a model boat display in the Boating Lake.
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Dates for your Diary
Thursday 26 September: "My Top 20" - Members talk about their favorite images.
Thursday 3 October: "Macro/Up Close" Practical Evening
Mono Print Hand In
Thursday 10 October: Monochrome Print Competition
Sessions begin at 7:45pm.
Club Calendar on Google Calendar
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Our new Home
Our new meetings will take place at our new home:
Address:
Much Hadham Village Hall
High Street,
Much Hadham,
SG10 6BP
Free parking to the rear of the hall.
Directions
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