23 December 2021

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H2 NEWSLETTER
 

Merry Christmas to members and friends of
H2 Photographic Society and wishing you all a
Happy and Safe 2022



H2 now operates on a hybrid model with meetings alternating between Zoom & in the hall.  Please check the calendar below for where the meeting is and the zoom invite/location details.
(Please note that we have suspended face-to-face meetings until February due to Omicron - everyone's welcome to join us on our virtual Zoom meetings)

1st - Candlelight by Jo Cleall
This Week: It's the Christmas quiz


It's that time of year for the now traditional H2 Christmas Quiz!  Your quiz masters have been working hard to come up with some questions that will get you thinking and chatting in your teams.  It will of course be on Zoom this year so bring your favorite tipple and settle down for some Christmas fun.

 

The Dreaded Omicron


As the Omicron variant spreads across the country at an alarming rate, the committee has taken the decision to move our meetings onto zoom up until February. We may be Zoom-only for longer than that, but as we all know, planning in a Covid world has to be quite flexible!


2nd - Halloween Pumpkins by Jo Cleall
The Twelve 'Days' of Christmas Photo Hunt

From now and over the Christmas recess we are challenging H2 members to "hunt" and then capture images on a dozen different titles & topics.

This assignment is designed to encourage our creativity and our planning of images.

So as they say on Strictly, "In no particular order" (huge pause....), here are the twelve titles/topics:

Creative
Ice
Fruit/veg
Textures
Hands
My mind's eye
Christmas bokeh
Mirrors
Eyes
Looking up 
Inside (or What's inside)
Movement
Jump

 
And on Thursday 20 January we shall have a club-critique of our work. 
Get your thinking caps on, guys

 

3rd - 1954 Tractor Engine by Jonathan Saull

Last Week's Still Life Assignment

This was planned to be a print competition. It was going to be judged in Much Hadham village hall at a face-to-face meeting with members.

However, fate conspired against us, and last Thursday we had a DPI competition, expertly judged by Robin Claydon of Hertford & District Camera Club.

Thank you to Robin and well done to the winners - some of which are featured in this Newsletter - and we show the results below:

H2 Photographic Society

Competition Results for Still Life Assignment

Competition Date: 16/12/2021

Judge Robin Claydon

Title Author Score
42-Candlelight Jo Cleall First
49-Halloween Pumpkins Jo Cleall Second
11-1954 Tractor Engine. Jonathan Saull Third
01-MORNING GLORY Heather Clarke Highly Commended
29-ALAS POOR YORRICK PAUL SIMPKIN Highly Commended
45-past its best Gordon Clarke Highly Commended
36-3 PEARS Jo Cleall Highly Commended
21-Cannibal Spanners John Thompson Commended
08-Red sunflower John Thompson Commended
38-LETS ORDER Warren Martin Commended
30-ALLIUMS Heather Clarke Commended
31-The Woddcutter's brew. Jonathan Saull Commended
18-DELPHINIUM Heather Clarke Commended

HC - Morning Glory by Heather Clarke

HC - Alas Poor Yorick by Paul Simpkin
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

HC -Past Its Best by Gordon Clarke

H2 SHOWCASE is where our club shows its work "to the world" which allows non-members to see H2's work.

New images created by our members are added regularly.

Do take a look by clicking here

HC -3 Pears by Jo Cleall
Physical Meetings
(The less-good news is that our face-to-face meetings are suspended until February 2022 due to Omicron variant of Covid. Sorry.
However, the good news is that you are more than welcome to join us on our Zoom meetings - see the meeting ID and password above. "Doors" open at 7.30pm)


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

Commended - Cannibal Spanners by John Thompson


H2 Programme

 
 
Here is our programme for the next few weeks.
 
 
Date Location Activity
23 December 2021 Zoom Christmas Quiz & photo hunt setup

Christmas Break
 
Date Location Activity
06-Jan-22 In Hall - now on Zoom Water Practical
13-Jan-22 Zoom B&W conversions tutorial
10-Jan-2022 - Hand In For Photohunt critique
20-Jan-22 Zoom Photohunt critique
24-Jan-2022 Hand In For Mono Competition (dpi)
27-Jan-22 Zoom B&W Speaker
Speaker: Kylie-ann Martin
03-Feb-22 Zoom Mono Competition (dpi)
Judge: Marilyn Steward
7-Feb-2022 - Hand in for Guess What this is
10-Feb-22 Zoom Guess what this is
17-Feb-22 In Hall Macro practical
24-Feb-22 Zoom Taming the Chaos
Speaker: Kieran Metcalfe BPE1*
03-Mar-22 In Hall Flowers Practical
10-Mar-22 Zoom Photographing Wildlife in your Garden
Speaker: Roger Hance FRPS AFIAP DPAGB BPE5*
17-Mar-22 In Hall My Top 10
14-Mar-2022 - Hand In For League Competition Round 3
24-Mar-22 Zoom League Competition Round 3
Judge: Sally Sallett ARPS CPAGB AFIAP BPE3*
31-Mar-22 In Hall Disposable camera challenge
28-Mar-2022 - Hand In For Natural History Competition
07-Apr-22 Zoom Natural History Competition
Judge: Peter Jones ARPS DPAGB BPE3*
14-Apr-22 In Hall Smartphone Photography
Speaker: Jeanette Lendon
11-Apr-2022 - Hand In For Panel Comp
21-Apr-22 Zoom Panel Comp
Judge: Lorraine Robins
28-Apr-22 In Hall Smartphone Photography Practical
Hand In For Disposable Camera Challenge
05-May-22 Zoom AGM
12-May-22 Zoom Creative Composites
Speaker: Glenys Garnet
19-May-22 In Hall Disposable camera Challenge reults
16-May-2022 - Hand In For League Competion Round 4
26-May-22 Zoom League Competion Round 4
Judge: Cherry Larcombe EFIAP ARPS DPAGB BPE*5
23-May-2022 - Hand In For Smartphone Critique
02-Jun-22 In Hall Smartphone Critique
09-Jun-22 Zoom People in the Landscape and Outdoor Activities
Speaker: Nigel Forster 
16-Jun-22 In Hall Whats In The Bag
13-Jun-2022 - Hand In For DPI of the year critique
23-Jun-22 Zoom DPI of the year critique
30-Jun-22 In Hall Outdoor Practical
27-Jun-2022 - Hand In For DPI of the year
07-Jul-22 Zoom DPI of the year
Judge: Kylie-ann Martin EFIAP, BPE2,CPAGB, LDPS

Commended - Red sunflower by John Thompson

Commended -  Let's Order by Warren Martin

Commended - ALLIUMS by Heather Clarke

Commended - 3The Woddcutter's brew by Jonathan Saull

Commended - Delphinium by Heather Clarke

Important
Rules for Competition entries

 

Prints need to be handed in a week before the competition (but as we meet every other week it is actually 2 weeks in advance), a digital copy of the image must also be submitted via email.

Digital Images need to be submitted 10 days before via email


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 Portrait competition we send an email to dpi@h2photo.org.uk  with the subject Portrait with our pictures attached to it.

 
Email Subject Competition Description Last Entry Date Type
Still Life Still Life DPI Competition 12/12/2021 DPI
PhotoHunt Photo Hunt Challenge 10/01/2022 DPI
Mono Mono Competition 24/01/2022 DPI
Guess Guess What this is 07/02/2022 DPI
LeagueComp3 League Competition 3 14/03/2022 DPI
Panel Panel Competition 11/04/2022 DPI
LeagueComp4 League Competition 4 16/05/2022 DPI
Phone Smartphone Critique 23/05/2022 DPI
DpiCritique Dpi Of The Year Critique 13/06/2022 DPI
DpiOfTheYear Dpi Of The Year 27/06/2022 DPI


Any problems please drop me a mail: chris@shepherdpics.com 
Committee Minutes

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

Do Join Us For Our 2021-2022 Season

Our packed programme has already started with a mixture of fun activities, talks, practices and competitions. Whether you enjoy photography as a hobby and wish to improve, or you are more advanced, we would love you to join us. Take a look at our programme by clicking here.

And do get in touch

To contact H2PS click here

 
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