23 December 2021 ~ H2 Photographic Society

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.

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.

Programme as Google Calendar

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

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

First prepare images following the guidelines for projected images.
Create a new email to dpi@h2photo.org.uk
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 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