24 Oct 2022 ~ H2 Photographic Society

24 Oct 2022

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H2 NEWSLETTER

Welcome to Members and Friends of
H2 Photographic Society

Spidey by Lynne Fletcher

This week, in the hall..

We have a miniature worlds practical this Thursday so feel free to bring along cameras, tripods plus any lighting, backgrounds  and props you would like to try out to create some fun scenes.

It is also the still Life print hand-in, please do everything you can to support this competition as printing your images really is a great way to learn and develop as a photographer.

A still life should depict mostly inanimate subject matter, arranged by the author. We have done a lot of still life silliness in the hall, so I am hoping you all have images to put in for the comp. You can either print them on your own home printer or use a print service.

Details of sizing, etc can be found here:  http://h2photo.org.uk/index.php/entry-guidelines/

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

Standing Proud by Jeff Sinclair

Last week...

We had a great talk by Kevin Pigney (ARPS-DPAGB-ASINWP) entitled "My Passion for Wildlife". Kevin took us through everything about how he gets his amazing wildlife shots. The whole evening was full fo tips and tricks and was very inspiring.

I expect almost everyone in H2 has a squirell obstical course setup in the garden now!

Miami Sunrise by Geoff Yates

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.

Programme as Google Calendar

Date	Location	Activity
24 Nov 2022	Hall	Minature Worlds Practical Still Life Print hand In
01 Dec 2022	Hall	Hall still life comp
08 Dec 2022	Zoom	Architecture - Exposure To Edit
15 Dec 2022	Hall	Xmas Photography Quiz
22 Dec 2022		Christmas Break

Give me a hug by Graham Woolmer

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

Breakdown by Chris Shepherd

Green vs Blue

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.

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

An invitation from Hertford Camera Club: Friday 25 November at 7.45 for 8pm

We would like to invite your members to our forthcoming online lecture

The Camera Doesn’t Lie (but photographers do)

Graham Dean, AFIAP, CPAGB,BPE2*

A brief history of photographic manipulation from Victorian times to the present, followed by a presentation of some of Graham's own manipulated images.

Here is a link to Graham's website
http://grahamsgallery.weebly.com/about.html

Log in details can be obtained through the visitor button beside the talk details on our website programme page for which there is a link below

With kind regards

Peter Fiddeman

Programme Secretary

Hertford and District Camera Club

https://www.hdcc.org.uk/syllabus.html

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.

A place full of Memories by Jonathan Saul

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

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 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
StillLife	Still Life Print Competition	24/11/2022	Print
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.