The H2 Newsletter
Thanks to Paul & Mark
Welcome to this week's H2 Newsletter and huge thanks to Paul (Radden) & Mark (Edwards) for an informative evening on Thursday.
Paul gave an illuminating & entertaining presentation on his way of lighting a single model. Once the 'studio' was set up and explained, we were all encouraged to join in.
This is the great benefit of practical evenings because it drives us to think about the fundamentals of using our cameras: as Paul said to me when I had my turn, "The lighting is set to 125th second at f/10 at 200 ASA." Immediately, I had to think about setting my camera onto manual mode (unusual for me) and then remembering which dials and buttons to use to set the shutter speed and the aperture. And when it was recommended that the scene should be shot in 'daylight' colour temperature, I had to dig deep into my memory on just how to change the colour temperature on my camera from its usual 'auto' setting.
I noticed that some members' cameras did not synchronise with the wireless flash sensor straight away, but this hiccup was soon sorted; again probably helping those members to learn a bit more about their cameras.
Grateful thanks to our model for the evening, Shirley (Radden).
At the other end of the room, Mark had invited three members of the Much Hadham table-tennis club as models. His 'studio' was set up over the table-tennis table; he obviously had envisaged a particular image and it was helpful to see how he adjusted the lighting set-up to 'craft' his pre-imagined image. It reminded me how useful it can be sometimes to have a clear idea for an image, before even picking up the camera, and can lead to more pleasing and creative images. After all, improving our images, is our club's raison d'être,
Thanks to Chris and Heather for being tea and coffee monitors this week.
Well, the 'new' club has been running for six weeks, now (how time flies, eh), and already I have used my camera for at least five of them. And the upcoming Time Stamp exhibition is encouraging us to get out and aspire to capture images of Much Hadham and its environs that are just that bit different; just a little more creative. Certainly, it is helping me to improve my photography, both at the time of capture and the post-capture phase.
Our H2 Photographic Society (H2PS) Flickr group is really buzzing now (it's already had some images from this week's meeting uploaded). Our members are uploading their images daily and it is proving to be a hub where we can enjoy other members' images, 'fave' them and add positive and helpful comments. One of the images I have recently uploaded received a very useful comment which has helped me improve it. Members should be comfortable to give their honest and positive comments to other members' images because this will assist us all to become better photographers. I will admit there is an initial resistance to commenting on others members' images, but our opinions are important and useful to our club ethos of continuous improvement. The various discussions on our H2PS Flickr group are also becoming regularly used and read. It is always worth looking to see the latest comments.
Unfortunately, for those of you receiving this Newsletter who are not H2PS members, you cannot access the Flickr group...of course, you would be able to if you become a member.
If you have questions about our Flickr group, or need help or an invitation to the page, please contact Jeff (Sinclair) & Paul (Major) via this email address.
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This striking image was taken by Graham (Chippett) of one of Henry Moore's sculptures in front of a starlit sky
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RUSSELL SAVORY
AWARD-WINNING NATURALIST PHOTOGRAPHER
RENOWNED FOR HIS WORK on
BBC’S SPRINGWATCH, AUTUMNWATCH COUNTRYFILE
FRIDAY, 11th OCTOBER 2019
7:30 p.m (doors open 7:00 p.m)
MUCH HADHAM VILLAGE HALL
Tickets: Adult £10.00. Children (under 16) £5.00
(To include tea/coffee and biscuits in the interval)
In addition, Russell has generously offered to take one person (or a couple) on a day’s field trip, which will be auctioned. He has also donated some of his photographs which will be raffled on the evening.
Tickets available from:-
THE HEALTH CENTRE Much Hadham . Reserved tickets from the Practice Manager - Andrew.wilkinson7@nhs.net or LONDIS STORE, Much Hadham.
Strictly limited to 150 persons.
All proceeds to The Jack May Trust for Much Hadham Health Centre.
Charity Commission number 1088104.
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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.
If you are on Twitter please follow the club and if you have any better suggestions as to how to use it, please let me know.
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Photo Opportunities this Weekend
The Camera is God
This intriguing title is a photographic exhibition by photographer, Trent Parke (wonder if he was conceived near to Cockfosters :) The images were taken in the same location but at different times. It is on until 30 August and can be seen at the Magnum Print Room, 63 Gee Street, EC1V 3RS
Cutting Edge: Modernist British Printmaking
Not photography admittedly but some interesting images with lessons to be learnt about image construction, perspective and colour. On until 8 September at Dulwich Picture Gallery
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Dates for your Diary
The submission deadline for the prints for the exhibition is going to be end of August. The exact date to be finalised over the next few days.
Thursday Practical Summer Sessions: Please bring your camera equipment to every session. Lights tripods everything that could be possible needed. We will be doing portraits and may even get really creative and capture Much Hadham by doing some macro work. Who knows we are only limited by our own imagination.
Sessions begin at 7:30pm. Starting location Much Hadham Village Hall.
The following sessions will focus on creating images for the Much Hadham Time-Stamp Exhibition:
15th August - Practical photographic session
22nd August - Practical photographic session
Bank Holiday Monday: 26th August. We will have a stand at Much Hadham Fete. We will be handing out flyers about the exhibition and offering portrait sessions.
31st August – Exhibition Entry Deadline
3rd September – Judge selection of exhibition images
5th September – Images sent to SimLab printers
12th September – Preview evening for VIP’s.
15th Time-Stamp Exhibition – Green Room Exhibition Day
New season for H2 begins September 19th
Club Calendar on Google Calendar
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A Tale to Finish:
A bloke walks into Harlow Sports Direct on Tuesday and asked for some condoms and KY Jelly.
"We are a sports shop", says the assistant.
On Wednesday he comes in again and asks for some sex toys;
on Thursday some love eggs and a gimp mask (whatever they are!), and on Friday, something that we cannot mention because we haven't reached the 9 o'clock watershed...
On Saturday as he walks in, an assistant takes him to one side and says, "Look mate, you keep coming in here and it's getting embarrassing. You know we're a sports shop, what do you really want?"
The bloke summoned up all his courage, took a deep breath and said, "Can I have a Tottenham home shirt, please..."
(With apologies to Spurs fans everywhere)
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Our new Home
The Summer Sessions and all 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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