H2 Meeting - Thursday 13th August 2020 ~ H2 Photographic Society

H2 Meeting – Thursday 13th August 2020

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The Wood Shed
by Jeff Sinclair

This Thursday - Dave Watts, Photographer & Diver

Last Thursday's practical (see next article) does prove that we are tentatively allowing ourselves a little more freedom from total lockdown. That was because we were able to be outside with plenty of space to socially distance. Unfortunately, we are still a long way from being able to meet at the Village Hall. So, this Thursday, we are back to a virtual meeting.

The advantage of virtual meetings is we see work from many more and diverse artists and our guest speaker definitely comes into that category. Dave Watts is a local photographer, based in Colchester. Take a look at his website; he obviously has a real passion for photographing the local landscape and oft wanders the Essex coastline for images. Unusually though, he combines his love of photography with his other interest, caving and more specifically, cave diving in the UK and beyond.

Dave's flair and expertise has gained him many placings and commendations, for example: Mendip cave photography competition 2018 - 2nd Place; Essex Wildlife Trust 2018 Photography competition - 1st place and overall winner; Landscape photographer of the Year competition 2018 - Commended.

It will be an inspiring evening (whether you like caves or not...)

Barn Window
by Jo Cleall

Last Thursday - an actual meeting

It was refreshing to get out and have a face-to-face meeting on Thursday last. And we couldn't have been luckier with the weather: warm and sunny with a cooling breeze. Perfect. After nearly five-months of isolation, seeing each other in the flesh was a real treat with much elbow-bumping and 'hug-throwing' going on.

It also confirmed what we as a club have often said: there are bounteous shots of quality to be had on our doorstep - literally. Jonathan's back garden is larger than average, with its barn, its wood shed and its copse and it allowed us the space to wander socially distanced. But it also allowed us to simply 'roam' creatively too. You can see a few examples of members' inventiveness that have already been uploaded onto our H2 Flickr page.

Talking of which, we are encouraging all members who were at the meet on Thursday, to upload their best images of the evening - up to a maximum of five - and Jonathan has kindly agreed to judge them on Thursday 20 August and pick which image he considers the strongest. Get uploading, H2'ers.

Much appreciation goes to Jonathan for the use of his garden and to Warren for all his organising: thanks guys

Eucalyptus Tree Harlow
by Alan Palmer

It's That Time Again, Folks

Our club membership falls due on 1 September. Because we are not being charged for the use of the Village Hall there's no weekly entry fee. But in order to continue to offer a full programme we do still need the monies from our annual subscription:

Please pay online to H2 Photographic Society ( BACS 30-99-97 33923668 ) and putting your surname in as reference. If you are considering joining, and would like to contact us first, please use the below email and a member will get in touch.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES

SINGLE	£45.00
COUPLE	£77.00
CONCESSIONS SINGLE*	£30.00
CONCESSIONS COUPLE*	£47.00
STUDENTS	£5.00

*Concessions i.e. unwaged

If you would like to pay in a different way, please email us: committee@h2photo.org.uk

For further information just click the 'Join Us' tab on our website

Night Sky On Skye
by Paul Major

The Parish Magazine Needs You...

The Editor of Much Hadham Parish Magazine has requested from H2 members colour images to feature on the front page. She has asked for any shots that can be recognised as (or local to) Much Hadham, be they landscapes, streetscapes or buildings. Given that they are for the front page she asks for them to be 'portrait' format and she is quite happy to have a big sky or similar at the top to allow the magazine title to be placed in the top half.
This is a positive opportunity to motivate members to unfurl their shutter-finger, get out and picture our environment, with the added impetus to get our images in print. Please upload your images to our H2 Flickr page

I'm Watching You
by Warren Martin

The Programme

Hi Members, here is the programme for the next few weeks. Although quite a challenge, we are retaining what we can from the original programme and taking advantage of the fact that we are meeting over Zoom to bring in some speakers that we would not normally have been able to:

13^th Aug – Dave Watts, guest speaker (Landscape & Cave Diver)

20^th Aug – Your Best & Worst

27^th Aug – My Top Ten (3 members discussing their best images)

3^rd Sept –

10^th Sept – Lotto Critique – members critique an image

17^th Sept – League Competition – Robin Claydon (judge)

24^th Sept -

1^st Oct – Jane Lazenby, guest speaker

8^th Oct – Tony Perryman Monochrome Competition

Interested in Joining Us?

Our club's mission is to provide photographic guidance, stimulation and opportunity; we'd love you to join us.

Visitors are welcome to join our virtual meetings, just use the zoom links in this newsletter.

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