May
2
8:00 PM20:00

TALK: KEVIN PIGNEY " A Passion for Wildlife"

As the Brentham Club is in use as a polling station, Kevin Pigney will present his talk via Zoom.

Kevin writes:

My Passion For Wildlife, is the story of my wildlife photography so far, some six years ... I not only share some of my favourite images but more importantly share the story behind them including locations, camera settings, how I set up a project, fieldcraft etc….

Chapters include :- My style of image & how I achieve the style - Advantages of working locally - Some favourite locations/subjects - How I set up a new project, behind the scenes - Working with light/ camera techniques .....

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May
18
10:30 AM10:30

PHOTO WALK | BRENTHAM ALLOTMENTS

  • Brentham Allotments & Garden Society (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

We have an invitation from the Brentham Allotments & Garden Society to visit with an eye to taking photographs. May is normally a good time to see gardeners setting up for the summer crops.

Brentham is a big site with getting on for 200 plots running between Brentham Meadows and Lynwood Road, sandwiched between Brunswick Road and the A40.

Bring your camera and have a wander around and capture some of the horticultural action. (Let’s hope for decent weather!)

If you are happy to offer, then some of our images could be used on the Brentham Allotments newly created website.

The plotholders will have been told in advance about our visit but, of course, it goes without saying that anyone unhappy with the photography doesn’t have to be included.

There’s a car park on site (though it is likely to be busy) or you can park on Brunswick Road and walk through one of the cuts and along the lane.

Meet at 1030 in the carpark near the Trading Hut.

Directions: From Lynwood Road, approaching the A40 (do NOT turn onto it!) there’s a lane on the left just before the A40 next to number 2A. Postcode for 2A Lynwood Road is W5 1JH

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Apr
18
8:00 PM20:00

COMPETITION: PANEL OF PRINTS

Though this has traditionally been a prints only competition, we now accept either print or PDI images.

A panel is a set of images with a common theme, link or story which will be judged and assessed as a whole not as individual images. 

There will be two competitions on the night. Authors to choose either:

Panel of Prints:  

  • Up to two panels of 3 prints per Author

  • Individual images should be mounted on boards no larger than 40cm x 50cm. If several images are submitted on one board it is recommended that individual prints should be a minimum of 20cm (8 inches) along one side.

 Panel of PDIs:

  •  Up to two panels of 3 PDIs per author.

  • Each panel must consist of three PDI images plus a composite PDI showing the arrangement of the images.

Judge: Micki Aston

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Mar
28
8:00 PM20:00

MEMBERS' EVENT | SHOW 'N SHARE

A return of this popular event where members are encouraged to bring along images on which they would like member feedback.

Feel free to bring along a range of images, both what you consider might be successful and also those on which you may be working and for which you would welcome constructive input.

There’s no particular theme to this evening, but if you would specifically like us to cover some aspect or technique, let Kristin know.

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Mar
21
8:00 PM20:00

INTER-CLUB COMPETITION: INTIMATE SCAPES

This is the third year of this competition organised by Trina & District Camera Club for clubs across the CACC region with 14 clubs participating.

​There will be two independent judges who will pre score the images and then meet to agree the final scores. This year the judges are:

  • Maria Leekblade – a highly respected photographer and judge from South of England who is known for her understanding of creative photography – Maria had great feedback on her judging of this competition last year.

  • Gordon Brown – A very experienced and knowledgeable judge, with great interest in the genre, he looks for images that create a mood and an atmosphere, images that tell a story and have depth to them. He believes that light is vital and the way it illuminates and makes a subject glow.

​An intimate scape is one in which a small part of a scene has been selected to present an ‘intimate feel’. It might be a smaller part of a wider scape, or it might also be a smaller composition that focuses on shapes, lines, colours, textures or patterns. It is a view of a scene in which any object of focus, is surrounded by its context. The celebration of the beauty of the natural world is encouraged and so the scape can be land, sea, water or city but, whatever the content, it must be an ‘intimate’ scene.

​​The Competition will be on Zoom at 8pm on the evening of Thursday 21st March 2024. All members of all the 14 participating clubs are invited to attend and a link will be sent out nearer the date

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Mar
13
8:00 PM20:00

Match a Digi at Field End

This year it is Field End’s turn to host this annual fast, furious and friendly photographic frolic featuring Field End, Pinner and EHHPS with plenty of interaction and heckling of the judge!

How it works:

Each club comes with a bank of 40 images
There are 36 rounds of three images, one from each club, with the clubs taking it in turn to start (so each club ends up with 4 ‘spare’ images)

The images in the competition are judged, both photographically and as the nearest match to the first image in the round.  

Venue:

Ruislip Methodist Church Hall, Ickenham Road, Ruislip, HA4 7BZ.

There is parking on site but it tends to get full quite quickly. Otherwise you can park on Ickenham Road.

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Feb
29
8:00 PM20:00

COMPETITION: DELL & PIETRUSKI

Traditionally this has been an all Print competition. However, beginning with this season, given the shift of some authors away from Print, we now have:

Print Dell (Mono)
Print Pietruski (Colour)

and

PDI Dell (Mono)
PDI Pietruski (Colour)

Authors may choose to enter one Dell and one Pietruski competition in either Print or PDI but not both. A maximum of 4 images per author on the night, with a maximum of 3 in a given category.

Trophies will be awarded.

Judge: TBC

PDI images via Photoentry by 23:59 on Tuesday 27th February.

Prints on the night

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Feb
24
2:30 PM14:30

The NW Fed Final and starred images competition

  • Friends Meeting House, 150 Church Road Watford, England, WD17 4QB United Kingdom (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

THE FEDERATION OF NW LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES, commonly called ‘The NWFed’, was founded in 1959. It currently comprises twelve Clubs who meet each year in groups for a first round of matches; and then in semifinals and a final to decide a Club and individual champions.

Venue:
Friends Meeting House
150 Church Road
Watford WD17 4QB

Start time: 2:30 pm

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Jan
25
8:00 PM20:00

INTERACTIVE GALLERY: INTIMATE (LAND) SCAPES

Intimate Scapes is an inter-club competition specifically for images that don’t fit the conventional idea of a landscape.

Tonight’s meeting is a chance to bring along images for discussion and informal critique that you feel might fit this genre. Amanda Wright will be on hand to give advice and guidance. The actual competition will be held on 21st March via Zoom and is organised by Tring Camera Club, who write:

The inspiration to run this competition came from two sources - when we ran competitions on the Landscape genre, we noticed that some of our members often submitted images, that were 'Intimate Scapes' rather than 'wide open' scapes - and many were really good.

At the same time some of more experienced photographers were enjoying exploring the genre of Intimate Scapes with some success. We also noticed the interest in the Close Up photographer of the Year Competition that includes a specific category of 'Intimate Scapes'

So we decided to create a competition to celebrate this genre. This has been met with great enthusiasm by clubs across the Chiltern Association of Camera Clubs. 

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Jan
18
8:00 PM20:00

SHOW AND SHARE: The Inside Track

Renowned for his fantastical images, and following up on his “But was she really there?” demonstration, Mike Lloyd is going to give us the inside track on one of his techniques for believable effects. Thank you Mike!

Emmanuel has kindly agreed to show some of his post production techniques.

Plus, your opportunity to share images you are working on and/or for which you would like feedback.

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Dec
7
8:00 PM20:00

Show and Share: tips and tricks

We’ll be on Zoom for December and January, so this week we will be able to screen-share with ease, learning from each other the while.

Mike Lloyd has very kindly agreed to give us the inside track on “But was she really there?” and show us how he places models in backgrounds, plausibly.

Dennis Durack is also up for showing us some of the fabulous images he took on a recent trip to Burnham Beeches and telling us how he achieves his particularly appealing look.

Also, Emmanuel has said he will show some of his current work.

In addition, feel free to share images on which you would like some member feedback.

Looking forward to other of our Zoom sessions (particularly the one on 18th January), if you can tell us in advance if there are any techniques you would like to ask about relating to a particular image, we can set up someone with appropriate experience.

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Oct
30
8:00 PM20:00

Rosebowl 2023-24: Round 1 Match

The First Round of the Rosebowl competition for the 2023-24 season is hosted by Woodley PC over Zoom,

Teams taking part are:

  • Woodley PC

  • Marlow CC

  • Ealing & Hampshire House PS

  • Kidlington PG

The judge is Julia Cleaver.

Members will receive the Zoom link in the EHHPS newsletter prior to the competition.

Further information on the competition can be found on the CACC website.

The full schedule for the League Matches (over 3 rounds) is given below:

Click on the image above for a .pdf version


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Oct
26
8:00 PM20:00

TALK : TAMMY MARLAR "Wildlife Tales"

We are delighted to welcome a local photographer to present (in person) to EHHPS whose images of fauna in and around Richmond Park, as well as substantially further afield, are truly stunning.

In her talk entitled "Wildlife Tales" Tammy will present some of her most powerful images, many of them taken locally in Richmond and Bushy Parks, and give insights about the fundamental principles of wildlife photography with a focus on story-telling. 

Biog:

Tammy is an award-winning, fine-art nature photographer. Her images seek to foster a deep love for, and appreciation of, the natural world. She has received wide-ranging critical acclaim for her images - covering diverse subject matter including wildlife, birds, macro, flowers, gardens and landscape. Since turning professional in 2017, she has been consistently awarded and shortlisted in some of the most prestigious international photographic competitions over this time, including Outdoor Photographer of the Year, Bird Photographer of the Year, Close-up Photographer of the Year and the International Garden Photographer of the Year. She is widely published, gives lectures and teaches photography, as well as being a regular features writer for the leading nature photography magazine, Outdoor Photography. She is also a member of the Professional Garden Photographers' Association.

Tammy Marlar’s website is https://www.tammymarlar.com

and do have a look at the wildlife section https://www.tammymarlar.com/wildlife

© Tammy marlar

© Tammy marlar

© tammy marlar

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Oct
25
to Oct 26

VISIT: HIGHCLIFFE & INFINITY

Having had a gap in visiting our friends in the New Forest area because of Covid, we are resurrecting this popular trip but at a different time of year (we used to visit them in May). This autumn visit should give us a chance to capture something of a changing landscape around the area.

We would set off from Ealing in the morning of the Wednesday 25th, taking photos on the way and stopping for lunch. We will book into our hotel (suggestions welcome!) in time to have an early dinner and meet for a friendly competition with Highcliffe & Infinity Photography Club (near new Milton) that evening. The next morning, we set off back to Ealing after breakfast, stopping to take photos and have some lunch and then back in time for our normal EHHPS meeting on the Thursday evening.

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