NWFed Match A2: Results and Report

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Amanda Wright reports on Monday’s (21 October) match which for the second time saw EHHPS facing Hemel Hempstead and Amersham:

Hemel Hempstead hosted round 2 of the NW Fed last night judged by Chris Sargeant and with Judy and Mark Buckley-Sharp present.

In the prints round EHHPS came a disappointing 3rd scoring 83, Hemel Hempstead 2nd with 87 and Amersham 1st with 92.

The judging appeared to be somewhat random with traditional views and details missed, the lowest score was 16 with two 20’s and both the stars awarded to Amersham. Ealing could only muster a top score of 18 for Paul Mason’s A Brush With A Cactus but this by no means represented the quality of the images EHHPS submitted. Personally I thought the criticisms were half hearted.

In the PDI’s again the lowest competition score was a 16 but EHHPS fared much better with Hemel scoring 88 and both Amersham and EHHPS scoring 90. Once again two 20’s and both stars were awarded to Amersham. EHHPS scored three 19’s which were In The Bell Tower by Paul Mason, Marine by Shaun Hodge and Before Sunrise by Dennis Durack.


The final round will be held at Amersham in two weeks time on Monday 4th November but it’s not looking hopeful.

Photoentry now accepting your images for Projected #2

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Projected competition #2 is coming up on Thursday 24th, and we are now accepting images via Photoentry and not email.

We’ve had quite a few entries already, so don’t delay as the closing date is on Monday 21st.

All members should have their logins by now (check your spam folder), so please see the instructions on our competition pages. There is also a link to a video of the process.

Good luck!

XRR Visions 2019: Entries close 30th October

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A number of EHHPS members have previously entered the XRR Visions competition. Bill Cooper LRPS AFIAP, Secretary, XRR Photographic Society writes regarding this year’s competition:

“VISIONS is a unique projected image competition for individual members of PAGB affiliated clubs. Clubs can also compete for the club trophy by nominating three entrants to represent them (please note that the selection of images should be made by the individual entrants).

The closing date for entries is Wednesday, 30th October, and the final live judging for Visions will be on Wednesday, 20th November at the Stanborough Centre. Judging all entries this year will be David Steel DPAGB of Cambridge CC.”.

Click on the poster below enter and to view the Rules.

NWFed First Round Result

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Amanda Wright reports on Thursday’s (October 3rd) opener against Hemel and Amersham:

Thursday night saw the External Competitions new season kick off at The Brentham Club when EHHPS played host to Amersham and Hemel Hempstead PS judged by Paul Burwood LRPS.

As usual some of the scores raised a few eyebrows but his comments were generally fair, the standard was unsurprisingly pretty high and the rounds were surprisingly close.

Print Scores

Hemel 107
Ealing 109
Amersham 112

There were four 20’s awarded:

Black Mount by Dennis Durack (EHHPS)
Skateboard Action by Jim Turner (Hemel) also a Star
Morning Wait by Felicity Holden (Amersham) also a Star
Tackling Jamie George by Julie Mullings

EHHPS entries scoring 19 in the Print section were:

Try To See It My Way by Sally Mason
The Wasp by Shaun Hodge

PDI Scores

Hemel 99
Ealing 107
Amersham 111

There were three 20’s awarded

Blue Umbrella In The Rain by James McCracken (Hemel) also a Star
Broadgate Staircases by Andrew Bungard (Amersham) also a Star
The Aviator by Brian Gough (Amersham)

EHHPS entries scoring 19 in the PDI section were:

The Lookout by Shaun Hodge
Beach Hut by Paul Mason
Now We Are 3 by John Clare

So to summarise round one

Amersham came 1st with 223
EHHPS 2nd with 216
Hemel were 3rd with 206


We still have a chance!!!

The next Group ‘A’ match is on October 21st at Hemel

Important Notice: Did you purchase a Print from the EHHPS BEAT Exhibition?

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EHHPS’s successful first venture into Ealing BEAT is now ended, and we now focus on delivering prints to all who purchased images during the exhibition at Questors.

Unfortunately there was glitch affecting the contact details of some purchasers from the first weekend. If you made such a purchase, please contact Jane Arnold-Forster or Amanda Wright (click on a name to email) so they can organise delivery as soon as possible.

Thank you once again for visiting, and for purchasing our work.

Ron Wake Memorial Trophy heads to Watford

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The final of the Ron Wake Memorial Trophy opened Harrow Camera Club’s season on Tuesday evening (3rd September). The winning image was “This is Me”, as six shot composite by Charlotte Dwyer of Watford CC.

Before turning his attention to the final, judge Kevin Day gave a fascinating talk on a documentary shoot he had undertaken, following a group of aid workers helping refugees in Greece.

Kevin’s judging was, as ever, entertaining and perceptive. Although EHHPS’s Shaun Hodge won last year’s competition, this time EHHPS had only a single image, Amanda Wright’s I Like this Blue which made it through to the final twenty. I found myself wondering if Kevin had judged the selection round, whether perhaps we may have seen more of our work in the final.

Paul Mason

Invitations from Harpenden PS

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EHHPS Secretary Jenny Fenton has received invitations from Harpenden PS for three paid events from prominent speakers at their Club:

Guy Edwards who is a professional landscape, wildlife and travel photographer – Tuesday 3rd Sept.

Martin Evening who is an acknowledged expert on Photoshop – Tuesday 17th Sept.

Damien Demolder who is a well known street photographer – Tuesday 5th Nov.

Please note these are all ‘private’ events and are only open to paid-up members of HPS or those with tickets bought through Eventbrite.

There will be 20 tickets available for each speaker at £12 each on a first come first served basis. The tickets can only be purchased through Eventbrite by clicking on the linked names above.

All three events start at 8.00pm for 2 hours and will be held at:

The Harpenden Trust Centre
90 Southdown Rd
Harpenden
AL5 1PS

There is parking on the road or close by

Ealing BEAT: Opening Night Party

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Exhibitions Secretary Jane Arnold-Forster writes:

‘EHHPS is participating, for the first time as a Club, in Ealing BEAT (The Borough of Ealing Art Trail) this year, with our exhibition located in the bar of The Questors Theatre. To encourage as many of you, and your friends, to come along we will have a small drinks party on Friday 6th September, in the bar at The Questors. Do come along and support our exhibition’

More information, and opening times on the BEAT website

The Events Page of this website also carries the full calendar of EHHPS participation.

PAGB e-News

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Amanda Wright reminds members that the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain), of which our Federation the CACC (Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs) is a member, regularly publishes an interesting electronic magazine called PABG e-News.

You can find an archive of issues here or sign up to receive regular issues direct to your inbox using this link.

Issue 233 extra includes coverage of the recent InterFed competitions.

PAGB InterFed Competition 2019: Amanda Wright's report for the CACC

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The PAGB Inter-Federation was hosted by Midland Counties Photographic Federation in Burton On Trent Saturday 15th June 2019 attended by all 15 UK Federations and judged by 

Eddy Lane ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP

Judith Parry DPAGB, HonPAGB, AFIAP

David Gibbons ARPS, APAGB, EFIAP/b, BPE5

Federations are permitted to enter up to 30 images in each of the four categories and the top 15 scores from each are selected for the results.

Sadly things did not go well for CACC. We started the day at 10.00 am with the Open Mono Print section with 426 images entered. There were 8 top scores of 15 awarded across the whole competition which was won by Midland Counties PF. 

The CACC came 14th with a top score of 13 of which we attained 5 

Somewhere Out There by Brian Gough, Amersham

Way Out by Don Lanstone LRPS EFIAP, Amersham

Lonely As A Cloud by David Harris CPAGB, Wycombe

The Caretaker by Brian Gough, Amersham

Midnight Deadline by Peter Wilson, Harpenden


In the Open Colour Print Section 435 prints were entered. There were 21 15’s awarded, 11 of which were Nature and was won by N&EMPF. Scores were notably higher in this round, I believe there were 77 14’s awarded and far less broad a range overall.

The CACC moved up the leader board in this event by 1 place to come 13th with a top score of 14

Mountain Hare in Winter Sun by Julie Mullings DPAGB, Amersham

Ratcatcher by Nigel Cox, Amersham

We had 9 13’s

Making Tracks by David Harris CPAGB, Wycombe

Selfie Time by Justin Grant, Field End

European Rollers Pair Bonding by Mike Walker, Field End

Artists Muse by Dominic Beaven, Field End

Knock Out by Dominic Beaven, Field End

Washing Before Prayer by Peter Jones, Amersham

Bald Eagle Walking On Snow by Julia Wainwright ARPS, DPAGB, Harrow

The Dealer by Lloyd Moore BPE1, Watford

Just The Two Of Us by Peter Stevens DPAGB, ARPS, AFIAP, Harpenden

In the Nature Digital Section the CACC somewhat improved on the leaderboard coming 9th. There were 20 15’s awarded across the competition and the winners were L&CPU.

The CACC managed to achieve 3 14’s and 15 13’s

The 14’s were

 Paddyfield Warbler by Paul Day, Wycombe

Side by Side Bee Eaters by Val Walker ARPS, Field End

Dancing Cranes by Peter Whitehead BPE1*, Harpenden

13’s were

Marbled White on Due Laden Grass by Paul Burwood LRPS, Field End

Three Harvest Mice by Carrie Eva CPAGB, Amersham

Call of The wild by Julia Wainwright ARPS DPAGB, Harrow

One Last Breath by Julia Wainwright ARPS DPAGB, Harrow

Spring Pasque Flower by Dave Martin ARPS DPAGB, Harrow

Leap Of Faith by Ivor Porter, Oxford

Glanville Fritillary by Andy Sands, XRR

Mating Adonis Blue by Andy Sands, XRR

Life’s A Struggle by Nigel Cox, Amersham

Bathtime by Chenxi Ni, Imagez

Roller With Frog by Mike Walker, Field End

Grizzly in Snowy Forest by Joy Rawlins, Kidlington

Squabbling Bald Eagles by Julia Wainwright ARPS DPAGB, Harrow

Bearded Reedling Balancing by Terri Adcock LRPS BPE1*, Watford

Red Legged Partridge Running In Snow by Andy Sands XRR


In the Open Digital Section the CACC slipped back down the board coming12th there were 16 15’s awarded and it was won by L&CPU again.

The CACC achieved a top score of 14

Godafoss In Winter by David Harris CPAGB, Wycombe

and 8 13’s

River Of Light by Kathy Chantler, Imagez

Sea, Sand and Shadows by John Clare, EHHPS

Portuguese Parasols by John Clare, EHHPS

Red Burst by Kristin Mason EHHPS

Sunrise Over Rolling Hills by Alan Graham, Harrow

No Messing by Steve Beckett, Imagez

Two Faced by Kathy Chantler, Imagez

Pearl by Bill Cooper XRR

Congratulations and many thanks to all those who entered and especially those mentioned here. The standard is always extremely high as you would expect from a National Competition the PAGB is comprised of approximately 1000 affiliated member clubs with about 40,000 individual members so well done all.

Amanda Wright

Amanda’s Scoresheets:

Open Colour Print
Open Mono Print
Open Digital
Nature Digital

More details of the competition may be found on the PAGB website.

Monthly Aggregate Competition 2018-19: Results and Trophies

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At the EHHPS AGM on June 13th the winners of the Monthly Aggregate competitions were announced, and trophies presented by EHHPS President Phil Dean.

Photography: Burgess Taylor

Scoring: Emmanuel


Projected Competition

Set Subject

First: Kristin Mason (accepted in her absence by Paul)
Second: Paul Mason
Third: Irena Farrell

Open

First: Barbara Dorrell
Second: John Clare
Third: Ed Farrell

Portrait

First: Shaun Hodge
Second = Martin Creedy
Second = Paul Mason


Print Competition

Set Subject

First: Rajan Adhikari
Second = Paul Mason
Second = Dennis Durack


Open

First: Amanda Wright
Second:  Emmanuel
Third = Rick Beresford
Third = Dennis Durack

Portrait

First: Shaun Hodge
Second: Paul Mason
Third: Kristin Mason

Switch Trophy

The Switch trophy is awarded to a member of the club who is not on the committee, but who is recognised as having gone above and beyond in supporting the club. It is voted on by the three previous winners of the award. This year, they decided to give the prize to David Bowater, who keeps us (and the judges) fed and watered at every meeting. Well done, and many thanks, David!

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Ron Wake Selection: Amanda Wright reports

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Amanda Wright was at last night’s ‘Ron Wake’ at Harrow Camera Club. This is her report:

The Ron Wake was held last night (28th May) at Harrow Camera club judged by Roger Reynolds FRPS APAGB FBPE attended by myself. In this 'all new prints’ competition each club enters 7 prints from 7 different authors and none of the images can have been used outside their club in any external CACC competition. The judge is asked to comment on each image in turn and then select his top 20 from the 49 without scoring or giving a preference. It’s always a very nail biting moment and often images get swapped in and out at the last minute, as was the case last night.

The total numbers chosen from each club were as follows

Watford 5
Harrow 5
Field End 3
Pinner 3
Northolt 2
XRR 1
EHHPS 1

The very last image of the 20 selected was an EHHPS print

I Like This Blue by Amanda Wright

Up until the final moments I thought we weren’t going to get anything in at all as he continued to walk past all of our images.

Roger is very much a nature lover, much travelled and a knowledgable bird man, however, on this occasion his choices were very mixed. He was particularly sensitive to light areas (however small) within an image and also where images were dark he wanted them brightened. He didn’t seem too fond of abstracts and more than once mentioned that images were too big within the frame, he wanted more space around the subject. His other pet hate seemed to be colour casts in both colour and black and white images and often commented on mounts being too small and the prints being too big, much preferring a smaller image in a big mount and the wrong choice of colour mount being used was mentioned once or twice also.

The Final of the competition is held Sept/October in conjunction with Harrow’s annual Exhibition where a different judge will be critiquing the 20 images and choosing his or her overall Ron Wake winner.

Sixteen EHHPS images in the PAGB Inter-Fed

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The CACC has chosen sixteen images from EHHPS to represent our federation in next month’s PAGB Inter-Federation Competitions.

The 16 images are:

Portuguese Parasols by John Clare ( PDI Open)
Red Burst by Kristin Mason (PDI Open)
Sea Sand and Shadows by John Clare (PDI Open)
Hiding by Shaun Hodge (Nature PDI)
Alex by Shaun Hodge (Open Print)
Neon Cheeks by Shaun Hodge (Open Print)
Going Gaga by Shaun Hodge (Mono Print)
Thumbs Up by Dennis Durack (Mono Print)
Under Her Hat by Paul Mason (Mono Print)
It’s A Wrap by Shaun Hodge (Mono Print)
A Final Lace Up by Shaun Hodge (Mono Print)
Bathtub Burlesque By Paul Mason (Mono Print)
I Wonder by Paul Mason (Mono Print)
The Long Walk by Jenny Fenton (Mono Print)
Dizzy On The Stairs by Amanda Wright (Mono Print)
Silver Birches by Amanda Wright (Mono Print)

Competition day is Saturday June 15 in Burton on Trent - do come along and support your Club and Federation. Details were given in this News Item

Ron Wake Trophy Competition: Urgent call for Entries

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EHHPS External Competitions Secretary Amanda Wright needs your proposed entries for the Ron Wake competition. She needs titles ideally by Monday 13th May, and with a hard deadline for submission by 17th May. Amanda needs seven ‘Virgin’ prints, never used in an external competition before (only one per author may be entered).

If you have prints for consideration, please bring them along to the next Club meeting (9th or 16th May).

More information on the Ron Wake Trophy competition - won last year by EHHPS's Shaun Hodge - on the Harrow CC website.