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Competition Results – Colour Print Round 1

Our long awaited return to print competitions proved popular with 57 images entered in the first round of the three-round series for Colour Prints.  Our guest judge, Rob Bonfield from Woking Photographic Society, gave us some constuctive and engaging critique including some helpful tips and pointers for how some images could be improved.

Well done to all who entered.  By far the largest class for entries was Advanced, so come on Club and Intermediate members – give it a go!

Special congratulations to the four members who were awarded the maximum score of 10 for their images – Sue Potter in Club Class, Chris Fenton in Intermediate Class, and Marie-Ange Bouchard and Jon Cowdock in the Advanced Class.

The judges favourites (the images he held back for a second viewing, all of which he awarded scores of 9 or above) in each class are shown below.  Click on the images to enlarge them.

CLUB Class

10
9.5
9.5
9
9

INTERMEDIATE Class

10
9.5
9.5
9

ADVANCED Class

10
10
9.5
9.5
9.5
9
9
9

 

 

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Competition Results – Projected Digital Images – Round 1

An impressive 51 Members entered images in our first competition of the new season – the first round of the three-round series for Projected Digital Images.  Our guest judge, Dr Niall Ferguson ARPS CPAGB EFIAP from Windlesham and Camberly Camera Club was impressed with the standard of entries and offered his critique and scores for the images in class.

Well done to all who entered, especially to our newer members – we remember how daunting it can seem to submit your cherished images for public critique and scoring!

Special congratulations to the six members who were awarded the maximum score of 10 for their images – Steve Whiteley and Clare Wigfield in Club Class, Chris Fenton and Anouska Nemchand in Intermediate Class, and Geoff Spriegel and Clare Pickett in the Advanced Class.

The judges favourites (all those scoring 9 or above) in each class are shown below.  Click on the images to enlarge them.

CLUB Class

INTERMEDIATE Class

ADVANCED Class

 

 

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WE’RE BACK!

 

We’re back!  How great to see so many of our members back at our first in-person Thursday evening in 18 months.  Thank you to everyone who has helped with the work involved in changing to a larger and better ventilated venue, and to everyone who came last night and adhered so well to our safe meeting code.  I’m sure that the precautions you all followed helped to create a safer environment for us all.
Our guest speaker Stephen Leslie took us on an intriguing journey starting with a display of amazing shots showing his ‘carry your camera and capture the moment’ philosophy in action on anything from burning cars to yawning men!  He took us through the titling of shots and contextualisation on the way to his own unique approach as a writer as well as photographer – creating his own back story for his chosen images.
We’re back online next week but if the attendance and mood from yesterday is a guide, it looks as though we’ve found a formula here to allow us to feel our way forward into the autumn and winter.
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NEW SEASON BEGINS!

 

It was good to see so many of you online for the opening meeting of our 2021-22 season.  As explained, we start the season with a hybrid approach involving both online and physical meetings.  We’re aiming for a 50/50 split so that, whether you feel comfortable about returning to physical meetings or not at this stage, there’s something for everyone in our new season programme.

While no-one can give any absolute guarantee on safety, we’ve taken some major steps to make our physical meetings as safe as we possibly can in the current environment.  First, our meetings will take place in a bigger and airier venue than our usual ‘home’ at the White Hart Barn.  Second, we’ve developed a safe meetings code which we are asking all those attending to adhere to. TPS Safe Meetings Code.

We look forward to welcoming those of you who intend to come along next Thursday.  It will be our first physical meeting since the beginning of March last year, so it will be great to meet up again.  We’ve lined up a super guest speaker to get us under way – Stephen Leslie is a London-based photographer who brings his own special approach to the Street Photography genre. You can find out more about him and see some of his work on his website Stephen Leslie, but here’s a little preview to whet your appetite!  Look out for the email with final versions of the venue directions and the safe meetings code in the next few days and we look forward to seeing you on the 16th!

 

 

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUMMER…

TPS Out and About, Lingfield (Photo Credit – Dominic Murtagh)

Well we made it through an unusual season, responding to the pandemic and its risks and restrictions with a full programme of online events, supplemented with our biggest ever programme of out and about activities, enabling us to socialise and photograph together in small groups outdoors. Thank you all for staying with us!

As the schools break up, we now enter a different kind of summer.  Some will be determined to travel, others are focusing their attention as never before on the beauty and variety to be enjoyed closer to home.  Dominic Murtagh will continue to put in place regular ‘Out and About’ opportunities through the summer months, but we really do need more of you to offer to lead these events to add to the variety of ideas.

In the background, your Committee is working hard to review the options for the season ahead and to find the best way through the ongoing uncertainty.  While – with thanks to Simon Bedwell –  we now have an almost complete programme of Thursday evening events in place for the new season we’re holding back a little on sharing those details, and on starting the membership renewals round, in the hope that a few extra weeks will enable us to give you all a clearer picture of our plans.  We hope that as many of you as possible will be able to join us for the special online meeting on 29 July where we will present our findings so far, and you have the opportunity to air your thoughts and hear how others are feeling before we firm up the plan for how and where to hold the new season’s meetings.

In the meantime, make the most of the weather while it lasts, and enjoy your summer photography!