Competition - In-club Battle 27/10/21

This evening we had an in-house competition which mimicked a round of the regular West Yorkshire Interclub competition. Five teams, each carefully chosen to include a blend of experienced and less experienced photographers, competed for the chance to win on the evening. In the weeks beforehand teams of up to 7 members had chosen the best set of images to make up a set of 5 each by a different author. In doing so they included one on the theme of Abstract, one on Sport and three entirely Open, meaning they could be of any subject matter. An additional constraint for the teams was that the images must be work which had not been entered previously for a club competition or critique.

In the past we have obtained an independent judge for this competition but this time it was decided to identify 5 experienced members, one from each team, to mark all the images except the ones submitted by their own team. The judges were asked to mark each image as a 2, 3, 4, or 5 with 5 being the best. This is the method in a number of regional and national photographic competitions. In this case the aggregate figure gave an image score which went towards the team total.

There was a good range of images displayed on the night and James called upon each of the judges depending on the genre of the image to give their observations.

Team 5 lead by Andrew Greenbank came out as the clear winners. Their images are shown here. Well done to them and thanks to James Gibson for all the work which went in to planning an engaging evening.

Abstract - Flaming butterfly by Barbara Sheldrake

Open - Church Roof by David Lockwood

Open - Flying Cards by Susan Murray

Open - Not Just A Pretty Face by Harry Wentworth

Sport - Round the Buoy by Colin McGregor

Monthly Challenge - Long Exposure 20/10/21

This monthly challenge set for members was Long Exposure.

Members rose to the challenge and set in images ranging from waterfalls, street photography, light trails, landscapes and portraits.

Images were reviewed by two of our experienced members Graham Sykes and Richard Fulcher, which was very detailed, constructive and advice given. Members were invited to make their own comments and hints and tips on how they took their image.

Members had already sent their votes in and the results are as follows:

• 1st – David Simmons with 21 points

• 2nd – Iain Marshall with 20 points

• Joint 3rd – Mike Hey and Richard Fulcher with 13 points

David Simmons - Breakdown

Ian Marshall - Maserati Zoom

Mike Hey - Energy Hub

Richard Fulcher - Evening In Amsterdam

Its all to play for with one challenge to go to see who wins the trophy at the end of the year.

Talk - Barbara Sheldrake BA (Photo) – Other forms of photography 13/10/21

HPIC member Barbara Sheldrake gave us the antidote to digital imaging and computer post-processing this week by sharing her photographic passions with us. Her presentation covered the history of printing techniques from Daguerre onwards. She gave explanations of some methods which she had used such as Cyanotype, Salt printing and pinhole photography and showed examples of her own converted pin hole cameras. There were illustrations of Barbara’s own images as well as those from recent exponents of the craft techniques, such as Linda McCartney and Barbara Ess. Two examples of Barbara’s work shown here are a Cyanotype and a print toned with black tea sourced by Sue Gibson. Thanks Barbara for opening our eyes to these techniques. I can’t wait for the practical demonstration promised for February 2022.

Cyanotype

Black tea toning