Judges’ feedback on our Annual Competition entries – April & May 2023

A high point of our club year is the Annual Exhibition which we hold during the summer. A lot of preparation goes into this both from members who enter their work, our four external judges and the committee members who work behind the scenes to organise the competition and put the exhibition together.

Over four weeks in April and May we were pleased to welcome four respected Yorkshire Photographic Union judges to review our entries. Two of them, Richard Hall and Sally Sallett, visited us to give face to face feedback on our prints and two others, Mike Barnard and Jonathan Neale, joined us on Zoom. We’re grateful for all their efforts in going through every image, giving their comments and choosing which ones merited commendation. Those whose work was held back will be looking forward to seeing who will win the 16 trophies this year when we hold our Oscars night on 28th June 2023.

Talk - Emma Finch 'Don't Say Cheese' 17/05/23

They say you should never work with children and animals. I think I speak for many members in finding photographing children a particular challenge. Happily we had Emma, a top portrait photographer join us via Zoom with her excellent presentational skills to give us tips on putting children at ease, choice of location, tackling seasonal portraiture, different approaches for different age groups, complementary colours, lighting, composition, post-processing and a whole lot more. This was definitely one of the best evenings we have had. Thanks again Emma.

Of Time and Place – a major exhibition on the culture of Huddersfield

Huddersfield Photo-Imaging Club has an exhibition of 27 members photographs on local cultural aspects of the town and its hinterland. They have all been printed and mounted to a high standard and laid out as part of the full exhibition entitled Of Time and Place. The whole has been put together by Architects, Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios who are involved in much of the work to redesign the cultural quarter of Huddersfield. The exhibition is well worth a visit and as well as our club’s work you can learn about the remarkable design of the indoor market and the terracotta friezes overlooking the ring road.

Where: Piazza Art Gallery, Huddersfield

When: 10/02/23 to 1/04/23 11am to 4pm Weds to Sats