Interclub Colour Group Competition 2020/21 Season 01/01/21

As with many other club competitions that had been cancelled this year, we

were pleased that this competition still went ahead this year via Zoom,

being the 63 rd season.

With winning the Trophy in the previous season, we hoped to get off to a

good start.

The first round was hosted by Bradford Photographic Society, in October

the judge being Erica Oram DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3*. The set subject –

Humour, set theme – Creativity.

All images submitted by the 10 clubs were judged on the night and we were

pleased that at the end of the evening came away with winning the first

round with 90 points.

A good score and we were awarded the certificate for the first round.

Currently after the second round we are overall first with 182 points.

We look forward to round 3 and 4 which will be held in March and April

2021.

Certificate for winning the first round of the 2020/21 season

Christmas Social 23/12/20

Last week Sue and James Gibson worked together to treat a further 22 members to an inventive Christmas Social, rising to the challenge of developing entertaining activities that pitted 6 teams against one another in competition remotely via Zoom.

Everyone was assigned a team and the club experimented with the use of 'breakout rooms' for the first time. These were used to great effect alongside the more traditional group assembly over a number of rounds, including general knowledge and sports quiz rounds, a film music identification round, video observation and even a scavenger hunt!

Although it was a departure from our traditional Christmas meeting in that members had to supply their own food and drink, many people dressed up for the occasion in their finest Christmas-themed attire and a great time was had by all. I think it fair to say that perhaps because of, rather than in spite of the logistical challenges, the resourcefulness of the hosts made for an even more entertaining evening than usual and one that was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

2020 has been challenging for everyone in many ways and for HPIC it has been no different. However, both the committee and the club itself have risen to the challenge at every step and carried on operating almost as normal, even down to this social evening. This meeting was the last scheduled event on the 2020 programme, so we sincerely hope you'll continue to join us in 2021 for an exciting new programme of events.

Monthly Challenge – Street Photography16/12/20

Kamal Samanta’s picture featuring a fashion icon and some very sexy knees of mechanics working under a car, perched precariously on a brick, appealed to members and the image was voted into third position against some pretty good competition.

Kamal Samanta - The Mechanics

In first place was Harry Wentworth’s Help, which Alan Stopher described as poignant, telling as it did an interesting story within the depicted environment. The light in the subject’s eyes conveyed emotion with the subject well contrasted with the subdued background.

Harry Wentworth - Help

Richard Fulcher’s image, showing the joy of children playing with well captured and brilliantly

illuminated soap bubbles in the streets of Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana, came second.

Richard Fulcher - Children Playing

Well done to the winners, thanks yet again to all those who submitted images and of course to Alan and James for their critiques.

Next time it’s party time! James described to members how the rich facilities afforded by Zoom will be used to amplify the sense of fun and games during the last meeting prior to Christmas.

Tune in next week to find out more: usual time and place!