Forum - London Salon 31/07/24

Tonight we had the privilege of showing the Images from the 2023 London Salon. As usual there was a very good mix of all types of photography so that it appealed to everyone at some point. The commentary was once again given by Leigh Preston who has over time become a finely polished commentator for the Salon. The presentation lasted for 1hour and 41 minutes and was informative and useful with the humour that Leigh applied when explaining his interpretation of the Images throughout. It proved a very worthwhile evening and at the end of the night a lot of discussion was evoked among all members and everyone took home their own take and feelings about the Salon.

Practical Evening - Image processing challenge 24/07/24

A fantastic evening on Wednesday night saw members presented with a processing challenge. Four teams were presented with the same three images and asked to process them through collaboration and use of various pieces of software. The results were all different, demonstrating so clearly how each individual interpretation of an image and how to process it from what is created in camera, can radically change how you feel / connect with an image.

The evening presented a great opportunity for all members to learn from each other the workflows they use when processing images as well as locating some new processing functionality within the various software programmes such as the calibration tool.

A great evening of learning, teamwork and creativity.

Oscars night 26/06/24

Pictured here are the happy trophy winners following the awards made at HPIC’s very own Oscars night. For those who don’t know this is when those members who have had work ‘held back’ for commendation in our Annual Competition find out who has won each trophy and which certificates have been awarded.

Back row L to R: Graham Sykes (Creative digital trophy) ; Mark Turner (Macmillan and Roy Kirk Trophies, both for Nature); Richard Fulcher (Diamond Trophy for PDI Scapes); Sheelagh Davidson (Halifax Trophy for Portrait print); David Lockwood (Bernice Sheard Trophy for Intermediate print); Alan Stopher (Cooke Trophy for Open Mono print and Colin Sutcliffe Trophy for Record print); Clayton Manhertz (HPIC Cup for Sport Action Photojournalism PDI).

Front row L to R: Harry Wentworth (Joe Noble Trophy for Portrait PDI and Whiteley Trophy for Open Colour PDI); Ian Marshall (Swabey Trophy for Open Mono PDI, Armitage Trophy for Scapes print and Briggs Dyson Trophy for Open Colour print); Graham Dyson (Frank Heeley Trophy for Intermediate PDI); and Tony Renshaw (Colin Gower Cup for Travel print).

Absent on the day was Chris Cooke who won the George Major Rose Bowl for Beginners PDI.

Well done to all our trophy and certificate winners!