Monthly Challenge - The Country Show 19/01/22

Congratulations to the three authors who secured sufficient points to come in the top three of this first challenge of the season which bought a hint of the promise of summer to the cold winter’s evening. Twenty three members submitted entries of a high standard.

Richard Fulcher came first with 23 points for his image entitled Limousin.

Barbara Sheldrake came second with her image Hamsome Guy.

And finally, Peter Thornton securing third place with Washed, Groomed and Ready For Show.

Commentary was provided by George Fewster and Alan Stopher, who had bravely volunteered. Their comments were useful, thorough and informative and for the 40 or so members in the audience were well timed, enabling us all to take the lessons learnt and apply them to our entries to the HPIC exhibition entries for which will close on the 16th of March.

Speaker - Jeanette Lendon – Smartphone photography 12/01/22

Well our first evening of 2022 and it did not disappoint. Our speaker

Jeanette gave us a thoroughly enjoyable evening with all members

looking at their smartphones in a different way.

Jeanette began by giving us an introduction that included a little about

herself, her career as a teacher for 12 years and about setting up her

business as a photographer.

Her inspiration to use a smartphone entirely came from an exhibition she

saw at Waddlesdon Manor by fashion photographer Nick Knight titled

“Exhibition of Roses” taken from his garden in which all images that

were 14’ were taken entirely on his phone. 

She went on to explain how she had begun to work with Smartphones

and to tell us that famous photographers began to work with their

smartphones even Rankin had changed his mind regarding using a

smartphone camera.

Jeanette gave a humorous and informative talk with a several

demonstrations on how to use a Smartphone and how to edit your

images using an app called Snapseed.

She explained how to access and control exposure, how to use portrait

and macro, turning your phone upside down, on using mirror sheets to

get good reflections and if you didn’t have any mirror sheets, using

puddles of water as an alternative or even carrying your own water bottle

and making your own.

The whole presentation was supported by wonderful pictures she had

taken mostly in London including St Paul’s from Tate Modern and a

group of images called “Lock Down London” showing the empty streets

and transportation.

Social event - HPIC Christmas Party 22/12/21

Oh! What a night! Proceeding went on ‘til late, fighting broke out and the

police were called and several arrests made but the HPIC Christmas was a

much more sober event and all the more enjoyable for that.

A great deal of thanks goes to Sue Gibson who planned the event. It was

great fun. About twenty people enjoyed the celebration of Mikey Hey win

this year’s Challenge Trophy; the results are shown below, a splendid

buffet offering a wide range of hot and cold food for all tastes including

some magnificent deserts; lemon marang pie, pavlova and a chocolate

log. Sue also did us proud with a challenging quiz some of the questions

within which are shown below just in case members would like to

undertake the challenge over the festive break. Answers will be

forthcoming when meetings resume in 2022.

The pictures are by kind permission of Kamal Samanta.

The Top Five Results of the HPIC 2021 Challenge Trophy:

Mike Hey	105
Richard Fulcher	87
Graham Sykes	74
Tony Renshaw	62
Barbara Sheldrake	55

Congratulations Mikey!

The Quiz Questions Compiled by Sue Gibson – Thanks Sue

General Knowledge

1. How many pennies were there in a pre-decimalisation Pound?

2. You never walk alone is a show tune from which musical?

3. Which letter is represented by a single dot in Morse code?

4. Which country is the world’s largest producer of Olive Oil?

5. The Halliwell Jones Rugby League Stadium is in which town?

6. What was Dorothy’s surname in the Wizard of Oz?

7. Who made the headlines after cheating on ‘Who wants to be a

Millionaire?

8. With which UK airport is actress Lorraine Chase associated?

9. Which spice is named from Hungarian for pepper?

10.In which City do you find the Mary Rose Museum?

Groups of Animals – name the collective noun

1. A ……… of Hyenas

2. A ………... of Owls

3. A ………. of Otters

4. A ………. of Squirrels

5. A ………. of Vultures

6. A ………. of Barracudas

7. A ............. of Whales

8. A ………. of Snails

9. A ………... of Elephants

10.A ........... of Woodpeckers

Answers Next Year!

Mike Hey with the trophy for the monthly challenge

Club members enjoying the buffet