Second 10 from 6 Evening 19/08/20

Tonight, we had another excellent evening, from 6 members showing their favourite 10 images, whether they be competition standard, images that they loved or told a story of trying something different over the recent months, covering a wide variety of genres, from portrait, landscape, nature, creative, sport, aircraft to name a few.

Sue Gibson

Sue explained in her introduction ‘As photographers we like to take photographs that mean something to us. To record an event, tell a story or record a specific memory’. Sue took us from various places, Amsterdam, Wales, The Camargue and Scotland.

Sheelagh Davidson

Sheelagh showed a selection of images that she particularly liked covering a variety of genres, landscape, nature, travel, ending with an excellent studio portrait shot, which Sheelagh explained was out of her comfort zone and that she was not afraid to try something new.

George Fewster

George showed us how he had progressed with his photography since joining the club. One project George was involved with ‘Volunteers in Kirklees’ took him to photograph refugees that had settled in Huddersfield. He shared their experiences and stories which was a sobering experience. Then for something different showed how he is learning new techniques like Intentional Camera Movement and the results he had achieved.

Helen Sansom

Helen showed her love of sport and her experience over the years from first taking images of her son playing football on a Sunday in the winter and then Cricket in the summer, expanding to horse racing, bowls, Golf and Tennis, ending up with tickets to Wimbledon for the Men’s Singles Final. A superb variety of images.

Tony Peckham

Tony called his 10 images a selection of ‘meanderings’ since he joined the club in 2015. His love of attending International Air Tattoos capturing various Aircraft in flight to panoramas and nature. From being inspired by one member of the club who captures infra-red images Tony had changed and upgraded his camera equipment and was now trying something different.

Alan Stopher

Alan took us on a journey starting with his analogue days from recording the last days of steam trains on a 35mm S/H Dacora Dignette, to using a Ricoh compact camera, to his last images before turning to digital in 2006. All of the images had a timeless feel to them portraying Alan’s love of Steam Trains, Travel and music.

HPIC Orbs and Twirl Night 12/08/20

Members showed off their Orbs and Twirls last night. Between 20-30

members witnessed a tsunami of creativity as images, created through

the use of their newly acquired orb and twirl techniques: apparently all

the rage in online photographic circles!

The effects produced both beautiful and sometimes psychedelic effects,

which some members further enhanced through the application of more

conventional Photoshop techniques.

It is difficult to do justice to the images by writing about them. To

appreciate the variety and the beauty of the work presented it is best to

watch the soon to be released Zoom recording.

Members told how relatively difficult the creation of the “grid”, a first step

in orb creation, had been. All images placed in the grid end up being

distorted but careful placement of content can produce beautifully

balanced results.

The presentation of side by side of “before” and “after” images showed

the dramatic impact of the Twirl process. The secret seemed to be to start

with an image with a varied colour pallet, and to be unafraid of

experimenting with the blend modes. More “normal” Photoshop

techniques such as flipping the image, sharpening, multilayer creation can

then be applied to create the desired final result.

People said they found the challenge enjoyable, informative and

interesting forcing them to explore area of Photoshop they might never

have otherwise ventured near.

Other News

Special Interest Groups, initiated by Chris Rogers, have started getting

themselves organised. Sufficient numbers have expressed interest in

Landscapes, Nature and Travel. Members who have as yet not registered

their interest are encouraged to contact Chis at Chris.rogers@btinternet.com.

The club still wants to recruit volunteers to help with manning the annual

exhibition between the 9 th September and 21 st. October. Anyone

interested should contact JamesARenshaw@aol.com.

10 from 6 event at HPIC 05/08/20

Wow! What an evening! Six members presented a selection of ten of their images to a well attended, Zoom based, club night.

Many of the presenters were modest enough to state that although their images were perhaps not all competition fodder; a claim which, from the viewers’ perspective was not always justified, they were the ones they loved for the story they told or the emotions they invoked or the stage they marked in the author’s photographic development.

The theme of wanting to try something different or to develop a skill permeated each presentation. Time flew by as images from a wide range of genres were presented: landscapes, nature, portraits, still life and composites.

Many presenters stated that they had been inspired and encouraged by other members of the club and that the diversity of the club’s programme had introduced them to aspects of photography they would not have otherwise considered.

Babara Sheldrake showed pictures depicting aspects of mental health: the people, their feelings and aspirations. Her work, the product of a commission from the Little Theatre Bradford, has been shown publically.

Colin McGregor explained his developing passion for street photography over the last four years. He enjoys imagining the story behind the images he captures. His interest in art has influenced his photography and has been used to good effect in the image shown here where the clarity at the point of interest draws the viewer’s attention to the rider in the middle of the scene.

Mel Pegg has an interest in people and their everyday lives. Over the last six years he has also developed an interest in street photography and his photos are principally candid shots designed to probe and enquire as to what the stories captured in the shot may be – like the one shown here of a woman leaving a laundrette late at night. For him photographs have been a way of recalling memories of events and emotions in his own life since childhood.

Duke Gledhill – a leading light within the club, not least in terms of his landscapes, took us through his journey of learning how to perfect his shooting techniques: the research and planning (being at the right place at the right time), and knowing the technical limitations and capabilities of his equipment. He explained the importance of getting the right mix of focal length, exposure time, f-stop and ISO, of not always following the crowd and remembering to look behind oneself for that different “wow” shot.

Stephen Drew enjoys experimenting and setting himself ever higher standards of photographic excellence and persevering until he is happy with the result. He presented a range of genres from landscapes to film-noir portraiture as demonstrated here: a shot taken outside the studio, by chance, in natural light at the end of a studio session in Manchester.

Richard Fulcher presented a wide range of genres including composites. He argued the benefits of having a photographic project, of having an inexhaustible patience on the shoot i.e. waiting for the right light for example or when working on elaborate composites. He too, has found success by not following the crowd and seizing opportunities as they arise.