Ron Wake Trophy - First Round

The first round of the Ron Wake Memorial Trophy takes place 8 p.m - 10 p.m at Harrow Camera Club on Tuesday 30th May.

This open subject annual print competition between 7 clubs  - Ealing and Hampshire House, Field End, Harrow, Northolt and District, Pinner, Watford and XRR - is arranged over 2 rounds. 

In the first round, each club is invited to enter 7 prints (one print per author) and an external judge shortlists 10 entries. In the second round, an external judge selects the winning print from this shortlist.

Location: Guide Headquarters, Leeway Close, Hatch End, HA5 4SE

Further information

Final Artist Call: W3 gallery June exhibition.

The Story Continues @ Home in Ealing Exhibition 

Calling all visual artists wishing to submit work for The Story Continues @ Home in Ealing Exhibition taking place between Saturday 10th – 24th June 2017 on the theme of 'at Home'.

The theme can be expressed in any medium ranging from a painting, performance, video, audio, poem, photography, sculpture, drawing etc.

Submit via the Artification website

Highcliffe May 2017

Amanda Wright Reports:

On Wednesday a small but dedicated posse of Ealing and Hampshire House members (Karen and her very entertaining male model Michael, Paul, Kris, Ania and Amanda) made our way down to The New Forest by way of The Grange in Northington, near Alresford in Hampshire. This once grand country estate, now under English Heritage, had clearly seen better days and was under construction but was a very pleasant, peaceful spot and the weather was perfect for a photo shoot with Michael. I managed to sneak into the house unseen where builders were working, grabbed a couple of pics (Urban style) and escaped just in time to not get kicked out!! Meanwhile, Paul, Kris and Karen were having to convince the owner it was not a commercial shoot, despite apparently looking professional. Soon afterwards, we headed off down the road to pretty East Stratton for an excellent lunch. Making our way down to The Hotel we stopped at Furzey Gardens in the New Forest where we came across a fabulous array of brightly coloured flowers and shrubs, a very friendly Robin and three even friendlier Donkeys, one of which seemed to want to get in the car and come with us!

That evening our competition went very well, the judge Paul Bradley from the Isle of Wight seemed a little perplexed by the amount of portraiture on offer that evening, he was clearly much more comfortable with animals and landscapes but nevertheless EHHPS won the PDI’s by 4 points and lost the prints by only half a point, making an overall win by 3.5 points!! A very close run thing.

Our top scorers were in the PDI’s Mike Lloyd with The Fighter, Burgess Taylor with The Butchers, Amanda Hodge with Savannah Elephant and Amanda Wright with Brave Face and in the prints Michael Jaworski with Night Lights and Emmanuel with Time It Is.

After a good nights sleep and hearty Full English we had a brief stop in a garden centre then headed down to the coast at Keyhaven where we took photos of boats and lighthouses for a change, the weather was mixed but stayed dry and mostly warm, another excellent pub lunch and then we headed back to Ealing just in time for our final print comp of the year, exhausted but exhilarated.

More images to follow...

Keith Adams

It was with great sadness that we heard the news that Keith Adams, a longstanding member of EHHPS, died on Saturday 22 April.

Keith was a member of Ealing for more than 30 years; during that time he held most positions on committee and was President twice. He worked tirelessly to promote the club and help new members with their photography. He set up a longstanding friendship with Highcliff and Infinity Camera Club on the south coast – in fact, the away team still visit annually to compete against Highcliff.

Keith was also a great socialiser, and organized many club visits to local restaurants. Together with his wife Liz, he helped run numerous club barbecues, bonfire night bashes and picnics, which raised substantial funds to help the club continue to prosper.

Keith achieved much photographic success at both club level and in international competitions. He was a member of the RPS, having achieved an LRPS at a very early stage in his photography, and had numerous acceptances in RPS competitions. Keith was also a judge on the CACC circuit, and his judging ability meant that he was never short of bookings.

He will be sadly missed by all those who knew him at Ealing and through local CACC clubs.

Our deepest sympathy goes to Liz.
 

Jon Hibberd

Former President of EHHPS

Election 2017: Car Parking at Ealing Town Hall

We have received the following information from Ealing Town Hall:

"As you will likely be aware, the Parliamentary elections will be taking place on Thursday 8th June 2017. In order to accommodate the election count, a marquee will once again be erected over the Perceval House car park once again which means that the whole car park will be closed and out of action from Monday 29th May through until Wednesday 14th June inclusive.

If you have a meeting or class taking place within Ealing Town Hall during the car park closure period, I thought it would be helpful to provide you with some information on alternative parking locations that you can pass onto anyone that may be attending.

The nearest council car parks to the Town Hall are:

Springbridge Road multi-storey car park
Springbridge Road
Ealing W5 2AB (approx. 5 min walk)

Arden Road surface car park
Arden Road / Uxbridge Road
West Ealing
W13 8RP (approx. 10 min walk)

Both car parks are open to the public 24hrs a day and are available at no charge to use after 6pm during the week. Full details of all council car parks can be found on the website - http://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/200332/parking/640/car_parks  Alternatively, there is free street parking after 4pm on Gordon Road (at the top of Longfield Avenue). The loading bay at the rear of Ealing Town Hall will remain open and unaffected."

 

CACC Championship Day: Report and Results

Amanda Wright reports on Sunday's Championship day, which saw the judging of the Chilterns Hundred, together with the Print and Projected Championships.

Championship Day was held in Amersham yesterday (Sunday 19th March) and Paul and Kristin Mason, Ania and myself attended a full afternoon of images.

Executive Summary:  EHHPS came 4th in both the Projected and Print Competitions.
Eighteen Clubs entered for the Print Championship - a total of 270 images.
Twenty-three Clubs entered for the Projected Championship, making 345 images.

The Judges for the day were:

Caroline Colegate ARPS APAGB (Southern Counties Photographic Federation)
Ron Tear ARPS MPAGB BPE3 PSA3 (East Anglian Federation)
Richard Walton FRPS MPAGB EFIAP (Kent County Photographic Association)

Print Championship Results:

The Judges Awards:

Best Print: Domination by Chris Baldwin, Banbury CC
Caroline Colegate Award: Worker Seeking Space by Scott Taylor, Amersham PS
Ron Tear Award: Mooring Posts by Rob Friel. Princes Risborough PS
Richard Walton Award: Village Boy by Michelle Cirkel, Watford CC

Club Total Scores for 15 prints:

1. Amersham PS 176
2. Harpenden PS 171
3. Watford CC 168
4. Ealing & HH PS 166
= Harrow CC 166
6. New City PS 161
= Park Street CC 161
8. Wycombe PS 153
9. Field End PS 152
10. Banbury CC 151
= Princes Risborough PS 151
12. XRR PS 150
13. Leighton Buzzard PC 146
14. Woodley PC 144
15. Buckingham CC 143
16. Maidenhead CC 142
= Whitchurch Hill CC 142
18. Kidlington CC 126

Invitations to the PAGB Inter-Club Print Championship (Blackburn) October 2017: Amersham PS; Harpenden PS 

Ealing's top scorers were 

Shaun Hodge with Sphinx 14 - also Judges choice
Karen Helle with Searching For Heathcliff 13
Emmanuel with Time It Is 13

Projected Championship Results:

Judges Awards:

Best Projected: Wildebeest Facing Certain Death by Julia Wainwright, Harrow CC
Caroline Colegate Award Red by James Bennett, Croxley CC
Ron Tear Award Hare by Heleb Webb, Oxford PS
Richard Walton Award Sweeping Tide by Steve Hunter, Amersham PS

Club Total Scores for 15 projected:

1. Harpenden PS 169
2. Amersham PS 168
3. Wycombe PS 159
4. Ealing & HH PS 157
5. Field End PS 155
6. Imagez 154
7. Croxley CC 153  
= Harrow CC 153
= Oxford PS 153
10. Buckingham CC 151
11. Maidenhead CC 148
12. New City PS 146
= Watford CC 146
14. Park Street CC 145
15. Leighton Buzzard PC 142
16. Woodley PC 141
= XRR PS 141
18. Whitchurch Hill CC 139
19. Abingdon CC 136
20. Northolt PS 134
21 Banbury CC 126
= Kidlington CC 126
23 Stokenchurch CC 124

Invitations to the PAGB Inter-Club Projected Championship (Warwick) July 2017: Harpenden PS, Amersham PS

Ealing's top scorers were

The Eyes Have It by Dennis Durack 13
The Poachers Daughter by Karen Helle 12
Introspective by Shaun Hodge 12

Click here for Full detailed results for the Print and Projected Championships

Chilterns Hundred Members Exhibition

EHHPS high-scoring images included:

Dog Gone by Dennis Durack 13
Down and Out by Barbara Dorrell 13
The Butchers by Burgess Taylor 12
The Rule Book by Paul Mason 12

Click here for Full Results for The Chilterns Hundred Members Exhibition

NWFED Final: Results

Amanda Wright reports:

The NWFED final went well on Saturday in Amersham, with Amersham beating Hemel Hempstead by just 2.5 points!

Excellent news from an EHHPS perspective is that Ania won Best Print with Hydrangea Still Life judged  by John Credland from Buckingham who is a thoroughly entertaining judge. 

A tremendous result with some fabulous photography in both the print and PDI categories.

AW

Rosebowl Round 3: Results

 

On Thursday February 9th, EHHPS hosted a third round Rosebowl match against Field End Photographic Society, Croxley Camera Club and Woodley Photographic Club.

The judge was Chris Palmer and the scores were:

Croxley CC 225

Woodley PC 235

EHHPS 239. 

Field End PS 254

The judge held back eight images - five from Field End and three from Ealing, with Field End gaining the two '20's.

Highest scorers for EHHPS were:

Shaun Hodge: Dreamer (18)

Karen Helle: Last Kiss of Summer (19)

Ania Taylor: Hydrangea Still Life (19)

 

Results from the Dell and Pietruski Competitions 2017

Results from the Dell (Monochrome) and Pietruski (Colour) competitions which were closely contested at a well-attended meeting on 2 February.  The warmly received judge was Julia Cleaver.


Dell (Monochrome Prints)


Winner:

The Rule Book - Paul Mason

Highly Commended:

The Stare - Ania Taylor
Searching for Heathcliff - Karen Helle

Commended:

Savannah Elephant - Amanda Hodge
Still Water - Ania Taylor

A little background on Dell, taken from the Winter 2005 edition of the EHHPS magazine Click


Pietruski (Colour Prints)

Winner:

Fragile - Amanda Wright

Highly Commended:

Last Kiss of Summer - Karen Helle
Broken Dreams - Shaun Hodge
Monster - Mike Lloyd

Commended:

Floorless - Paul Mason
Nurse de Vour - Mike Lloyd

Images by Pietruski, taken from an 'Archive' section of the September 2007 of the EHHPS magazine 'Click'.

Images by Pietruski, taken from an 'Archive' section of the September 2007 of the EHHPS magazine 'Click'.

'Captured at Kew': Congratulations to Ania

Congratulations to Ania Taylor - Finalist in the 'Captured at Kew' category in the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. 

'A Different View of Kew' - Ania Taylor

'A Different View of Kew' - Ania Taylor

View other images from the competition here.

The exhibition can be seen in the Nash Conservatory, Kew Gardens.

New CACC Role for Amanda Wright

Congratulations to Amanda Wright, EHHPS Portfolio Secretary, on becoming Federation Competition Officer for the CACC.  

Amanda explains: "This basically means I will be collating all the entries of both prints and PDI's, with the help of Ania, from clubs across the CACC for The Inter-Federation Competitions and Exhibitions event which happens once a year.  Once we have all the images a small selection team then choose which 10 images to put through to the 4 Inter-Fed comp categories (colour prints, mono prints, colour PDI's and Nature)."

Workshop: How to Win Photography Competitions

EHHPS's own Amanda Wright is one of three renowned judges who were asked what they look for in an award-winning image.  

Built on their feedback, Trade Secrets Live (Amersham Studios) have constructed a workshop entitled 'How to win Photography Competitions.'  The workshop will be run by John Humphrey - a recent well-received speaker at EHHPS -  and Simon Ellingworth.

Amanda has negotiated a discount for EHHPS members - please email her for details.

PM

 

Rosebowl: Second Round Results

Tuesday evening’s second round Rosebowl competition was well attended by EHHPS, with Karen Helle, Dennis Durack, Mike Roberts, and Kristin and Paul Mason making the effort to join external Competitions Secretary Amanda Wright for the 120 mile round trip to Witney, who were hosting ourselves and XRR.

Our group was at times perplexed by judge Alan Copeland’s comments; certainly several of our images which had been successful on previous occasions were marked down for this competition.   Our highest score was 18 which Karen achieved with “Last Kiss of Summer” (although Alan was concerned that there was no actual kissing involved) and Paul with “Hung Up On Him”.

In the event, Witney stormed to victory with 273 points, 25 points ahead of EHHPS, with XRR second on 262.

We very much look forward to redressing the balance when we host the next round against Field End PS, Croxley CC and Woodley PC on the 9th of February in the Town Hall.

Amanda Wright

We're Older than we Thought

We thought - as our website claims - that EHHPS (or at least the original Ealing Photographic Society) was founded in 1892.  However, after some research and assistance from the Borough Archivist, Dr Jonathan Oates,  it turns out we are a couple of years out.  A notice in the Middlesex County Times for July 19th 1890 reads:

"Ealing Photographic Society. - A meeting of those interested in this society will be held at the Victoria Hall on Thursday 24th inst., at eight p.m. to approve rules, enrol members, and elect officers for the year.  The provisional committee invite the attendance of all those who have taken an interest in the subject."

The following week’s newspaper reports on the meeting, and gives the names of the committee, including that of the first President, Mr H.W. Peal whose photograph, taken in 1891, is in the Borough Archive.

We will add a History page to this site in the near future.