Apr
30
8:00 PM20:00

HOSTING : MATCH-A-DIGI

A friendly inter-club competition where heckling the judge is positively encouraged!

This year it is our turn to host our competitors, Pinner Camera Club and Field End Photographic Society.

The three teams take turns to offer an image. However, in each round, the other two teams attempt to match the picture content as closely as possible from a limited selection of images. A point is given for a close match and a further point for the best quality image.

Judge: Alan Taberer

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May
21
8:00 PM20:00

TALK | DAMON GUY "Abstract photography"

Welcoming Damon Guy back to EHHPS, this time without his judge’s hat and to give his talk on Abstract photography.

Damon will lead us through what constitutes abstract imagery, the elements of art within, and how distilling an image to its simplest can enable the viewer to engage with it at a deeper, more emotional level.

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Jun
11
8:00 PM20:00

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and TROPHIES ANNOUNCED

The final event in the EHHPS calendar with the Annual General Meeting and the inauguration of the committee for the new season.

After the AGM, we will be announcing the winners of all the aggregate competitions held throughout the year.

There will be events scheduled across the summer, rounding up with the traditional Barbecue at which the trophies will be presented.

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Sep
24
8:00 PM20:00

TALK | John Clare : MARTIN PARR (AND MORE)!

John Clare ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3 PPSA

John is a member of EHHPS and also of the 120-member Cheltenham Camera Club where he was the Chair from 2023-2025. This week, he comes back to present a varied evening, including:

  • An exclusive interview with the late Martin Parr. John got to know him on a week-long Magnum Workshop in India, and later interviewed him about his work, life and legacy.

  • Abandoned America and the ARPS – John’s photographic journey from the frozen wastes of Montana to a nervy day at the RPS in Bristol.

  • From Russia with Camera – The inside story of John’s sanctions-busting trip to the PhotOlympic 2025 Finals in St Petersburg, Russia.

  • Route 66, Oman and the Sahara – images and stories from John’s photographic wanderings.


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Nov
5
8:00 PM20:00

HOSTING | ROSEBOWL ROUND 1

We are hosting one of the first round matches of this season’s Rosebowl competition and are pitched against Stoke Poges Photographic Society, Croxley Camera Club, and Hemel Hempstead Photographic Society.

This will be a hybrid event.

Please do come and support your club. It’s one of the only external competitions this season.

Judge: TBA

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Apr
23
8:00 PM20:00

SHARE N' SHOW : BOOKS AND STORIES

Another chance to share photos with stories/memories. Like the previous event, forget about being technically good – it’s all about the story behind the picture!

  • Why and/or how you took a photo that’s important to you. What led you to take it? The photos we take are almost always about creating memories, and many of them are funny, weird, poignant and so on.

  • You can submit up to 8 photos, in the usual way, on Photo-entry. Like last time, please start the title of each image with a number, to show your priority order. We can then make sure everyone gets a fair go.

This week we are also going to look at photo books. Displacing the old-school albums, many of us will make up books to commemorate a particular event, trip, or year and these often don’t get shared much beyond our immediate circle.

  • Please bring along photo books you have for us to look at and share your experience of creating the book itself.

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Apr
18
9:45 AM09:45

Photowalk: King's Cross Classic Car Boot Sale

This Event is Shared with Northfields CC

Rick Beresford will be leading a photowalk to a Classic Car Boot sale near King's Cross on Saturday April 18th, to which all EHHPS members are invited.

Meet either in the foyer of Ealing Broadway Station at 09:55 (to catch 10:02 Elizabeth Line Train) OR Outside Black Sheep Coffee Shop, Unit 2, Kings Cross Square, Euston Rd., London N1C 4DE at 10:45.


From the Black Sheep Coffee Shop, we will walk up through Pancras Square to the entrance to the car boot sale at Granary Square.

There is an entry fee of £8 on the door, or £7 online in advance (£5 online for seniors).

Online tickets available from https://events.humanitix.com/classic-car-boot-sale/tickets.

Many dress up for this event so there should be lots of interesting people to photograph as well as the classic cars and lots of memorabilia, records etc.
Plenty of street food available and there is also a very nice cafe in Camley Street nature park just across the canal from the event.


More details of the event at https://www.kingscross.co.uk/event/classic-car-boot-sale.
If you intend to join in this event then please either click on "Going" at https://tinyurl.com/57nt2rap and indicate in the discussion whether you intend meeting the group at Ealing Broadway or at the Black Sheep Coffee Shop on Euston Road.  Alternatively, email Rick with the same information.

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Apr
16
8:00 PM20:00

COMPETITION : DELL & PIETRUSKI

Named after a couple of illustrious previous members, these are competitions for colour images (Pietruski) and mono (Dell) images. This year, we have simplified the evening and Dell will a mono print competition and Pietruski will be a colour PDI competition. You are, as usual, subject to a maximum of 4 images total on the night and a maximum of 3 in one category.

So, on the night:

Print Dell (Mono)
PDI Pietruski (Colour)

Judge: Mark Buckley-Sharp

(NB: Next year, we’ll swap and Pietruski will be print and Dell will be PDI competitions.)

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Apr
2
8:00 PM20:00

MEMBERS' EVENING: Your photo stories

At this session we’re going to throw the judges’ rule book out, and share our most powerful photo stories/memories. Forget about being technically good – tonight we want to be regaled with interesting tales!

Please get involved in any of these ways:

  • Share photos that have a strong narrative within them.

  • Tell the story of why and/or how you took a photo that’s important to you. What’s the story that led you to take it?

  • You can even go back to old film photos taken decades ago, and scan them or take a photo of them to submit. Maybe they’ll reveal a story about how life once was.

  • Share photos that simply have a powerful place in your memory. Putting camera club efforts to one side, the photos we take are almost always about creating memories, and many of them are funny, weird, poignant and so on.  

You can submit up to 8 photos, in the usual way, on Photo-entry. Please start the title of each image with a number, to show your priority order. We can then make sure everyone gets a fair crack at the whip if there are lots of photos… or if the stories are shaggy dog ones!

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Mar
19
8:00 PM20:00

COMPETITION: PANEL OF PRINTS

Alliterative as the event title is, you can submit in either print or projected images.

Picking up on last year’s suggestion from our judge, Kevin Day, we would welcome a statement of intent relating to each panel. Nothing too arduous; just something which will guide the judge on what unifies your panel of three images.

Further details here

Judge: Kevin Day

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Mar
5
8:00 PM20:00

TALK | CHRIS PALMER "The Eloquent Landscape"

We are delighted to welcome Chris back to the Club, this time as presenter.

Chris writes:

The title is primarily a reference to my experience when working in the landscape, to the connection I sense and feel with the natural world around me, and the elements within it. They speak to me. Through my photography I would hope that my images also communicate with the viewer too. The talk embraces four sections, with significant content taken in Iceland, and much closer to home on Stoke Common.

About me:

I 've been actively involved in club photography since 1979. I gained an Associateship and subsequent Fellowship of the RPS, serve as Chair on the RPS Visual Art (A & F) Panel, as a panel member on Landscape, and provide advice at Distinction Advisory days, and one2one’s. A busy national PAGB judge and popular Fotospeed lecturer, I have visited more than 275 different camera clubs, and judged many regional, national and international exhibitions. I hold a Distinction of the PAGB and was pleased to receive an APAGB award for my services to photography. I have also had success and gained awards in international exhibitions while earning my AFIAP and EFIAP distinctions. I am delighted to be a member of the prestigious London Salon. Now retired from working as an air traffic controller, I am a member of Amersham Photographic Society.

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Feb
26
8:00 PM20:00

INTER-CLUB COMPETITION : INTIMATE SCAPES

This is the last of a series of 5 competitions, organised by Tring & District Camera club with 14 clubs participating.

Our External Competition Secretary (Amana) will curate our entry and the competition will be held over Zoom.

Peter Cox (Chair of T&DCC) writes:

There will be two judges who will pre score the images independently and then meet to agree the final scores.

We are fortunate to have two wonderful judges:

Maria Leekblade – a highly respected photographer and judge from South of England who is known for her understanding of creative photography – Maria had great feedback on her judging of this competition last year.

Tony Oliver - another highly respected judge and photographer from the Southern Region, Tony had planned to be a judge last year but due to illness had to take a break but we are delighted that he is back to full health and is with us this year.

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Feb
19
8:00 PM20:00

TALK : Tesni Ward "The Wildlife Masterclass"

The Wildlife Masterclass 
This talk covers some of the most important aspects, tips and tricks for improving your wildlife photography. From finding locations, working in various light conditions, compositional guidelines and why it's important to find your own style and approach when developing your own portfolio.

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Tesni Ward is an award winning, professional wildlife photographer and OM SYSTEM ambassador based on the outskirts of the Peak District. While the majority of her work focuses on British wildlife, she also photographs projects across the world and has aspirations to promote conservation and education through her images. 

Tesni’s website

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Jan
29
8:00 PM20:00

TALK: MARGARET SORAYA "The Mindful Landscape"

Margaret Soraya is a Scottish artist, photographer and writer living on the Isle of Harris in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. Back in 2020 when lockdown was very much a thing, Margaret shared some of her land and seascapes along with reflections on her attitude to creativity and photography. We are delighted to welcome her back to EHPPS.

Here website is margaretsoraya.com

Margaret writes:

The stillness and being surrounded by sea and nature on Harris is at the heart of my creative work. I created all my creative retreats, online membership, and yearly festival from a belief that creativity is vital for well-being. 

Being surrounded by like-minded creatives enriches our lives and encourages us to take time to be creative, so I love bringing people together, to quiet beautiful places to retreat and absorb nature together. 

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Jan
26
10:15 AM10:15

Photowalk to Wapping Old Stairs

  • Wapping Old Stairs East London, E1W United Kingdom (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Joint meeting with Northfields Camera Club

Organised by Annie Hackett

A number of old stone stairs lead down to the Thames from Wapping High Street, and at low tide you can get onto the 'beaches' with views towards Tower Bridge. There are good options for gritty urban landscapes, especially 'intimate' ones as the Thames walls are covered in moss and ancient stains, and dotted with relics of the fishing/shipping industries. With an intimate scapes competition coming up soon, the outing might yield some good entries.

This is a joint workshop with Northfields Camera Club.

Please email Annie Hackett to let her know if you are interested, so she can give you the exact meeting point and also some essential notes on the location.

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Jan
22
8:00 PM20:00

TALK | Jeanette Lenden "Smartphone Photography"

We all have an amazing camera in our pockets - we just need to learn how to use them properly! Whether you want to take better holiday photos, want to take better content for your social media, or just generally improve your photography, this will be the smartphone masterclass for you.  

Jeanette/Jet is the founder and Creative Director of Jet Black Squares.  Combining her former teaching career in the East End of London with a more recent corporate photography business of 13 years, she has created a hub for everything creative surrounding the smartphone.   Her passion is showing people of all ages how to get the best photos from their phone - she believes that photography should be available to everyone and not just those who have a ‘fancy camera’.  Jet’s infectious enthusiasm is evident for all to see, whether teaching the CEO of an international company, presenting to a conference of 100+ clients within the travel industry or an 85 year old grandma.  She can often be seen whizzing around the streets of Hertfordshire on Basil, her gorgeous Vespa scooter.

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Jan
15
8:00 PM20:00

MEMBERS' SHOW N' SHARE / INTIMATE SCAPES PREVIEW

A combined evening this week:

We are asking for suggestions of images that the club can use for our entry into the Intimate Scapes competition run by Tring & District Camera Club. This will be the last year of this competition and we’d really like to give all those other clubs a good run!

Offering images: Rick has created a repository on PhotEntry. It's called "Intimate Landscape Repository 2026" and can be found under the "External Competition Candidates 2026" Competition Group.

This will also be an opportunity to share images for which you would like feedback from members. These can be work in progress, images that you feel were judged over-harshly (or over generously?) or images requiring ideas and input on post production.

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Dec
12
8:00 PM20:00

CHRISTMAS SOCIAL

The traditional get-together with fellow club members. Don’t forget partners are welcome!

Venue: Côte Brasserie, Ealing Broadway

Time: 8pm

PLEASE NOTE:

Because several members of the club couldn’t make the usual Thursday date, we have now changed this social event to be on FRIDAY, 12th DECEMBER.

The menu can be viewed here. Please do let Kristin know if you would like to attend if you haven’t already done so. Also let us know what your menu choices will be as we need to book these in advance. We will take the money for the food beforehand (look out for the email) so that, on the night, the only thing to be paid will be your own drinks.

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Dec
4
8:00 PM20:00

HOSTING: NW FED

A home fixture this time for EHHPS but we find ourselves up against very strong competition as we host Amersham and Field End.

This is our last meeting of 2025 at the Brentham. Some superb images, Print and PDI, are guaranteed - come along and enjoy.

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Nov
6
8:00 PM20:00

TIPS AND TECHNIQUES : LIGHTROOM

Rarely do we show pictures literally straight out of the camera and we have our own individual ways of post production. Indeed, images taken in the same conditions by different photographers will often look completely different from one another, once they have been through the editing process.

The combination of Lightroom and Photoshop, often used with some plug-in extras has revolutionised the ‘digital darkroom’ and in this evening’s session, we will look at a few images and compare techniques for bringing out the best that an image has to offer.

We’ll have a couple of laptops so feel free to bring an image or two for us to work on. Perhaps you have a photograph that you think may have promise but haven’t yet got around to thinking how to treat? Or maybe a judge has already critiqued and you would like to try what they suggested?

We will work on RAW files so bring images on a memory stick please, so we can work in full resolution. JPEG images are also welcome but there are fewer options (but not none!)

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