Image: ‘Sunrise’ by Andrey Zhukov
Our meeting of February 6th featured the annual Dell & Pietruski print competitions, initiated by two members of the club many decades ago.
The Dell, for a black and white print, was won by Amanda Wright.
The Pietruski, for a colour print was won by Paul Mason.
Congratulations to both.
In this third round competition for the hotly contested Rosebowl trophy, EHHPS were matched against Pinner CC, Stokenchurch CC and Wycombe PS. The match, at Pinner, was well attended, with EHHPS being represented by Dennis Durack and Paul Mason.
The Judge for the evening was Mark Buckley-Sharp.
After 60 PDI images, Wycombe emerged as clear winners on 271 points. EHHPS and Pinner shared second place on 261 points, with Stokenchurch only one point behind on 260.
High scorers for Ealing were:
Shaun Hodge with Marine Marie (20) and Barn Dance (18)
Kristin Mason with Out of the Grey (19)
Paul Mason with A Brush with a Cactus (18) and Beach Hut (18)
Amanda Wright with Escape Route (18)
The full results sheet is here.
Follow the links below for:
The results from EHHPS’s First Round match
The results from EHHP’s Second Round match
The full fixture list
Current Results and Standings
(External links may not have been updated yet).
Last night Ealing hosted our Round 2 of the Rosebowl Competition against clubs New City and Marlow. The 45 digital images were judged by Alan Colegrave who more than once mentioned that he was struggling to think of things to say as the standard of images was so high that he couldn’t fault them. That said he did manage to provide us with a broad range of marks.
The final scores were:
EHHPS 1st with 264
New City 2nd with 259
Marlow 3rd with 247
Top scorers with 20 points were:
Peace Pagoda Dawn by Simon Raynor from New City
A Brush With A Cactus by Paul Mason EHHPS also taking one of the stars
Positive Thinking by Shaun Hodge, EHHPS
Out Of The Grey by Kristin Mason, EHHPS taking the other star
The full Mark Sheet is here
Follow the links below for:
The results from EHHPS’s First Round match
The full fixture list
Current Results and Standings
A small group of us ventured north to Watford on Wednesday 20th November for the XRR Visions competition.
EHHPS entered a team comprising Shaun Hodge, Dennis Durack and John Clare. In addition, Phil Dean, Kristin Mason and Paul Mason entered as individuals only.
184 pre-judged images from 92 photographers were shown in two consecutive slideshows, followed by a live critique of the 92 tie-break images by guest judge, David Steel DPAGB, from the East Anglian Federation.
All results are published here
(Sort by clicking on column headers, click an image title to preview the image).
Click here to view all images
Unfortunately, as a team EHHPS came well down the results table. The high scoring images were predominantly Wildlife and Landscape. It seemed that the Judge was seeking something more in ‘People’ images.
EHHPS highest scoring image was Marie by Shaun Hodge - scoring 18
Further information on the competition
PM / Results based on information supplied by Bill Cooper of XRR
Amersham played hosts to the third and final round of Group A’s North West Fed with Hemel Hempstead and EHHPS on Monday evening which was judged by Martin Patten LRPS CPAGB BPE*
The scores were mostly very disappointing once again for Ealing and we came 3rd despite achieving 3 20’s and bagging 3 of the 4 allocated stars.
Third round scores on the night were
PRINTS
Amersham 93
Ealing 86
Hemel 85
PDIs
Amersham 93
Hemel 89
Ealing 86
Ealing’s top scorers were:
Out of The Grey by Kristin Mason (print): 20 and a star
Hippy Life by Shaun Hodge (PDI): 20 and a star
Skirting Fantasy by Paul Mason (PDI) 20 and a star
So with those totals added to the previous two rounds the overall final scores were
1st Amersham 591
2nd Ealing 561
3rd Hemel 555
Amersham will therefore go forward to the Semi Final against the winning club from Group C on 21st January.
The Final will be on Saturday 22nd Feb 2020 where our starred images will be judged again for a chance to win best print or best PDI of the competition.
Amanda Wright has passed on the results of the first round of the Rosebowl, held on 30th October at Leighton Buzzard. The judge was Colin Southgate.
Result:
EHHPS scored no 20s, but 19s were awarded to:
Against the Grey - Kristin Mason
Beach Hut - Paul Mason
A Brush with a Cactus - Paul Mason
Pure Joy - Sandrine Thomas
We host our next match against New City and Marlow on 5th December.
Please note that the closing date for this competition has been extended to midnight, Saturday 2nd November.
The EHHPS team has already been submitted to XRR, but individual entries are still being accepted.
Further details were published in this News Item.
Hemel Hempstead hosted round 2 of the NW Fed last night judged by Chris Sargeant and with Judy and Mark Buckley-Sharp present.
In the prints round EHHPS came a disappointing 3rd scoring 83, Hemel Hempstead 2nd with 87 and Amersham 1st with 92.
The judging appeared to be somewhat random with traditional views and details missed, the lowest score was 16 with two 20’s and both the stars awarded to Amersham. Ealing could only muster a top score of 18 for Paul Mason’s A Brush With A Cactus but this by no means represented the quality of the images EHHPS submitted. Personally I thought the criticisms were half hearted.
In the PDI’s again the lowest competition score was a 16 but EHHPS fared much better with Hemel scoring 88 and both Amersham and EHHPS scoring 90. Once again two 20’s and both stars were awarded to Amersham. EHHPS scored three 19’s which were In The Bell Tower by Paul Mason, Marine by Shaun Hodge and Before Sunrise by Dennis Durack.
The final round will be held at Amersham in two weeks time on Monday 4th November but it’s not looking hopeful.
Congratulations to EHHPS’s very own Amanda Wright who opened her first solo exhibition of photography on Friday 18th October.
Catch the excellent exhibition at:
ON ROUTE CAFE
44-46 South Ealing Road
Ealing
W5 4QA
- and enjoy the Café’s excellent coffee and cakes whilst you choose your favourite print.
Projected competition #2 is coming up on Thursday 24th, and we are now accepting images via Photoentry and not email.
We’ve had quite a few entries already, so don’t delay as the closing date is on Monday 21st.
All members should have their logins by now (check your spam folder), so please see the instructions on our competition pages. There is also a link to a video of the process.
Good luck!
From the CACC:
If you are interested please email Damon Guy, CACC Judges’ Officer, and you will be sent an application form.
A number of EHHPS members have previously entered the XRR Visions competition. Bill Cooper LRPS AFIAP, Secretary, XRR Photographic Society writes regarding this year’s competition:
“VISIONS is a unique projected image competition for individual members of PAGB affiliated clubs. Clubs can also compete for the club trophy by nominating three entrants to represent them (please note that the selection of images should be made by the individual entrants).
The closing date for entries is Wednesday, 30th October, and the final live judging for Visions will be on Wednesday, 20th November at the Stanborough Centre. Judging all entries this year will be David Steel DPAGB of Cambridge CC.”.
Click on the poster below enter and to view the Rules.
Thursday night saw the External Competitions new season kick off at The Brentham Club when EHHPS played host to Amersham and Hemel Hempstead PS judged by Paul Burwood LRPS.
As usual some of the scores raised a few eyebrows but his comments were generally fair, the standard was unsurprisingly pretty high and the rounds were surprisingly close.
Print Scores
Hemel 107
Ealing 109
Amersham 112
There were four 20’s awarded:
Black Mount by Dennis Durack (EHHPS)
Skateboard Action by Jim Turner (Hemel) also a Star
Morning Wait by Felicity Holden (Amersham) also a Star
Tackling Jamie George by Julie Mullings
EHHPS entries scoring 19 in the Print section were:
Try To See It My Way by Sally Mason
The Wasp by Shaun Hodge
PDI Scores
Hemel 99
Ealing 107
Amersham 111
There were three 20’s awarded
Blue Umbrella In The Rain by James McCracken (Hemel) also a Star
Broadgate Staircases by Andrew Bungard (Amersham) also a Star
The Aviator by Brian Gough (Amersham)
EHHPS entries scoring 19 in the PDI section were:
The Lookout by Shaun Hodge
Beach Hut by Paul Mason
Now We Are 3 by John Clare
So to summarise round one
Amersham came 1st with 223
EHHPS 2nd with 216
Hemel were 3rd with 206
We still have a chance!!!
The next Group ‘A’ match is on October 21st at Hemel
EHHPS’s successful first venture into Ealing BEAT is now ended, and we now focus on delivering prints to all who purchased images during the exhibition at Questors.
Unfortunately there was glitch affecting the contact details of some purchasers from the first weekend. If you made such a purchase, please contact Jane Arnold-Forster or Amanda Wright (click on a name to email) so they can organise delivery as soon as possible.
Thank you once again for visiting, and for purchasing our work.
The final of the Ron Wake Memorial Trophy opened Harrow Camera Club’s season on Tuesday evening (3rd September). The winning image was “This is Me”, as six shot composite by Charlotte Dwyer of Watford CC.
Before turning his attention to the final, judge Kevin Day gave a fascinating talk on a documentary shoot he had undertaken, following a group of aid workers helping refugees in Greece.
Kevin’s judging was, as ever, entertaining and perceptive. Although EHHPS’s Shaun Hodge won last year’s competition, this time EHHPS had only a single image, Amanda Wright’s I Like this Blue which made it through to the final twenty. I found myself wondering if Kevin had judged the selection round, whether perhaps we may have seen more of our work in the final.
Paul Mason
EHHPS Secretary Jenny Fenton has received invitations from Harpenden PS for three paid events from prominent speakers at their Club:
Guy Edwards who is a professional landscape, wildlife and travel photographer – Tuesday 3rd Sept.
Martin Evening who is an acknowledged expert on Photoshop – Tuesday 17th Sept.
Damien Demolder who is a well known street photographer – Tuesday 5th Nov.
Please note these are all ‘private’ events and are only open to paid-up members of HPS or those with tickets bought through Eventbrite.
There will be 20 tickets available for each speaker at £12 each on a first come first served basis. The tickets can only be purchased through Eventbrite by clicking on the linked names above.
All three events start at 8.00pm for 2 hours and will be held at:
The Harpenden Trust Centre
90 Southdown Rd
Harpenden
AL5 1PS
There is parking on the road or close by
Exhibitions Secretary Jane Arnold-Forster writes:
‘EHHPS is participating, for the first time as a Club, in Ealing BEAT (The Borough of Ealing Art Trail) this year, with our exhibition located in the bar of The Questors Theatre. To encourage as many of you, and your friends, to come along we will have a small drinks party on Friday 6th September, in the bar at The Questors. Do come along and support our exhibition’
More information, and opening times on the BEAT website
The Events Page of this website also carries the full calendar of EHHPS participation.
In anticipation of EHHPS’s participation in the Borough of Ealing Art Trail (BEAT) in September, Jane Arnold-Forster and Amanda Wright have put together this showcase video which highlights images from across our membership, not only those exhibiting at BEAT.
Amanda Wright reminds members that the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain), of which our Federation the CACC (Chilterns Association of Camera Clubs) is a member, regularly publishes an interesting electronic magazine called PABG e-News.
You can find an archive of issues here or sign up to receive regular issues direct to your inbox using this link.
Issue 233 extra includes coverage of the recent InterFed competitions.
The PAGB Inter-Federation was hosted by Midland Counties Photographic Federation in Burton On Trent Saturday 15th June 2019 attended by all 15 UK Federations and judged by
Eddy Lane ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP
Judith Parry DPAGB, HonPAGB, AFIAP
David Gibbons ARPS, APAGB, EFIAP/b, BPE5
Federations are permitted to enter up to 30 images in each of the four categories and the top 15 scores from each are selected for the results.
Sadly things did not go well for CACC. We started the day at 10.00 am with the Open Mono Print section with 426 images entered. There were 8 top scores of 15 awarded across the whole competition which was won by Midland Counties PF.
The CACC came 14th with a top score of 13 of which we attained 5
Somewhere Out There by Brian Gough, Amersham
Way Out by Don Lanstone LRPS EFIAP, Amersham
Lonely As A Cloud by David Harris CPAGB, Wycombe
The Caretaker by Brian Gough, Amersham
Midnight Deadline by Peter Wilson, Harpenden
In the Open Colour Print Section 435 prints were entered. There were 21 15’s awarded, 11 of which were Nature and was won by N&EMPF. Scores were notably higher in this round, I believe there were 77 14’s awarded and far less broad a range overall.
The CACC moved up the leader board in this event by 1 place to come 13th with a top score of 14
Mountain Hare in Winter Sun by Julie Mullings DPAGB, Amersham
Ratcatcher by Nigel Cox, Amersham
We had 9 13’s
Making Tracks by David Harris CPAGB, Wycombe
Selfie Time by Justin Grant, Field End
European Rollers Pair Bonding by Mike Walker, Field End
Artists Muse by Dominic Beaven, Field End
Knock Out by Dominic Beaven, Field End
Washing Before Prayer by Peter Jones, Amersham
Bald Eagle Walking On Snow by Julia Wainwright ARPS, DPAGB, Harrow
The Dealer by Lloyd Moore BPE1, Watford
Just The Two Of Us by Peter Stevens DPAGB, ARPS, AFIAP, Harpenden
In the Nature Digital Section the CACC somewhat improved on the leaderboard coming 9th. There were 20 15’s awarded across the competition and the winners were L&CPU.
The CACC managed to achieve 3 14’s and 15 13’s
The 14’s were
Paddyfield Warbler by Paul Day, Wycombe
Side by Side Bee Eaters by Val Walker ARPS, Field End
Dancing Cranes by Peter Whitehead BPE1*, Harpenden
13’s were
Marbled White on Due Laden Grass by Paul Burwood LRPS, Field End
Three Harvest Mice by Carrie Eva CPAGB, Amersham
Call of The wild by Julia Wainwright ARPS DPAGB, Harrow
One Last Breath by Julia Wainwright ARPS DPAGB, Harrow
Spring Pasque Flower by Dave Martin ARPS DPAGB, Harrow
Leap Of Faith by Ivor Porter, Oxford
Glanville Fritillary by Andy Sands, XRR
Mating Adonis Blue by Andy Sands, XRR
Life’s A Struggle by Nigel Cox, Amersham
Bathtime by Chenxi Ni, Imagez
Roller With Frog by Mike Walker, Field End
Grizzly in Snowy Forest by Joy Rawlins, Kidlington
Squabbling Bald Eagles by Julia Wainwright ARPS DPAGB, Harrow
Bearded Reedling Balancing by Terri Adcock LRPS BPE1*, Watford
Red Legged Partridge Running In Snow by Andy Sands XRR
In the Open Digital Section the CACC slipped back down the board coming12th there were 16 15’s awarded and it was won by L&CPU again.
The CACC achieved a top score of 14
Godafoss In Winter by David Harris CPAGB, Wycombe
and 8 13’s
River Of Light by Kathy Chantler, Imagez
Sea, Sand and Shadows by John Clare, EHHPS
Portuguese Parasols by John Clare, EHHPS
Red Burst by Kristin Mason EHHPS
Sunrise Over Rolling Hills by Alan Graham, Harrow
No Messing by Steve Beckett, Imagez
Two Faced by Kathy Chantler, Imagez
Pearl by Bill Cooper XRR
Congratulations and many thanks to all those who entered and especially those mentioned here. The standard is always extremely high as you would expect from a National Competition the PAGB is comprised of approximately 1000 affiliated member clubs with about 40,000 individual members so well done all.
Amanda Wright
Amanda’s Scoresheets:
Open Colour Print
Open Mono Print
Open Digital
Nature Digital
More details of the competition may be found on the PAGB website.
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