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Digital Mix and Match Competition
posted by Joyce Storey in External Competitions
We were asked to go along to the Burghfield Camera Club on Thursday to heckle the judge and cheer our club on to victory.
Although rather low on numbers, just nine of us, we certainly did that. Chris Hutchinson had a hard time deciding the best matches and images. WHCC showed their...
Rosebowl Competition - Round Three
posted by Alan Copeland in Club Meetings
We were the hosts for the Final Round of the Rosebowl Competition and we welcomed members from three other clubs who journeyed from Weston Turville (Imagez), Buckingham and Watford. Four excellent clubs bringing their very best images for scrutiny – we knew we were in for a feast of...
ENPRINT COMPETITION & DISCUSSION EVENING
posted by Ian Lewis, Alan Copeland in Club Meetings
...FROM NAKED BIKE RIDES TO TOUGH GUYS
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
England’s eccentricities – that’s what the programme said we were in for – should have immediately appealed to our esteemed Chairman (sorry about the fate of your traffic lights though!!). The title of the evening was From Naked Bike Riders to Tough Guys – now there’s something to whet...
HIGHLAND HOPPING
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
“Oh, ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take the low road…” Yes, folks, here we were this week in Bonny Scotland in the company of our very own Graham and Helen, doing the Island Fling and exploring its western coast and islands.
First, though, an introduction to the veritable...
HUNGARY AND NORTHERN ROUMANIA
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
This evening we visited Hungary and Romania in the company of our very own Bill Scott.
In the first part of the evening Bill took us through Hungary where we were treated to some absolutely stunning images of its countryside, villages and towns. We travelled through the beautifully scenic countryside,...
PRINT COMPETITION No 2 - 'All in a Line'
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
This week saw the second of our print competitions for the year – this time with the set subject “All in a Line”, judged by Gordon Roberts from Wallingford.
You’d think it was a straightforward subject wouldn’t you? Get a number of animate or inanimate objects in a line –...
FROM DRESSING TO DREAMWORKS, AND BEYOND
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
…….and now for something completely different! This week we were visited by Sally Miles, a professional photographer in the film industry. She has long experience in producing the stills pictures – those bits that we see on posters advertising the latest blockbuster.
The evening started with a quiz on films...
DIGITAL AUDIO VISUAL COMPETITION
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Here we are – last day of term so to speak – don’t time fly when you’re having fun!
And this week it was the much-anticipated annual event – the AV competition and Christmas buffet, the former (and latter I suppose) to be judged by the assembled club members.
The first...
NAMIBIA
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
A fair bit of travelling this week, first to western Africa and then to the USA in the care of Rachel Paton – one of our very own!!
For the first half of the evening we were in Africa, or to be more precise, Namibia. Here we were treated to...
DIGITAL COMPETITION No 2
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Big turnout this evening – extra seats needed and the possibility of standing room only for any latecomers! It was the second of our competitions for digitally projected images with the subject being “All in a line”. The judge for the evening was Peter Prosser APAGB from Harrow (the...
BRITISH WILDLIFE - HERE AND THERE
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
A return visit this week by the ever popular Mike Wilkes FRPS – he of the midlands twang and the incredible photos of wildlife!
This time we didn’t have to travel to far-flung places (please ignore the Chairman’s comment in the programme!) ‘cos today we were treated to superb pictures...
From Agfa to Zero
posted by Alan Copeland in Club Meetings
Paul Mitchell was tonight’s guest and he gave a fascinating presentation explaining how he uses different types of camera to achieve very different results.
He showed us a number of his cameras ranging from a fifties Agfa folding camera to a modern day Zero pinhole camera (exposure time four seconds...
ONE DAY IN APRIL
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
So – what were you doing on 29th April – remember that far back? And if you can remember what you did – were you able to take photos of it???
Well, that was what Graham set us to do over six months ago – and tonight we saw the...
HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) IMAGING
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Really technical stuff tonight, then! A really packed house too – all come to learn more about High Dynamic Range imaging (HDR to us!). We were in the very capable hands of Roger Crocombe LRPS – and who better ‘cos he’s a bit of an expert at it!
However, Roger...
PRINT COMPETITION No 1
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
End of October already – and the first print competition of the year!
A new judge for us this week, too – Terry Coffey from Gerrards Cross. Would he be on our list of judges to welcome back?
Well, we certainly had a large entry this week (as expected!) and once...
New WHCC Website goes live
posted by Danny Callcut in General
The new version of the WHCC Website is now live. There is still a lot to be done, including heaps of behind-the-scenes work, but I figured it was time to set the beast free! It will have to be considered in Beta stage, until its tyres have had a...
Practical Photography Group Meeting
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
This month an evening dedicated to the mysteries of Pictures to Exe together with picture improvement using Photoshop, courtesy of Frank Loveder and Tony Bates.
Frank used the latest version of Pictures to Exe, taking us firstly through the process of loading pictures and music before demonstrating how to use...
Incas, Iguanas and Boobies
posted by Ian Lewis in Club Meetings
Two weeks ago we were in Panama – this week Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos! We’ll all be experts on South and Central America soon!
Here we were in the capable hands of John Sexton, our revered and esteemed Treasurer (Treasurer? Trips to South America? Hmmmm…..), starting with his views...