Summary of 2021-22 club activities

 

26 May - The AGM followed by the awards ceremony with the Chairman presenting club trophies to this season's winners, namely:

Trophy Awarded to
Colour prints Pete Baldrey
Monochrome prints Chris Flood
PDIs Ann Smith
Best in Exhibition Chris Flood
Reg Mullard trophy Miles Thompson
Best print and PDI Mike Hall
Annual achievement shield Graham Kurn

The Chairman also awarded certificates to: Peter Short, winner of the Chairman's challenge and to all the 2021-22 Annual exhibition section winners.

19 May - Best Print and PDI competition. The judge, Tony Baverstock, had a mammoth task selecting the best image from the large number of winning prints and PDIs from all the club competitions held during the year. He eventually chose Mike Hall's monochrome print of Zebras drinking as the overall winner.

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Ann Smith was runner-up with Fly with your dreams which finished first in the PDI section.

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For the complete table of results click here

 

12 May - Chairman's challenge - The odd one out. The chairman, Ed Hull, had a difficult task in determining the winners from an interesting selection of 28 entries this year. Peter Short's humorous and well crafted winning image Crikey, you're small, including the table of awards, is shown below.

 

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  Photographer Title
1st Peter Short Krikey, You're small
2nd Mike Hall He's not one of us
3rd Chris Flood One black torch
HC Bev Pegram Happy lady
HC Miles Thompson An odd sock
HC Ann Smith Beach huts
C Norman Price Odd one out
C Chris Flood The odd companion
     

HC = Highly Commended    C = Commended

5 May - The challenge this evening was street photography and members were asked to bring along and present their images. While it is not usually a genre of photography widely practiced by many Cranligh camera club members we did see a wide variety of images containing subjects ranging from window reflections, street furniture, public demonstrations, portraits, architecture, graffiti and travel etc.

28 April - Keith Newton LRPS judged our 5th Open PDI and Mono prints competitions. After critiquing all the 48 entries he awarded a maximum score of 10 to six images, three in the mono print section and three in the PDI section. He also awarded 9.5 to three mono and two PDI images.

The winning images are shown below or alternatively go to the Gallery via the tab above to see larger versions.

Mono Open section

MH      CF

CF

Leopard watching birds from a tree by Mike Hall, Winter fashion by Pete Baldrey and Man in a trilby hat, New Orleans by Chris Flood

PDI Open section

NP      MT

JW

Girl at a temple, Bombay by Norman Price, Landscape photography in Death Valley by Miles Thompson and Speckled Pidgeon by John Warbrick

21 April - The gentlemen were the overall winners of our entertaining annual Match-a-Print competition, adjudicted by Bev Pegram, scoring 26 pointa to the ladies 21. Although the ladies scored more points for the total number of matches it was the gents who had the greater number of 'best image' scores between each pair of matched images.

7 April - Our 5th Open Colour prints competition was judged by Roy Williamson. After critiquing each of the 34 entries he awarded a maximum score of 10 to three images and 9.5 to another two. Congratulations to Norman Price, Phil Copestick and Pete Baldrey for their winning images shown below.

NP1       PC2

PB3

Dejection by Norman Price, Skippy by Phil Copestick and Colours to remember by Pete Baldrey

31 March An excellent presentation My restless lens by Dr Keith Snell PhD EFIAP EPSA LRPS. He treated us to a varied talk covering the broad range of his photographic interests which included wildlife, portrait and figurative, abstract, and impressionist landscape images. Although the ‘restlessness’ in the title of his talk was shown by his travels, he also included images taken locally - in the Lake District National Park - and during lockdown. However, the lens is also restless by his camera being waved around to capture ICM images. Throughout his presentation he described the techniques and compositional approaches used in the making of all his pictures.

Below are just two examples of numerous images from his talk.

Image 2    Image 1    Image 3

 

26 March - On a beautiful sunny spring day the club held its annual exhibition at the Cranleigh Village Hall. We had 222 prints and 104 projected digital images on display in 13 categories. Tim Morland ARPS judged the exhibition entries and awarded Chris Flood's print Desiccated tree trunk with sandstorm behind as the overall winner and Best in Exhibition.

 

Chris Flood

Desiccated tree trunk with sandstorm behind by Chris Flood was judged as the best image in the exhibition

A summary of the winners for each category is shown in the table below. (The full table of awards can be found in the members only section.)

Category Image title Photographer
1 - Monochrome Prints, Open Subject Mark Rylance, actor Chris Flood ARPS
2 - Monochrome Prints, Landscape Desiccated tree trunk, California Chris Flood ARPS
3 - Colour Prints, Open Subject The pace of life   C. Bev Pegram ARPS
4 - Colour Prints, Landscape Horseshoe Pass Angela Karney
5 - Colour Prints, Nature Bearded Reedling Tim Cheshire
6 - Prints, Digital Art Lone gull Ed Hull
7 - Portraits Half the colour Pete Baldrey
8 - Projected, Open Subject Picnic time Elizabeth Bulley
9 - Projected, Landscape Approaching storm Graham Kurn
10 - Projected, Nature Nuthatch feeding Miles Thompson
11 - Projected, Digital Art Prayers Angela Karney
12 - PDI Panels The dance of Elisha Pete Baldrey
13 - Print Panels Portmeirion Peter Short

24 March - David Smith LRPS judged our Reg Mullard annual flora and fauna competiton. Congratulations to the overall winner Miles Thompson with his beautiful print May bug. Congratulations also to Mike Hall for his PDI Giraffe at waterhole which came 2nd overall. The full table of results can be found in the "members area" using this link Reg Mullard Awards table 2022.

The images awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Print category are as follows: 

MT1

MH2      AK3

1st - May bug by Miles Thompson, 2nd - Spotted Hyena enjoying early morning drink by Mike Hall and 3rd - Jaguar by Angela Karney

The images awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the PDI category are as follows: 

MH1

EH2      MT3

1st - Giraffe at Waterhole by Mike Hall, 2nd - A Bracket fungus by Ed Hull and 3rd - Nuthatch feeding by Miles Thompson

 

17 March - Cranleigh hosted a three-way competition, judged by Paul Graber ARPS, between Cranleigh, Haslemere and Midhurst Camera Clubs. Congratulations to Midhurst, the overall winners. Cranleigh came a very close second. The judge acknowledged that the quality of all the images from each club would have scored very highly in their respective club competitions but that, for this evening, he endeavoured to give a spread of scores. The overall scores are shown in the table below along with the four images scoring a 10.

Midhurst Camera Club Cranleigh Camera Club Haslemere Camera Club
135 points 132½ points 122 points

SB      JB Midhurst - Collecting Nectar by Solveig Burton and Watchful Gaze by Joe Bird

BP     AS Cranleigh - Enjoying a Selfie by Bev Pegram and Hebridean Colours by Ann Smith

 

10 March - A workshop where several members brought along a number of their images for discussion and then explained why they took the shot in the way they did. Fellow members proffered their opinions and in some instances gave suggestions for possible improvements to the images.

3 March - Gerald Kitiyakara ARPS judged our 4th PDI and Mon prints competitions which included the set subject Bridges. After critiquing all the 55 entries he awarded a maximum score of 10 to six images, four in the open sections and two in the set subject sections. He also awarded 9.5 to six images, two in the open sections and four for the set subject.

The winning images are shown below or go the Gallery via the tab above to see larger versions.

Mono Open section

GH

Dungeness Lighthouse by Graham Humphreys

PDI Open section

JW      AS1

MT

Postman Butterfly feeding by John Warbrick, Reflection by Ann Smith and Nuthatch feeding by Miles Thompson

Mono Set Subject section (Bridges)

CF

Concrete Sculpture in Portland, Oregon by Chris Flood

PDI Set subject section (Bridges)

AS2

Canal bridges, Amsterdam by Ann Smith

24 February - Submission and sorting of members exhibition entries and payment of fees.

17 February - Paul Graber ARPS judged our 4th Colour prints competition which included the set subject Bridges. After critiquing the 34 entries he awarded a maximum score of 10 to four images, two in the open section and two in the set subject section. He also awarded 9.5 to three images, two in the open section and one for the set subject.

The winning images are shown below.

Open section

CF      MH

Street Portrait of a Man with a Full Beard by Chris Flood and Rhino at waterhole for evening drink by Mike Hall

Set subject section

AK     MT

One man and his dog by Angela Karney and The bridge at Wasdale Head by Miles Thompson

10 February - A Zoom only meeting where the challenge was Minimalism. Club members submitted around 45 images which generated much discussion. Whether some images could be termed minimilism might in some circumstances have been considered debatable but that did not detract from what was a good selection of pictures which made for a very enjoyable and entertaining evening.

3 February - a workshop enabling members to submit their pictures for review by fellow members and garner opinions for how images could be improved especially if they are to be used subsequently in future club competitions.

27 January - the 3rd Open PDI and Mono prints competitions judged by Tim Morland ARPS. He gave an excellent considered critique of the 30 mono print and 32 PDI entries, awarding a maximum score of 10 to three images in the mono print competition and to four images in the PDI competition. In addition three images in the Monochrome prints and three in the PDI competitions were awarded 9.5.

The winning images are shown below. Larger versions can be seen in the Gallery via the tab above.

Mono Open section:

NP     CF

A lady waiting by Norman Price and  In the bleak midwinter by Chris Flood

AS

Paddle boarder near Brewhurst lock by Ann Smith

PDI Open section:

PB    JW

Into the light by Pete Baldrey and Southern Ground Hornbill - Maasai Mara by John Warbrick

MH    GK

Cheetahs with suspicious stares by Mike Hall and Approaching storm by Graham Kurn

 

20 January - Presentation The seeing eye by Paul Mitchell FRPS. Paul's talk did not simply focus on the technicalities of picture taking but more on how to see beyond the obvious by exploring details, textures and shapes found in both nature and man made objects. He went on to explain the various creative techniques such as intentional camera movement, multiple exposures, the use of creative lenses and filters etc he employed while making the images shown during his presentation.

Here is an example of some of the images from his talk, copyright of Paul Mitchell and reproduced with permission.

Image 1   Image 2   Image 4   Image 5

13 January - Tim Clarke ARPS judged our 3rd Colour prints open competition. He gave an excellent critique of the 36 entries and awarded a maximum score of 10 to six images which demonstrated the high quality of the entries in what proved to be a highly competitive evening. A special congratulations to Norman Price whose entry The chess players the judge considered as the overall competition winner. All the winning images are shown below.

NP     PB

The chess players by Norman Price and Hoodie time by Pete Baldrey

CF     EH

Sikh soldier with a waxed moustache by Chris Flood and Alstroemeria fantasy by Ed Hull

PB     MH

Zsanette by Pete Baldrey and Red shoes at No.522 by Mike Hall

 

9 December - The annual Christmas supper was, by necessity, replaced again this year with a Zoom Christmas party and included the usual party quiz organised by our resident quiz master John Walbrick as well as the announcement of the Chairman's challenge - The odd man out. A relaxing evening just to enjoy chatting with other like minded people who also love their photography. Well done to our champion master quizzer Mike Harrison.

2 December - Ken Scott ARPS judged our 2nd Mono prints and PDI competitions. Each competition had an Open and Set subject (Glass) section. He gave an excellent considered critique of the 26 mono print and 30 PDI entries, awarding a maximum score of 10 to four images in the mono print competition (two in the open and two in the set subject sections) and to four images in the PDI competition (two in the open and two in the set subject sections). In addition two images in the Monochrome prints and three in the PDI competitions were awarded 9.5.

The winning images can be seen below.

Mono prints - Open section:

    

Zebras Drinking by Mike Hall and Beach hut shadows by Angela Karney

Mono prints - Set subject section - Glass:

    

Gin o'clock by Miles Thompson and Leaded light window by Graham Humphreys

PDI - Open section:

    

Lady in red by Angela Karney and Fly with your dreams by Ann Smith

PDI - Set subject section - Glass:

    

Rear Window DL by Bev Pegram and Stripes and Curves by Pete Baldrey

 

25 November - The theme for the evening was the song title What a wonderful world. Members brought along images reflecting various lyrics taken from the song - I see trees of green; red roses too; skies of blue; clouds of white; the dark sacred night; colors of the rainbow; people going by; friends shaking hands saying how do you do; they're really saying I love you; I hear babies cry; they'll learn much more than I'll ever know. Others interpreted this theme with some of their own favourite pictures that reminded them of what a wonderful world we live in.

18 November - David Smith LRPS CPAGB judged our 2nd Colour prints open and set subject (Glass) competitions. He gave an excellent critique of the 35 entries, split 18:17 between the open and set subject sections, and awarded a maximum score of 10 to two images in the open and three images in the set subject competitions. In addition two images in the open and three in the set subject were awarded 9.5. Congratulations to Norman Price and Chris Flood for their winning entries in the open and to Elizabeth Bulley, Graham Humphries and Chris Flood in the set subject competitions.

The winning images can be seen below.

Open section:

    

Sikh soldier by Chris Flood and Pumpkin and Chinese lanterns by Norman Price

Set subject section - Glass:

    

Champagne fountain by Chris Flood, Three glasses by Elizabeth Bulley and Ickworth Church by Graham Humphreys

 

11 November - A presentation The wider world of photography - Part 1 by guest speaker and commercial photographer Ashley Franklin ARPS APAGB. He took us on a journey to discover the fascinating world of photography beyond the camera club by exploring the history, style and impact of portrait, fashion, industrial, war, press and social documentary photography.
It was an evening of informative, inspiring, powerful and world-changing imagery where we saw the work of many photo greats like Avedon, Bailey, Beaton, Bloomfield, Capa, Contreras, McCullin, McCurry, Karsh, Leibowitz, Salgado, Winston Link, et al, all accompanied by a well researched narrative about the photographers and their photographic styles.

PP1

 

28 October - - Ken Woods LRPS judged our 1st monochrome prints and PDI competitions. In the monochrome competition he awarded 1 image a 10 and 2 images 9.5. In the PDI section he scored 2 images a 10 and 2 images 9.5. The images scoring 10 were:
  Monochrome section -

Street profile of an Iranian refugee by Chris Flood

PDI section

    

Hebridean colours by Ann Smith and River dance by Sara Delaney

21 October - Our guest speaker, the SPA chairman David Smith LRPS CPAGB, took us on an African safari showing us many wonderful images of the flora and fauna of the region. His pictures and narrative conveyed the atmosphere of an organised safari - contending with luggage restrictions when travelling to remote locations in a small aircraft, the behaviour of wild animals in very close proximity to humans seated safely in their 4x4 vehicles, and also the accommodation, food and drink, which was of a high standard considering the remoteness of the locations.

Below are some images from his talk which are copyright of David Smith and reproduced with permission.

DS hippo   DS elephant   DS leopard

14 October - At our 1st colour print competition, Rob Bonfield gave a reasoned and very comprehensive critique of the 38 prints on show. He awarded 3 images a maximum score of 10,
2 by Pete Baldrey and 1 by Norman Price

    

Out of the blue and Partial disclosure by Pete Baldrey

Fruit and lavender by Norman Price

He also awarded 9.5 points to a further 3 images.

This was our first attempt to live stream via Zoom a club competition direct from the church hall. While there were some challenges with video continuity and lighting the streaming went reasonably well but more importantly it provided very useful data for improving how we may Zoom our future print competitions.

7 October - During the first half of the meeting, CCC member Norman Price gave a practical demonstration on how to set up a simple still life studio with minimal equipment while still achieving excellent results. He commenced with a picture of a shoe with a simple seamless background he had taken earlier that day in his own studio using the same technique. It indicates how cheaply and effectively a product shot can be taken using basic materials and equipment.

seamless background

Seamless background

Using other examples he also demonstrated how to set up essential lighting techniques, such as rim lighting and backlighting.

rim lighting

An example of rim lighting

liquid in glass     colours and reflections

Liquid in a glass and the importance of back lighting glass to project the colours in the reflection.

backlit glass

Having fun using backlighting in the studio and post-processing in photoshop

During the second half of the meeting, members were free to use their own cameras to shoot images of the props on display.

30 September - This was the first time a Cranleigh Camera Club meeting has been streamed live directly from the church hall using Zoom technology. Around 16 members attended the workshop in the main hall with a further 6 members accessing it remotely via the internet. Members submitted a number of images for review by fellow members garnering their opinions for how images could be improved especially if they are to be used subsequently in future club competitions.

23 September - The 2020-21 club season started with a good turnout at the Welcome back meeting in the church hall - the first time the club was able to meet in person since March 2020 when the Covid pandemic crisis struck and all subsequent meetings were held via Zoom.

The business part of the meeting dealt with a range of matters:

  • the conduct of face-to-face sessions involving precautions against Covid spread
  • the potential for simultaneous Zoom communication for members who could not attend meetings in person
  • details of the programme for 2021-22; arrangements for payment of membership subscriptions
  • future arrangements for SPA competitions
  • distribution of prizes from 2020-21.

The Programme Secretary outlined the new season's programme and announced Anything circular as the One month challenge. Many things are round, but the challenge will be in how you photograph them! We will review the results at the 4 November meeting - up to 4 PDI images from each member.

The evening continued with an informal presentation and discussion of a selection of members’ prints chosen from their recent work. The meeting then turned to the important business of refreshments.

 

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