Manly Beach Photography Outing – Saturday 17th Feb

Dear Members,

The eagerly awaited Manly Beach photography outing is just around the corner! Ensure it’s penciled into your diary and confirm your attendance with Nil or Sonia.

We’ll be gathering at The Corso on the beachfront at 7 am, so arrive a bit early to grab your coffee and prepare for a day of socialising and skill-sharing with fellow members.

Transportation: Explore carpool options by reaching out to Nil, Sonia, or your fellow members.

Details: Saturday 17th Feb 7am, meeting at The Corso 7am

For additional details, please click here.

We sincerely hope you can join us for this exciting day!

Best regards,

Your Committee

by Jacqueline Foley, February 6, 2024

Welcome Back evening – This Tuesday 30th January

Dear Members,

We look forward to welcoming you back to club this Tuesday 30th January.

• Following on from Nilmini’s presentation last year on Creating Competition Images, she will be sharing with us a second presentation called “Creating Compelling Images’. Images need narrative to be effective as visual impact alone may not be enough to engage your audience. Photography is a wonderful tool to construct narrative and Nil will be discussing how light, colour, technique, and image placement all contribute to a great story. This presentation will be an interactive one, where you will get the chance to look at images from different photographers and have a lively discussion with your peers. 

• Jakki will share some inspiration on this years set subjects.

• Mat cutting with Sonia. Why pay someone else to cut your mats when you can learn to cut them yourself, using our clubs mat cutter. Sonia will do a quick demonstration and then it’s your turn. If you’d like to take this opportunity to cut yourself a mat, bring along some mat board and see how easy it is to create your own beautiful mats. Mat board is available from all good Art supplies, such as Art Scene in West Ryde.

The evening will finish with a light supper

We hope to see you there.

Warm Regards

Your Committee.

by Sonia Conn, January 29, 2024

Membership fees – REMINDER

Dear Members,

This is a friendly reminder to ask those who haven’t yet paid your membership fees, if you could kindly do so by Monday 29th January.

A big thank you to members who have already made payment, your prompt payment is much appreciated.

Warm Regards

Your Committee

by Sonia Conn, January 24, 2024

Happy 2024 – Your Membership fees are now due

Dear Members,

Wishing you all a Happy New year. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas/New year break and are fresh, rested and ready to get back into a year of photography fun.

As we are already half way through January, it’s time to send a friendly reminder that our membership fees are due. As discussed at our AGM there has been a small increase and our fee this year is $80.

Membership payment details please click here

For administration purposes we ask if you could kindly finalise your membership fees as soon as possible. A big thank you to those who have done so already.

Our first meeting back is our welcome back evening on Tuesday 30th January. The night will consist of a few small presentations, including a matt cutting demonstration and will finish with a small supper. We do hope you can join us.

We look forward to seeing you then

Warm Regards

Your Committee

by Sonia Conn, January 16, 2024

HHCC FCC Interclub Competition

Hi Members,

Congratulations to the members of HHCC for their fantastic images throughout the year. At this year’s FCC Interclub we received the following awards:

• 1st in Colour Prints. 
• 2nd in Mono Prints
• Equal 2nd in Drone/Aerial Digital 
• 3rd place in Nature Prints.

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by David Curtis, December 13, 2023

HHCC – 2023 End of Year Awards

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It was wonderful to see all the great photos taken this year and congratulations to all members who received awards on the night! We look forward to seeing you all in 2024.

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Small Print of the Year

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Overall Points Winners 2023

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by David Curtis, December 13, 2023

2024 Calendar

Hi Members,

The 2024 Event Calendar has been updated and is now available on the home page. Just click the purple Calendar 2024 button.

Thanks.

by David Curtis, December 13, 2023

Maitland International Salon of Photography 2024

Dear Members,

Please click the link below for the Maitland International Salon of Photography which closes on 12th January 2024.
Elaine

https://maitlandsalon.myphotoclub.com.au/

by Elaine Holliday, December 8, 2023

Christmas Picnic Cancelled

Hi All,

Unfortunately this rain is meant to continue all day and with the all the rain over this past three days, Croslands Reseve is quite boggy, so we have made the decision to cancel todays picnic 🙁

Due to the busy Christmas period, we don’t feel there would be a suitable date to suit most to reschedule, so we will save our celebrations until next year.

On behalf of the committee, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe holiday season and look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday 30th January.

Warm Regards

Your Committee

by Sonia Conn, November 25, 2023

Results for competitions in November Image of the Year

There were 42 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Members can view all images and comment on them by following this link
View / Comment entries in November Image of the Year

click here to see a pdf catalog of all competition results

Lina Jacqueline Foley – 1st Place Open Colour Large Print	Mardi Gras Jonathan Holliday – 1st Place Open Small Print
Busy Beach Corinna Lueg – 1st Place Open Mono Large Print	Duyfken striking the sails Deborah Dietz – 1st Place Open Digital
Proud Possession Marion Anstis – 2nd Place Open Colour Large Print	Oily Stain Devil Pierre Fonsny – 2nd Place Open Small Print
Queens Stairs BW Jonathan Holliday – 2nd Place Open Mono Large Print	Nyrstar Zinc Smelter Hobart Paolo Pizzin – 2nd Place Open Digital
Abandoned grader Jonathan Holliday – 3rd Place Open Colour Large Print	Approaching Firestorm Melinda Sexton – 3rd Place Open Small Print
Net effeced Sonia Conn – 3rd Place Open Mono Large Print	Roger Jacqueline Foley – 3rd Place Open Digital
Unveiling Sonia Conn – Honourable Mention Open Colour Large Print	How to tackle white water Pierre Fonsny – Honourable Mention Open Colour Large Print
Fun in the sun Bondi Sonia Conn – Honourable Mention Open Colour Large Print	Spiraling Elaine Holliday – Honourable Mention Open Colour Large Print
Waiting in the queue Marion Anstis – Honourable Mention Open Colour Large Print	Morning snack Marion Anstis – Honourable Mention Open Small Print
Zara Elaine Holliday – Honourable Mention Open Mono Large Print	Growing Pains Nilmini De Silva – Honourable Mention Open Digital
Edge of the Lake Melinda Sexton – Honourable Mention Open Digital	Parramatta Clock Paolo Pizzin – Honourable Mention Open Digital
Flaps down Marion Anstis – Honourable Mention Open Digital	Salty Waters Nilmini De Silva – Mention Open Colour Large Print
Tip It Over David Curtis – Mention Open Colour Large Print	Ice Hockey Pursuit Jonathan Beckerleg – Mention Open Colour Large Print
Beam me up Scotty Philippa Gordon – Mention Open Colour Large Print	Blue vase Elaine Holliday – Mention Open Colour Large Print
Three Fields And A Farm Corinna Lueg – Mention Open Colour Large Print	Unpredictable Vocation Nilmini De Silva – Mention Open Colour Large Print
Dinner Time Neville Pollard – Mention Open Small Print	The Smithy Melinda Sexton – Mention Open Small Print
Sand Patterns Neville Pollard – Mention Open Small Print	Machinary David Curtis – Mention Open Mono Large Print
Barrel Girl Leo Darby – Mention Open Mono Large Print	On the tools Jacqueline Foley – Mention Open Mono Large Print
Water Peaks Like Trees Corinna Lueg – Mention Open Mono Large Print	Is it Snoopy Elaine Holliday – Mention Open Mono Large Print
Multiplicity of Stones Doug Carley – Mention Open Digital	Wattlebird on Protea Leo Darby – Mention Open Digital
Melancholic moment Philippa Gordon – Mention Open Digital	Growth Spurt Nilmini De Silva – Mention Open Digital

by Elaine Holliday, November 22, 2023