HPS member’s Italian photography exhibition

Several members of HPS are returning to Tuscany this week to exhibit the photographs of the town, locality and Tuscany area they took last May.

The exhibition called ‘Through the Eyes of Strangers‘ features the work of 14 of our members is being held at Lastra a Signa, near Florence and runs from 5th to 17th May 2013.

For the local ‘non strangers’ opening times :

Monday to Friday:  6pm to 8pm

Saturday & Sunday: 10am to 1pm, 3pm to 8pm

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HPS Annual Dinner 26 April

Members have been e-mailed details of the 2013 Annual Dinner. If you have not received this e-mail, contact Malcolm Davies by e-mail or catch him at the weekly meeting.

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HPS Bi-Monthly Competition

11 new images have been entered into the HPS Bi-Monthly Competition. Members can vote for their favourite only by attending the regular HPS Monday evening meetings at the Friends’ Meeting House, and registering their vote on the chart provided on the Notice Board. Members can vote for only one image per competition month, indicating their unique HPS membership number in the appropriate box against the image of their choice.

Members who have entered this competition are forbidden to vote for their own images. The top three images will be entered into the final at the end of the current 2012-2013 season. [ view images ]

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inSight next meeting: Thursday 21 February at the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds

InSight’s next meeting will be Thursday 21 February 2013 at the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds, for the Weber-Dakowicz exhibition launch, from 6:30 onwards. See www.whiteclothgallery.com All welcome.

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Format Festival – well worth a visit!

Format Festival, one of the UK’s leading international contemporary festivals of photography is almost here. It takes place in galleries and venues across Derby over several weeks ( 8 March to 7 April 2013 ). This years theme is ’FACTORY‘ and many major names are exhibiting including Brian Griffin, David Chancellor, Edward Burtynsky, Paweł Fabjanski, Sandra Hoyn, Sebastian Liste, Simon Roberts, Toby Smith and Oliver Woods. There are also a number of Special Events – talks, workshops, portfolio reviews, etc.

Members of inSight group are already planning to visit but this major photographic exhibition will probably appeal to  many other photographers within HPS. Because it is at a number of venues across Derby, it really needs a full day to see the work. The best and most economical way to get there would be car-sharing so I suggest forming small groups who can visit whichever dates suit.

Be inspired!  www.formatfestival.com
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Some Californian sunshine in January

We have a very, very special evening in the New Year (January 21st). HPS are thrilled to announce that we will be joined by Diane Varner who will be travelling from her home in sunny California. Diane’s photography website ‘Daily Walks’ is listed as one of the World’s most visited photoblogs and captures the beauty in the Californian landscape and native wildlife. She was twice finalist in the International Gardener of the Year Competition and will explain her approach to photography and image manipulation.

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You would not want to be a competition judge!

There are almost 300 entries to this year’s Annual Print Competion with all classes being well supported to a high standard. You would not want to be one of the three judges!

There are three judging evenings and ten trophies to be awarded:
January 28th – Creative, Landscape, Portrait & Figure.
February 4th – Open Panel, Natural history, Pictorial.
February 18th – Sport & Action, Architecture & General Record, Outings, Monochrome.

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HPS is now on Twitter

Harrogate Photographic Society is now on Twitter. Become a follower and will keep you informed about forthcoming talks, outings and exhibitions as well as linking to galleries, photography magazines and interesting photographers from around the World.  [ see HPS on Twitter ]

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The Landscape Photographers

HPS had a full house for Peter Paterson’s excellent talk ‘Photography My Way’ last monday. Peter’s stunning Scottish landscapes were appreciated by everyone.

Tomorrow evening (10th December), we are joined by renowned professional landscape photographer Chris Ceaser. His talk ‘Into the Landscape’ is an insight into a professional’s approach to landscape photography.

Chris currently has an exhibition of landscape work at Middleton House, just off Monkgate bar in the city of York. For the last 7 years Chris has been compiling a powerful portfolio of work based on the beautiful countryside of northern England. The works on display will include images from The Yorkshire Coast, Dales and Moors, the Northumberland Coast and the English Lake District with a selection from the Scottish Highlands. The exhibition will comprise of around 30-40 framed prints of various sizes including some limited edition work. There will also be 9 print racks full of mounted work.

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Its printing time!

Entries for the annual HPS print competition are due on January 7th 2013. Time to check your stocks of mount board, paper and inks or to decide who will be doing your printing and mounting.

 

Take a look at the Noticeboard and Website links for useful ideas and supplies.

Check the rules, categories and print your entry form.

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