Club News
The Horseshoe Battle 2019.
Thursday 14th March saw the club partake in the 27th Annual Horseshoe Battle along with the four other clubs which make up the competition. Colyford Camera Club were competing for the first time in the competition and their members were welcomed by the chairman of hosts Chard Camera Club, Mr Drew Anderson.
The competition comprised two parts: Prints covering the subjects of:- Nature, Landscape, Portrait, Monochrome and Close-up.
The second half covered Digitally Projected Images on the subjects of:- Vanishing point, Ecclesiastical, Marine, Gold and Fur & feathers.
A midway break gave all present the chance to take finger buffet refreshment (supplied by the Hunters Lodge, Axminster) with a welcome cup of tea, coffee or juice.
On resumption, a close battle was contested between all the clubs, with the lead changing hands two or three times and the eventual winners, ahead of second-placed Chard (who have held the shield for the past two years) were Exmouth, who in the past have held the trophy on a further eight occasions. It is with a little sadness then to say that Exmouth announced they would not be entering next year, due to an ever-increasing programme of events.
The club’s thanks go to judge Marija Lees, who provided insightful, considered and sometimes amusing critique. Thanks also go to members of Chard Club, especially the leadership from this year's Horseshoe Chairman Malcolm Brocklehurst and to those members from all clubs who in one way or another contributed to the smooth running and success of the event as it turned out to be.
Until the next time THANK YOU ALL.
Thursday 06 February
Wednesday 7th February saw the the Club's Chairman and Press Officer deliver 20, framed, members images to be exhibited in the local solicitiors, Berensens LLP in Holyrood Street Chard, where they will be on show until April.
The firm is willing for anyone passing to call in and view and to leave any comment in the book. Our thanks go to Carinna and partners for accommodating the club in this venture and we are looking forward to the invitation evening, which will be arranged for the beginning of March.
Sunday 27 January
Go check out this link.... https://www.fordeabbey.co.uk/your-visit/photography-competition/
One of our members, Lynda Porter, has achieved third place with a lovely image entitled 'Evening Light', in this competition. Scroll to the bottom of the page and an image will appear, which you can then 'right arrow' through, to see the winning images. Lynda's image is also the MAIN image on the page...
Well done, Lynda !
Thursday 17 January 2019
Some 30 members attended this evening's talk, by street photographer Dave Mason, ably assisted by his wife Lol. Dave's unique approach and delivery provided an evening of not only exceptional photographs, but also a lot of anecdotes, fun and laughter. Dave's passion and eye for an image which most of us may not see, shone through in his work and his delivery.
If you get a chance to book him for a talk, don't pass it up.
Thursday 03 January 2019
Winners and imagaes from the club's last in-house Digitally Projected Image competition in special subject 'Vanishing point' and an 'Open' ctaegory.
The evening was very well attended with some great images entered.
Winners were:-
Vanishing point ...
1st Journey to the centre of the Earth Drew Andrerson
2nd Biddulph Grange IR Don Easter
3rd The climb
Open
1st Damp dark woodland
2nd Red deer
3rd Stairs on fire
Thursday 15th November
Tonight saw club members compete in their inhouse competition in three categories of 'Gold', 'Marine' and an 'Open' section.
The evenng was well attended and the audience were not disappointed with the images presented.
Results are as follows:-
Gold
1st Golden arcs by Angela Heed
2nd Shinning bright by Marjorie Marrett
3rd Nine carrot gold by Sylvia Adams
Marine
1st Royal Marine by Dick Moon
2nd Beached by Alan Williams
3rd Two ships by Colin Normanton
Open
1st Dancing in the fog by Deborah Hammond
2nd It's behing you by John Emery
3rd Across Derwent water by Alan Williams
Thursday 01 November
Results evening
The results of the three annual 'Trip' competitions were anounced tonight, with the winners being a sfollows :
MYSTERY TRIP : this year's venue - Cardiff
1st : Jeff Hutson
2nd : Drew Anderson
3rd : Marjorie Marrett
Roving Hunt - Chard to Seatown and back and all points in between !
1st : Alastair Purcell
2nd : Dick Moon
3rd : Steve Weller
Walking Hunt - this year's venue - Sherborne
1st : Marrion Day
2nd : Alastair Purcell AND John Bailey
3rd : Dick Moon AND Jeff Hutson
Huge thanks to the organisers of these ever-popular annual trips, for their time, patience and efforts in not only arranging, but also for scoring and presenting the results.
Thursday 13th September
Tutorial evening
In the first of the new 'Tutorial evenings', 15 members, of varying skill levels, got together to listen to talks on 'Sharpening in Lightroom and Photoshop', 'Saving images in Lightroom' and 'Editing an image in BW - using LR and PS'. The evening was delivered in a relaxed manner, with members being able to watch projected presentations, as well as example images being edited 'live', along with questions from the floor and discussions on the techniques. Members were then able to download the talks and examples onto their memory sticks, for perusal at home. As this course progresses, all levels of skill are hoped to be covered, using practical hands-on tutorials as well as talks and projected examples, giving members the chance to 'dip in and out' at their leisure. The next 'Tutorial evening' will be October 11th.
Thursday 6th September
Club evening - 'Splash'
For the first meeting after their summer recess, some 25 - 30 club members were treated to a demonstration of water-splash photography, by Malcolm Brocklehurst, Club Treasurer. Malcolm had designed and built his own 'rig' for controllling water flow into a bowl of water, to produce various combinations of splash effects. Members were able to use different set-ups to attempt their own pictures......easier said than done ! However, some excellent results were achieved and whilst fun, there was also a serious side to the evening, with members, both old and new, learning or refreshing their memories on subjects such as aperture, depth-of-field, shutter speed and ISO settings. Watch out for 'action' shots on members' galleries on this club site !
Saturday 14th July 2018 Chard Horticulture and Craft Show
saw Chard Members hold their own in the Photography Class.
Four members of the club entered into the spirit of the weekend to support the local Chard Horticulture and Craft Show entering images in the photography class of 8 subjects. The images covered the subjects of:- Gardens, Historic buildings, Friendship, Action, Seasons, Black and white, At the beach and birds.
There were plenty of entries and the fight for the top prize was closely fought for resulting in only one point separating first and second place with Chard member Callum Brown running out in second place. The other members Colin Normanton, Debbie Hammond and Dick Moon managed to get two first places and a third place which meant the club managed to score points in 5 out of the 8 categories.
Well done to Callum who, as one of our younger members, has showed his worth in this competition and has proved just how much he has improved as an in experienced young photographer in the club.
Annual Display of images
The club's end of 2017/18 year images are now on view for all to see at the Chard Library. Bear in mind though that the library does not open on Wednesday and the images are only there for another 3 weeks.
ANNUAL AWARDS
Chard Camera Club held it's end of year presentation evening at the Baptist Church Hall, on Saturday 24th March 2018.
This is the culmination of all members having entered the numerous competitions, both in-house and inter-club for which they received points dependent on their scores within these competitions.
Prizes and certificates were on offer for Best Colour Print, Best Digitally Projected Im