The Centenary Trophy is our annual audio visual competition run by the Society.
The concept is to set a series of still images to a soundtrack, typically to a theme.
It is a competition voted on by members. The winning entry this year was Anxious Colours by Guilia Hetherington which received 2/3rds of the votes!!
Anxious Colour from Guilia Hetherington on Vimeo.
The Society return to the Winns Gallery for their 4th Summer Photography Exhibition.
It runs from Sunday 21st August to Sunday 4th September 2016 from 11am to 5pm each day.
The exhibition showcases the work of over 20 photographers from the Society and over 70 prints.
The diverse body of work reflects the different styles and interests of the photographers and there will be something for everybody to appreciate.
We look forward to meeting you there.
The 2015 course proved to be very popular with over 30 people attending, a number of whom still regularly attend and are active within the Society.
In 2016 the course will run from 27th June until 15th August – Monday evenings 7.45pm – 10pm.
It is highly likely to be oversubscribed so if you are interested in attending please sign up as soon as possible.
The course is both practical and theoretical with the simple aim that by the end of the course you will take better photographs.
Over the years hundreds of people have attended, enjoyed, and gained from taking part in the course.
We find that people attend for a whole variety of reasons with common reasons being;
There will be at least 3 outings on weekends in the Walthamstow area. Additionally each week practical assignments will be set which relate to what has been covered that week in the course.
This practical work is optional and whilst reviewed this is done anonymously. Many people find this the best aspect of the course as it stretches photographic skills into areas they may not previously have taken.
We find that most people tend to own dSLR cameras but bridge or compact cameras are often owned. In the Society many people use bridge or compact cameras including competition winners.
“I did not arrive with any particular preconceptions or specific expectations. Course has been very enjoyable and I am very happy with the content.”
“From my perspective the course has had a nice balance. I have sought to attend on Monday evenings and to participate in the field events.”
“As a novice I have learnt a great deal about photography and camera settings”
“I joined the 2013 Walthamstow Photographic Society Summer School. Prior to this my photography was limited to trying to get better holiday photos than my friends, and I had never taken the camera off auto.
At the Summer School I learnt about the different settings on my camera, how to technically take a good photo, how to be creative taking photos, and most importantly from the homework I was encouraged to try photographing a whole range of different subjects pushing me out of my comfort zone.
Two years later, thanks to the start given at the Summer School, my photography and confidence has come on in leaps and bounds.
I enjoy entering the club competitions and interclub competitions and in 2015 I won the 1 in 100 interclub competition had 6 acceptances for the Southampton International Exhibition.” – Caroline Preece
Syllabus
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Understanding all the knobs, buttons and symbols on your camera and what menu items mean.
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Understand the different rules that can help improve the composition of an image
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Managing your images digitally.
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A overview on Portrait photography from a professional portrait photographers point of view.
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Digital Processing and image adjustment.
Basic adjustments in Photoshop Elements:
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Previous attendees have came from Walthamstow, Leyton, Leytonstone, South Woodford, Woodford, Wanstead, & Chingford.
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We hope you have all had a good Christmas and New year break and are looking forward to a great 2016 programme, once again put together by Giulia Hetherington.
The first meeting of the year is a low key affair -a member’s evening with a ‘just for fun’ competition on the theme of Winter.
Will we see any photos of the floods, or do members not venture north of Watford Gap?
Members can submit up to three photos, with the usual title format;
01_Philip Atkinson_A Dead Good Photo of Newcastle
02_Philip Atkinson_A Flood
03_Philip Atkinson_Not much of a Winter
If you don’t know how to rename a file then check out these tutorials;
For 2016 we will be using the online submission facility which can be found by clicking this link.
Should you have difficulties with the upload system then please send images to competition@wdps.org
Please avoid bringing a USB drive on the evening unless both above methods have failed. All images will be pre-loaded onto the specialist program we use to show competition images before we arrive at the hall. Adding images on the evening is not only time consuming but can cause errors.
Photos may be of Winter 2015/16 or Winter 2014/15. They must not have been shown in any competition before, or in the Annual Exhibition.
The new projector displays in HD which is 1920 pixels wide by 1024 pixels high. Please ensure your images fit these criteria.
Following on from the success of our Annual Exhibition in the Welcome Centre this evening we have a review of the exhibition.
Unfortunately Malcolm Hardie the judge is not able to make it up from Whitstable tonight so we shall be conducting our own review.
All of the digital images entered into the Grainger Trophy on Wednesday evening were class winners, or certificate winners.
We shall go through the images and compare and contrast the comments from Malcolm and Gordon. There are some big differences!!!
In addition we shall have the time to showcase some prints, and should you wish to talk for a couple of minutes about your prints the opportunity will be available. They don’t need to have won any award – after all judges aren’t always right!
Featured image above is Autumn Angel by Philip Atkinson winner in Class B.
Class A Winner is Night Train by Peter Hall
Class C winner was Gate to the Forest by Mike Ward
It’s that time of year again and our Annual Exhibition is set to take place in the Welcome Centre next to St Mary’s Church.
The exhibition is the opportunity for members of the society to showcase their work they have taken in the preceding year.
There will be a great diversity of work being shown (both prints and digital) which reflects the diverse nature of the members and their interests. Whatever your taste in art there will be something you will like in the exhibition.
The exhibition runs from Monday 26th October 2015 to Saturday the 31st October 2015.
Weekdays the exhibition is open between 7pm and 10pm each evening, and on Saturday from 10.30am until 8pm.
On Tuesday and Wednesday there will be a couple of external competitions between other photographic societies/camera clubs in a side room to the exhibition.
On the Friday from 8pm there will be the annual prize giving of the Society for competitions ran throughout the year, and ran during the exhibition itself.
The exhibition is free and is wheelchair accessible. There is also a car park which is a bonus due to parking restrictions in Walthamstow Village.
