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2022 - 23 Season

This season we have some live lectures at the Harpenden Trust Hall and some held on zoom.

All dates in bold italics are External Competitions
All lectures in RED are on ZOOM only
* Indicates competitions that contribute to the Internal Annual Awards

September 2022

Tues 6th - Zoom
"Floral Fine Art" by Cherry Larcombe
Looking at being more adventurous with flower and plant photography, with light, simplicity, shapes, textures, inversion, and botanical presentations. Photoshop Ideas for post processing to enhance your floral images.
https://www.cherryannette.com/
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Tues 20th
Member's Evening
​​(Remember your competition entries)

October 2022

Tues 4th
Competition - Open*

Judge: Dave Hipperson
Tues 18th
"Ten Secrets of Street Photography by Simon Ellingworth
I promise you that I’ll challenge your thinking, change the way you see the world, and provide technical liberation with simple ways of crafting compelling images.
https://simonellingworth.com/
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Thurs 20th
​Park Street Inter-Club Landscape Competition (External Competition)

November 2022

Tues 1st
"A Personal Response" by Chris Palmer

I constantly strive to produce images that are different. I discuss the creative process that I use, both when out shooting, and subsequently when producing my prints. The lecture features many of my latest prints and culminates in the work that I produced to earn my RPS Fellowship.
​https://www.chrispalmerphotographer.co.uk/
(Remember your competition entries)
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Wed 2nd
Rosebowl Round 1 – Leighton Buzzard (External Competition)
Thurs 3rd
Beds Invitation - Open (External Competition)
Tues 15th
Competition - Open*

Judge: Martin Patten

December 2022

Tues 6th - Zoom
"Photo Art" by Stan Farrow
I am a creative digital art photographer with many years of photographic experience. I am based near St Andrews in North East Fife, Scotland. This presentation is based on an exhibition held in Discovery Point, Dundee in 2019 and includes several new works, both creative digital artwork and abstract photography.
​https://www.stanfarrowphotography.co.uk
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Tues 20th
Christmas Social
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January 2023

Tues 3rd
Members Evening
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(Remember your competition entries)

Tues 10th
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Rosebowl Round 2 – Harpenden (External Competition)

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Tues 17th
Competition - Jim Jarvis Trophy - 'Panel of Three Competition'

Judge: Chris Drury (replacing Peter Prosser)

February 2023

Tues 7th - Zoom
​"Creative and Eclectic Photography" by Steve Varman
After failing to settle or specialise in one genre, I have learnt to embrace an eclectic approach to my photography. My talk includes infrared, landscape, macro, tabletop, street, compositing and more. I was lucky enough to have two successes in this year's International Garden Photographer of the Year, and a third image success in this year's Pink Lady Food Photographer of the year  

https://stevevarman.co.uk/
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​(Remember your competition entries)
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Thurs 16th
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Rosebowl Round 3 – Park Street CC (External Competition)

Tues 21st
Competition - Open*

Judge: Kathy Chantler

March 2023

Mon 6th
Border Skirmish at Stevenage PS
(External Competition)


​Tues 7th - Zoom
"All the Gear and No Idea" by Roger Hance
We all know people who have all the latest camera equipment but cannot “consistently” take winning images - while others regularly produce images that score highly. Why is that?
I will explore some of the reasons and how to avoid the pitfalls many photographers fall into.

https://rogerhancefrps.com/
​​(Remember your competition entries)
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Sun TBA
CACC Championship Day 
(External Competition)

Tues 21st
Competition - Open*

Judge: Terry Pollard (replacing Amanda Wright)

Thurs 23rd
Intimate Landscapes 
(External Competition)

April 2023

​Tues 4th - Zoom
"Doll Photography & Lensbaby Photography" by Polina Plotnikova
My approach to Doll & Lensbaby photography is a natural extension of what I do with my Flower and Still Life work. The genesis of an image can be almost anything - a colour, a texture, a shape, a mood, a memory. I then start with composing an image in my head, and then the process of taking an image can last anything from a minute to days.
​https://www.polinaplotnikova.com/
​​(Remember your competition entries)
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Tues 18th
Competition - Set Subject - "Reflection"*

Judge: Nicki Aston

​Sun 23rd
Rosebowl Final
(External Competition)

Sat 22nd
​HPS Exhibition - High Street Methodist Church

May 2023

Tues 2nd
Members Evening

Mon 15th
Les Spitz Wildlife Competition 
(External Competition)
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Tues 16th
Competition - Audio-Visual
Judged by Members

June 2023

​Tues 6th - Zoom
"The Industrial Tourist" by Andy Marland
I take a wander through the remnants of the northern industrial landscape. Including sites such as the slate quarries of Snowdonia, textile mills in Lancashire & Yorkshire, a disused underground coal mine, the bizarre landscapes of active steelworks and a beached passenger ship.
​https://www.mechanicallandscapes.com
​​(Remember your competition entries)
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​Tues 20th
AGM & Annual Awards Ceremony

All dates in bold italics are External Competitions
All lectures in RED are on ZOOM only
* Indicates competitions that contribute to the Internal Annual Awards

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