Month: July 2014

The Peak District with its continually changing weather, is blessed with superb countryside and iconic English villages; offering almost unrivalled scope for photographers. But few photographers can lay claim to wining a Royal Photographic Society medal. However, judges were so impressed with Keith & Kate Brown’s ‘Grease Gaskets & Gears’ entry in the 2014 Audio Visual competition, that the Royal Society awarded the couple a prestigious silver medal.

The compilation of competition images were first snapped last year when Keith & Kate, Stephen Elliott, Ray Fowler and others from Hope Valley’s Photographic Society, set up their cameras in a vintage car enthusiast’s garage. Stephen Elliott’s superb photo of a vintage Bugatti car was used in the opening sequence, when Keith & Kate used their skills to turn hundreds of photographs into the silver medal winning audio visual compilation.

You have an opportunity to see this award winning presentation, along with a range of Keith & Kate’s prize winning ‘audio visuals’ at St Edmund’s Church, Castleton at 7.30.pm on Friday August 22nd. Tickets can be purchased at the door: £4 – adults, £2 – 18 & under.

Hello CHVPS members

Ian has asked for the following information to be passed onto you  all.

 

Connie Brown Many members will have met Connie Brown, who’s Keith’s mother and a resident of Hope for quite a number of years. Connie, who had had a heart of gold and was full of fun,  died on Wednesday 9^th July. A celebration of Connie’s life will be held at St Peter’s Church, Hope at 1430 on Thursday 31^st of July. Connie was a football fan and I understand that Keith & Kate would like all those who attend the celebration of Connie’s life to wear football club coloured ties or bright colours.

 

C&HVPS and Hathersage’s Gala  I’d like to thank everyone who attended the gala, or helped Jason & Erica, or donated raffle prizes. Many gala attendees were interested in the images which were displayed in the gazebo, with some expressing interest in joining C&HVPS. Some visitors wanted to buy the images on display! I’d particularly like to thank Jason & Erica. They spent many hours planning our part in Hathersage’s Gala, coming up with the brilliant idea of ordering a large and colourful C&HVPS  banner. We’ll be able to use this banner many times in the future, starting with the exhibition of our 2014 competition images at St Edmund’s Church.

 

Our annual exhibition and AV at St Edmund’s Church

All of this year’s competition images will be displayed between 16^th to 25^th August (1400 to 1630) at St Edmund’s Church, Castleton.

Don’t forget that Keith & Kate are presenting their AV’s on August 22^nd, also at St Edmund’s Church. The presentation starts at 1930 and finishes at 2130. Admission for paid up members of C&HVPS will be free. Why don’t you bring partners and friends to this event? Adults £4, children £2. Ray will be taking bookings and issuing tickets, which can also be bought at our next meeting on August 14^th. All being well, Denis Thorpe will present the trophy to Nick Chalkley, who won the monochrome section of this year’s competition.

 

Kind regards

 

Ian

 This is our new web servers its an Intel NUC energy efficient PC with some pretty neat specs

its running Turnkey Lamp a special version of Linux

We are now officially online with our own domain name, update your bookmarks as the old domain has been disabled http://www.hopevalleyphotosociety.co.uk

And here are the results of the 2014 Castleton and Hope Valley Photographic Society annual  competition as judges by Toni Pioli, with the Denis Thorpe award being judged by Denis Thorpe.  Well done to one and all, and thank you to all that put entries in.
See you all next month
Best wishes for Sunny snaps till then
Ann

 Close up

•  1st Preying for Matins          Ian Ord
•  2nd Colchicum Stigmata     Kate Brown
•  3rd Harvest Mouse                Susan Hughes

•  Highly commended    Orchid              Richard Clemons
•  Highly commended    Old Key hole   Susan Hughes

•  Commended    Wool gathering              Cath Allwood
•  Commended    Powdered in pollen      Erica Dietsch
•  Commended    In the field                       David Nicklin
•  Commended    Tulip                                   Hazel Watson

 General Category

•  1st Winter express                                    Les Nixon
•  2nd Young Photographer                      Nick Chalkley
•  3rd Get me to the church on time      Alan Hinchcliffe

•  Highly commended  Sunrise over Higger Tor    Stephen Elliott
•  Highly commended  Salty seaside sisal                Christine Ord
•  Highly commended  Claws                                         David Allwood
•  Highly commended  Fabulous fireplace               Pat Fowler
•  Highly commended  The Bouncer’s Lair              Keith Brown
•  Highly commended  Low tide                                  Kate Brown

•  Commended    Wispy clouds save saturation     Christine Ord
•  Commended    Autumn                                                Richard Clemons
•  Commended    Walkies                                                 Nick Chalkley
•  Commended    Passing by                                           Ray Fowler
•  Commended    Buxton bubbles                                Ray Fowler
•  Commended    Harvest mouse 1                              Susan Hughes
•  Commended    Suspended chords                          Keith Brown
•  Commended    Watery impression                         Keith Brown
•  Commended    Levels of learning                            Kate Brown     (City of Birmingham Library)
•  Commended    Please give generously                  Sandra Marshall
•  Commended    Misty morning over the valley  Hazel Watson

 Denis Thorpe trophy (Best overall monochrome)

•  Walkies  Nick Chalkley

So we had a busy day with good weather at hathersage Gala today promoting Castleton & Hope Valley Photographic Society, why not head over to our gallery and check out if we captured one of your friends or family at the event at the following link

http://hinchcliffephotography.co.uk/main.php?cmd=album&var1=Hathersage+Gala/