NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, 21st October at 8pm upstairs at the Bell Inn, Thames Street, Hampton
“The Letterbox Fiend”: a talk by Philip Quarry FRPS
Philip is a member of Kingston Camera Club and the RPS. We will be pleased to welcome him back to present his latest talk which, he says, could be subtitled “(Mis)adventures in Masking” and that “It is about the ways I’ve presented projected images, and still do so, from masking 35mm slides to the opportunities of the digital age. It is not about photographing letterboxes!”
Philip photographs many different subjects but says “My passion, though, has long been abstract images particularly seeking them in the world around me, looking for the extraordinary within the ordinary. I also enjoy exploring new avenues and styles outside my comfort zone.” You can see his website – https://philipquarry.
Visitors will be most welcome to come along and see it with us but need to sign up and pay a fee of £ 6.00. Sign up on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
LAST MEETING (September)
Members’ digital photos
Several members showed an interesting and varied selection of images of their choice including recent holidays, with good commentary and audience participation.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Wednesday, 18th November at 8pm upstairs at the Bell Inn
Members’ SPA PDI competition
We are asking our members to each submit up to 6 digital images to be considered for entry into 5th December’s SPA interclub PDI championship – nature and general categories – to be held at East Horsley Village Hall. A dropbox and instructions will be sent to members. The rules are in the SPA website https://surreypa.org.uk/ and although in a different format this year are basically unchanged. Please open this link: General-Conditions-for-SPA-
NB: This is the second time this competition is taking place this year. Normally it would be next May but it has been swapped with the print competition as the light in the room is too bright to see PDIs properly in May.
Wednesday, 16th December at 6.30pm in The Bell Inn
Christmas social and internal club competition
We will start the evening with an earlier starting time than usual to enjoy a festive dinner in The Bell Inn’s main restaurant. Afterwards we will go up to our private meeting room for our annual members’ competition with Shadows as the theme this year.
We are very pleased that Andrew Webster ARPS from Dorking Camera Club will be joining us and assessing our digital images (up to 3 per member) and selecting those he thinks best. Our members and guests will have the final, deciding vote on the winner who will be presented with the magnificent Mike Hammond trophy. This is always a fun evening.
EXHIBITIONS
Hampton Hill Photographic Society members’ annual print exhibition.
There is no entry charge as the prints are on public display on stands on the library shelves:
Friday, 15th January 2027: opening and private view in the evening in Teddington Library
Saturday, 16th January: prints exhibited for 4 weeks in Teddington Library
Monday, 15th February: the exhibition will be transferred to Hampton Library for a further 4 weeks.
Visitors are invited to vote for their favourite photos and the winning prints will be on show afterwards.
Light and Magic “The Birth of Art Photography” at the Tate Modern 14th October to 21st February 2027 Link
The “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” exhibition in the Natural History Museum in South Kensington from 16th October to 11th July 2027 Link
THE HAMPTON SOCIETY CALENDAR
Hampton Hill Photographic Society supplied all the photos (of Hampton of course) for the Hampton Society’s 2027 calendar. It is A4 size and costs £7.50. If you are interested in buying one, please contact Linda Brignall tel. 020 8979 9499.
SPA Individual Print & PDI Competitions: There is still time to enter as the deadline has been changed to 10th October Individual-Print-PDI-
You may be interested to know that Andy Sands, a photographer who has given a presentation to us in the past, is also the proprietor of the Chiswick Camera shop but has just moved the premises to Teddington, now co-habiting with Teddington Photographic, 17 Broad Street, TW11 8QZ.
We look forward to seeing many of you on Wednesday evening upstairs in The Bell Inn. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact chairman@hamptonhillps.org.uk
Best regards,
Penny Westmoreland
Hampton Hill Photographic Society