Amateur Photographer – 13 July 2019

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© MARK SETON

© SOPHIA SPURGIN

Bishop’s Stortford

Camera Club

Hockerill Sports and Social Club,

Beldams Lane, Bishop’s Stortford

CM23 5LG, Hertfordshire

Meets Tuesday evenings at 7.45pm, from September

to May

Membership £43

Contact Diane Le Count (07964 239526) or the

Chairman Frank Smith (07841 369089)

Website http://www.stortfordcamera.club

Club essentials

YOUR PICTURES IN PRINT

7 An Evening Walk

by Sophia Spurgin

Including figures in

this abstract ICM

image adds a great

sense of scale. The

colour palette is

beautiful, too.

4 Point of Interest

by Mark Seton This

is a classic landscape

scene which has been

executed to perfection

here, with a fantastic

choice of square crop

and central framing.

3 The Rogue by

Keith Potter Having

the subject look into

the distance lends

an air of mystery and

intrigue. Monochrome

suits it extremely

well, too.

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Do you invite guest speakers?

Yes. For this season, we have booked eight

speakers from a range of genres and skills.

Do members compete in competitions?

Yes. We have a number of internal and

inter-club competitions running throughout

the year, with success at a regional level.

Images have also been selected for

national-level competitions.

How many members do you have?

We currently have approximately 60 members.

Are any residential trips or outings planned?

Yes. We go away for the long bank holiday

weekend at the start of May. We choose a

Warner Hotel since the accommodation,

locations, food and price are always great,

and the entertainment is great fun.

Do you have any funny stories about the club?

We laugh a lot, in fact most of the time! I visited

Dorset with a group from the club last year; it

was just after the very bad Beast from the East

sketch. The hills and cliffs were ridiculously

slippery with mud and ice, so walking was a

challenge. Cliff, a member of the group, slipped

and tumbled the most, which became funnier

when we stumbled upon numerous signs

warning of ‘unstable cliffs’. At every sign we

placed Cliff in front of the sign and took a

photo. We found ourselves hilarious.

What are the club’s goals for the future?

We are doing really well in competitions and

with photos accepted by the East Anglian

Federation of Photographic Societies (EAF).

We ran an exhibition this year which was

very well attended. We all have a passion

for photography and never tire of learning.

8 Fox by Claire

Norman Superb

eye contact and an

unusual choice of

framing make what

might otherwise be

a mundane subject

really stand out.

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© KEITH POTTER

© CL AIRE NORMAN