Hailsham Photographic Society

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The Society will meet every Thursday at 7.30.pm at The Hellingly Community Hub BN27 4EP.
The season is from September to May.
Details of events through this season are listed in the PROGRAMMES / Programme for 2022/23 Season folder.

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2022 - 2023 Programme

The first event of the new season
is on
1st September 2022
and is a
welcome evening to all returning and any new members with a PDI guide to woodland photography titled
I Can't See The Wood For The Trees
presented
by
Dr Edward Hyde ARPS

Summer Programme
A visit to Rye Harbour

June 28th proved to be an excellent choice of date for our summer social to Rye Harbour with blue skies, warm sunshine and a gentle breeze. Members Sally, Paula, Mandy, Richard, Peter, John, David and Jane arrived as bright as the skies we were blessed with and set off on a leisurely walk towards the sea - passing but avoiding the temptations and culinary delights of the new visitor centre. This was a first visit to Rye for Mandy whilst for Richard it would be a first visit to the Castle - providing legs and energy levels remained for the afternoon.

Early sightings of reed bunting, oystercatchers and avocets kept people busy with cameras whilst the much rarer nesting Little Terns provided tantalising flight views if not photo opportunities. Other interest was found in the shingle vegetation of the reserve with yellow horned poppies and Viper's Bugloss in full flower. The ( probably ) photographic highlights, and frustrations, of the morning included endless attempts of Common Terns in flight from the hides with one amongst us racking up some 1,100 images of her own before lunch.

After a light refreshment in the Visitor Centre we continued to Castle Water Hide where we were welcomed by a very confiding Chiff Chaff. On the journey we enjoyed views of Marsh Harriers ( a first for Peter ) being harried by lapwings and oystercatcher in addition to a range of butterflies and swathes of pyramidal orchids. Butterflies included Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Comma, Small skipper, Meadow Brown, Small Heath and Marbled White together with the day flying Six Spotted Burnet moth. From the hide, nesting Little Egret and the ubiquitous Cormorants kept the cameras busy and a Pochard made a special appearance for Sally. After a brief stroll to the Castle for Richard we set off back for the cars - an enjoyable day spent in good company.

Colour Show 2023

The Hailsham Civic Community Hall has been booked for the next Colour Show on 3rd and 4th March 2023, so that we can resume bringing our photography, in the form of audio visual productions, to the local community.

Projected Image Sizing
Images for PDI and AV competitions
should be sized to
1600px (maximum width) x 1200px (maximum height)

Members Galleries
Jack Taylor is the latest member to update his Gallery.
A note on how to prepare images for a Gallery has been added to the 'More / How To' folder.

COMPETITION RESULTS 2021/2022

PRINT OF THE YEAR
For the Gay Biddlecombe Trophy
14 April 2022
Judge: Cherry Larcombe ARPS DPAGB EFIAP BPES
Awarded to Louise Pemberton for her print
Sweet Pea Impressions