Once again our Chairman has come up with something new which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present. Ever since he joined the Committee a few years ago, Chris has come up with new ideas which were new to our Camera club
The evening started with a few parish notices. Liz was thanked for managing and setting up the display in the Library and again this week for setting up a great display of our prints in the square at Storrington. We hope that all will have a look as it is a brilliant way of letting the people know what we get up to.
Chris also mentioned another coffee morning on Wednesday 20th Jan. details to follow. Janet made a further plea for members to join the Fickr ‘One a Month’ competition.
Unfortunately, attendance was not very good again and those that did not attend missed out on a very entertaining evening.
Four of our most elite members were asked to bring ten prints each for the club to judge and mark. Everyone’s names present went into a hat; a print from the pool was put up, and then a name was drawn form the hat. That person had to assess each print out loud for us all to hear, just as judges do for our competitions.
We had each been given a printed sheet with a list of all the prints and in columns drawn up put down our mark for each picture, before the judge gave his marks. Then the judge gave his marks which we entered in the column for the purpose. It was very interesting to see the differences and to see how many times we agreed with our colleague up front.
Our forms were then collected up for analysis by Chris to see who voted closet to the judges. We await the results with interest.
There was a lot of talk about the sharpness of the prints (I am frequently told my pictures are not sharp when to me they are, AND I go to Supersavers). I was interested to read in the paper this week that TV programme makers are trying to seek out older lens for their cameras because for some period programmes, modern lens are too sharp, Mr Picthall.
The prints were set up on the viewing box by Anne and Alex wearing white gloves, which will be a feature of future competitions. Having one of our resident comedians up front, with contributions from Audrey, Ray, John Goodfellow and others made the whole event a very jolly affair with much banter. This is what gives our club a very nice feel to it by being relatively small so everyone knows everyone else, and we all get on well with each other.
If we have a similar evening, we will probably use PIs so that everyone can see the pictures properly. With prints, those at the back cannot see all of the detail. Also, I think it would be better with more of a cross-section of the club providing the pictures, because as tonight’s pictures were from our best photographers, there were very few remotely ‘ordinary’ pictures. They were all very good.
Anyway congratulations to Chris and everyone who helped him put on a really entertaining evening.