Club News

Our fifth competition of the 2022-23 season took place on 13 April 2023 and was judged by Paul Graber ARPS, from Guildford Photographic Society. Paul was a welcome visitor who has judged for us before. 

This was a set subject competition: ‘Abstract or Experimental’ for prints and ‘People’ for projected images. Paul explained what he would be looking for in these set subjects. 

Abstract / Experimental: is there an air of mystery and do I have to think hard about what the image is?

The 2023 Crouch Shield took place at the Barn Theatre, Southwick, which is an excellent venue for this competition. The images were projected big onto the theatres screen and looked great. There were some excellent images to be seen, and the judge, Cherry Larcombe EFIAP ARPS DPAGB BPE*5 gave a good critique of the images. She could be picky at times, but that is to be expected when so many good images are on display. We came third, which is a respectable position us in the competition. Geroge's "Wasp Drinking" scored our only twenty.

Our fourth competition of the 2022-23 season took place on 2 March 2023 and was judged by Roger Mendham, LRPS, from Bookham Camera Club in Surrey. Roger was welcomed by Janet Brown. Though a very experienced judge, this was Roger’s first time at Storrington. Whilst judging he gave frequent suggestions for improvements and entertained everyone with anecdotes drawn from his wide knowledge and experience. All present thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

Judge’s favourite images of the evening

In 2019 Chris Philipson of Eastbourne Photographic Society and his wife made a return visit to the US and embarked on a 1,000 mile journey. In a debut presentation he showed us photographs of his trip but not in the form of a travelogue but by focussing on four themes.

A lifetime with photography and a current project illustrated the latest members' presentations on their photographic interests. George Reekie and Kevin Harwood, both wildlife enthusiasts showed examples of their work.

Our third competition of the 2022-23 season took place on 19 January 2023 and was judged by Paul O’Toole who was welcomed by Janet Brown. Paul is a very experienced judge, a member of Littlehampton Camera Club, and is well known to most members. He entertained us all with interesting and often funny anecdotes as he reviewed our images. He frequently gave suggestions for possible improvements based on his wide knowledge and experience.  

Judge’s favourite images of the evening

As always at Storrington the standard was high. The judge’s favourites were:

Our second competition of the 2022-23 season took place on 24 November 2022 and was judged by Caroline Preece LRPS who was welcomed by Janet Brown. Caroline introduced herself and described what she looks for in an image. “Photography is a visual language with no rules” she said. As she reviewed the images her feedback was often refreshingly different and very animated. She gave the photographers numerous suggestions to increase the impact of their images, both visually and to reinforce the narrative.

Iñaki Hernández-Lasa FRPS FIPF AFIAP is one of only seven people in Ireland who has obtained Fellowships of both the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS) and the Irish Photographic Federation (FIPF). His two fellowships were both obtained with panels of architectural images. In a Zoom presentation from Limerick Iñaki treated us to a confident, informative and delightful insight into his approach to architecture photography.

Our first competition of the 2022-23 season took place on 27 October 2022 and was also our first competition in our ‘new home’ at Thakeham Village Hall. The judge was Malcom Bull, from Steyning Camera Club, who is well known to our members and was welcomed by Sarah Beard. Malcolm did us proud, giving advice as he reviewed our images and adding numerous amusing anecdotes into the process. This all made for a very enjoyable evening.

We had an eclectic mix for our first members' evening of the season.