We will holding a mini exhibition and coffee morning on Saturday 27th March 2010 between 10am and 12.30pm at Upper Park Road Methodist Church Bohemia Road, Bohemia.

John Staples from Eastbourne was the judge for our recent competition of prints against St. Marys Bay Photo club. John provided humour and very practical advice about improving the images he saw. St. Marys Bay were the eventual winners.
Our next meeting is on 16th March at 7.30pm at Baldslow Community Hall, Harrow Lane, St. Leonards. This will be our 3rd Print competition. New members are always welcome. Telephone 420545 for more details or look at our website : www.ore-st-helens.co.uk
On Saturday 27th March we are staging an exhibition coffee morning between 10-12.30pm at Park Rd. Methodist Church, Bohemia Rd. We would love to see you there !

Popular judge, Melvin Smith, again passed comments and decided winners in our recent 3rd Slide competition and newly created Digital Image contest.
In the Digital Image competition, Alan Harding came up with the top mark with his picture of a frog. Narrowly behind, in joint 2nd places, were 'Frozen Droplet' by Annette Barton and 'Colourful Combo' by James Ball. A trophy will be awarded to Alan as winner, in memory of our former Secretary, Anita Cutting, who sadly passed away recently.
In the third Slide competition, Peter Harding won General category with 'On the Beach' and Flora & Fauna, with 'Mycena Inclinata'. Brian Bailey proved successful in General Digital 'Portsmouth Landscape' together with Abstract & Creative' Stressed'. Steven Young took honours in Portrait' Village Lads' and in Candid with ' Sorting the Catch.'
Our next meeting on 2nd March is a competition against St. Mary's Bay camera club. New members are always welcome. We meet at 7.30pm at Baldslow Community Hall. More details on our website : www.ore-st-helens.co.uk
On Saturday 27th March we have a special coffee morning, sale and exhibition of photos. Everyone welcome ! This is to be held at Park Rd. Methodist Church, Bohemia from 10-12.30pm

Chris Martin very ably judged our 2nd Print Competition. Winners included Felicity Hills 'Did I miss something ?' in General section , whilst in Landscape, Alan Harding won with 'Hastings Old Town snowed in'. Annette Barton was victorious in Portrait with 'Mongolian Herdsman' and James Ball won Flora & Fauna with 'Snarling Cheetah'. Our sadly departed Secretary, Anita Cutting, won Candid with 'Nice Ice' and 'Welcoming Light' in Digital Art.
Our next meeting is 'Nature's Design', a presentation by Colin Page. This promises to be a special evening. We meet at Baldslow Community Hall, Harrow Lane, on tuesday 2nd February at 7.30pm. New members are always welcome. More details at www.ore-st-helens.co.uk

Great news ! In the first Sussex Digital Image competition held in Hailsham recently, our club finished in fifth place. Seventeen clubs took part.We are very proud of this achievement.
Michael Betts from Battle again did the honours in judging our 2nd Slide competition.
In General, winners were Felicity Hills 'Still Life' and 'Linnos Coastal Scene' by Peter Harding. In General Digital Source, Brian Bailey won with a black & white Dungeness scene entitled 'Anchors Away'.
Peter Harding was again successful in Portrait with 'Miss Haversham' whilst Kelvin Godfrey' Pavement Artist' and 'Big Shot' by Peter Harding took the honours in Candid section.
In Abstract & Creative ,Felicity Hills won , while in Flora & Fauna, Brian Bailey had two winners with 'Essex Skipper' and 'Painted Lady Larvae'.
Our next meeting is a special presentation by Chris Skinner about High Definition Imaging & panoramic views. We meet on 15th Dec. at Baldslow Community Hall, Harrow Lane, at 7.30pm. New members are always welcome ! More details on our website at www.ore-st-helens.co.uk

Our most recent meeting was a very practical evening staged by members , Alan and David.
Alan talked us through how we could get the best from using different controls on our digital cameras. He demonstrated these through a series of pictures he took. This was particularly helpful to members with new members getting to grips with manuals and individual camera capability.
After a break, David continued his exploration of Photoshop focussing on image and enhancement of pictures, together with image resizing. This would be particularly useful for our pilot digital imaging display in February.
Both presentations were of a very high standard with members feeling very positive afterwards.
Our next meeting is our 2nd Slide Competition on 1st December at 7.30pm. We meet at Baldslow Community Hall. New members are always welcome. Why not join us ? More details on our website at www.ore-st-helens.co.uk 

Jean Holmwood from Heathfield provided the thoughts and judgements at our First Print competition of the new season. She awarded the following First prizes to : Pat Byrne, new member, 'Peaceful Time of Day' [Beginners]; Michael Mynett 'Burst of Red Arrows' and 'Hastings Pier at Sunset' by Brian Bailey [General]; 'Boats on the Creek'  by new member, Steven Young [Landscape]; Alan Harding's 'Dragon Boat Racer' and Alison Brignall's 'Rachel,jumping' [Portrait]; 'Slumdog or Slumchild' by Steven Young [Candid] and finally Michael Mynett's 'Caila Lily' together with Brian Bailey's 'Cinnabar moth larvae'.
Our next meeting, on 20th October at 7.30pm is a special presentation about the Indian Himalayas. We meet at Baldslow Community Hall, Harrow Lane. More details on our website at www.ore-st-helens.co.uk New members are always welcome.

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This blog will begin in the new season starting Sept 09.

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