Long Shadows – 52 Week Photography Challenge 2022.

It’s the season of ‘Long Shadows’ in the UK – and this is an observational and creative challenge to inspire your next photo!

Hedon Viewfinders – 52 Week Photography Challenge 2022.

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WEEK 3
LONG SHADOWS:
With the sun low in the sky (in the UK) then it’s the perfect time of year to observe the elongated shadows cast.

Your challenge is to photograph those unusual shadows. If taking your own shadow, then look for ways your cast shadow can interact with its environment.

No sun, or stuck indoors? No problem! Your torch or another light source can cast your long shadows!

This is one of those challenges that will improve your observational skills as well as inspire creativity.

EACH WEEK for 2022, we will introduce a new Challenge, Task or Idea to stimulate you into taking new photographs. It’s just for fun. We hope you join in each week. If you’ve had a go at one of the ideas before, then don’t miss it out; instead, try to approach the challenge in a new way.

Join in 0n our Facebook Group page with the chat and banter about these challenges; get tips and advice from other members.

52 Week Photography Challenge 2022

Forced perspective optical illusion – Hedon Viewfinders Photography Club.

Employ optical illusion to convince the viewer that something strange is happening!

FORCED PERSPECTIVE is a photography technique that makes an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is in relation to other things in the scene. It can be quite fun and employs optical illusion!

We are going to have a look at this fun technique at our meeting on Wednesday 19 January 2022.

Wednesday 19 January, 7pm at the Haven Arms, Havenside, Hedon HU12 8HH. All Welcome. Free, fun and friendly!

Hedon Viewfinders Photography Club at the Haven Arms

Hedon Viewfinders is Hedon’s own community photography club. It’s free to join. It’s free to take part in our activities. The club prides itself on its good reputation for its fun and friendly approach to studying and enjoying photography.

Meets Wednesdays every week 7pm at the Haven Arms, Havenside, Hedon HU12 8HH. But check our key dates to see if we’re inside or out and about.

ALL WELCOME.

Lensball Photography with Hedon Viewfinders – Wed 12 January 2022.

A popular photography accessory in the form of a crystal ball, a lensball can help create stunning imagery through the technique of refraction.

WELCOME to all our New Members who have joined us for the New Year 2022. And welcome back to existing members! Our meeting this week WEDNESDAY 12 JANUARY 2022 will look at Lensball Photography and related things.

We’ll look at some tutorials and other ways to inspire your photography whether on the night or if you opt to have a go later.

ALL WELCOME. Please note and be prepared to abide by any Covid-19 precautions that are in place.

Hedon Viewfinders Photography Club at the Haven Arms

Meets Wednesdays every week 7pm at the Haven Arms, Havenside, Hedon HU12 8HH. But check our key dates to see if we’re inside or out and about.

ALL WELCOME.

Leading Lines – 52 Week Photography Challenge 2022.

Lines can add interesting elements into your images. Your challenge this week is to find those interesting lines!

Hedon Viewfinders – 52 Week Photography Challenge 2022.

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WEEK 2
FIND THE LINES:
Vertical lines, horizontal lines, diagonal lines, zigzag lines, and curved lines, etc, can all add interesting elements to your photographs. Your challenge this week is to find those interesting lines whether in nature or the human-made world.

‘Leading lines’ is an additional composition technique where lines in your image lead the viewer’s eyes around the photograph and into the main subjects.

Your challenge this week is to find those interesting lines to photograph and discover leading lines where you can!

Join in 0n our Facebook Group page with the chat and banter about these challenges; get tips and advice from other members.

52 Week Photography Challenge 2022

Hedon Viewfinders – 52 Week Photography Challenge 2022.

What can you do with simple sheets of paper (or thin cards) as photo subjects?

Hedon Viewfinders – 52 Week Photography Challenge 2022.

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Join in 0n our Facebook Group page with the chat and banter about these challenges; get tips and advice from other members.

WEEK 1
CREATIVE WITH PAPER:
What can you do with simple sheets of paper (or thin cards) as photo subjects? You can use white or coloured paper. By clipping sheets together you can create some wonderful curves. With window light and artificial light, you can create shadows and a wonderful contrast between light and dark. Do you keep your papers sharp with a narrow aperture, or creatively blur with a wider aperture? There are wonderful abstracts to create. What can you do with sheets of paper?

52 Week Photography Challenge 2022

Wednesday 5 January first meet-up of 2022.

REMINDER: Our next meeting is Wed 5 January 2022 at the Haven Arms, 7pm. It’ll be a Props Night so bring in your interesting (or challenging) objects, items whether large or small, to photograph.

It’ll also be a Kit and Camera Surgery night – so if you were lucky at Christmas, bring in your new photographic ‘toys’. If you have questions about using your new cameras and kit (settings, features, etc), or indeed your existing kit, then we’ll do our best to answer them!

ALL WELCOME. Invite your photography friends!

Note: Hedon Viewfinders will exercise any necessary precautions in line with Covid-19 pandemic regulations. This may affect how we manage the meetings.

Christmas News update!

WE HAD our Club Christmas Party on Wednesday 15 December and the Food at the Haven Arms was brilliant, the room was decorated beautifully, and the Party Atmosphere was electric! With the Christmas Quiz and the Secret Santa, it was a party full of laughter and really revealed the fun side of our friendly Club.

At the Party came some announcements:

The Eddie Award to the ‘Most Enthusiastic Creative Competitor’ and ‘Best Fancy Dressed Viewfinder of 2021’ – went to JANET BUCKNALL!
The Eddie Award to ‘The Most Improved Photographer in 2021’ – went to JULIE PIDD.
The Winner of Photography Challenge 21, and winner of £25 was DAVE HOOK. Photo by Maggie Wingfield.
The Winner of the Photography Challenge Draw (£10) was JENNY YOUNG.

Events still to come:

Saturday 18th December – Ice Sculpture Trail, Hull City Centre (11am-3pm). Meet at 12pm at the top of Whitefriargate/Monument Bridge.
Tuesday 21 December, 7pm – “Christmas Live!” An Outdoor Nativity Play with Real Animals at Easington. A very special Christmas event.

The Club next meets in the New Year on Wednesday 5 January 2022 at the Haven Arms at 7pm. ALL WELCOME.

Some Images from our events over the last few weeks:

And finally…

MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone associated with Hedon Viewfinders – and all the very best to you and yours, and for photography in 2022!

Hedon Viewfinders Photography Club at the Haven Arms

Meets Wednesdays every week 7pm at the Haven Arms, Havenside, Hedon HU12 8HH. But check our key dates to see if we’re inside or out and about.

ALL WELCOME.

Reminder about Hedon Viewfinders Christmas activities 2021

Christmas activities! And remember that Photography Challenge 2020 closes Friday 10 December – still time to get images in!

Christmas Activities:

Saturday 4th December, Hedon Open Garden for Christmas. 1pm. 3 Fletchergate, Hedon. £4 entry towards good causes.
Monday 6th December – Hedon for Christmas Lights and Light Trails. 6.30pm. Meet Watmough’s Arcade (main cut through to the right of the Hedon Inn from Iveson Close car park).
Wednesday 8th December, Cottingham Christmas Lights. Meeting outside the Duke of Cumberland at 7pm.
Wed 15th December, of course, will be the Christmas Party for those booked. “Pirates of the Hedon Haven!”
Thursday 16th December – Yorkshire Wildlife Park Illuminations trip.
Saturday 18th December – Ice Sculpture Trail, Hull City Centre (11am-3pm). Meeting point and time to be arranged.
Tuesday 21st December, 7pm – “Christmas Live!” An Outdoor Nativity Play with Real Animals at Easington. A very special Christmas event.
Wednesday 5 January – First meeting of 2022. Haven Arms, 7pm.

REMINDER: Photography Challenge 2020 ENDS on Saturday 11 December 2021. Still time to get images in and enter the free draw!

Just to wish all our Members, and their family and friends, all the best for the Christmas Season. Keep safe and we’ll see you on one of the events or in the New Year!

Hedon Viewfinders Photography Club at the Haven Arms

Meets Wednesdays every week 7pm at the Haven Arms, Havenside, Hedon HU12 8HH. But check our key dates to see if we’re inside or out and about.

ALL WELCOME.

Hedon Viewfinders at Christmas Seasonal activities!

Hedon Viewfinders at Christmas seasonal activities.

Hedon Viewfinders at Christmas offers a special opportunity to practice some special seasonal photography!

Wed 1st December, Hull Christmas Lights. Meeting 7pm in front of the City Hall.
Sat 4th December, Hedon Open Garden for Christmas. 1pm. 3 Fletchergate, Hedon. £4 entry towards good causes.
Wed 8th December, Cottingham Christmas Lights. Meeting outside the Duke of Cumberland at 7pm.
Wed 15th December. “Pirates of the Hedon Haven” Christmas Party at 7pm for those who have booked.

In addition to the above, we will be organising a night around Hedon for the Christmas Lights and Light Trails. To be arranged. Contact us for details.

The next meeting of the New Year 2022 will be on 5th January at 7pm at the Haven Arms.

Hedon Viewfinders Photography Club at the Haven Arms

Meets Wednesdays every week 7pm at the Haven Arms, Havenside, Hedon HU12 8HH. But check our key dates to see if we’re inside or out and about.

ALL WELCOME.

“Pirates of the Hedon Haven!” Hedon Viewfinders Christmas Party.

Christmas Party Time and Pirates at Hedon Viewfinders! Haven Arms, Hedon Wed 15 December at 7pm.

Why are pirates called ‘pirates’…? Because they arrrrr!

Wed 15 December 7pm at the Haven Arms. Christmas meal, Quiz and the Eddie Awards! £20 per head. Fancy dress optional.

All Members are invited. Partners, friends, etc are cordially invited too. Menus will be sent out to those who book to choose their three-course meal.

If we could have the names of those coming by Sun 21 November that would be much appreciated! Please message or email CONTACT US. If we could have all monies paid in by Monday, November 28 that would be most appreciated too!

REMINDER: We are not at the Haven Arms next Wednesday 24 November, but at the Burton Pidsea Memorial Hall for our joint meeting with the Young Farmers Club. Arrive by 7pm to set up for a 7.30pm prompt start.

Keep an eye on the website and our KEY DATES web page for updates to our meetings and events schedule as we enter the Christmas period. We are looking at attending an Open Christmas Garden in Hedon on Saturday 4 December and arranging trips to both Hull and Cottingham Christmas lights.