Hedon Museum Visit and Egg Challenge! – Wed 20 October 2021

Wednesday 20 October 2021: 

We are meeting at the Hedon Museum from 7pm – 8pm. This is a chance to have a look around the Museum and also to see Ray’s mini-exhibition. There are two other interesting displays too; Artist John Parks has a collection of flower paintings on display, and Wood Turner Morley Richards has a fascinating collection of items made on his lathe.

You can Park in Hedon’s Iveson Close car park and the Museum Entrance is located at: https://w3w.co/caves.consoles.scorch.

The Museum is a voluntary enterprise relying on grants and donations for its existence, so we will hold a collection on the night towards its funds – suggest a £2 minimum donation.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available!

EGG CHALLENGE!

As an extra for the meeting, we are issuing an EGG CHALLENGE. Bring your best print of an Egg (a 6×4 or 5×7 will do) and we’ll have an appropriate prize for the one chosen by us all as the winner!

The competition was inspired by the image “A Wide Load” by Jim Uney.

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.

LIGHT PAINTING with Hedon Viewfinders – Wed 13 October 2021

Wed 13 October: Light painting night (outdoors). Bring your woollies and your tripods. Weather permitting.

Always a popular night – and this time our Light Painting Wizard Glenn Stallard is back to help us create some wonderful images!

We’ll meet up at the Haven Arms first at 7pm to go through the kind of settings you’ll need and then it will be outside for the session. The weather forecast is currently good, but come appropriately dressed to keep warm!

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Wednesday 20 October: We are meeting at the Hedon Museum from 7pm – 8pm. A chance to have a look around and to see Ray’s mini-exhibition. Park in Hedon’s Iveson Close car park and the Museum Entrance is located at: Museum Entrance: https://w3w.co/caves.consoles.scorch.

Wednesday 27 October: Our Halloween Night. An opportunity for fancy dress and spooky shooting! Meet Dastardly Douglas and his Ghoul friends at the Haven Arms at 7pm!

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.

October Meetings at Hedon Viewfinders – All Welcome!

MEETINGS 7PM ON WEDNESDAYS at HAVEN ARMS, HEDON, HU12 8HH.

Wed 6 October 2021:

• Review of Scavenger Hunt photos (digital). Bring your photos in a digital format ready to share, or put them into the Album in the Facebook Group. We’ll let the ‘Number Ones’ and the ‘A-Team’ members have a short meeting to each decide what to show. Grand Prize Giving to winning team (slight exaggeration!).
• A short talk by David Bell on the Landscape Benbo Tripod kindly donated to the club from Dave Harding. We want to give it away to a deserving owner who will use and treasure it – so if you fancy owning a classic, come along to the meeting and find out more!
• Analyse your Aperture! (tutorial and challenges about using the aperture settings on your camera for creative effect).

Saltend, New York.

Wed 13 October: Light painting night (outdoors). Bring your woollies and your tripods. Weather permitting.

Wed 20 October: To be arranged. Have an idea? Get in touch!

Wed 27 October: Halloween Spooky Shoot. Fancy dress very much encouraged. We’re expecting two special guests who will preview their Mexican Night of the Dead costumes!

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.

Photography Scavenger Hunt – Hedon Viewfinders Wed 29 Sept 2021

Note: No meeting Wednesday 22 September.

HEDON VIEWFINDERS NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 29 September 2021 at The Haven Arms, Havenside, Hedon at 7pm.

Scavenger Hunt!

An unusual photography night where we’ll split into teams and each will be given a number of Photography Scavenger Hunt Challenges.

The winners will be the first team back with all the necessary photos and items!

This will suit those who want to stay in or near the pub as well as those who will want to travel a bit further afield.

Some fun prizes! A rather different and fun night at Hedon Viewfinders!

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.

Drinks photography… but with a creative twist!

Building on the tabletop work we’ve done in the last few weeks then the idea developed at our last meeting of doing a product photography shoot on Wednesday 15 September 2021 around DRINKS (glasses, bottles, cocktails, branded products, etc).

But we want to look at composing shots with an extra element – a creative twist. Not just the subject but can we create something eye-catchingly different? For Example, not just a bottle perhaps, but how might we involve water, shadows, bokeh, etc? Thinking caps on folks!

Bring your own imagination and props, but we will have some arranged.

Haven Arms, Hedon, 7pm on Wednesday 15 September 2021. All Welcome. Free, fun and friendly!

Find on what3words: https://w3w.co/captive.crispier.pirate

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.

Hedon Viewfinders Club Gallery – Recent activities

These were all taken by Viewfinders during the course of the last few weeks of Club activities. They will open in random order:

Vase, flower and shadow – Julie Pidd

Light painting swing wheel- Janet Bucknall

Human Fruit Machine – Mart

Matt Barratt – Ray Duffill

Balloon blur – Lynn Leedham

The Winner! – Maggie Wingfield

Pineapple – Matthew A Brown

Turkey of Olde – Carl Cooper

El wire – Lynn Leedham

Imogen Hart – Keith Maddon

Turkey – Pam Watson

Turkey – Lynn Leedham

Vases and flower – Dave Hook

Beverley – Martin Cooper

Fish out of Water – Jim Uney

Light painting spin wheel dome- Mandy Broadbent

Vintage Bikes – Martin Cooper

Crystal bird – Ray Duffill

Jim Danby – Keith Maddon

Beverley – Ray Duffill

Egg and Rupert – Jim Uney

Table still life – Brenda Crossan

Beverley Beck – Lynn Leedham

Brenda’s Wonderful Surprise! – Ray Duffill

Melon cuts – Dave Hook

Light painting swing wheel- Mandy Broadbent

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.

Planet Circus Tickets 5pm on Wed 8 Sept 2021

We’re still doing Oil & Water Photography on Wednesday evening 8 Sept at the Haven Arms from 7pm prompt, but we’ve got some tickets (7 of them) prior to the meeting for the ‘Planet Circus O.M.G.’ event at Bilton at 5pm. There are only a few of these special tickets so first come, first served (will cost £3 includes a brochure). Please email at viewfinders-ttl@gmx.co.uk to book and we’ll reply with where to meet before the event to pick up your tickets at 4.45pm.

After the meeting, those that attended can hopefully come along and join us at the Haven.

With Peter Loft.

See link for information and normal price: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planet-circus-omg-hull-bilton-early-bird-special-offer-tickets-166540038739

Oil and water photography

IT’S AN OLD FAVOURITE at the Club on Wednesday 8 September 2021 7pm at the Haven Arms; we will be doing Oil and Water Photography!

You don’t need much. A camera. A tripod. A DSLR or mirrorless camera with a macro lens is useful (or extension tubes for your kit lens) but you can always crop your photos with other lenses or other types of camera.

You need a small amount of cooking oil to use. You’ll need a clear, clean glass container to put your oil and water in – and some way to hold your container securely in the air so that you can place colourful paper, cloth, items, etc under the container. You need to light those items using a flash, continuous lighting, or a powerful torch.

You fill your container with water. Add the oil. Then you’re ready to start shooting.

Good fun. And no two setups are really alike.

Google Oil and Water Photography for lots of tips and ideas!

Shot over a coloured pillow

Shot over colour lolly sticks

A possible set-up.

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.

A Lark in the Dark! Hedon Viewfinders photography.

Wed 1 September 7pm at the Haven Arms – Photography ‘Lark in the Dark!’

Low light photography and indoor light painting.

This week’s meeting will concentrate on low-light photography and indoor light painting.

By moving the light, or by moving the camera, the aim will be to produce some creative images. We’ll be working in low light conditions so bring your tripods (we’ll have some to lend) and torches to see what you are doing.

We’ll discuss your camera settings so everyone can get the most out of this session.

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.

STILL LIFE Wed 25 August 2021

WE ARE doing a STILL LIFE session on Wednesday night at the Club.

Haven Arms, 7pm on Wednesday 25 August 2021.

We will have some scenes set up to photograph, but do bring your own props.

In your STILL LIFE shots, you need to create the whole composition to fill your frame from corner to corner. You have the power to place everything you need into your scene.

There is a useful article on STILL LIFE here: https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/photography/still-life-photography-ideas-and-tips.

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Hedon Viewfinders. 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.