Forthcoming Events

Our next competition of the year is the relatively new Monochrome competition. As with the other competitions this year we will be asking you for up to 3 digital images.

Our judge on the night is Sarah Kelman who's rapidly becoming one of our most popular judges.

Details about the Monochrome competition can be found here https://www.hitchincameraclub.org/2017/04/24/monochrome/ however why not check out last year's entries here to get a feel for the type of images to consider https://www.hitchincameraclub.org/2019/11/07/monochrome-competition-2019/

As with all competitions your digital entries need to be in no later than midnight on the Sunday before the competition.

Please note due to the Covid Restrictions we are unable to run a prints category for this competition.

For our final competition before Christmas we have the first of our changing subjects "Abstract". As with the other competitions this year we will be asking you for up to 3 digital images.

Our judge on the night is Linda Woodward who's another of our favourite judges.

Here's the definition of Abstract we're going to be using for this competition.

Abstract
A visual image which has been created via the use of photographic equipment, processes and materials where the subject of the photograph is not immediately or even necessarily identifiable.

As with all competitions your digital entries need to be in no later than midnight on the Sunday before the competition.

Please note due to the Covid Restrictions we are unable to run a prints category for this competition.

One of our regular competitions is People and Portraits, and it's always a popular event. As with the other competitions this year we will be asking you for up to 3 digital images.

Our judge on the night is Ben Pike who's visited us a number of times in the past.

You can find the competition definition here https://www.hitchincameraclub.org/2016/06/19/people-and-portraits/ however if you look back through the previous years' entries you'll get an idea of what sorts of image do well.

As with all competitions your digital entries need to be in no later than midnight on the Sunday before the competition.

Please note due to the Covid Restrictions we are unable to run a prints category for this competition.

We start February with our second Open Competition of the year and will be asking you for up to 3 digital images.

You can find information about the Open Competitions here https://www.hitchincameraclub.org/2016/06/19/open-competition/. Don't forget of course you can look back through previous competition entries in either the "What's New" pages, or within the competition menu.

As with all competitions your digital entries need to be in no later than midnight on the Sunday before the competition.

Please note due to the Covid Restrictions we are unable to run a prints category for this competition.

For this competition we'll be welcoming back on of our previous judged, Jonathan Vaines.

For the Panel competition we'll be asking you to combine 3 separate photographs into single image, and we'll allow each member to enter 2 sets of 3. What your images are and how you combine them is entirely up to you, however the images should have a common theme and make a cohesive set.

You can find information about the Panel competition here. Don't forget of course you can look back through previous competition entries in either the "What's New" pages, or within the competition menu.

As with all competitions your digital entries need to be in no later than midnight on the Sunday before the competition.

For our second changing competition the subject is Movement, and this of course will be taxing assignment as we try to reflect Movement in a still image.

However, we know our judge Naomi Saul will be well up to the task and it will be interesting to see how our members approach this subject.

For the Movement competition we'll be asking you to enter up to 3 digital images.

You can find information about the Changing competitions here. If you need more guidance on competitions why not check out the advice in the competition menu.

As with all competitions your digital entries need to be in no later than midnight on the Sunday before the competition.

Our final competition of the year is the closely fought Nature Competition, where we'll be asking you to enter up to 3 digital entries.

Having visited us just a few weeks earlier Ron Tear will be returning to judge, so you might like to pay particular attention to his likes and dislikes when he tells us about "London my Way" on the 4th March

You can find information about the Nature competition here. If you need more guidance on competitions why not check out the advice in the competition menu, or review last year's entries which you can find here.

As with all competitions your digital entries need to be in no later than midnight on the Sunday before the competition.

Our final meeting of the 20-21 season will be the ever popular Knock-out competition.

The knock-out is purely for fun, however this is always an exciting and fun evening. We'll be asking you to submit up to 3 digital images which the members will vote on to determine which goes through to the next round, and to eventually become the winner,

You can find out more about the Knock-out competition here, although why not use the search feature to review previous entries.

Please Note unlike normal competitions the knock-out does not contribute to the overall scores, however you do have the flexibility to use previous competition entries!

As always Competition entries need to be in no later than midnight on the Sunday before the competition.