Weekly Whats App Challenge
In order to give everyone something to stretch their photographic muscles, while we’re in lock-down, our Chairman has been organising a series of weekly What’s App Challenges. Each Thursday we’ve… Read more »
Panel Competition
One of the great challenges for any photographer is to not just take a single image but to show a number of images together that explore a theme. So here,… Read more »
People and Portraits
The People and Portrait competition is (fairly obviously) all about taking pictures of people. These can be formal posed shots (like those shown below) or can be informal or candid… Read more »
Landscape
The Landscape competition has been a firm favourite in the Hitchin Camera Club Calendar for many years. The landscape competition is always fiercely contested with a mix of rolling countryside,… Read more »
Nature
Natural History is often a tricky subject to define and has been the subject of much debate. In May 2014, the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) agreed on definitions (on the RPS website)… Read more »
Open Competition
Open competitions are in some ways the easiest to enter, because literally anything is allowed. Your images can of course fall into one of the normal categories like landscape or… Read more »
Monochrome
The Monochrome competition is has been featured a number of times in the Hitchin Camera Club Calendar but has now become an annual fixture. MonochromeAn image of any subject presented in… Read more »
Scavenger Hunt 2022 – Update
Congratulations to all those of you who attended this year’s Scavenger Hunt and completed the challenges and an even greater well done to those who sent in your sets of… Read more »
Scavenger Hunt Subjects for 2022
Please find the 25 subjects for this year’s scavenger hunt courtesy of Mrs H. As always you need to shoot an image that addresses each subject, however you only have… Read more »
Centenary Event
On the 27th May 1922, the Hitchin and district and Letchworth and district Camera Clubs, organised a photographic outing around Hitchin, well 100 years (and 1 day) later HCC will… Read more »
Natural History Competition April 2022
Author Title Score Alex Devaure Snowdrop in the Dark 7 Andy Hyde The Power of the Wild 8 Chris Mills The Grey Squirrel 9 Chris Evans The Entertainer 7.5 Dan… Read more »
Camera Club Charity Auction
The Camera Club is often donated items of camera equipment and ephemera. We pass these onto our members via a charity auction usually held at the AGM with the proceeds… Read more »
SOLD ! – Canon 100-400mm EF f4.5-5.6 L IS lens
Please Note this item has been sold I’m having a bit of a clear out at the moment and getting rid of equipment I no longer use… I therefore have… Read more »
Muddy Mayhem March 2022
A glorious Sunday saw a team of photographers from the club capturing the efforts of over 500 people taking on the challenges of Muddy Mayhem. The Garden House Hospice teamed… Read more »
Shoot Wide Competition – March 2022
DPI Author Title Score Thomas Pedersen Bored Waiting For Genki 8 Mike Thompson The Wider View From Top Field 10 Janice McInally Buttermere, Lake District 10 Gordon de Sousa St…. Read more »
Putting Photos on Instagram via LightRoom
At one of our recent Member’s Minis night Dan gave a presentation on using Social Media and specifically how to post images to Instagram directly from LightRoom. Dan’s presentation covered… Read more »
Panel Competition, February 2022
Author Title Score Jo Conway Memories of Staffa 5 Debra Wells When the Pigeon Goes, I’m Out of Here 7 Jenny Scott Counting Sheep 7.5 Mike O’Neill Anarchy in the… Read more »