Year of Coast and Countryside 2012
PSA Nature Inter Club Competition Image of the Year
In the last round of the Inter Club PSA Nature Competition Rob Devenish scored 15 points and was awarded anAward of Merit and the Image of the Year Award. Well done!
A Day at the Races
Find out about Club Members' visit to Bangor on Dee Races
Birkenhead Park Exhibition
Hoylake Photographic Society are pleased to announce that they are exhibiting the work of their members for the second year at Birkenhead Park Visitor Center. The exhibition is open, free to the general public and will continue until 6th May.
Members of the Society preparing frames for the exhibition
Congratulations to John Sixsmith who has been presented with the above certificate celebrating the fact that he came 10th in the world in PSA recognised Nature Print Exhbitions in 2010
Hello from the Festival of Firsts Arts Team
Time to register for a wonderful, Wirral Festival of Firsts 2012
Dates for your diary – Gallery Hoylake 23th June – July 8th 2012
Application Forms can be downloaded here
During Gallery Hoylake there will be exhibition space for groups at a number of venues. Please register your group as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Art on the Promenade and
Arts weekend at The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre July 7th & 8th 2012
For the Arts weekend we are looking for artists interested in either holding a workshop, demonstrating their skill or exhibiting and selling their work at The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre and other venues on the 7th and 8th July. The exhibition space will be on a first come, first served basis.
Please pass this information to other groups and individuals that may be interested in participating.
In order to help with our planning please would you contact me as soon as possible by phone or email. Please send an image of your work and a few words about yourself for possible inclusion on the website
Looking forward to hearing from you soon
Barbara Singleton
barbjsingleton@hotmail.co.uk
Chair of Festival of Firsts Art Team
www.festivaloffirsts.co.uk
Syllabus Changes
We have had to make the following changes to the progamme in March and April.
9th March 2012 Wallasey A/V Group (not 20th April)
20th April 2012 Annual DPI results (not 27th April)
27th April 2012 L & C P U Folio (not 9th March)
Landscape Competition 10th February 2012
John Sixsmith sweeps the board in the Landscape Competition on 10th February judged by John Royle, CPAGB ARPS
Portrait Session
Club members rook part in a Portrait session on 3rd January
Click here to see more
Illustrative Competition 2012
Knowsley Hen by George Evans
See results of the Illustrative Competition - January 13th 2012
Festival of the Firsts
Throughout the Festival of Firsts' weekend in July 2011, Rob Devenish, member of the Hoylake Photographic Society, extensively catalogued the event in a series of brilliant images. They say every picture tells a story, but Rob's photographs tell many stories of the huge success of the Wirral Festival of Firsts 2011.
Here is a selection of Rob's pictures. Click the thumbnails in the gallery below to see a larger image. Hundreds more pictures can be seen in his online Flickr album by clicking the link below.
Honours for HPS Members
At the PSA Conference in Colorado Springs, USA, Diana & Brian Magor were presented with certificates for "Excellence" - EPSA requiring a total number of 700 acceptances in international competitions
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Margaret & John Sixsmith were also issued certificates awarding them "Proficiency" - PPSA requiring at least 288 acceptances in international competitions |
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New Rules for submitting Digital Images
Images should be jpgs sized at 1400 by 1050. That means that the horizontal side must not exceed 1400 and the vertical side must not exceed 1050
Naming:-
Entries for the main club competition should be titled as follows:- surname-initial-title
Example: carver-n-Meols sunset.jpg
Entries for the Wednesday night group should be as- title-surname-initial.
Example:- reflections-magor-d.jpg
This helps to randomise the images on the night.
Digital images for main club competitions must be submitted by email at
hpscomps@gmail.com
Please do not submit images on CDs or memory sticks. If this causes problem please discuss with Diana beforehand.
Digital images for the Wednesday Night Group should be submitted by email at hpswng@gmail.com at least 24 hours in advance.
Please note that you will not be issued with a sticker for the back of your print unless you specifically ask for one on the entry form.
Click here for a further guide on competition entries
Members' successes in the German Mega Circuit
Congratulations to Barry Quatermass who had 21 acceptances in the German Mega Circuit Digital Competition. Other member successes include Brian Magor (14) and Diana Magor (11)