Hexham & District Photographic Society

Our next assignment is scheduled for Sunday, 12th September.

BELSAY HALL

Mavis will lead an assignment to Belsay Hall on Sunday, 12th September 2010, meeting in the car park at 11-00am. There is a vintage car show with vehicles from the North East, pre-war Austin club with models on display ranging from 1920's -1970's as well as the Extraordinary Measures exhibition. Add to this the Hall, Castle and grounds and you have a great day out.
Please let Mavis know if you are attending by email at mavismccormick@yahoo.co.uk

We are aware that a number of members have indicated that they will be going along to Belsay but have not let Mavis know. So please get the emails off to Mavis.

THREE PRINTS IN A THEME

I would like to remind all the volunteers for the”3 prints in a theme” that their prints and comments need to be brought along to the club on 7th September. If you do not expect to be at the club then please let me have the work before the club recommences. Our commentator for the evening; Phil Warren needs to have the prints and comments 2 weeks before the actual evening to give him sufficient time to make it a constructive and entertaining evening.

ANNUAL EXHIBITION

I hope you all managed to see our Annual Exhibition.

This was the first year where we had the exhibition over 2 weeks. This was due to changes in the booking regulations by Northumberland County Council. In previous years bookings were Saturday to Saturday but it has now changed to Monday to Sunday. Saturday is always our busiest day in terms of visitors and contributions so to include 2 Saturdays we needed 2 weeks. The Moot Hall has since been taken over by the Woodhorn Trust so maybe we can expect more changes in future years! We had approximately 1600 people visit the exhibition from all over the world. Feedback was very positive and visitors were spending more time in the hall than in previous years and no it wasn’t raining.

The exhibition is totally self financing and in fact from donations alone we made a small profit. We didn’t need any special offers this year to encourage new members but we still signed up new members.

JIM SHIPP

At long last Jim had his heart operation yesterday; he had a double bypass and a new aorta. Reports from his son, Robert suggest that he is doing fine although he was due to remain in Intensive care today.

I think I can speak for most of our members in wishing Jim a speedy recovery. He hopes to return to the club by Christmas.

NEW SEASON

The new season kicks off on Tuesday, 7th September with Henry and Bob showing us what they have been doing photographically over the last year with a “Year in the Life”. This is a popular night in the programme and the idea has been transported to at least 2 other photographic clubs in the North. The following week we have Peter Paterson from Edinburgh with”Photography My Way”. If you want to see some of his work before 14th September his website is: www.peterpaterson.com

MEMBERSHIP

We have been able to offer membership to 11 new people and it was a direct result of 11 members who told me that they will not be rejoining this coming season. We therefore start the season with a waiting list. To establish whether we will be able to accept any further new members all existing members are asked to pay their subscription fees by Tuesday, 28th September. If anyone has not paid by this date it will be assumed that they will not be rejoining unless they contact me prior to this date. Look forward to seeing you all next month.

Carol