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End of Year Presentation

11/12/2019

Our last meeting of the year was our trophy presentation evening.

The meeting brought to a close our 70th anniversary, which was celebrated by an excellent cake made by our competition secretary, Corinna Hardware.

Nigel Chapman

30/10/2019

Born in 1946, Nigel has been a keen landscape photographer for many years, but has recently concentrated on natural history and botanical subjects, particularly macro images and the intimate landscapes.

He was the Royal Horticultural Society Photographer of the Year in 2005 and was awarded gold medals at the RHS Autumn Exhibitions in 2006, 2008, 2010 and again last year for his panel “ Waterside Plants”.

He particularly enjoys making books of his images which he has done for a number of years, using both traditional methods and also online publishing which is now becoming very popular.

Nigel has exhibited at the Gallery at Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking and various venues in Chichester. The Medici Society produced a collection of cards illustrated with his plant images in 2007.

John Fox - 32 Years as a Press Photographer

4/9/2019

Horsham Photographic Society has secured the renowned guest speakerJohn Fox, and we are happy to share with you the opportunity to see his work. This presentation will be rich in pictures and original press cuttings spanning John’s multi award winning career in Sussex and Manchester.

John is a full time self-employed professional photographer with 53 years’ experience. He is a life member of the National Union of Journalists, having worked freelance as a photographer in Sussex for many years before taking a full time post on the Brighton Evening Argus in the 1980s. This led to him becoming a photographer for the Manchester Evening News, after winning the "photographer of the year" award at "The Southern Press, Radio and Television Awards" in 1983. He also holds three "Ilford Awards".

He moved back to Sussex in 1996.

Open Print Competition - Results

26/8/2019

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition.

Congratulations to David Donati, in the adult section, and Oscar James in the under 18s, for their winning entries.

Oscar James - Fryern Woods

David Donati - Last Light

Full Results -

Under 18s

Name	Title	Positiion
Oscar James	Fryern Woods	1st
Seb Dunkley	It's a bit early	2nd
Seb Dunkley	Sea Side Lights	3rd
Jasmine Barnes	Dog's Day Out	Highly Commended
Oscar James	Sea Defences	Highly Commended
Oscar James	Rackham Bridge	Highly Commended

Adult

Name	Title	Positiion
David Donati	Last Light	1st
Lydia Sanderson	Impression of St Mary's Church	2nd
David Clews	Early Morning over Upper Beeding	3rd
David Clews	Early Morning Adur Valley	Highly Commended
Lydia Sanderson	So Happy Together	Highly Commended
Mike Clark	"Dawn Patrol"- over Copsale looking SE	Highly Commended
David Donati	Warm Impression	Commended
Jack Morrice	Funfair at Dawn	Commended

Mark Pain - Sports in Focus

1/5/2019

Mark Pain is a multi-award winning sports photographer with over 25 years’ experience and international recognition.

He has covered major events worldwide from the Olympic Games to the Ryder Cup, and from football and rugby World Cups to World Championship athletics. Mark has worked at the top of his profession for many years. He was Chief Sports Photographer of the Mail On Sunday for over twenty years.

He captures Premier League football action, as well as taking portraits and features of the biggest and best stars in the world of sport, working for both editorial and corporate clients.

Having won many competitions and been highly commended on numerous occasions, including as a sports finalist in the World Press Photo 1998, Mark was named as the Sports Photographer of the Year in 2005 and 2011 at the British Press Awards.

He was named as the British Airways Olympic Photographer Of The Year 2012 at the prestigious UKGuild Of Picture Editors Awards.

In 2011 Mark successfully launched the first dedicated Sports Photography School in the UK, and in 2013became a Nikon UK Ambassador.

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Horsham Musuem - Captured by Light

22/4/2019

Horsham Photographic Society, in association with Steyning Camera Club, is currently holding an exhibition at Horsham Museum called "Captured by Light".

The photos, taken by members of both clubs, aim to capture the scenery and culture of the Horsham District.

The event runs from 13th Apr 2019 to 6th Jul 2019.

Slawek Stasczuk - Landscape Photography is Simple

6/2/2019

Slawek is a Polish-born photographer based in Brighton who specialises in landscape. His imagery has been published in numerous magazines and used in brochures, advertisements and websites.

He will present diverse examples of his work, comment extensively on the techniques used and hurdles he had to overcome to get specific photos, and talk us through the "creative process".

Swan Walk Exhibition

3/11/2018

We are currently exhibiting a selection of members' work in Swan Walk shopping centre. Please come and take a look.

Tom Way - Wildlife Through a Lens

31/10/2018

Tom is a professional fine art wildlife photographer based in the UK. He has received awards in various international competitions including EuropeanWildlife Photographer Of The Year and the SonyWorld Photography Awards.He spends most of his time overseas focusing on large mammals around the world. Tom’s main passion is Africa where assignments have seen him focus on elephants and lions in Kenya and leopards in Zambia and he regularly exhibits his work in galleries and exhibitions.

Within this talk Tom goes into what it takes to be a wildlife photographer; talking about the importance of light, the right angles and the emphasis on trying to compose a saleable image when looking through the lens. Tom describes his adventures over the last few years, and how he has gone from working in a gym to now taking wildlife images around the world and exhibiting them all over the UK.

Paul Mitchell - Confessions of a Landscape Photographer

3/10/2018

Born in East Yorkshire, Paul's interest in photography began at school. He then studied graphic design at art college and soon after began his design career in London working for many well known FMCG companies and brands. He now lives, and runs his own design consultancy, in Buckinghamshire and tries to devote most of his free time to photographing the landscape.

Paul has had numerous exhibitions in London and the South East and has had articles and images published in many photographic magazines. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and currently serves on the Fine Art Distinctions Panel, a member of the prestigious Arena group and a founder member of The Landscape Collective UK (LCUK). Paul is also a well respected photographic judge and lecturer.

Paul has also been successful in the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, winning the Sunday Times Choice Award in 2013 and being the Urban Category winner in 2015. He has also had recent successes in the Outdoor Photographer of the Year and the International Garden Photographer of the Year.
Apart from his self-published book on pinhole photography, “Spirit of Light”, he has collaborated with four renowned photographers to publish “The Coast – a personal view of the English coastline”.

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