Welcome to Hartlepool Camera Club

'We meet at the Hartlepool Peoples Centre (TS24 8AH)
​Mondays (except Bank Holidays) and Wednesdays 18:30 - 21:00
Ansel Adams
  • “In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” ...
  • “There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” ...
  • “Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” ...
  • “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.
The final competition results are now on the website at: 

http://www.hartlepoolcameraclub.com/presentation-results-2020.html

The the 2021 diary remains fluid due to Coronavirus Outbreak....You will be informed by email as to events and dates
​LATEST
Notice: Due to the severity of the Coronavirus the club is closing down activities until further notice: We hope to be back ASAP but please check this site, follow emails as they are sent and proceed with competition images to reduce waiting times for competitions when we return

Dear members,
I have had an email from Lin at the People Centre outlining the current situation regarding the lockdown.
Lin informs me that the Board of Directors for the centre have no plans, as this moment in time, to re-open the facility. This being due to the Government not yet having released any guidelines regarding the opening of community centres.  Neither are there any from the Health and Safety Department at the Hartlepool Borough Council.
Lin will inform us as soon as there is any decision made by the board when she will then be letting all the regular groups at the Centre know.
There will of course, be many changes to the way we carry out our services and classes but, paramount will be the health and safety of everyone. 

Goes without saying I suppose.
We will appraise the situation from our perspective once we have a clear way forward.
In the meanwhile, I am still taking donations towards a little help whilst the centre has been closed.
I know these are unique circumstances and hope we never find ourselves in anything like it again but we are just trying to ensure we have a future as a club when this is all over…

The Creative Manipulated Images results are posted on the webpage 

Print Competitions will be judged as Digital Images until things get back to normal so please submit your entries for the Projected Images as Digital to Gordon Dale
Beginners Class start throughout the year for Camera (15/01/2020) and RAW Editing (TBA) ....we hope to repeat them regularly - enquire here Contact Form
​Please visit regularly to keep up to date with our events and calendar full of competitions and outings...

News........

Coming Up:
Library Exhibition installation Ladies Exhibition  - other exhibitions will be set up throughout the year
HCC members are to be invited to take photos at some of Hartlepool Events...if you are interested in being considered please email me or contact me through the Contact Form
Constitution Amendment Proposal and AGM Minutes here
NCPF Competition Rules posted here​
Subs are now £15 for full annual term

Upcoming Events for 2021

​Beginners Class and Editing Tutorials -  Next course expected to be late October - Apply for a place using the Contact Form or by emailing gordon_dale@ntlworld.com

 Subject to change due to Coronavirus   
Diary 2021
April 2021
Mon 5 Bank Holiday - Closed
Wed 8 Social/Practical
Mon 12 Enprints Competition
Wed 14 Social/Practical
Mon 19 Scapes Competition DI
Wed 21 Social/Practical
             Entries Req Dora Davies DI
             Theme In and Around Hartlepool
Mon 26 Enprints Required
Wed 28 Social/Practical

May 2021
Mon 3 Bank Holiday
Wed 5 Social/Practical
Mon 10 Enprint Competition
Wed 12 Social/Practical
Mon 17 Dora Davies Competition DI
             Around Hartlepool
             Judge: John Devlin
Wed 19 Social/Practical
             Swan Trophy DI Entries Reqd
Mon 24 Enprints Required
Wed 26 Social/Practical
Mon 31 Bank Holiday

June 2021
Wed 2 Social/Practical
Mon 7 Enprint Competition
Wed 9 Social/Practical
Mon 14 Swan Trophy Competition DI
Theme Portraits Judge; Dawn Stobbart 
Wed 16    Social/Practical
Mon 21 Peter Dows ‘How To Ruin A DPI’
Wed 24 Social/Practical
Mon 29 Enprints Required



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Competition Results

2021 Competitions
Enprints
January Enprint - here
​February Enprint - here​
March Enprint - here
April Enprint - not held
May Enprint -  not held
June Enprint - not held
July Enprint -  not held
August Enprint - not held
September Enprint -  here
October ​Enprint -  not held
​November Enprint -  not held
December Enprints - not held
​Andrew Kerr - here
​Stephen Emerson Memorial - not here
Dora Davies - not here 
Swan Trophy - not here
​Fred Wigston - not here
​Creative Manipulated - not here
Stockton Interclub - not here
Projected Images - not here
B/W Open - not here
Colour Open - here
Beginners - Not Contested this year
Image Of The Year - not here

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Links to Famous Inspirational Photographers

Ansel Adams​ 1902–1984

Henri Cartier-​Bresson​ 1908–2004

Dorothea ​Lange​ 1895–1965

Annie ​Leibovitz​ 

Steve ​McCurry​ 

Richard ​Avedon 1923–2004

Robert Capa​ 1913–1954

Robert Frank​

Diane Arbus​ 1923–1971

Edward ​Weston​ 1886–1958

Elliott Erwitt​ 

Alfred ​Eisenstaedt​ 1898–1995

Alfred Stieglitz​ 1864–1946

Mara's Ghostly Exhibition Images - Follow this link
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/what-s-on/art/ghost-project-shows-off-mara-s-soul-searching-pictures-1-7235828
Events around our region that might interest you. 

H.C.C. Sales & Swaps

Here you will find goodies on offer from our members and the club. Enter.....
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