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Sat 3rd March 2012 A Shooting Cripplegate walk to help us get a bit of a fix on local history and to take some more photos. We'll be needing lots of photos! We'll set off from outside the Museum of the Order of St John, just off Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 4DA at 11am. The museum is free and opens at 10am. You'll need at least 1/2 hour to take in the museum, so aim to arrive between 10-10.30.
Tues 6th March 2012 Competition No. 3 of the year has the theme of "People/Portraits" Drawing on the fantastic advice and enthuseasm of recent speaker David Levine members are asked to photograph people either in a formal portrait setting, or a more casual environmental one. Only club members are eligible to enter the competition, but all are welcome to come and learn from viewing the pictures and listening to the comments and advice provided by professional portrait photographer, David Levine. At 6.45pm, City YMCA, 8 Errol St, London, EC1Y 8LX - alongside Waitrose just north of the Barbican Centre (map). All welcome - non-members pay just £3 on the door. |
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Great Large Format Workshop by Julian Hawkins |
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On Tues 21st Feb 2012 Julian Hawkins brought along two 5x4 cameras for club members to try out and see how they worked.
Julian has been shooting commercially since the 1980s, started out with still life, but now mostly shoots landscapes on 5x4 and portraits on medium format.
As well as the hands-on demo, Julian made a presentation setting out his philosophy on photography. He regards shooting on large format film as a meditative process, an entirely different experience to shooting digital.
This was an excellent and informative evening. We were very fortunate in getting such a passionate and experienced photographer to give up his time to speak to us.
Julian Hawkins runs Shadows & Light workshops here. |
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Change of Competition email |
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Jerry is stepping down as Competition Secretary due to family and work commitments. We owe a big thank you to Jerry for working so diligently at this for so long.
For our next portrait competition members may enter up to 2 prints and 2 digital files each. Just bring your mounted prints on the night. Please email digital competition entries to this new email address:
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at the latest on the Sunday before the competition. Use the file format: Title_Your Initials_March.jpg - the image should be 1024 pixels on it’s longest side. The competition software uses the underscores to automatically separate the author's initials from the title.
The full Digital Image Competition Rules are here (Word Doc) and here as PDF. |
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We are a central London based photo group, meeting in EC1, just north of the Barbican. We aim to improve the quality of our members' photography through meeting and discussing each other's work, as well as through our fortnightly lecture series. Club members include beginners, enthusiasts and professionals. You don't need to own an expensive camera to become a good photographer. One year's membership of City of London and Cripplegate Photographic Society will improve your photography for little cost.
All are welcome to attend our varied programme of lectures, workshops and competitions. We simply have a suggested donation of £3 for non-members, to help cover the cost of the room hire.
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Joseph Grimaldi of Clerkenwell |
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Above Sad Clown with portrait of Grimaldi by Bill Gilliam.
Every year in Feb a remembrance ceremony is held for Joe Grimaldi in Holy Trinity Church in Hackney east London.
Joseph Grimaldi (18 December 1778 – 31 May 1837), was an English actor and comedian who is perhaps best known for his invention of the modern day whiteface clown. He chiefly appeared at Drury Lane in pantomime where his greatest success was appearing in Harlequin and Mother Goose; or the Golden Egg and followed with a successful performance at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.
He lived all his life among the people of Clerkenwell and died at 33 Southampton Street, now called Calshot Street. Islington Council has called the park in which he lies buried Joseph Grimaldi Park to commemorate a great artist. Read more.
Above Prayer for Grimaldi by Bill Gilliam.
In February many of London's working clown entertainers and street performers turn up in costume to celebrate the great mans life. This year the snow prevented some of the usual devotees from getting to the ceremony but club chair, Bill Gilliam, made it there and recorded the photos above. There was a moving ceremony with a blistering vocal performance from one of the Trinity Church congregation followed by a clown show for children. This event along with many others is listed in our Photo Opportunities page on this site.
Photo below by club member, Steve Daszko, who was also at the event.
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