Carnival season is upon us again and this year we decided to move a little closer to our base at the Peveril Center in Castleton, with our annual stand displaying images from previous competitions. Last year we pitched our gazebo at Hathersage, this year we moved to Bamford. Given the interest in purchasing prints at last years event we decided to sell prints this time, with permission of the owners of course. Also this year one of our members Alan Hinchcliffe used his influence with the wireless SD card manufacturers Eye-Fi to have them donate some of their wireless SD cards for us to give out as prizes while promoting CHVPS. This generated lots of interest in our raffle while also allowing Alan to demonstrate the Eye-Fi product to all those people who share the passion of photography. Those members who were unable to attend Bamford Carnival, there will be another opportunity for members to win one of these fantastic wireless sd cards at our “Whatever the Weather” event on the 9th on August. If anyone would like to purchase one of the Mobi Pro cards Alan has negotiated a Member discount of 20%! If you would like more information about this offer, you can contact Alan via his website or via email alan@hinchcliffephotography.co.uk
The weather for the day was a little chilly and breezy to start, but that didn’t stop some optimistic or brave souls from turning up in shorts; but this didn’t improve the weather! Our army of volunteers had the marquee (maybe a little generous exaggeration) up in no time at all and our pictures were quickly on display. After erecting the gazebo, many members elected to snack on a hog roast bap, or a selection of cakes supplied by Megan’s cake stand – or both! feeling We had a good spot, near the entrance, which made our stand one of the most visited carnival stands. A number of visitors expressed an interest in joining us as new members of the club – we look forward to meeting them at the next meeting in August. There seemed to be a lot of interest in the wireless SD cards, with Ian, who bought a 32GB card in June, and also winning a 4Gb in the raffle, being an enthusiastic convert. With the sale of prints and the proceeds from our raffle we made a profit of £136, with £25 costs for the pitch being deducted from this figure – another welcome boost to the Club’s funds. You can view the rest of the photos from the days events here