{"id":1498,"date":"2018-12-16T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T16:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1498"},"modified":"2019-01-05T11:46:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T11:46:32","slug":"george-purchase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/george-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"George Purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GP-NIKON-D810DSC_1946-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1499\" width=\"333\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GP-NIKON-D810DSC_1946-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GP-NIKON-D810DSC_1946-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GP-NIKON-D810DSC_1946-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/GP-NIKON-D810DSC_1946.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, I&#8217;m George and I joined the committee in 2018 as the club&#8217;s web admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My photographic history is much like anyone else&#8217;s here&nbsp; &#8211; I&#8217;ve always had a camera since a kid and joined a club to get better.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve found entering competitions the most effective way of&nbsp; improving my photography as judges provide practical pointers on what could have been done better.&nbsp; Of course judge&#8217;s personal taste do creep in, but you have to let that wash over you.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entering the first competition was quite daunting, and indeed my entries attracted a long-list of suggestions for improvement!&nbsp; But having been through the competition process a few times now it&#8217;s fairly straight forward to avoid the common mistakes.&nbsp; Take a look at the blog for the post on &#8220;what judges are looking for&#8221; to get a head start!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo taking the aside, the club has a warm friendly vibe, with club nights well attended with a good mix of age groups (and opinions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve no regrets joining Croxley at all, and at just \u00a340 for a year&#8217;s membership it&#8217;s a bit of a bargain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;m George and I joined the committee in 2018 as the club&#8217;s web admin. My photographic history is much like anyone else&#8217;s here&nbsp; &#8211; I&#8217;ve always had a camera since a kid and joined a club to get better.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve found entering competitions the most effective way of&nbsp; improving my photography as judges provide &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/george-purchase\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;George Purchase&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1498","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1727,"href":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1498\/revisions\/1727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/croxleycameraclub.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}