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What’s Going On?

Here are some quick links to what’s going on at present….

2025 Welsh Salon of Photography Exhibition

The Neath Salon – Entry Deadline Extended – Support your local salons!

Entries Invited for the 2025 Barrian Cup.

Introductory Day for Potential New Judges – register your interest.

How to apply for an AWPF Distinction

AWPF Distinctions Workshop

Subscribe to WPF Newsflash

Scroll downwards to see lots of other news in a chronological format.

Alternatively, to see all the posts about a particular subject, please use the ‘News Events and Categories’ menu to the right of this post.

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2025 Welsh Salon Exhibition

Once again the Welsh Salon of Photography Exhibition will be held at the excellent Cynon Valley Museum.

Opening Dates – It opens on Saturday 3rd May 2025 and the last full viewing day will be Thursday 29th May.

The Official Opening & Awards will be at 11am on Saturday 3rd May.

Opening Times – The museum is open to the public from 9.30am to 3.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday & Monday.  Please be sure to double-check opening/closing details before visiting.

Venue:  Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare. CF44 8DL.

Parking: You can park for up to two hours free in the adjacent Tesco car park.

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Neath Salon 2025 – Deadline Extended

The Neath & District PS 2025 NDPS UK Salon is still open for entries. This is their 10th year as a BPE exhibition. The entry deadline has been extended to 23rd April.

Key salon dates:
Entry deadline: 23rd April 2025
Selection weekend: 27th & 28th April 2025.

Selectors:
Sue Sibley ARPS  EFIAP/S   DPAGB  BPE5
Dave Coats  ARPS  EFIAP/P  MPAGB  HONEFIAP  HONPAGB
Pam Lane  ARPS  DPAGB  EFIAP  APAGB

Details can be found on our website www.neathphotographicsociety.org from 1st Feb 2025.

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Charlie Waite & Steven Le Prevost at Bristol

On Sunday 25th May 2025Bristol Photographic Society hosts Charlie Waite & Steven Le Prevost for their Bob Faris Memorial event.

It takes place at BAWA Leisure Centre, 589 Southmead Rd, Filton, BS34 7RG and doors open 9.30am for a 10.00am start

Tickets cost £10 inc 2x tea/coffee and must be booked in advance here.

Full details can be found on here.

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Stanley Chell Update

Due to limited resources, Aberdare CC has decided not to host Stanley Chell in 2025 but they hope to restart the competition in 2026.

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Story of an Image

“Trees of many shapes” – by Ian Ledgard GMPSA/B

Award – Salon Gold – CMYK Circuit – Mono Section – Montenegro – October 2024. Camera Data:   Panasonic DMC-G80, 1/100 sec,   F13,  ISO200

The Story
With my working life having been spent in Forestry Management it is no surprise that many of my images are of trees. This one was taken in late February 2024 whilst walking around the National Botanic Garden of Wales. On the skyline I spotted this group of trees and pressed the shutter.

I always shoot in RAW and the colour image was unremarkable so I turned to Nik Silver Efx Pro 3 seeking for a mono version. After trying various pre-set options I opted for this which after a little tweaking shows a grainy sky reminding me of early days with black and white film.

The image has gained a number of acceptances in International Exhibitions and I was delighted to be awarded a Salon Gold.

Ian Ledgard, GMPSA/b

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