The Welsh Photographic Federation
Undeb Ffotograffig Cymru
I am pleased to say that all five candidates have gained their distinctions this year. The successful candidates are:
David Kitson AFIAP
Kevin Robertson AFIAP
David Hopes EFIAP
Margaret Jones EFIAP
Christine Tidman EFIAP bronze
Congratulations to all – well done!
I have your certificates and badges which will be presented at our AGM. This may change depending on the current Covid conditions.
Ed Cloutman
FIAP Liaison Officer
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve just added Barbra Archdale-Smith ARPS AWPF of Barry to the supplementary list of Judges.
After years of service to our member clubs, Imants has decided to step down from judging. We thank him most sincerely for all the time he has spent serving our member societies. We really do appreciate his efforts.
Peter A Young – WPF President
The PAGB Executive has reviewed and agreed changes to the General Conditions for all events, the Monochrome definition and the Nature definition have changed and new rules have been introduced for ‘out of area’ members.
Please find below the reports from the 2020 Ace of Clubs – I hope those of you that were there concur with these figures – if not please SHOUT!
I thought it was a great day of photography and I thought our Judges performed well for which we have much appreciation – given the misbehaviour of our scoring system – we’ll have to do better next time!
The 3 Judges; Colin Harrison FRPS MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/d3; Ralph Snook ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/b and Peter Young LRPS CPAGB APAGB AFIAP chose a number of images that they thought worthy of mention: –
They jointly chose – “Safely over the bar” by Brian Merry of Rhondda CC as the best image overall.
Ralph Snook chose – “Banded Demoiselle Pair” by Alec Stewart of Gwynfa as his personal favourite.
Peter Young chose – “Alone on the Moor” by Jan Sullivan of Tenby as his personal favourite.
Colin Harrison chose – “Graveyard Run” by David Hopes of Bridgend as his personal favourite.
You can see them below….
Finally we must congratulate IOS and Gwynfa for coming first and second and being prepared to represent the WPF at the PAGB PDI Competition held in Warwick this July – that’s worth a day of your time going along to see the best of British PDI work!
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We’ve received the sad news from Chrisine Starnes that June Grundy passed away just before Christmas.
Her and her husband Bill, were members of both Hay CC and Merthyr Tydfil CC for many years.
Gwynfa CC is very very sad to report the passing of their friend and former member, Ieuan Llewellyn.
For those who knew Ieuan, they’ll let you know his funeral details as soon as they have them.
The PAGB Executive has reviewed and agreed changes to the General Conditions for all events, the Monochrome definition and the Nature definition have changed and new rules have been introduced for ‘out of area’ members.
The rules for each event and the guidance on image repetition have been updated to match the changes. The object is to make compliance by entrant federations and clubs and photographers easier to understand, and so reduce problems arising between entrants and event organisers.
See the individual documents via the competitions page or by viewing them in the links below.
General Conditions (for all events)
PAGB (FIAP) Monochrome Definition (for some events).
PAGB Nature Definition (for some events).
Guidance about Image Repetition in Events (for all events).
There are also new rules for ‘Out of Area Photographers‘. For the PAGB Events with Club Entrants (Print Championship, Projected Digital Images Championship, GB Trophies, GB Cups), a Club may not enter the work of more than one Photographer who resides more than thirty miles outside the boundaries of the Club’s Federation. See the ‘General Conditions’ here.
2020 is the 40th year of Gwynfa Camera Club (originally Beddau & District CC) and members, past, present and future, are invited along for an evening of memories on March 5th.
There will be lots of photos (both competition and otherwise) and a full buffet will be provided (by Fun Fillings & Valley Catering).
If you know any former members who’d like to come along, please let them know. Entry is £2. www.gwynfa.org.uk
Welsh photographers have achieved good results in the New Year Circuit in Serbia. PSA Member Neville Thomas had 16 acceptances and won a Bronze Medal and an HM. Ian Ledgard had 7 acceptances and was also awarded an HM.
Three other Welsh based photographers also had successes and might perhaps consider seeking PSA recognition of their achievements John Bell and Matthew Jones both collected 16 acceptances and Anthony Baggett 8. How about it folks?
Ian Ledgard
PSA Membersip Director, Wales