Return of Welsh Salon Prints

A BIG thank you to all who entered this year’s Welsh Salon. We look forward to you entering again next year.

The salon prints into their boxes and are ready for collection. Please contact Cliff Emery on 07482672241 or email him at cliffemery@ntlworld.com to make arrangements to collect.

Alternatively, let him know if you’d prefer to collect them from the Barrian Cup next Saturday, 10th June.

PAGB APM – Trial of Two New Levels

PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit – Trial of Two New Levels

In response to demand from Individuals, Clubs and Federations, the PAGB is introducing, on a trial basis, two new ways to achieve an Award for Photographic Merit.

BPAGB – Badge Level

The Badge Level will be assessed at exactly the same standard as the CPAGB but will require fewer images and a slightly lower passing score. (7 Prints required. Entry Fee £42)

  1. Entry is available under the same conditions and criteria as apply to CPAGB applications.
  2. The entries will be included in the CPAGB category, and the Adjudicators will not be told which are CPAGB entries and which are BPAGB entries. They will thus be voted on according to the same criteria against the same standard as the CPAGB.
  3. Entry is not available to holders of the CPAGB.
  4. The entry is 7 images. The passing score for BPAGB will be 125. The normal review procedure of near misses will apply. Entrants achieving 125 or more will be awarded a BPAGB Certificate and Badge. (A newly sourced badge, identical to the CPAGB but White).

EPAGB – Excellence Level 

  1. The Excellence Level is a step up from DPAGB, assessed at exactly the same standard but with a significantly higher passing score. (15 Prints required. Entry Fee £90).
  2. Application for the Excellence Award is only open to existing holders of the DPAGB in Print, PDI or AV who have held the DPAGB for at least 11 months and who are still current, active members of an affiliated Club.
  3. The entries will be included in the DPAGB category, and the Adjudicators will not be told which are DPAGB entries and which were EPAGB entries. They will thus be voted on according to the same criteria against the same standard as the DPAGB.
  4. No images which were used in the previously successful DPAGB entry can be used for the entry for EPAGB.
  5. The passing score for EPAGB will be 330. The normal review procedure of near misses will apply. Entrants achieving 330 or more will be awarded a EPAGB badge*. Entrants failing to achieve 330 but achieving 300 or more will not be awarded a further DPAGB certificate and badge. (A newly sourced badge –similar to the current DPAGB with an added “scroll”).

Both new levels are NOW OPEN FOR ENTRY for the next Adjudication in November but, for this trial, only applications in Prints will be accepted.

For further information go here.

WPF Entries for PAGB Inter-Fed 2023

This year’s PAGB Inter-Federation Competition is, again, for prints only and our entries have been chosen from submissions to the Memorial Competitions and the Welsh Salon, together with photographs sent directly to Jenny Hibbert, who chose the majority of our entries. The lists of entries can be found below.

Colour          Mono         Nature

Congratulations to all the photographers whose work has been selected to represent the Federation. Now we await the adjudication which takes place over the weekend of 3 & 4 June. Watch this space!

Peter A Young LRPS CPAGB AFIAP HonPAGB

74th Midland Salon Open for Entries

The 74th Midland International Salon of Photography is now open for entries. There are over 200 awards to be won and the salon has PSA, FIAP, GPU & PAGB patronage.

The Exhibition of Prints and Projected Digital Images will be held at the the Old School House, Churchbridge, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 2AS, UK
12th to 18th August 2023.

Full details here. Enter here.

Hay CC at the Hay Festival

Hay Camera Club, with support from the Carmarthen Camera Centre, will exhibit a range of photographic prints, available to view and purchase, and share our passion for photography at the Hay Festival.

Full details in this press release.

2023 PAGB Inter-Club Print Championship

The 2023 PAGB Inter-Club Print Championship will be held in the Croston Theatre at Westholme School, Blackburn on Saturday 21 October 2023. The finalist clubs and the Plate winners from 2022 qualify automatically and each Federation will be selecting clubs which to represent them.

The WPF Ace of Prints competition will be used to determine the clubs representing the WPF. Details here.

Landscape Photographer of the Year

Entries for the 2023 Landscape Photographer of the Year photography competition opened on February 14th 2023.

Now in its 15th year, Landscape Photographer of the Year celebrates the wonder of the British landscape and showcases the work of many talented photographers. The competition aims to inspire profound engagement with the British landscape through photography.

With a prize fund worth over £20,000, a full-colour book of best entries and a touring exhibition, Landscape Photographer of the Year inspires us all to experience the wonderful diversity of the UK.

Full details here.

AWPF Distinctions Places & Workshop

There are just a few places remaining for the 2023 AWPF distinction.

If you are interested in the challenge of achieving this sought after distinction then please apply following the instructions at the WPF website Distinctions – AWPF – The Welsh Photographic Federation (mywpf.org) or email me Paul James at this email address distinctions@thewpf.co.uk for further information on how to apply.

The AWPF workshop will be held on the 13th of May at The Cynon Valley Museum to coincide with the official opening of the Welsh Salon Exhibition.  You do not have to apply for AWPF to attend the workshop but space for the AWPF workshop is very limited so if you are interested in the challenge of the AWPF this year or in future years and want to come along to find out what is involved then please email me at distinctions@thewpf.co.uk  so that I can book you a place.

Even if you are yet to apply, we will have a number of AWPF ‘tutors’ at the workshop who will be able to answer questions and also look at any ideas you have for your own AWPF panel and provide you with feedback to get you going.

Paul James, WPF distinctions officer.