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Neath Salon 2025

Neath & District PS are pleased to announce that their 2025 NDPS UK Salon will be open for entries from 1st February 2025. This is their 10th year as a BPE exhibition.

Key salon dates:
Entries open 1st Feb 2025
Entries close 20th 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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Bristol International 2025

The 79th Bristol Salon of Photography is ready to accept your entries. We welcome both new images from past entrants, and photographers thinking of entering for the first time.

We continue to be one of the reducing number of Salons that have print sections, and would appreciate your support.

This year once again we have low entry fees and 3 Print and 3 Projected Image Sections: Open Colour, Open Monochrome, Nature.

More than 200 Medals and Certificates will be awarded plus a FIAP Blue Badge for the Best Entrant. An A4 printed catalogue available to every entrant.

The closing date for entries is 31st January 2025.

For more information, click the image below and you will be directed to the Salon website.

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PSA News from Gary Shinner

Here is the list of people whom have had continued successes from September to the end of November.

  • Paul James 1 Gold Medal / 1 Ribbon / 2 Jury choice awards & 6 HM’s
  • Angela Bonner 1 Silver Medal
  • Kev Robertson I gold Medal
  • Ian Ledgard 1 Gold Medal / 1 Silver Medal / 1 Diploma / 2 Ribbons and 2 HM’s
  • Mike Bray 1 HM
  • David Edwards – Has gained his MPSA
  • Rhodri Phillips Has gained his EPSA certificate and pin in November.

Congratulations to all members listed above, who reported back to me with their recent awards, medals and other successes in the PSA affiliated salons. If there are any other members of the PSA have some successes – then please e-mail me directly – gary_shinnerlrps@sky.com (Note the underscore)

Anyone out there wants to find out any more about the PSA, please again contact me, I’ll do my best to help you. However you can go to their website: https://psa-photo.org/

Good luck to everyone with their photographic journeys.

Gary Shinner MPSA2 BPSA
CMD  for Wales

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WPF Success at PAGB APM

Four WPF Photographers were successful at the recent PAGM Awards for Photographic Merit.

Congratulations go to Dave Brassey and Annette O’Connell, both of Gwent CC, who have attained the distinction of CPAGB (Credit award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) and also to Peter Wyles and Lin Wyles, both of Monmouth PC who achieved thei DPAGB (Distinction award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain).

Below are Dave & Annette pictured with President of the PAGB, Daphne Hanson DPAGB HonPAGB.

In the photo below, Lin is to the right of Daphne Hanson and Peter is above Daphne’s head.

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PSA News from Gary Shinner

Here is some information of Welsh photographers gaining notable successes in the last few months. The list is in no particular order.

Sian Davies EPSA – Achieved EPSA (E = Excellences) and two awards.
Susan Rees – Achieved her first Star in Colour Division.
Mike Bray EPSA – Achieved 1 award
Tony Grubb QPSA – Achieved a Gold Medal & 1 Award.
Paul James EPSA – Achieved 2 Gold Medals and 7 awards.
Ian Ledgard GMPSA/B – Achieved a Gold medal, a Silver medal, 2 bronze Medals and 7 awards.
Andy Polakowski  – Achieved 2 Gold Medals, a silver medal and 3 awards.
Kev Robertson PPSA – Achieved 6 gold medals
Gary Shinner MPSA2 BPSA – Achieved Galaxy colour 8 level, 1 Gold & 1 Silver Medal.

Congratulations to all members listed above, who reported back to me with their recent awards, medals and other successes in the PSA affiliated salons. If there are any other members of the PSA have some successes – then please e-mail me directly – gary_shinnerlrps@sky.com (Note the underscore)

Anyone out there wants to find out any more about the PSA, please again contact me, I’ll do my best to help you. However you can go to their website: https://psa-photo.org/

Good luck to everyone with their photographic journey’s

Gary Shinner MPSA2 BPSA (CMD  for Wales)

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The Story of ‘Electric City’ by Paul James

We’ve received this from Paul James, via Gary Shinner,  the new PSA Country Membership Director for Wales. If you are interested in anything pertaining to the PSA, please feel free to contact Gary.

‘Electric City’ by Paul James AWPF, CPAGB, EPSA, BPE 1, L.APS/G

Every year, the Photographic Society of America (PSA) run a number of competitions for its members.  One of these is the Annual Landscape Competition.

I have entered the Portrait competition a number of times and done quite well up against stiff competition but this was the first time that I had entered the Landscape Competition.

I was pleased to learn that my image “Electric City” had been voted the winner in the popular vote category and would be featured in the June 2024 PSA Journal.  This award is given to the image that had most votes from PSA members.

I was particularly pleased that this image had done so well as I’ve worked out that it cost me a fortune to take. The image is of the Dubai skyline at night with the Burj Khalifa in the background. I had planned my trip to Dubai on a stop over on the way to Australia in 2023.  I’d seen images from this place before and a little research told me that the image would need to be taken from the roof terrace at The Shangri-La hotel in Dubai’s business district.  My wife Jackie and I were staying in Dubai for 10 days and in order to get the image I booked us in to the Shangri-La for 3 nights.  The view from the roof terrace didn’t disappoint and I managed to get plenty of images from there at different times of the day and at different angles.  This one that did so well at the PSA landscape competition has just enough colour left in the sky to compliment the vibrant orange, yellow and red lights from the cityscape.

I think that the slow shutter speed has managed to bring even more ‘life’ to the image which along with the colours, complements the feel of a bustling and vibrant city that is the match of any in the world for us cityscape photographers.

As an aside, the same image won various international salon awards as well as the Bridgend Camera Club Landscape DPI competition in 2024 which was judged by none other than Ian Ledgard the outgoing PSA Director for Wales.

So it was one of the most expensive images that I have taken but as it turns out, well worth the cost. It was taken on a Canon 5DS R. Settings: f7.1,  8s, ISO 100, focal length 16mm).

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Huge Thanks to Ian Ledgard

Massive thanks to Ian Ledgard EFIAP/P GMPSA/B GPU-Cr5 AWPF BPE1, for his service as CMD for the last 7 going on 8 years. [CMD = Photographic Society of America – Country Membership Director for Wales].

Ian has been a shining light, and a constant beacon on the International circuit, for many years now, and continues to strive and produce new photos and progress up the ladder as probably one of the most decorated Photographer in Wales. I have always found Ian to be very helpful, supportive, understanding and encouraging to my own photographic journey.

Even though Ian steps aside from his role as CMD, he is still there to be utilised as a source of inspiration and knowledge to us all.

I know he will only be too willing to offer me, as his successor any guidance that I require, but I’m sure he will be happy to help us all.

So lets give Ian BIG congratulations on a job well done and we all wish him continued photographic successes.

Gary Shinner
LRPS EFIAP/s MPSA2 AWPF BPSA GAPU A.APS
PSA Country Membership Director for Wales

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Masters of Print Exhibition Opens

The 7th PAGB Masters of Print Exhibition is now open at Bedwellty House and Park. It is the first time the exhibition has visited Wales.

Address: Morgan Street, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3XN. 
Closing date: 17th September.
Opening Hours: Bedwellty House is open daily from 9.30am – 4.30pm.
The Orchid House Tea Room is open daily from 10.30am – 4.00pm.
Parking: Please note that only disabled parking is available on-site.  Public, free parking can be located on Morgan Street, before the main gates of Bedwellty House and Park, and on Stable Lane. More information here.

We urge you to pay a visit and enjoy the very best of British Club Photography. You can also enjoy the Cafe & Gardens of this beautiful venue.

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50th Smethwick Golden Jubilee International NOW OPEN

Closing date: 4th November 2024.

3 Print Sections: Open Colour, Open Monochrome & Nature. (Prints can be forwarded to Southampton International).
3 Projected Image Sections: Open Colour, Open Monochrome & Nature.

Over 200 Medals and Ribbons to be won with a 68-page A4 Colour Catalogue to each entrant. Patronage: PSA 2024-1416, FIAP 2024-537, GPU l240102, PAGB 2025-009

On-line entry system here. Rules here.
Low entry fees (only pay for each section entered).

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