For the first time, Tenby Camera Club was delighted to host the Welsh Photgraphic Federation’s Memorial Trophy, at the Regency Hall in Saundersfoot. This WPF Photographic Competition, between 18 different Welsh Camera Clubs, was judged by Roger Parry ARPS, Hon. PAGB, AFIAP. He had travelled down from Birmingham for the day, to carry out the judging. Club members from clubs all over South Wales, over 100 in total, gathered in Saundersfoot, and each club entered 4 Prints in the competition. Clubs from as far apart as Llanelli, Crosskeys (Western Valley), Cardiff and Ebbw Vale took part.
2011 FIAP Awards for 15 WPF Photographers
We are very pleased to be able to announce that all the 2010 FIAP Distinction application results have been received and many congratulations go to the following members;
Those who have achieved their EFIAP are:- Robert Lloyd, Jill Baxter, Andrew Baxter, Phillip Davies and Jan Cawley.
Those who have achieved their AFIAP are:- Graham Davies, Dennis Russ, Haydn Thomas, Martyn Pinches, Leigh Woolford, Alan Shepherd, Tim Knifton, Gary Shinner, Karl Mullen & David Edwardes.
Well done to everyone. Also thanks to Jan Cawley for taking care of the applications and for being the bearer of such good tidings.
Results from PAGB Inter-Fed DPI Competition 2010
The results from PAGB Inter-Federation Projected Image Comp 2010 were as follows. The W.P.F. was placed ninth out of 15 federations.
Position, Federation Name, Average Mark and Number Accepted
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Congratulations to Jenny Hibbert MPAGB
Jenny Hibbert of Bridgend & Disctrict Camera Club has been awarded her MPAGB.
Jenny is the first photographer from the Welsh Photographic Federation to achieve this extremely prestigious award. Jenny said “it was nail biting and I was over the moon when I actually got it”.
The MPAGB (Master) is the top PAGB distinction and requires twenty pictures of international exhibition standard. You can see Jenny`s successful Panel HERE.
Cardiff Wins 2010 Stanley Chell
Cardiff Camera Club (19 points) won the 29th Stanley Chell Trophy with Ebbw Vale (18 points) second and Inn Focus (17 points) third. A further nine clubs tied for fourth place on 16 points. Best Monochrome photograph was ‘The Gate Keeper‘ (Cardiff). Best Colour photograph was ‘Sorry, No Fuel Today‘ (Port Talbot) and Best Landscape was ‘Dryslwyn Castle’ (Llanelli). A further 17 photographs scored the top mark of five. The judge, John Gould FRPS, changed the traditional ‘out of 20’ scoring system by marking from three to five.
Pixels 2010 – It’s all INN FOCUS
Inn Focus Group recorded a memorable clean sweep of all the trophies at Pixels 2010 at their first attempt!
A slideshow of ALL the Pixels 2010 images can be viewed below.
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Congratulations to Tony Byram
Very well done to our friend, judge and member from ‘over the water’, Tony Byram, who has been awarded an ARPS to go along with his LRPS, DPAGB and APAGB.
PAGB APRIL 2010 AWARDS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC MERIT
The April 2010 awards proved very successful for WPF potographers, so much so that none other than Rod Wheelans noted in the latetst PAGB e-news – “I was struck by the number of successful entries from Wales � something very positive is obviously going on there”
Congratulations to Cliff� Emery (Neath) awarded his CPAGB in Prints one of the 18 successful applications from 36 submissions.
For the DPAGB Prints there were 32 applications� of which 19 were successful including our own Jill Baxter, Andrew Baxter and Paul Richards (Tenby); Haydn Thomas (Neath); Les Loosemore (Bridgend) and Mike Davies (The Vale). Well done everyone. Let’s see if we can keep this success rate going!
Bridgend’s 2010 5 to 8 Competition results and report
Another successful event for this competition which is steadily growing in popularity.
Read the report from club Chairman Chris Bryan here
What is Photo Harmony? Read the rules which you will also find on Bridgend’s website here
Welsh Salon of Photography 2010 reports
The Grand Theatre Swansea provides an excellent exhibition space for the 2010 Salon and the federation was pleased to welcome The Right Worshipful The Lord Mayor of the City & County of Swansea Councillor Alan Lloyd to open the Salon and make the presentation of Awards.
Click here for the full report.
For President Jennifer Cox’s comments on the Salon preparation click here
For comments and tips for entrants from Selector Glyn Edmunds PPSA EFIAP/b ARPS click here
A gallery of images taken at the Grand Theatre opening will be available here soon. Thanks to Dennis Russ (Swansea) for taking the official photos. Many other people clicked away too. Please send your images to websitenews@thewpf.co.uk for inclusion in the new gallery.