Undeb Ffotograffig Cymru
Here are some quick links to what’s going on at present….
Book Tickets for the WPF Convention
Maesycwmmer Camera Club Exhibition
Bridgend & Disctrict CC Exhibition 23rd June to 5th July
Gwynfa Summer Exhibition 22 July to 7th August
Masters of Print Exhibition visits Wales in August
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The WPF is delighted to welcome the following new judges and their contact details will shortly appear on the WPF List of Judges.
Click here to see the results of the PAGB Interfed Competition.
The WPF didn’t enjoy a very successful weekend but had a couple of highlights along the way.
Peter Wyles of Monmouth CC won Best Colour Print (Gold) with ‘Hakkaido Dawn’ and Gary Collyer of Bridgend won a nature print Judges Award (Silver) for ‘Helmet Shrike Preparing to Sleep’.
WPF Convention 2025 Tickets now on sale only £20.
It will take place on Saturday 13th September, 2025 at St. Theodore’s Church Hall, Port Talbot. SA13 1LE. See here for details of our guest speakers.
Please send payment by BACS to:
Name: Welsh Photographic Federation
Bank Name: HSBC
Sort Code: 401323
Account Number: 12320800
Reference: Conven25
If you are unable to pay by BACS, please message Gareth Martin.
The guest speakers are:
Click the poster for more information.
Maesycwmmer Camera Club is holding an exhibition at Bedwellty House, Morgan Street, Tredegar, NP22 3XN until July 15th. All are welcome and entry is free.
The WPF is delighted to announce  the speakers for this year’s convention:
It takes place on Saturday 13th September, 2025 at St. Theodore’s Church Hall, Port Talbot. SA13 1LE and tickets are only £20 per person. Ticket purchase information is here.
G Martin – Convention Officer
A photographer who pioneered techniques to create detailed images by combining multiple negatives is being celebrated 170 years after he set up his first studio.
Henry Peach Robinson was one of the most famous characters of his age, said photographic historian Dr Michael Pritchard, with his work winning awards and selling widely.
You can read the BBC article here.
PAGB E-News are hoping to produce an e-news special, drawing on the advice and training that Federations offer their judges so that the best ideas can be shared by everyone.
As an example, they have provided this small extract from material from the comprehensive documentation used at judging workshops in the Northern Counties. We decided to share it and we hope you find it interesting.
General Advice
Don’t focus on what’s wrong with a picture.
Analyse – don’t criticise, suggest changes but never dictate.
Don’t merely describe to the audience what the picture contains. They can already see that it’s a tree with a sky and mountains or whatever. It is much better to evaluate on the basis of –
1. Communication of an idea/feeling 50 – 60% of the value.
2. Content 30 – 35% of the value.
3. Construction (technical) 10 – 15% of the value.
1. Communiation
Statement/story, interpretation. Appreciation of all art should not, primarily, be an intellectual exercise but rather an emotional one. It is the buzz or tingle we experience on seeing a good photograph which should be at the heart of judging.
A good photographer brings out the best of what he/she photographs, as a musician interprets a composer’s work. Even the ambiguity of a picture can be its greatest asset in that it provides a canvas on which the observer can place their own imagination and feelings.
2. Content
Lighting, background, sharpness, colour, timing, movement. composition, pattern/texture, format – portrait, landscape, letter box, square etc.
3. Construction (technical)
Handling of tonal range and colour rendition. Exposure, sharpness, printing quality, choice of paper, appropriateness of colour or monochrome, use of a technique to improve the picture rather than to purely demonstrate knowledge of it. Finally does the presentation add to or detract from the quality of the picture.
We look forward to seeing the E-News Special that covers the subject in more detail. If you wish to subscribe to PAGB E-News you can do so here.
Awards for Photographic Merit Online Advisory Workshop
Would you like to participate in an Online Workshop with your PDI and Prints being assessed and discussed by a group of PAGB Adjudicators? We have pencilled in a date in September which would require you to upload your image files to our Central Management System (CMS) and post prints to us in early August.
There will be quite a lot to manage and we would really appreciate an early expression of interest to determine if the idea is worthwhile. If you would like us to look at your work, please provide your name, e-mail and answers to the following questions.
Please e-mail to awards@thepagb.org.uk by early July, if possible, so that we can review the viability of running such a workshop.
