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2026 Welsh Salon Open for Entries
Neath BPE Salon Open for Entries
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The 2026 Memorial competitions were held on 21 February at Dingestow Village, Hall, Dingestow, Monmouth. NP25 4BH. Our very grateful thanks go to Monmouth Photography Club who hosted the event with enthusiasm and efficiency.
The judge was Ralph Snook ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/s. He judged the prints and PDI’s with skill and helpfulness. His focus was on looking into the pictures instead of just looking at them. He was only concerned about technical matters when such errors got in the way of a photograph’s message.
18 clubs participated. Unfortunately, one club had submitted a monochrome print in the colour print competition; it scored zero, as a result.
The results were:
Walter Morgan Trophy for PDIs
First – Bargoed Camera Club
Second – Monmouth Photographic Club
Third – Gwent Camera Club
Individual Scores here.
Past Presidents’ Trophy for Colour Prints
First – Monmouth Photographic Club
Second – Baglan Bay Photographic Society
Third – Bridgend & Diatrict Camera Club
Individual Scores here.
Gwyn Morgan Trophy for a Cohesive Set of Monochrome Prints
First – Pyle & Porthcawl Camera Club
Second – RPC
Third – Tenby & District Camera Club
Fourth – Morriston Camera Club
Individual Scores here.
Peter A Young HonPAGB
Memorial Trophies Organiser
Ian Ledgard EFIAP/p GMPSA/b GPU-Cr5 AWPF BPE1
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting Ian Ledgard and spending some time with him and his wife Maragret, enjoyng a cuppa and good catch-up. However, this visit had a more important purpose as I was honoured to be officially presenting Ian with TWO top awards. (See the photos at the end of this post and the links to copies of Ian’s certificates in the paragraphs below).
Ian’s stats are amazing and real source of inspiration for us all in Welsh photography circles and in the wider circuit of world photography. He was recently featured in a PSA Journal and has reached the milestone of being a Diamond Exhibitor–Level 1 in the Mono Class. On top of that Ian has also been awarded his 20-year certificate from the PSA for his continuous support.
So two top awards. Congratulations Ian.
I told him he was an inspiration to us all and he calmly informed me that he isn’t too far from reaching his next goal. This man just keeps on going.
I know you will all join me in congratulating Ian on his fantastic success, for putting his photography on the map of the world stage and, of course, for championing Welsh photography and representing our country with distinction.
I’m sure he’d enjoy receiving your own personal congratulations if you are in contact with him. Watch this space for the next honours Ian is due to achieve. That’s all for now.
Gary Shinner
CMD for Wales
Neath & District PS are pleased to announce that their 2026 NDPS UK Salon is now open for entries. This is their 10th year as a BPE exhibition.
Salon dates are as follows –
Entries open 1st Feb 2026
Entries close 20th April 2026
Selection weekend 25th & 26th April 2026.
Selectors –
Carol McNiven Young FRPS MPAGB ABPE EFIAP/G
Leo Rich ARPS EFIAP/p DPAGB BPE3* Hon PAGB
David Butler MFIAP MPSA2 ARPS BPE5 Hon LCPU
Full details can be found on their website.
The WPF Welsh Salon 2026 is now open for entries from members of WPF clubs.
Entry website: The ‘Pixoroo’ entry portal can be found here.
Sections – There are four sections: Open Colour Prints, Open Mono Prints, Open PDIs and Phone PDIs (new). Four images may be entered into each section.
Prices – The minimum entry charge is £8 for up to four images. Further images are £2 each, up to a maximum of four in each section. The maximum entry charge is £32.
Closing date: 8th March 2026. Deadlines – PDIs midnight on Sunday 8th March 2026. Prints midday on Sunday 8th March at Talbot Green before the WPF AGM.
Selectors will be Gordon Jenkins, Gary Shinner and Susan Ashford.
Exhibition – The WPF Welsh Salon Exhibition will be opened formally at Midday on Saturday 2nd May at the Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare.  CF44 8DL.
Congratulations to Gary Collyer, a member of Bridgend and District Camera Club, who is the sole WPF member to have an image accepted into this year’s PAGB Masters of Print Competition.
Masters of Print is held each year and is followed by a public exhibition which this year can be seen at the venues below.
We have received this from Sharon Prenton Jones who has become the GPU representative for the UK.
I want to introduce myself as I am the new GPU (Global Photographic Union)Â Representative for the UK.
In this role I am particularly interested in encouraging fellow photographers to obtain distinctions. GPU operates its own photographic distinctions scheme. There is something for everyone whether you enter international salons or not.
Photographers collect points from acceptances, mentions and awards in international exhibitions (CROWN and VIP distinctions) or by submitting their own portfolio and gaining titles (Aphrodite, Hermes, Zeus and the recently added highest title of Grand Master).
We (Rob and I) joined GPU just over three years ago and have been impressed by the friendly and supporting Group – it feels like a world-wide camera club. We joined the Photo Festival last year in Krakow it was such good value for money and a great way to meet everyone.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if I can be of any assistance with anything
GPU related. My email is: prentonjonesphotography@gmail.com
Best wishes and Happy New Year – Sharon.
The 80th Bristol Salon is open for entries, closing date 1st February 2026.Â
Colour, Mono, and Nature sections in both PRINT and PDI. Prints can be forwarded to the Midland Salon. Entry via the Salon website at https://bristolsalon.co.uk
We expect to make 200 + awards, would appreciate your support, and look forward to receiving your entries.
Busy Day Sacre Coeur
Like many of you I have thousands of images stored on a number of external hard drives and yes, even on CD’s ! Recently I have been looking through some of these and discovering that some captures which I have overlooked, but not sent to the recycle bin, that are worthy of further work. This often because over the 20 plus years since I started digital photography with Photoshop 5.5 massive improvements have been made and so many more useful plug-ins and alternative systems are available for us to use.
This image was taken 10 years ago when we spent a few days in Paris. I was using a Nikon V1 camera converted to Infra red with exposure 1/800 sec, f5, ISO 200. Bringing it in to my current version of Photoshop I was able to apply a few tweaks especially to darken the sky. I entered this into the Photo Travel section of a PSA recognised Salon in Bangladesh where it scored top points and was awarded a Gold medal. The image was also accepted in the 2025 PSA International.
So, do you have gold lurking away in folders on your hard drives. I recommend having a look through and see what you can find you may be pleasantly surprised.
Ian Ledgard, GPMSA/b
Below is the list of people who achieved PSA successes from July 2025Â to the end of October 2025.
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 also go to their website. Good luck to everyone with their photographic journeys.
I wish ‘everyone’ reading this letter, Compliments of the Festive Season, and also a happy, healthy & prosperous New Year in 2026.