The 2025 Masters of Print Exhibition once again visits Wales. It is at Bedwellty House, Tredegar, NP22 3XN from 2nd August to 30th August.
The opening ceremony will be at 2pm on 2nd August.
2025 Welsh Salon Exhibition
Once again the Welsh Salon of Photography Exhibition will be held at the excellent Cynon Valley Museum.
Opening Dates – It opens on Saturday 3rd May 2025 and the last full viewing day will be Thursday 29th May.
The Official Opening & Awards will be at 11am on Saturday 3rd May.
Opening Times – The museum is open to the public from 9.30am to 3.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday & Monday. Please be sure to double-check opening/closing details before visiting.
Venue: Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare. CF44 8DL.
Parking: You can park for up to two hours free in the adjacent Tesco car park.
Neath Salon 2025 – Deadline Extended
The Neath & District PS 2025 NDPS UK Salon is still open for entries. This is their 10th year as a BPE exhibition. The entry deadline has been extended to 23rd April.
Key salon dates:
Entry deadline: 23rd 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.
AV Day with a Difference at Smethwick
Results of 2025 Only Mono Battle
The winning club in the recent ‘Only Mono’ battle organised by Cymru Mono was Britol with 79 points. Second was Hailsham and joint third were Eryri, Maldon & Bridgend.
Individual scores can be seen here.
2025 Welsh Salon Results
Here are the results of the 2025 Welsh Salon of Photography.
Congratulations to everyone who achieved an acceptance. To those who were unlucky, there were a lot of narrow misses so please try again next year.
The results were as follows:
All Acceptance by Club
All Awards
Colour Prints
Monochrome Prints
PDI
The selectors were:
Colin Trow-Poole FRPS FIPF MAPGB
Julie Morgan AWPF
Leigh Woolford AWPF EFIAP DPAGB BPE4 Hon. FWPF
AWPF Distinctions Workshop
Charlie Waite & Steven Le Prevost at Bristol
On Sunday 25th May 2025Bristol Photographic Society hosts Charlie Waite & Steven Le Prevost for their Bob Faris Memorial event.
It takes place at BAWA Leisure Centre, 589 Southmead Rd, Filton, BS34 7RG and doors open 9.30am for a 10.00am start
Tickets cost £10 inc 2x tea/coffee and must be booked in advance here.
Full details can be found on here.
Stanley Chell Update
Due to limited resources, Aberdare CC has decided not to host Stanley Chell in 2025 but they hope to restart the competition in 2026.
Story of an Image
“Trees of many shapes” – by Ian Ledgard GMPSA/B
Award – Salon Gold – CMYK Circuit – Mono Section – Montenegro – October 2024. Camera Data: Panasonic DMC-G80, 1/100 sec, F13, ISO200
The Story
With my working life having been spent in Forestry Management it is no surprise that many of my images are of trees. This one was taken in late February 2024 whilst walking around the National Botanic Garden of Wales. On the skyline I spotted this group of trees and pressed the shutter.
I always shoot in RAW and the colour image was unremarkable so I turned to Nik Silver Efx Pro 3 seeking for a mono version. After trying various pre-set options I opted for this which after a little tweaking shows a grainy sky reminding me of early days with black and white film.
The image has gained a number of acceptances in International Exhibitions and I was delighted to be awarded a Salon Gold.
Ian Ledgard, GMPSA/b
