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 2025 Barrian Cup – 7th June
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 Exhibition
The Welsh Salon of Photography Exhibition is currently on at the the excellent Cynon Valley Museum. Exhibition now closed.
The last viewing day will be Friday 30th May. Please double-check before visiting on the final day as the exhibition has been taken down earlier than advised in other years.
The museum is open to the public from 9.30am to 3.30pm Tuesday to Saturday. It is closed on Sunday & Monday.
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.
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
Edinburgh International – Last Chance to Enter
Click the image for more information…
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.
What’s Going On
Here are some quick links to what’s going on at present….
FIAP Photo Acedemy Online Event – “Creative Ways to Photograph Flowers” with Mike Moats.
The PAGB 9th Masters of Print Open for Entries.
Closing Date Online – 24 November 2025
51st Smethwick International Salon Open for Entries
Closing date is 27th October 2025.
4th Edinburgh PS Digital Salon Open for Entries
Closing date is 9th November 2025.
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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
PSA News
Here is the list of people whom have had continued successes from December 2024 to the end of March 2025.
- Ian Ledgard – Gold Medal / Merit awards x2 / Ribbon x1 & HM’s x 3
- Kev Robertson – Gold Medal x2 / Ribbon x 1 / Certificate x 1 & HM’s x 5
- Mike Bray – 1 Jury choice & 1 HM
- Rhodri Phillips – Jury choice x 1 / 1 Ribbon x1 / Certificate of Merit x1
- Paul James – Gold Medal x2 / HM’s x 6 also 2 star application approved in Photo journalism and also a Galaxy 4 level achieved in Open Colour division
- Gary Shinner – Jury choice x1 / Salon Diploma x1 & 1 HM
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 here.
Good luck to everyone with their photographic journeys
Gary Shinner MPSA2 BPSA – CMD for Wales